Statistics Sweden: Can someone turn on the light?

“Statistics Sweden is a central government authority for official statistics and other government statistics and in this capacity also has the responsibility for coordinating and supporting the Swedish system for official statistics.” This is according to Statistics Sweden. On their website, one can also read …

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Resemblance to HTML is entirely coincidental

Found in a thread over at LinuxQuestions.org, in regards to a “FrontPage clone for Linux” inquiry: “With respect to FrontPage output, any resemblance to html is entirely coincidental.” Sweet! The original thread (and post) can be found here.

KOM OCH RÖK I MOLNET!

På DN.SE:s förstasida, 2008-11-12 publicerades en artikel med rubriken “Microsoft tar steget ut på molnet”, skriven av Yvonne Edenholm. Det är bara att gratulera Microsoft till ännu en mediakupp. Hur kan Sveriges största dagstidning låta ett företag använda sig av sitt löp genom att maskera …

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Replacing dAlbum with ZenPhoto

The number of web based photo album software packages steadily increase; some are less successful attempts. Web based photo album software can be divided into a number of categories: Quick ‘n’ Dirty, Small, Large, Custom, and Photo management. You could probably find another 100 categories, …

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Message Labs and others cannot handle greylisting

Fighting spam is a big task; it’s big in costs, big in technology, and big in administration. What makes it harder is that some major players do not properly handle the SMTP protocol in a way that aligns with the various standards and RFC:s. Message …

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Another fabulous Tux Gallery!

While looking for something completely different, I ran across yet another Tux site. Well.. it’s not a “pure tux site” per se, but it’s got its own collection of Tuxes. You can find them on CrystalXP.net here.

GPS Mail Logger

Not quite sure how to react to this.. apart from the initial LOL! I am sure there are a lot of “silly” GPS and/or tracking devices out there, but this one has to qualify for the top 10 list, to say the least. So, you’re …

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ASCII penguins

In the world of flash animations, truecolor smileys, and 3D desktops, one needs to take an ASCII look on things from time to time. If for nothing else, to appreciate where we’ve come, and possibly where we’re going. Use the force, and go to www.florian-diesch.de/linux/asciipinguine.html …

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EFF: Is Your Printer Spying On You?

Imagine that every time you printed a document, it automatically included a secret code that could be used to identify the printer – and potentially, the person who used it. Sounds like something from an episode of “Alias,” right? So begins an article on the …

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