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C++0x approved

Posted on August 15, 2011 by tor

“The final ISO ballot on C++0x closed on Wednesday, and we just received the results: Unanimous approval.” Yay! Now we just need a stable GCC with official support then.

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Excito cancels IPO

Posted on July 21, 2011 by tor

After extending its time to register for the pre listing share issuing. Excito now cancels its IPO, referring  to the turbulent market as the reason for failing to attract capital. To solve its immediate cash requirements Excito is working on … Continue reading →

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Home office

Posted on July 19, 2011 by tor

My home office these days. Nice view but no AC thus a bit hot now in the summer 🙂

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Using lsyncd to automatically sync folders

Posted on June 20, 2011 by tor

I of course use a Bubba to store all my precious data which in turn is backed up off-site using rdiff-backup. Rdiff-backup gives me the best of two worlds synchronization, giving me direct access to the files in the remote … Continue reading →

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Excito hires new Sales & Marketing VP

Posted on June 12, 2011 by tor

Apparently Excito has hired a new VP for sales and marketing, Thomas Jell formally from Netgear. Nice work! Who knows, maybe CEO material? Aktietorget has the story (In Swedish). No news at excito.com yet.

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LinkedIn, Groupon and Excito

Posted on June 8, 2011 by tor

So now it’s official, Excito is doing an IPO and will be listed at Aktietorget. There you can read the teaser and the memorandum (In swedish).  First day of trading seems to be 25th of July. The “new” name of … Continue reading →

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Why I prefer C++ when coding

Posted on June 5, 2011 by tor

So Google made some research (PDF) comparing the languages C++, Scala, Go and Java. The register has a nice write up about it here. And not to my surprise C++ won hands down. At least when comparing what I’m most … Continue reading →

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Posted on May 30, 2011 by tor

I started writing this when i ended my work at Excito, unfortunately it took a bit longer to complete than what i had anticipated 🙂 (Note to self, write shorter and more often) So today was my last day working … Continue reading →

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Word!

Posted on May 30, 2011 by tor

So fsckn right: “If You’re Not Paying for It; You’re the Product” The other form of free, I rather pay for it in cash thank you.

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Using your Android phone as an Internet device for your Excito B2/B3

Posted on February 15, 2011 by tor

So my ADSL modem decided to take it’s last breath this weekend. After a brief conversation with my ISP support the modem was diagnosed to be no more. (They should send me a new modem replacing the old one. Hopefully … Continue reading →

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