Archive for 'News'

iTunes Agent 1.3 is here!

It’s been almost a year since the last release, but it’s finally here! I’ve just released version 1.3 of iTunes Agent, one of my open source projects over at Sourceforge. This release is mainly a bugfix release, but one of the fixes is so significant we decided to bump it to 1.3. The most important [...]

We require multilingual firemen!

I know it’s Christmas and everything – everything is supposed to be joy and happiness. I still have to comment on a news report from last night on the Norwegian channel TV Norge. The news report is on the recent fires that have taken several lives. Lately an old Pakistani woman died in one of [...]

Spotify is scrobbling!

The news of a new version of Spotify just came down the wire, and this new version is Scrobbling! The ability to scrobble what you play to Last.fm has been one of the most requested items over the last couple of weeks and it’s great to see that the developers are listening to the community [...]

jaranweb.com has moved!

After strugling to get my domain released for transfer for over a week now I have finally managed to make the move. The site has moved to a new home with a Norwegian hosting provider – this should speed up the site quite a bit for most of my readers I have also made some [...]

Europe, baby!

Aleksander put forward the idea of a backpacker trip through Europe next summer and I immediately though “why not, lets do it!”. So the coming summer, we will be roaming around Southern Europe mostly by train I guess, seeing most of the places we both have been wanting to see for a long time. Aleksander [...]

Monty Python on YouTube

As a response to the YouTubers who have been ripping off Monty Python and putting their videos on YouTube, the gang of crazy Brits are now firing back – taking matters into their own hands! Monty Python have created their own YT channel, with all the great Monty Python clips – for free They’ve even [...]

7digital gives you DRM free music!

The online music store 7digital.com has been available to UK customers for a while, but has recently opened up to a wider market (Norwegian article). This is great news, and the kind of step necessary to provide those of us willing to pay for the music we download, a way to do so. I’ve already [...]

Blogging@Integrasco

We’ve started blogging at Integrasco. The blog will mostly contain technology related topics and give a little insight into the research and development going on in the company. First out is a post covering replication of Apache Lucene search indexes. Add the feed to your RSS reader and you might learn something useful

iTunes Agent passes 200.000 downloads

My open source project, iTunes Agent, recently passed 200.000 downloads! A steady download rate of between 150 and 200 downloads per day shows that the project is still helping a lot of people using their media players with iTunes. I recently brought a new developer on board the project as well. This should speed up [...]

Wrath of the Lich King cinematic trailer unveiled

The cinematic trailer for Wrath of the Lich King – the second expansion to the MMORPG World of Warcraft was released yesterday! As usual the animators at Blizzard Entertainment mange to make the hair stand on your back and give you goose bumps all over. I mean, all over! Take a look for yourself. I [...]