Rygg's Reality: Archive

The Malcolm Gladwell archives →

For everyone who, like me, loves Malcolm Gladwell (Blink, The Tipping Point and Outliers), this is the archive of Malcolms published works in the New Yorker. Well worth a read!

Sep 7th

Spotify for Android - and premium is no longer the... →

The new Spotify app for Android is great - and suddenly the premium account option is worth it. Still expensive, but just about worth it… :-)

Sep 7th

Did your Windows Vista automatically restart after... →

Just blogging this because I keep having to search for it each time I set up a new computer.

Jul 30th

Google Wave Preview →

I’m impressed! :-)

Jul 28th

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Bug jargon →

When software nerds meet physics nerds, new and exiting jargon appears!

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Jul 21st

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Watch

Hunger is a good motivator!

Jul 3rd

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The Climate Change Climate Change →

Scientists agree that man made CO2 in our atmosphere is slowly cooking our planet and drastically changing our climate… or do they?

Jun 30th

Oslo on a Sunday

I’ve just paid 95 NOK ($15 US?) to get out of the heat! Oh, and to see my childhood heroes be butchered by Hollywood… Let’s hope the temperature has cooled down by the time Rosenborg butcheres Vålerenga later today! Got tickets to that too! :-D

Jun 28th

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Project Natal →

If this works as well as it seems, this is awesome! Playing Xbox 360 with no controller at all! Full body tracking! Face recognition! And much much more!

Jun 26th

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EC wants software makers held liable for code →

Software companies could be held responsible for the security and efficacy of their products, if a new European Commission consumer protection proposal becomes law.

Jun 25th

42% discount on Alt.Net books! Offer ends June... →

Manning just sent out “alt42” as a discount code for the Alt.Net books until June 25th. Along with my book, ASP.NET MVC in Action, you can use this discount code on others such as: Brownfield Application Development in .NET by Donald Belcham and Kyle Baley Building Domain Specific Languages in Boo by Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien) The Art of Unit Testing Roy Osherove ASP.NET MVC in Action by...

Jun 24th

Hard Rectangular Drive Is Faster, More Efficient... →

(via craytonc) Sounds good :-)

Jun 23rd

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A man in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.” The woman below replied, “You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and...

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The Top 10 Misconceptions About The Vikings →

onemoretimewithfeeling: I’m so grateful for this list. I’ve been spouting out wrong information about the Vikings for years. May this spread around the Tumblr community! Little new here for us true decendants of Vikings, but I think there’s a lot of new reading for many others… :)

Jun 3rd

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