As of 2016, a Macbook Air 2.1 Mid 2009, equipped with the following main components, is defined by Apple as a vintage (outdated) machine. CPU (Processor) Intel Core 2 Duo and running at 1.83GHz GPU (Graphics) NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB A traditional spinning HDD (Hard drive). Apple naturally wants...
Technotip
The purpose of this page is twofold.
(1) With a tendency to bump into things, gadgets, products, or services that are not fully functioning as intended, I have found it best to write down these experiences. The purpose is to elaborate on suggestions for a better solution in a possible forthcoming edition of that which I bumped into. Hopefully it reaches the producer in the end.
(2) Product recommendations.
TomTom PC app should become high-DPI-aware
This is a message to the TomTom Software application developers: Studying the screenshot from a Samsung Ativ 9+ that is equipped with the emerging type of displays with high or very high resolution, in this case a 13.3″ screen with 3200×1800 pixels, it becomes obvious that TomTom should consider to...
Java non-compliance to high-DPI displays
This is a blog addressed to the Java JDK development team within Oracle. A bug has been filed at http://bugs.java.com/. Please see comments below this partial screenshot. From this, it becomes obvious on a 13.3″ screen size that the JDK does not offer proper handing of high DPI displays. As...
Microsoft stopper FaceBook integrasjon. Det er godt gjort.
Fikk et info brev i epost kassen i dag tidlig som er sakset inn her. Mine kommentarer nederst. Først tenkte jeg at dette må være spam, men så kan Microsoft support fortelle at dette er en historie fra virkeligheten. Det ER Microsoft som har sendt ut denne utrolige eposten: Dear Customer,...
Software bugs on a great machine; Samsung Ativ 9+
In HD SoundLab we are audio engineers creating computer audio enhancement software like the SoundPimp. To do succeed with that, a laptop proper for advanced audio software development is mandatory. Preferences for laptop is a very personal and subjective matter, and I am the happy owner of a Samsung ATIV 9+,...
A home music library system using iTunes, Android missing
This premature blog is a response to this article about iTunes on Android as I was just configuring our own family music center. Some thoughts from our feasibility study regarding iTunes on Android: The situation The situation is not trivial, but in this house we miss only an Android iTunes media player with...
Apple Maverick struck by security paranoia and high cpu usage (blog outdated)
This blog is outdated. In Septer 2015 an older MacBook Air (2009) was upgraded from Mountain Lion to Yosemite, and this was a nice experience. No errors found, and it seems like Apple is back on track. The MacBook is vital and alive, and I even suspect the use of...
[solved] WordPress proofreading slows down the tinyMCE editor
Are you an eager user of WordPress and have been driven completely bananas or even nuts by devastatingly slow responsiveness of the TinyMCE editor ? Feeling inside after half an hour not unlike glowing coal ? Here comes the solution, and I should have guessed it long time ago:
Fabelaktige HiFi-sport “earbuds” fra Adidas/Sennheiser
En sjelden gang er man heldig å støte på produkter som har noe ekstra, og som bare stråler god ingeniørkunst hele veien, i den grad at man får lyst til å fortelle andre om det. OCX685i ørepluggene er et resultat av samarbeidet mellom Adidas og Sennheiser, og er nesten perfekte...
The reasons I do not upgrade to MS Office 2013 (outdated)
There are at least two reasons – and still looking – why I will probably never upgrade to the 2013 version of Microsoft office: Reason #1 – Price tag too high When you already are using Office 2007, the price tag will have to be taken into consideration. Upgrading to...
How to fix non-working WLAN of Apple macBook Pro
I have found the cause of and the remedy for the non-working wlan in my macBook Pro, likely to be a general problem for this product. Hence I share the solution. History More than a year ago, I was participating in an endless thread on the Mac support...
Broken glass and children tears
The pictures show the broken glass on three mobile phones; from LG, Samsung and Nokia, respectively. I have no picture of the tears rolling down the skin of those children owners, but they are all from the same family Janson. In particular the LG Optimus G became an extra sad...
Those slippery laptop power cables!
For a number of years I have been searching half-consciously around for a remedy against those slippery power cables used to feed my laptops. I have tried the python trick, coiling up the cable around a nearby flowerpot, and all sorts of other dummy attempts. No matter what I did,...
Honor to HTC One with Blumlein Stereo and supreme audio
Dear all, as an audio enthusiast I would like to take an opportunity to restate what many have forgotten, namely that Blumlein invented stereo in the 1930ies. From that and given the fact that time flies away, one should perhaps be able to conclude that stereo on playback devices had...
Samsung med karmisk ullvask på 40 grader celsius!
Oppdatering II, fikk jeg erstatning for mine karmisk krympede gensere? Nei, det fikk jeg ikke. Les om Samsungs store bløff: “Voice of customer”. Oppdatering Det viste seg at den opprinnelige temperaturmåleren hadde en motstand på 9 Ohm, mens den ifølge reparatør skal være 10 Ohm (eller var det motsatt). Uansett,...
Garmin Fit on HTC One V vs. Garmin ForeRunner 305
Since I have just written a blog on the catastrophic technical incompatibility between Garmin Forerunner 305 and the HTC sync manager PC software that comes with the HTC One V, the natural step two was to compare the Garmin Fit Android App running on that phone, versus our Garmin ForeRunner...
HTC software is really bad news for Garmin Forerunner 305
HTC og Garmin are two manufacturers that at the moment are incompatible and mutual exclusive in a major way: If HTC software is installed on a PC, it will immediately be impossible to use this same PC as host for Garmin Forerunner 305 devices that connect via USB. “The Garmin...
Telenor uten mobil-3G dekning i Bærum og Dalsbygda (Utdatert)
Vi bor særlig på to plasser i Norge, og begge steder sliter vi meget med dekning i Telenor's mobile nett. Noen ganger forsøker vi til og med å koble på naboens WiFi i smug hvis vi ikke har sånt selv. Det hender. Hør her hvor ille det låter når 3g nettet ikke klarer å levere linjer til NRK P2 som sendes i 160kb/s mp3 lydstrøm.
No sound on your computer?
There is a product available over at the SoundPimp website that can be useful for fixing the situation when there is no sound on your pc.
NRK’s nye nett tv med barnesykdommer (utdatert)
NRK gjør veldig mye bra. Ikke bare på innhold, men også på teknologi, inkludert distribusjon av eget innhold. Uten akkurat å ha kjennskap til alle verdens tv stasjoner, fremstår kanalen for meg som en pionér innen moderne nett TV og radio, og kommer utmerket ut av en direkte sammenligning med...