Thanks to the wonderful world of copyright infringement, I could get my hands on the final version of Battlefield 2142 a couple of days early.
The game plays out pretty much like Battlefield 2. The engine looks pretty much the same and almost everything is as sluggish, both in terms of loading times, menus and the [...]
Filed under Games by Björn Hallberg 1 year, 9 months ago | 368 views
I finally got around to acquire a mono laser printer. Actually my first printer ever. I never saw the point before and of course, there hasn’t been any really good, affordable mono laser printers until now. Having looked at the playing field around around $100-150, read the proper reviews and calculated toner costs it came [...]
Filed under PC by Björn Hallberg 1 year, 9 months ago | 376 views
As pretty much the last person in the world I signed up for a Google Mail (”Gmail”) account. I’m still not convinced of the brilliance of web mail. There are serious privacy concerns for instance. And web mail is at its best when constantly on the move and needing to read and write emails from [...]
Filed under Site by Björn Hallberg 1 year, 9 months ago | 472 views
The best investment ever when it comes to moving bulky / heavy potted plants around the garden or into winter storage. I should have thought about that a long time ago, especially now that one get a decent model for less than 300 SEK. I used to have this older “brick and mortar” hand truck [...]
Filed under Garden by Björn Hallberg 1 year, 9 months ago | 278 views
Still no mp3 player. And as I was walking by a showcase of the current generation of mp3 players at one of my local electronics retailers I was struck with the force of revelation. Seeing mp3 players in the flesh is a lot different from reading specs and brooding over promo shots. I have expressed [...]
Filed under Widgets by Björn Hallberg 1 year, 9 months ago | 324 views
So, this neck of the woods is about to switch from analog to digital TV. Or that is to say, the analog transmissions are to be terminated in three weeks time. It’s not true to form to reject technological progress but this digital TV thing is not sitting well with me. It’s expensive (considering the [...]
Filed under Widgets by Björn Hallberg 1 year, 9 months ago | 320 views
The other Cylinda fridge thermostat failed just the other day. Amazing lack of quality really. Thanks to environment-friendly practises and cheapskating corporations, the average life expectancy for a thermostat these days is about 5-6 years or so. Pretty unimpressive.
Filed under Interior Design by Björn Hallberg 1 year, 9 months ago | 340 views
How dumb do you have to be to actually plan a shower in a corner with a steep angle? Well, I apparently did. Or that is to say, I didn’t pay attention when the house was planned and built and shit obviously happened. As it stands, this is one of the most obvious problems I’ve [...]
Filed under Interior Design by Björn Hallberg 1 year, 9 months ago | 496 views