http://torfinnnome.com Life as a ... Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:09:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I actually did it. I defended my thesis last week. Believe it or not. I certainly do not. At least not yet.  A summary of the thesis can be seen in the above picture (courtesy of Wordle). Now what? http://torfinnnome.com/2008/06/22/le-fin/ Lately, being part of an academic environment, I have increasingly been aware of the insufficencies we face as human beings. Not that I don't gape in astonishment of what is being achieved in both medical and technology related research advancements these days. But we have the potential to achieve so ... http://torfinnnome.com/2008/02/01/insufficiencies/ Rune started playing with Trixbox this week. Even got himself mexican and US based DIDs! So. As I've been planning on setting up an Asterisk SIP telephone server ever since I was inspired by Øystein Homelien when I worked for him at PowerTech sometime last century; Rune is to blame ... http://torfinnnome.com/2007/08/25/enum/ I recently bought an Apple Airport Extreme N. Mostly to get a more or less decent NAS. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it supports IPv6 out of the box; both automagical 6to4 and manual sit-type configured tunnels. As my trusty old IPv6-ISP PowerTech seems to have, temporarily (?), ... http://torfinnnome.com/2007/08/17/ipv4ipv6-multihomed/ Some months ago, my dad bought a Navibe GM720 (from Clas Ohlson, ~550NOK) to use with his laptop and AutoRoute while going on vacation to France. A couple of weeks ago, I started searching for an alternative to AutoRoute using my Mac. I found RouteBuddy. But I'm slightly turned off ... http://torfinnnome.com/2007/04/16/shes-got-a-map-of-the-world/ I recently convinced my sister to buy my beloved MacBook Core Duo, while I upgraded to the MacBook Core 2 Duo. Being lazy, I just swapped the hard drive from my old CD to the new C2D. I ran into two problems on my C2D: 1: The trackpad was recognized only ... http://torfinnnome.com/2007/02/05/eye-of-the-tiger/ As I already mentioned, I've left the Dark Side, and has been rejuvenated. It feels great. This is a collection of software I utilise (to be updated). VirtueDesktops, Sidenote, Adium, Google Notifier, Connect360, Growl, RCDefaultApp, Flip4Mac, VLC, Journler, Cyberduck, iTerm, Mail.appetizer, Shrook, Xtorrent, Corripio, 4Peaks, EnzymeX, Geneious, Coot on OS X, ... http://torfinnnome.com/2006/12/16/what-gets-me-every-time/ Our lab environment is polluted by not only cancer inducing chemicals like ethidium bromide and the neurotoxic polyacrylamide. Even more disturbing is the frequent usuage of the radio. Or, to be more precise, the lack of a radio station that does not suck. Here in Norway we have a couple ... http://torfinnnome.com/2006/12/08/if-you-cant-smile-and-say-yes/ Før i tiden brukte alle refleks. Ok, ikke alle, men 30 prosent av oss. Det var den gangen vi fortsatt måtte gå til byen for å ta ut og sette inn penger i banken. I høst- og vintermånedene lå det alltid en skål med gratis reflekser ved skranken. Nå slipper ... http://torfinnnome.com/2006/11/26/refleks/ 8 weeks have passed. I've been able to force myself doing short 15-25 minutes short runs, until my knee starts hurting. 2-4 times a week. It's been frustrating. Especially since I need all the endorphines I can get after struggling with lack of results in the lab, and other, more ... http://torfinnnome.com/2006/11/26/hooked-on-a-feeling/