Author Archives: Robert
Star Wars: The Old Republic
My friend Ole-Magnus told me about Star Wars: The Old Republic yesterday. When I first saw the game a couple of years ago, I though that it would be horrible based on the graphics and feel then, but seeing it … Continue reading
Rift
Last week, Lars Erik made me aware of this new game getting shipped soon, called Rift. I had heard the name before, but never looked into it and shrugged it off as just another game with nice graphics. From today … Continue reading
Essential System Administration.
This book has finally made itself useful.
Warning: time of day goes back
I found this rather amusing. Never encountered it before. $ ping vg.no PING vg.no (195.88.54.16) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from www.vg.no (195.88.54.16): icmp_req=1 ttl=246 time=396 ms 64 bytes from www.vg.no (195.88.54.16): icmp_req=2 ttl=246 time=243 ms Warning: time of … Continue reading
Automatically check StudWeb for grades
What is StudWeb? When you study at universities or university colleges in Norway, you have to use a forsaken beast called StudWeb to check for your grades. This is OK by itself, but it’s getting tedious when you wait for … Continue reading
Converted to WordPress
As the blogging software I wrote before was in dire need of severe upgrades, and I want to be able to use 3rd party tools to update the blog, I have now converted ipwn.se to WordPress. Over the coming days, … Continue reading
Array optimization in Perl
I learned something new this Friday. Some might frown and say that I should’ve known this from before, but I still have a long way to go before I fully master the Force. Say that we have an array filled … Continue reading
A revised guesstimate of Cataclysm’s release date
Ok, my previous guesstimate didn’t really hit, as I guessed that Cataclysm should hit around October 1. A bit optimistic, eh? Today Blizzard announced that the 4.0.1 public test realm was released. This is the patch that will hit the … Continue reading
Paladin Talents I Won’t Miss
Blizzard recently announced that they would revamp the talent trees for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm by reducing each tree to having 7 tiers instead of 11 which we have today. This means that you have to spend only 31 talent … Continue reading
Speculation: Cataclysm’s release date
This Fall, Blizzard will release World of Warcraft: Cataclysm as the third expansion to World of Warcraft. As usual, we don’t know the exact release date, but let’s try to speculate and theorize about when it will be release. First … Continue reading