Sharing a couple of cool videos I’ve found lately. Its laptops transforming…
While on the subject I recommend watching the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(and the previous Transformers movie if you haven’t watched that one).
Check out the videos:
Transforming computers
June 29th, 2009Type upside down
June 23rd, 2009I’ve been playing around with a new site - I created www.typeupsidedown.net. It is a website where you can type something and it will be flipped upside down. Using it to experiment with search engine optimization.
Google’s Im lucky search not working programmatically
June 11th, 2009Last night I noticed that Google’s “I’m lucky” search functionality no longer works as expected when it is used programmatically.
Using it from google.com works just fine, but there’s cases when you wanna use it by going to it’s URI.
If you want to do a I’m lucky search programmatically go to http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=<search query>&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&aq=f&oq=
(Don’t forget to replace <search query>)
What’s wrong with it?
Well, I tried finding my blog by doing an I’m lucky search for asdasd - by going to http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=asdasd&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&aq=f&oq=
Did it work? No. But try searching for test - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=test&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&aq=f&oq=
Now it worked!
Why!?
Using multiple words work too, for example the search query red+car
However the search query Niklas+testing do not work!
Seems to me as if Google sends you to the website if they think its relevant enough to your search.
I believe it hasn’t always been like this? I have not noticed it before.
What’s the big deal with doing I’m lucky searches programmatically anyway?
Well it can be very useful. For example when using a browser plugin allowing you to type something like “g asdasd” in your address bar to search google for asdasd.
I’m using this kind of plugin, namely Parang. It is a small plugin for Safari(Mac version).
If you’ve got a Mac you should check it out - http://hannesp.se/software/.
Don’t let the old-fashion “design” scare you!
I were going to add a search for something like
The possibilities are endless. I think I’ve got more than 50 “custom search shortcuts”.
Spoken chinese dictionary
April 19th, 2009Hello. Thought I’d introduce a website Im working on. Lately I’ve been busy in school because Im doing my thesis right now, so I haven’t worked on it in a while. But I hope to finish this website later. I find it very useful in its current state anyways.
It is a online chinese dictionary. What makes it different is that it is focused on spoken chinese - prioritizing words commonly used in conversations over formal language. This is not implemented yet though, but now its “just another chinese dictionary”. I do think it is still a good alternative to other online dictionaries though - because I like the prioritization of search results, it can translate texts written with chinese characters to pinyin and it automatically detects which language(simplified chinese, traditional chinese, pinyin or english) that you are translating from.
Hope there are other people out there who might find it useful. Check it out at http://spokenchinese.org!
Umbilical Brothers
April 16th, 2009Yesterday when me and my girlfriend were on our way home from downtown I saw a poster about an Umbilical Brothers show here in Gothenburg. Too bad it was on the 15th of April which was that very same day 
I tried to buy us tickets but they were sold out. I’ve been wanting to watch a show of theirs since a year and a half back or so when I missed another of their shows here in Gothenburg.
Anyways I though I’d tell you how great they are. You really should check them out. I don’t know how to describe what they do… Check out the clips below!
Installing OSX86
March 22nd, 2009I’ve been a mac user for some years now. But I’ve had this strong desire to have a computer I can open up and upgrade/insert new components. For example add some graphic cards so that I can have several monitors. So I was left with two options - buy a $2499 Mac pro or get a PC and install OSX86(modified version of Mac OS X that can be installed on regular PCs). I went for the PC approach.
Some people would say its unethical to install Mac OS X on a non-mac computer, as this way Apple are losing potential income from hardware sales. Go with “whatever floats your boat”. I encourage you to buy the awesome Apple products 
I am.
Installing OSX86 can be a pain. For me it took 5 reinstalls. The thing is there are several modified install discs that one can use. I’ve tried some different ones and also tried different BIOS settings.
Before you attempt to install OSX86 on your machine you should know that there are several different modified Leopard discs, e.g. Kalyway, iDeneb and iATKOS. It is also possible to do a “vanilla install”(install using retail Leopard disc). What I did was that I have installed Kalyway and I am now about to do a vanilla install from Kalyway.
How to install
The procedure of installing goes something like this:
- Search the web for comments from others who has attempted an install on similar hardware as yours(especially same motherboard). Tip: search google for your motherboard name + OSX86 or Kalyway, iDeneb etc.
- Modify BIOS settings settings if needed(depending on your findings from doing #1)
- Burn and boot from install disc. When it says you may press F8 to specify options do so and type -v for text output. If you encounter some error here search google for that error message, find out how to solve it, solve it and then do #3 again.
- Enjoy
If people actually read this and have comments please post them
The introduction
March 15th, 2009Hello there. I’ve been meaning to start a blog for some time now. Because every now and then there’s something you want to just get out there for some reason. Like something you want to share, something cool you have found, some idea that you have, or whatever.
I’m starting off with a very brief introduction. I’m 23 years old, living in Gothenburg Sweden. I am currently studying Software Engineering and Management here. I’m now doing my final semester and I am expected to graduate this spring.
Software Engineering is one of my interests and there will probably be some posts here related to that area. But hopefully many other kinds of posts too. I enjoy doing some small programming projects on my spare time. Some of them can be found here on the website.