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Off-Topic: Dropbox not Synchronizing Files Linux-Windows: Watch that Colon
I am using DropBox quite a bit to move files around between various machines (nothing confidential, just stuff that I need to move around and that is a tad on the large side). Today, I hit a very issue...
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Windows 10 – An Upgrade Worth Doing
Now that Windows 10 has been officially out for a while, I decided to give it a try on one of my home machines. I expect that all my Windows 8.1 machines will be updated eventually – it is a free...
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The Matias Less Noisy Keyboard (Matias Quiet Pro)
I am a big fan of proper real decent mechanical tactile clickety-clack keyboards. Writing is my means of communication, creation, and commercial contribution to the world. I write a lot of text – both...
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Google ”IoT” Testing for Chromecast: Cloud Emulation + Physical Gear
Thanks to the good folks at Vector Software, I was pointed to a conference recording on Youtube, from the Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC) 2015 (Youtube video). The recording covers quite a few...
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Electric Bikes – Useful Alternative
Electric bikes have started to become common,in Sweden in recent years. It’s been a big thing in other countries for a while, so I guess they have finally matured to the point that they can stand our...
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Off-Topic: Cruising Holiday
The family and I spent last week on a cruise in the Mediterranean with Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCC). It was a wonderful vacation, and very family friendly. We did a number of shore excursions and got...
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Off-Topic: Outlook Plugins do not activate when program starts – registry fix
In my sporadic series of IT fixes that I happen to find, here is another one about how to fix the load behavior of plugins in Outlook. This is a solution to a problem that I have had myself with...
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Corsair K65 and K70 Keyboards
When my old CM Storm mechanical gaming keyboard stopped working a while ago, I looked around for replacement alternatives. I ended up getting the new Corsair K65 RGB LUX narrow keyboard. A while...
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Does Documentation Matter for a Product?
How important is the documentation (manual, user guide, instruction booklet) for the actual quality and perceived quality of a product? Does it materially affect the user? I was recently confronted by...
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Kindle App on Android: Turning off Annoying Page Curl
A recent update to the Amazon Kindle app on my Android devices introduced a severely annoying page curl animation when flipping through pages in a book. This unnecessary animation slows things down and...
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Off-Topic: Nerja, Costa del Sol, Spain
I and my wife recently took a short vacation in Nerja in Spain, a tourist town on the Costa del Sol. Late February was definitely low season, which made for a rather relaxing experience without the...
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Off-Topic: Getting Rid of the Heads in Skype for Business
Skype for Business is an interesting beast. It is a nice little program for internal collaboration, but some of its behaviors are just super-annoying. One my pet peeves is the fact that when you get...
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Assembly Programming as Game: “Human Resource Machine”
Human Resource Machine, from the Tomorrow Corporation, is a puzzle game that basically boils down to assembly-language programming. It has a very charming graphical style and plenty of entertaining...
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Off-Topic: Playa Garden Hotel & Spa, and Mallorca
It is summertime, and time for another off-topic blog post about travel. This year, we took our family vacation on the island of Mallorca, at the Playa Garden Hotel & Spa. It is located in Playa...
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Android 7.1 Screen Scaling – Keyboard Buttons the Same Size, Text Shrinks :)
After updating my Sony Xperia Z5 Premium from 2016 to Android 7.1, I noticed the settings for screen scaling (known as Display Size). The setting has probably been around since I got Android 7 (Nougat)...
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Off-Topic: Loka Brunn
More travel notes. This time from Loka Brunn, a spa hotel and conference facility in the vicinity of Grythyttan in mid-west Sweden. The place dates back to around 1720, when an organized “Kurort” was...
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Windows 10 Controlled Folder Access – Good Idea, Implementation not Quite There
The new Windows 10 Controlled Folder Access (CFA) feature is a great idea – prevent unknown programs from modifying your files, to stop ransomware in its tracks. It is so good that I forced an early...
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Off-Topic: Pocket Casts – How I Listen to Podcasts
I am an avid podcast listener, using podcasts as the main source of entertainment on my commute, when I go to gym, go shopping, cook at home, et cetera. In the past, I have used a long line of iPod...
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We need Another USB Standard Connector
The USB standard has spawned quite a few connector variants over the year. Apart from the basic “A” connector (the one that you put in one way, then the other way, and finally the right way), there...
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A Little Snow Sure Can’t Hurt?
I had the honor to have a scheduled talk at the Embedded World 2018 show in Nürnberg, right at the start of the show on Tuesday morning. Getting to Nürnberg for the Embedded World without paying a...
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