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Startpage supposedly the most private search engine.. uses Google AdWords?

Just feels a bit contradictive to me as we know advertisements basically live off tracking. In the picture below we can clearly see tracking parameters on the adwords links. Not to mention Google is mainly an advertisement company, we can … Read more

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How I fixed a black screen on startup on Windows 7

So the situation was: black screen on normal startup, but safe mode worked fine. I originally thought something was wrong with the startup process itself, perhaps BitLocker had gotten corrupted, but a startup repair eventually ruled that out. Seems like … Read more

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Movie comments part 1

I’ve been watching a bunch of movies lately so I’ve decided to share a few comments on a few of them: Transporter 2 (2005) Really, really, really terrible movie. The Last Airbender (2010) The creators have obviously not played Pokémon.. … Read more

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How to map a Servlet to only the front page / root path of your webapplication

This post is about Java Web Servlets and will hopefully save you some hours of debugging. Prelude Rant I was naive enough to think that the reasonable URL pattern “/” would match only the root path of the application. Guess … Read more

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Iron Man, software development and entrepreneurship

Just finished watching Iron Man. It’s a fun movie, especially the Tony Stark character (the guy wearing the Iron Man suit). He’s somewhat narcissistic and arrogant but he has a good heart underneath that armor, well sort of, at least … Read more

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Thoughts from a fresh dad

I met my newborn daughter today for the first time. She was born a few days ago while I was still in Skandinavia finishing off the last working week before coming here. She’s a really lovely baby who even looks … Read more

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Super-simple way in Java with Netbeans to build all dependant libraries and subprojects with distribution

I think I finally figured out a simple and elegant way to build dependant libraries directly with the distribution and kiss that NoClassDefFound error goodbye. I also have a similar solution for Java Web Application projects. What you need is: … Read more

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My 5-hour long stay in Cambodia

I just arrived in Cambodia. The only reason I’m here is to stay in Thailand. Confused? Read on. Tourists can only stay in Thailand for one month without a Visa. The only way to extend the stay is to cross … Read more

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The Webdesigner (movie idea)

Last night I had an awesome idea about a parody movie called something like “The Webdesigner”. Unfortunately I can’t forsee me actually realising this idea so maybe someone else can turn this into a cool movie/trailer/sketch? Oh and I’d love … Read more

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The truth about acne

Forget everything you’ve read about not eating certain food types (all though I’m unfortunately convinced alcohol does cause me to outbreak more, but at least following this routine I’ve been able to control it), showering after working out and hitting … Read more

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