Monthly Archives: June 2011

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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