Category Archives: general

To be sold: Two male guinea pigs

Posted on 2009-01-07 (Wednesday) by myrtti

Life goes on, and my life has recently taken in a turn that might require me to travel more. As I love my guinea pigs very much, I’m heartbroken to admit that my tender loving care might not be sufficient … Continue reading →

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Zen of Knitting

Posted on 2008-12-23 (Tuesday) by myrtti

I’ve been feeling more and more stressed out lately. I have had problems in concentration, odd feelings of anxiety and lots of sleep deprivation. I’ve wanted something to take my mind off the most stressful parts of my life, and … Continue reading →

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Dear Sant^H^H^H^HPlanet Ubuntu

Posted on 2008-12-19 (Friday) by myrtti

For years I’ve been crying after a proper knitting pattern editor that does KnitML. Yesterday, after rambling at my employers internal XMPP coffee room about how maemo really needs that, since, hey, it really would be a killer application, a … Continue reading →

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Flash for 64-bit architecture

Posted on 2008-11-17 (Monday) by myrtti

If you haven’t yet noticed, Adobe released a “pre-release quality” version of their penguin.swf version. That would mean, boys and girls, Flash plugin for 64-bit architecture. Installation might need some workout (I downloaded the installer script of the normal flash … Continue reading →

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“It’s only a year late anyway…”

Posted on 2008-11-11 (Tuesday) by myrtti

Once upon a time, many many years ago, I used KDE. This was sometime when Fedora was released, or thereabouts. I wasn’t that much into Linux at that time yet, but I hadn’t yet confessed to myself I was and … Continue reading →

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Using sudo with graphical apps is bad, mmmkay?

Posted on 2008-11-11 (Tuesday) by myrtti

Just a really quick note to check that all of you are really aware using sudo with a graphical app is bad. You did know that, right? RIGHT? I’m not an expert on this, but others are. So please, do: … Continue reading →

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Crazy Tech Ideas, part 1

Posted on 2008-11-09 (Sunday) by myrtti

Thoughts from the past week, random links and random ideas to follow. If none of these tickle your brain, I’m sorry. 1) Installing applications to my phone was previously something I really hated. I remember how horrible it was trying … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Symbian60v3 (Nokia N95), SIP and ekiga.net

Posted on 2008-10-06 (Monday) by myrtti

Finally VoIP craze hit me. I’ve had Skype account for ages, ekiga.net account for about a year, and a Nokia N95 for about a year also. I knew it is possible to configure my phone into using SIP, but never … Continue reading →

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O HAI! I CAN HAZ LULZ?!

Posted on 2008-09-25 (Thursday) by myrtti

cats + humour + geekyness + lolcats = lamdbacats. I don’t have cats, so…

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“OK, who’s bright idea was this?” -meme

Posted on 2008-09-20 (Saturday) by myrtti

I can’t be blamed for this, srsly. Sorry folks. Blame Og Maciel. Take a picture of yourself right now. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture. Post that picture with NO editing. Post these instructions with … Continue reading →

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