Researchers Say Women Secretly Desire Hairy Geeks

Posted: February 20th, 2010 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

“The Daily Mail has a story about a study looking into women’s preference for men. More specifically, about how women say they want one kind of man, but really want another. From the article: ‘Most women claim to be attracted to tall, dark and handsome men, but a new study has revealed that facial stubble and a geeky personality are their biggest secret turn-ons.’”

Slashdot Science Story | Researchers Say Women Secretly Desire Hairy Geeks

Hah! I knew it.


Google Gets US Approval To Buy and Sell Energy

Posted: February 20th, 2010 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

“The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday granted Google the authority to buy and sell energy on a wholesale basis.”

Slashdot News Story | Google Gets US Approval To Buy and Sell Energy

Slowly becoming the supplier for all our needs one small step at a time.


Official Gmail Blog: 5 Buzz tips

Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

Official Gmail Blog: 5 Buzz tips


Stopp/start-system spar löjligt lite bränsle

Posted: February 3rd, 2010 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

di.se – Stopp/start-system spar löjligt lite bränsle


Odd

Posted: January 18th, 2010 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

I wonder why the weekly Twitter Updates got posted twice last night…

I have now removed one of them.


The LHC, Black Holes, and the Law

Posted: January 6th, 2010 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

But most worrying of all, it points out that the safety analyses so far have all been done by CERN itself.

Slashdot Science Story | The LHC, Black Holes, and the Law

On the other hand maybe not that many others would be able to do such an examination.


Google Releases Chrome Version 3

Posted: September 16th, 2009 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

Google Releases Chrome Version 3

And I still haven’t tried it. Where is a stable version that runs on my mac?


Apple’s Rock & Roll Event

Posted: September 9th, 2009 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

Macworld | Live Update: Apple’s Rock & Roll Event

A nice way to read what happened for us who were not there.


Snow Leopard Snubs Document Creator Codes

Posted: September 9th, 2009 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | No Comments »

TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Snow Leopard Snubs Document Creator Codes

People seem upset by this but I’m not sure if it is really such a bad thing after all.


Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD

Posted: September 8th, 2009 | Author: Joakim Andersson | Filed under: asides | 2 Comments »

Slashdot IT Story | Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD: “”

I remember the teardrop attacks from my student days. Oh, those happy days!

How nice of Microsoft to reintroduce the same kind of problem for those who were not around back then.