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Hi, I'm Bjørn Børresen - a freelance creator of online magic, aspiring entrepreneur and really, really excited!

How about that? I've been working professionally as a software engineer since 2001. This blog, launched December 2009, will be a collection of random thoughts about my profession, the tools I use, the people I meet, and anything I like to voice my opinion on. The cool people usually subscribe.

13 December 2005 0 Comments

Domain Listing Center Inc.

This is a first .. I’ve gotten lots of spam over the years, but this is the first “domain renewal”-like notice I’ve gotten from a false source. It’s got my domain name, in addition to the real domain registrant info (my name, address, etc.).. It looks like a bill, an annual fee that needs to [...]

9 December 2005 4 Comments

What's Sun thinking?

Most of the time I’m pretty proud to call myself a Java programmer. When people ask me what programming language I work with, I usually answer Java even though I’ve probably been doing more PHP5 than Java lately. But every now and then I get a question from a client asking where he or she [...]

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26 November 2005 0 Comments

phpODP page refreshed!

I finally updated the design on the phpODP page. It looks so much better now – not strange, considering the old design was, well – old. And even when it was new it wasn’t all that great. Have a look at it here.

23 November 2005 0 Comments

Free Subversion service

SVN is a version system that replaces CVS (cause it’s better). I’ve been using it for quite a while, and have been kind of addicted to it. Since I haven’t yet set up my own server at home, I started looking around for SVN hosting – when I found this one which is free. I [...]

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4 November 2005 5 Comments

How to get cheaper shipping with Amazon

When ordering from Amazon you get to choose between grouping items into as few shipments as possible, or shipping when the items become available. Of course, the first method (shipping all items in one shipment) is the cheapest – both for you and for Amazon. Here’s how I was able to get the items shipped [...]

31 October 2005 6 Comments

The Google, The Bad and The Ugly

Going from a PR7 to nil I should know what it feels like to be the coolest kid in class one day, and the geek back in the corner the next. I’m glad my income doesn’t rely on Google traffic, cause if it did I’d be in it deep. Here’s the story: I’ve created a [...]

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30 October 2005 2 Comments

Anger management

Recently I’ve started loading my MP3 player with podcasts that I listen to when I drive to and from work. This is an excellent replacement for mainstream radio; I can find podcasts discussing the topics I’m interested in, and use this ‘dead-time’ to learn something new. Also, the radio in my car doesn’t work. In [...]

30 October 2005 1 Comment

Hipster PDA

I’m just flabbergasted! I’d never heard of teh Hipster PDA before today. Incidently, I came across the original introduction at 43Folders. Merlin, over at 43Folders describe the Hipster PDA as: The Hipster PDA (Parietal Disgorgement Aid) is a fully extensible system for coordinating incoming and outgoing data for any aspect of your life and work. [...]

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