Welcome to another one of my rants. This time it’s about Windows 7 and it’s about the redesign of applications like Paint and Wordpad. Have a look at these two pictures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Win7paint.png and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Win7wordpad.png. Isn’t that just the most annoying thing you’ve ever seen? Microsoft has decided to use the same horrible...

Recently I did some further research on this fairly creepy subject, the so-called Tunguska Event, finding a lot of information, pictures and accounts on what happened on that June morning of 1908. To summarize somewhat, an explosion occurred in the skies over Siberia. It was caused by the impact and breakup of a large meteorite, at an altitude of roughly six kilometers, in the atmosphere. What is it...

So. You have a Mac OSX and you’re a Telia user, or using any other ISP, and you buy this wonderful wireless 3G internet package. You receive a parcel with the little egg-looking modem (the Huawei E220) and the shiny USB-cable. All the documentation is for Windows and the only thing people have used it for are PCs. Now what? First thing you should try is to use the built-in drivers available on...

The Balance of Power in Europe was disrupted by Germany, and by Turkey in the Balkans. The alliances played a roll in making the Balkans the powder keg it became, but they weren’t binding. No state went to war without a self-interest, without something to gain on it themselves. Was Germany guilty? The growth of Germany’s industry led to the growth of the scialist movement. Wilhelm’s...

You most likely have not seen this in action yet. If you have, then you’re probably really eager on how to do it, and if you haven’t you probably want to see how it is done anyway. I was at least, and I am perfectly normal! What is all this about? XFire introduced Live Video back a few months ago. Live Video is a tool for gamers to broadcast what they see to the masses. It’s quick...

What a relief! Just finished off the new design, added all the tidbits and copied it over from localhost. This baby had me working for days, and I’m still not a 100% satisfied. But hey, at least it’s better than the old one? As you can see from the bottom menu, I’ve used some jQuery to get the slide-effect in place. I’m still working on adding the RSS feed and creating the contact-form....

Outbreak of WWI An Austrian envoy, Count Hoyos, brings a letter from Franz Joseph to Kaiser Wilhelm. The letter says that Austria-Hungary will crush Serbia militarily on the condition that she would receive German support. Wilhelm virtually gives Austria a blank cheque, in essence support for whatever actions they wish to take. Berlin thought that this would be just another small Balkan War. On the...

Recorded a few HD-clips with my Kodak Z812IS today. The videos were recorded around Klagshamn, a port near my home-town. Enjoy! Klagshamn Hamn #1 from Douglas S on Vimeo. Klagshamn Hamn #2 from Douglas S on Vimeo. Klagshamn Hamn #3 from Douglas S on Vimeo. Did some more recording during the weekend, this time in Blekinge. Various shots of Blekinge from Douglas S on Vimeo. Bookmark This!

All this happened very quickly – this morning I decided to buy myself a new domain name – douglasstridsberg.com. I’m just going to keep this short – the feeling of having an own domain name is nothing short of wonderful. I am already loving it. My pagerank will take some time to update – but when it does it will be there, forever! I am thinking of keeping this domain name...

…the Austrians went ahead and proclaimed their annexation of Bosnia. [...] Meanwhile it seemed unlikely that London or Paris would accept a conference to facilitate Russia’s access to the Mediterranean… 1908 Russia and Serbia were forced to accept the annexation of Bosnia as Kaiser Wilhelm II sent the Tsar Nicholas II: “If you get involved we will support Austria-Hungary”. Serbia...