More shameless remarks by Larko

Merry christmas

Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 10:06 | In video | 1 Comment
Tags: xmas

Admitted that I have used this xmas greeting before but hopefully it was such a long time ago that nobody takes notice Merry christmas!

A Baltic vision

Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1:30 | In Estonia | 4 Comments
Tags: balticum, latvia, lithuania

In this clip the Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves uses five minutes efficiently by putting into a nutshell how the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have changed and how the whole World has changed during the last 20 years. He appeared together with his Latvian and Lithuanian counterparts in Riga in the final session of Transatlantic Agenda 2010 A Baltic Vision.

Differences or not?

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 6:51 | In Not serious, languages | 3 Comments

I am quoting Secretary Clinton according to the US State Department’s official blog (Boldface added by me.):

This follows on the work that we began over the last many months to transform the relationship between our two countries, to find common ground wherever we can, to further mutual respect and mutual interests, without in any way accepting the fact that there are not differences between us, because there are.

Wait a minute! I know that diplomatic language is tricky but this one takes the cake. There are three statements in the last boldfaced part of the sentence which are partly contradicting each other. Namely:

It is a fact that there are “not differences between us“, i.e. Russia and USA.
Russia and USA do not accept that fact.
There are differences between Russia and USA.

So would somebody please explain whether there are differences or not and if there are not, do the two countries accept it or not. Or do they accept that there are differences but pretend there are not?

Silver is good enough

Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 22:16 | In web tests | Leave a Comment
Tags: blogthings

If this description makes me silver I do not want to know about gold

You Are Silver

You are down to earth and unpretentious. You don’t feel like you need to show off, and you’re very secure with your place in the world.

You are understated and elegant. You carry yourself with poise, and you’re more known for what you don’t do than what you do.

You can fit in anywhere from a country western bar to a black tie gala. You are adaptable and adventurous.

You are blind to social class and background. You see people as who they are … not as where they came from or how much money they have.

Are You Silver or Gold?

Blogthings: If Quizzes Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Take Quizzes

Greeting Germany

Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 0:41 | In Election, Germany, Politics | Leave a Comment

Here is my special greeting for today to everybody in Germany:

Wahl-o-Mat

Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 2:55 | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment

I did the German Wahl-o-Mat survey for the upcoming parliamentary election where I am not eligible to vote. I am not going to disclose my real preference but if I could vote in Germany, I would NOT vote for Die Linke, FDP, Grüne, NPD, SPD or CDU/CSU in the list below.

A +

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 5:22 | In Not serious, internet | Leave a Comment
Tags: twitter

A moment ago I was rated A +. Just so you know whose blog you are reading.

Say what! Rated? Here is the explanation:

Not serious at all.

Get your’s here.

I am so joyful

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 16:58 | In web tests | Leave a Comment

What a joy indeed it is to have this test confirm that I am so very joyful.

You Are Very Joyful

You may not be happy all of the time, but you experience frequent moments of joy in your life.

There are moments so perfect that time has stood still and you wish you could freeze it forever.

You are so joyful because you appreciate the small things in life. You know joy is more about who you are than what you have.

You are thankful to be alive, and you know that things could be a lot worse. You are content with your life.

Are You Joyful?

Welcome back, TPB!

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 16:15 | In internet | Leave a Comment
Tags: pirate bay

The torrent bulletin board Pirate Bay was closed yesterday by a Swedish court injunction targeted against their ISP. And now, about 24 hours later the site is up and running again as if nothing had happened, displaying this cool t-shirt logo:

I am impressed by the speed of it. Just as I am impressed how Peter Sunde just casually broke the news in Twitter: “Oh, did i forget? TPB is up again.”

Welcome back, TPB!

Sport is not serious

Friday, August 21, 2009 at 1:10 | In Not serious | 2 Comments

This hilarious 45 second clip is intended for those who do not take competitive sports too seriously. I wonder if eating pea soup is considered as doping.

via @martkase

Twitter down again

Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 20:10 | In internet, web 2.0. | Leave a Comment
Tags: twitter

Is Twitter being attacked again?

I am independent

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 16:47 | In web tests | 2 Comments

This test tells me that I am independent and I put a great value on freedom. Not that I would not have known it but the description is pretty accurate. Come to think of it, I am more and more getting to like the Bolgthings tests.

You Need Freedom

You need to have full control of your life. You must make your own choices and decisions.

Your confidence and self-esteem comes from being independent. It’s very important that no one tells you what to do.

You don’t do well with rules, responsibilities, or commitment. You’re not flaky, but you do need flexibility.

You may not always exercise your freedom, but you need to know it’s there. Just feeling constrained constrains you.

What Do You Need Most?

Out of Twitter

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 23:30 | In internet, web 2.0. | 2 Comments
Tags: security, twitter

I appriciate that Twitter is concerned of my security but this is a bit too much of the good stuff. Locking me out of my account does not help me at all, neither does it prevent any unauthorised usage of my account. On the contrary, it makes things worse because as long as I have no access to my account, I am unable to make sure that nobody else has that access.

What happened was that I temporarily granted access to my account to a third party application. As soon as that app had done what it was supposed to, I cancelled the access and changed my Twitter password, just to be on the safe side. What I failed to observe was that when I changed my password in the web interface I had TweetDeck running all the time and I did not come to think that I needed to change the password there as well. Hence, TweetDeck kept trying to access my account using the old password and naturally failed.

Twitter apparently took this as an unauthorized attempt to crack my account. But rather than letting me update the password in TweetDeck they chose to lock me out in both TweetDeck and web interface. Security is fine but I wonder what the point in this action might be and how exactly is it going to increase my security.

Edit: Looks like I have my access back. I still honestly do not understand why it was necessary to keep me out for a couple of hours.