Slingbox PRO-HD

Ever wanted to bring your tv-signal with you? The Slingbox PRO-HD is a great tool. It controlls your PVR, DVD, cablebox or antenna input and distributes it via internet. You can access all your content via the internet with this great box. My parents live outside Norway, and they wanted access to Norwegian channels. Aprox 10minutes for installation... and it works like a charm. Great gadget!

Waiting for Rygh+

So do do you use Google Plus? I don't. I loved the interface, the concept and even how it made facebook change their magic formula just because they didn't know how Google+ would change the social web.

I have a Google+ account, and I have used it. I even played with the idea to move from facebook over to G+ . The circles made it a very good combination of twitter and facebook. So from a technology perspective is it a more advanced and intriguing platform. So why have I stopped using it? It is very easy. It is convenience. My google-apps account (connected to rygh.no) doesn't support Google+. You have to use a "normal" Google-account. I don't want to profiles. I just want to be "me" online. And currently that is one email-account; having to use two is just not worth it. And when all your "friends" and "followers" use facebook and twitter - why use one more tool? More and more cross-posting between the social platforms. You'll end up reading the same updates several times.

So what would be the Rygh+?
Google should fix the account issue, they said in March "comming soon" - and guess what: We are still waiting! If I could decide to use Google+ on my domain - I would prefer to connect to all the other services, facebook, twitter, linkedin, secondbrain... And get the updates ONCE, post my updates to one or some of the other network... I could even see myself paying for it. No adds. One online solution that worked cross platform. It sounds strange? Would never happen? What about email? That works perfectly cross platform. You can choose if you want hotmail, gmail, yahoo, your isp, your work-mail or your private hosted mail. One common protocol. That is web 3.0.

Back to a naked domain

I have been thinking to do a makeover on my blog for a long time. So I decided just to do it. I have really wanted to remove the “www” from my domain name – but it has been disabled by blogger.com. But sometimes there exists a backdoor – I’ll blog about how you can do it later. But now my blog is hosted on a naked domain.

Playing with the idea to move my blog...
When I decided to refresh my blog - I decided to start the process from start. Where would I like to host it? Blogger, wordpress, developerworks or just back on my own webserver. Using the same platform as for my mail (google apps) is so easy. I am logged in, it is friendly - and it just works. As I decided to start from scratch, I removed all my old content.

It feels like trip.
I am on my way to the airport - but I haven't decided on my destination.Stay tuned.

IBM Centennial Film: 100 X 100 - A century of achievements that have changed the world

IBM 100 years - see the video!

Euro policy must change

I wrote some months ago about how the Euro is a good idea, but will fail if they don’t do big changes to it. It is time for a follow-up; as several European economies are struggling. Greece is the first country and currently the best example that a shared currency without shared financial policy isn’t working. You need to have the same tax regime, the same social policy and the willingness to go in the same direction for the whole zone sharing one currency. Since the countries still decide their own policies – the weakest economies will weaken the Euro. I think the Euro will stay around – but I think the strong economies will force the weak economies to accept that the federal government will put them under administration.