Life on the edge of /dev/null https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog This is what I care about. Why do you care? Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:04:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cropped-FreeBSD-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Life on the edge of /dev/null https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog 32 32 123904615 iPad 2, iOS5 beta 1 and iTunes 10.5 beta https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2011/06/10/ipad-2-ios5-beta-1-and-itunes-10-5-beta/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:00:49 +0000 http://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/?p=527 As a follow-up to my last post, here are screenshots from the setup of an iPad 2 using latest iOS 5 beta 1.

]]> 527 iPhone 4, iOS5 beta 1 and iTunes 10.5 beta https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2011/06/07/iphone-4-ios5-beta-1-and-itunes-10-5-beta/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:06:29 +0000 http://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/?p=456 Just got my hands on iOS5 beta 1 and iTunes 10.5 beta, and decided to take a few pictures during the setup and installation phase. This seems like a very nice upgrade, and have only experienced one minor crash so far. Stable, nice and impressive!

Click on to see the image gallery showcasing all the new features!

]]> 456 Då stikk eg! God påske, folkens! https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2011/04/16/da-stikk-eg-god-paske-folkens/ Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:00:40 +0000 http://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/?p=450

Om eg er utanfor dekning på mobilen og ikkje svarer på epost eller FB-pokes, då er eg på Nutstøyl på guttetur med nurket og Snarrald. Klikk på nødplakaten ovanfor (generert via norgeskart.no) om du vil besøke oss på Nissedalsheia :-).

l8r, dude[tte]s, the real world calls!

]]> 450 A new tattoo? https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2011/03/07/a-new-tattoo/ https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2011/03/07/a-new-tattoo/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:04:13 +0000 http://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/?p=440 I’m currently considering getting a new tattoo. Problem is, it’s really difficult to find a tattoo that’s both interesting today, and can be worn 20 years from now as well.

Is this too nerdy?

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via 2011-01-04: Sinfest.

]]> 435 Født sånn eller blitt sånn? https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2011/01/06/f%c3%b8dt-sann-eller-blitt-sann/ https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2011/01/06/f%c3%b8dt-sann-eller-blitt-sann/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:38:21 +0000 http://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/?p=427 Universitetet i Stavanger har fått laga tre reklamevideoar som blir sendt på norske kinoar i desse dagar, og i den anledning måtte dei ha ein del statistar i samband med at dei skulle danne biletet av ei engasjert skuleklasse. Deretter kjem Harald Eia inn frå sida og seier noko kætsjy før logoen til UiS dukker opp. Enkelt og greit.

Arild og fleire klassekameratar tok ein ettermiddag turen ned til Møhlenpris skole for filming, og resultatet er no lagt ut på YouTube :-). Arild er guten fremst på venstre side.

Kjendis!

]]> https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2011/01/06/f%c3%b8dt-sann-eller-blitt-sann/feed/ 2 427 The 10 Most Popular DYAC’s From November 2010 https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/12/29/the-10-most-popular-dyac%e2%80%99s-from-november-2010/ https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/12/29/the-10-most-popular-dyac%e2%80%99s-from-november-2010/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:32:19 +0000 http://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/?p=412 Damn You Auto Correct! 🙂

I laughed so hard my stomach hurts! 🙂

… via The 10 Most Popular DYAC’s From November 2010.

]]> https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/12/29/the-10-most-popular-dyac%e2%80%99s-from-november-2010/feed/ 1 412 Get ISP line speed over time https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/12/02/get-line-speed-over-time/ https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/12/02/get-line-speed-over-time/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:32:44 +0000 http://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/?p=362 Recently I switched over from NextGenTel to Get as broadband supplier, and upped my subscription plan to 18mbps/4mbps (double upload). However, even though this was over double the bandwidth NextGenTel could offer, Get have yet been unable to deliver according to what’s promised/sold.

Below is a chart, updated several times a day, showing what the current line speed amounts to.

Well, for now it does not look vey good (18mbit equals 2250KBps) – I get under half of advertised download speed. Their tech support team is currently working on it, so hopefully they will be able to resolve the issue soon….

To test this, the following unix command is being used:

FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=yes /usr/bin/fetch -o /dev/null ftp://ftp.uninett.no/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.1/FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img

Update: More line data coming in, now the graph looks like this (changed to show actual mbit down speed instead (expecting about 17-18mbits):

Last update: 6dec, 15:30. Click image to zoom.

Update 2: I try testing bandwidth against a new server, ftp.gathering.org, based on suggestions from the Get ISP technical team. Here is the current data:

]]> https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/12/02/get-line-speed-over-time/feed/ 1 362 A fling https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/10/08/a-fling/ https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/10/08/a-fling/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:44:34 +0000 http://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/?p=320 Hmm. After having added a new iPod Shuffle (with touch-screen), a 15″ Macbook Pro (w/SSD) and an iPhone 4G 32GB to my personal inventory, I think it’s about time to admit that I might have a thing for this company called Apple.

Next on my shopping list is the Nike+iPod training kit, and then it’s just to start running!

Damn, if only other companies could start focusing on actually making user-friendly devices, I would jump ship immediatly. But this is not the case. Since I’m an extremely pragmatic person, I will continue to use the things in my life that just works, as opposed to spending hours tweaking and configuring something that never will work perfect anyway.

An iPhone screenshot:

A picture taken using Hipstamatic, a retro camera for your iPhone:

]]> https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/10/08/a-fling/feed/ 2 320 Statsbudsjettet 2011 https://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/2010/10/06/statsbudsjettet-2011/ Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:59:38 +0000 http://grimstveit.no/jakob/blog/?p=312 Om eit bilete seier meir enn tusen ord, kor mykje seier eit bilete av tusen ord?

Fant ut at det var på tide å sjekke kva som ville skje om eg limte inn heile årets statsbudsjett inn i Wordle. Det blei ikkje så veldig overraskande, kanskje, men veldig pent likevel :-).

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