Posts from year 2010

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Hunting for kebab in Shiraz

Hunting for kebab in Shiraz

After arriving in Tehran a few days back I discovered that Facebook, Twitter and other fun sites are thoroughly blocked, just as suspected. So I had a coffee and took the next flight to Shiraz, the lovely city in the south of Iran, on a quest to find the perfect kebab.

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Server control IDs in ASP.NET 4

Server control IDs in ASP.NET 4

The new version of ASP.NET will take care of an old problem, which is the id mangling of server controls. In short, your carefully named id could be rewritten into something like “ctl00_MainContent_” before rendered to the client.

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A virtual trip with the Trans-Siberian railway

A virtual trip with the Trans-Siberian railway

Have you ever dreamed of going on the Trans-Siberian railway across Russia? Google has cooperated with Russian Railways to create a video of the entire trip.

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The bearded journey

The bearded journey

Many of you probably remember Matt Harding and his dancing journey across the globe, but you might have missed the adventures of German traveler Christoph Rehage.

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The bastions of Gothenburg

The bastions of Gothenburg

In 1624 the Swedes began construction of a heavy defense structures around Gothenburg. With a bit of help from Dutch engineers they created one of the most fortified cities in Northern Europe.

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3D cities in your browser

3D cities in your browser

Google Street View and similar techniques are mainstream by now, and recently the Swedish site hitta.se was extended with a 3D view. By running a simple Java applet in your browser, you can zoom, pan and rotate the city while exploring street turns and roof constellations.

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Embracing HTML5 and CSS3

Embracing HTML5 and CSS3

The web is constantly changing and 2010 will be no different. Recently the Web Standards Project announced a change of direction, which really isn’t all that surprising. The “war for web standards” as Aaron Gustafson calls it is far from over.

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Review: Att komma hem ska vara en schlager

Review: Att komma hem ska vara en schlager

Swedish author Per Hagman is probably best known for his debut book Cigarett from 1991. His latest book tells the tale of a young man trying to find his place in a world full of decadence, hangovers and broken dreams, just like a song by Lustans Lakejer.

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