Taskbar > Dock? - A rant against Gizmodo

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Gizmodo
So.. before reading this post I urge you to move along and read Gizmodo’s article.

The subject is Windows 7 taskbar against OSX’s dock and I am going to go through the list of points they have put together. First of all I just want to clarify for potential new readers that I am a Apple head, but I care enough about the other side so Apple can push the technology further ahead. To potential comments: Yes I know Gizmodo’s title is aggravating to get the most possible readers. This post sole purpose is the same thing :)

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Tools of the trade [1] Hardware

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Welcome to the first of my tools of the trade series. To begin my series I am going to talk about the hardware in which I use to create the products I publish on this site and also the array of web tools (vimeo, youtube, flickr etc.) I also utilize.

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Thought after the keynote

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Apple Inc.
Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing(say that job title fast 10 times!), delivered the opening keynote for this year’s Macworld Conference & Expo about an hour ago. Schiller was going to talk about 3 new things today…

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Before the storm - macworld

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Tonight (CET) is the last Macworld Apple is going to attend. The Onion News Network have the inside scoop of what Apple is going to release. I will try to give a summary of my predictions in this post.

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The NRK and TONO deal

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Build upon NRK and NGDS/NOAA/DMSP/Tor Øra

NRK - Norwegian Broadcaster and the Norwegian version of RIAA - TONO has come to a new agreement of how the broadcaster will pay for usage of music in their shows. The agreement include details on how the broadcaster can distribute the shows to the Norwegian public through internet.

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2009

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First of all happy new year! I am going to talk about what was and what is going to be in this new year post.

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Hong Kong in pictures

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December

There has been some time since my last post so I figured it was about time to tell you all about what I have been doing in December.

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First off.. I arrived on Oslo December 2nd and was greated with 20cm snow at the airoort and about -5 degrees. I previusly said to my family that I was going to come home December 4th so they where up to a big surprice. I traveled with the train from the airport and back to my home town.

I knocked on the door to my mother’s apartment, and my youngest sister opened. She stopped to gape for a few seconds before she said my name. My mother was busy with something in a different room but was currious about who it was that arrived so she came out into the hall.

Over the next cople of weeks I more or less did nothing else than catching up with friends and family in addition to adjusting to the cold weather.

I celebrated christmas with my family eating loads of food, so now Im ready for the gym in January… On the last day on the year I joined up with Bjorn Rostad and Andreas Hatlem for their new years party.

After one month back in Norway I have come the the conclusion that I cant see any future for me here. I dont want to walk around freezing my ass off every time I go outside the appartment between september and may. So.. a return ticket will be ordered within january/february too try my luck down under.

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Me waiting for my flight at Hong Kong airport.

a few more words after the third tattoo session

My chest + full sleeve tattoo is now “done” (read bruised and swollen). The third and final session for now had focus on the chest and shoulder part. To quote myself..

They say that one image describe a thousand words, but not even 10 images is able to present this amazing awesome excellent extraordinary [put in the best word you can come up with] piece of art.

Brad Bako is just an amazing artist and if you ever are around Newcastle drop by his shop. If you don´t want a tattoo, at least drop by to get one of his paintings, skateboard design etc. If you want a tattoo he has a 2-3 months waiting list so give Fat Ink a call and they will set you up.

Back to the piece I got done… The chest part was the most painful so far, specially around the nipple.. hehe. But it all came together in the end and now I have one of Brads unique art parts on my body forever, and the thought of that is amazing. Brad felt really good about the piece himself when he was done, so it is all good :)

We started talking a little bit about the “next piece” tho… The next big thing I want on my body is a big and bright orange Koi fish. The Koi fish represent love and friendship in Japan and that is something I want to be represented on the left side of my back. It would ofc. have to be more of a biomech style but with a pretty traditional Koi fish in the front. I want a huge blue dragon as well on the right side of my back.. but yea… we will just have to see.. First I have to take it easy for a couple of days so the one I have now get the proper healing..

To all of you who have mailed and talked to me about pictures… they will get online after family and friends get the “on skin” impression. So I guess I will upload images in 2 weeks or so.