Entries for December 2007

Best cities to celebrate new year

New Year's Eve is one of the most hyped times of the year, but still a great time to meet friends and have fun. There is celebration all over the world but the news often show images from the same old places. The giant ball hovering above Times Square in...

December 31, 2007 | Comments (0) | Filed under Travel

Movie horizon of 2008

The movie year of 2007 was actually quite good, but there are a few gems coming up in 2008. Cloverfield I don't think it's nearly as good as the hype claims, but gotta see it anyway. Jumper It seems like a weird mix of Kurt Wagner and Highlander. Love it!...

December 29, 2007 | Comments (0) | Filed under Movies

Top ten records of 2007

Just as last year, it's time to take a look at my favourite albums released in 2007. And the winners are... Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker Combichrist - What The Fuck is Wrong With You People? Air - Pocket Symphony Björk - Volta Emigrate -...

December 28, 2007 | Comments (4) | Filed under Music

Best movies of 2007

2007 was an interesting year with several great titles, quite better than 2006. Here are my picks: Pans Labyrinth The Fountain Blood Diamond This Is England The Departed Stardust 300 Death Proof Apocalypto Hot Fuzz Click on the above links to read my reviews (Swedish). The next year will kickstart...

December 26, 2007 | Comments (2) | Filed under Movies

IE8 passes Acid2

The IE team has been taking crap from pretty much everybody for uncountable years. Despite several CSS improvements, the feature list of IE7 was a disappointment to many people and there has been silence for a whole year since then. But suddenly something stirs in the wind: Dean Hachamovich announced...

December 19, 2007 | Comments (0) | Filed under Web standards

After IE7 comes IE8

Microsoft are infamous for their product names. My latest favourite is ".NET 3.0", which really is the .NET 2.0 framework with a few addons. I wonder how they come up with these names? Locking themselves up in a conference room and starts to brainstorm? "What do we call our Flash...

December 06, 2007 | Comments (2) | Filed under Browsers