Author Archives: Tormod Haugen

Games for Windows LIVE rant

In response to Rutskarn’s recent rant… My “recent” meeting with Games for Windows LIVE ended almost in tears. Documented for posterity: I once wanted to try out GTA IV , having found it cheap on Steam. Since Steam is a … Continue reading

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End of year list

It is the last day of the year (indeed), and since I haven’t had any halfway decent posts this whole year, I thought I’d just as well end it with a list. Not at all inspired by Łukasz. Favorite game … Continue reading

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Really bad at blogging

That’s me. REALLY bad at blogging. Well, at least it didn’t go a year since last post.

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Solution to “Error starting modern compiler”

Right. So then I had the chance to open a old project in in eclipse today. From an old workspace. Tests still ran, code looked just as bad as badass as before. Running the clean-build target through ant produced a … Continue reading

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Java plugin in Firefox under Ubuntu 9.04

I needed to install a Java plugin for Firefox under Ubuntu 9.04 (beta). This didn’t happen by itself when I installed sun-java6-plugin, but a quick search showed me what Eirik Hoem found out a year ago. Or, as Karl Trygve … Continue reading

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Promises, promises

I can only say; don’t make too many promises. I said I should blog a it more yesterday – but reality has made it so that my only working computer at home is my Aspire One, and the time I … Continue reading

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Skype on Acer Aspire One

Yesterday I installed Skype on my Acer Aspire One. I did it on the Linpus Lite Distro, and it was quick and painless. Everything I had read up until yesterday had prepared me for a difficult and time consuming task. … Continue reading

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Start of a new year

Then there was a new year. I mentioned, at the end of last year, that I wanted to structure my personal projects a bit more, to actually get something out of the time I spent on them. And not, like … Continue reading

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New year gifts

Today there were some handing out of new years gifts. First I went and got my children some new jigsaw puzzles, two with a hundred pieces and one with two hundred pieces. Then I also got my sister a I’m … Continue reading

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I got 1-up’d

Or something like that. For once someone told me to look it up on Google. It was a Linux query, and since I’m not that knowledgeable on Linux, I deferred it to my brother. He asked me if he should … Continue reading

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