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April 28, 2013 • 1 min read • Technology

Reset MacOSX user passwords

- Boot up with command key and S key pressed (Single user mode) - fsck -fy - mount -uw / - password username

April 19, 2013 • 1 min read • Technology

Waffel recipe

After some awful experience with an OBH Nordica electric waffle maker (one waffle took about 12 minutes and still was not entirely done), I have bought a cast-iron waffel maker from Skeppshult.

February 19, 2013 • 2 min read • Technology

Updating drupal

Here's what I need to to to update drupal (minor updates, e.g.
x11vnc as a nxserver replacement

November 29, 2012 • 2 min read • Technology

x11vnc as a nxserver replacement

Now that nomachine's great nxclient is defunct on MacOS X and its new nxplayer is still in beta (and completely nonfunctional on my setup), I needed another solution to connect to my work desktop from home.

November 28, 2012 • 1 min read • Technology

Upgrading mysql on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) hangs

Already the third time this happens to me: An update is available for the mysql server and I just "apt-get upgrade".
Online food shopping in Helsinki

November 14, 2012 • 6 min read • Finland

Online food shopping in Helsinki

If we want to replace our Saturday's general food shopping trip with online ordering, there seem to be only two major options in Helsinki ruoka.net and Alepa kauppakassi.
One firewall to block them all

November 6, 2012 • 3 min read • Finland

One firewall to block them all

Helsinki University's firewall prevents employees from workingWhile I was lying in hospital with a broken calf-bone I couldn't get any work done because of the Helsinki University's firewall.
What a bummer!

November 3, 2012 • 4 min read • Finland

What a bummer!

I broke my leg commuting by bicyle
Washing off the dirt from the dirty dozen

September 9, 2012 • 3 min read • Technology

Washing off the dirt from the dirty dozen

There has been much talk about the dirty dozen, a list of the 12 fruits and vegetables most contaminated with pesticides, that was assembled by the Environmental Working Group.
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