patterns of activity (excerpts) syndication feed for "patterns of activity", the eVirtus' semi personal blog http://evirtus.net/?2;patterns-of-activity en Copyright1997-2008 by eVirtus!net / John Magnus Juliussen Spark CMS 0.3.37 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:16:28 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleHeavy transporthttp://evirtus.net/?219;Heavy-transportFri, 27 Aug 2010 19:16:28 GMTCloseup of a snail crawling along a wooden fence, in the background a (blurry) truck can be seen moving in high speed.

]]>da6d253c320bc8b372ea7840ea045674 Congratulations on (...)http://evirtus.net/?218;Congratulations-on-(-)Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:11:49 GMTClippy, the Microsoft Office Assistant (3 animation states)Admittedly I've been sitting here for a while. Thinking of what to write about and how to write it. Staring at the insertion point. Waiting to see if a sudden burst of creativity would hit me. Not sure what I was expecting, but nothing appeared. I did however spend a few moments contemplating what my reaction would be if that blinking little line morphed into something like Clippy. (Scary stuff!) Did this a while back as well, not so much pondering about Clippy as I tried to find a way to restart my blog. Didn't find a clever post then, neither did I today. So instead I'm just typing to see where it gets me...

]]>5c1245af3eb6198f89b9029661e9dd20 Using webmail for mailtoshttp://evirtus.net/?217;Using-webmail-for-mailtosFri, 23 Jan 2009 10:09:16 GMTThe latest Opera 10 snapshot comes with a nice feature that lets you use webmail services as handler for mailto links. While I normally use Thunderbird, the ability to open mailto links directly in the webmail interface will definitively be useful in certain situations. One problem to solve first; my email provider(s) aren't available by default.

]]>70d7675195b83689b855d1fc918b3630 Dilbert, the entrepreneur!http://evirtus.net/?216;Dilbert-the-entrepreneur!Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:40:54 GMTIn what's likely the least covert product placements in, well, the history of life, the universe and everything, Scott Adams have during the last three strips had Dilbert secure venture capitol and launch a web service. The twist being that the service actually is launching outside the comic. I took the bait1 and dutifully directed my browser to DilbertFiles.

]]>1dbb1bae218b4d3eaa68ef89e776b23f End of the year reboothttp://evirtus.net/?213;End-of-the-year-rebootSun, 21 Dec 2008 22:24:49 GMTOk. So once again I've neglected my blog. I need to stop doing that. But first I need to start posting again. So for the last few days I've been trying hard to find the right post to restart the blog. Though I haven't found anything suitable, so instead I give you this; The absolutely extraordinary "I'm back again" post...

]]>70a142ab287e0a0b49255f56c3ea9d32 Twittering from Operahttp://evirtus.net/?210;Twittering-from-OperaTue, 14 Oct 2008 18:50:46 GMTAlways looking to save a second or two on repetitive tasks, I figured I'd check if Opera's magnificent keyword search feature could be used to post status updates to Twitter. Utilizing Twitters powerful API, I had this working within minutes...

]]>5ebb4c810e6f2880ec1bfbcd22b20aab Provided the opportunityhttp://evirtus.net/?208;Provided-the-opportunityFri, 03 Oct 2008 14:12:57 GMTThe web lit up yesterday on Tuesday on account of Iron Man being released on Blue-Ray and DVD, a release I've been waiting for given that I really want to see this movie but haven't had the opportunity. Thus you might think I have the evening planned, but alas, I haven't1; the release is US-only and I'm expected to wait yet another month...

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