Archive for 19 April 2005
New Opera Kicks Ass!
19 April 2005 in Root | Comments (0)
Today, Opera Software released a new version of Opera browser namely, version 8. The new version is so much better and faster than the previous Opera version. Plus, the WordPress “write post” page looks more correct now than previously! *wohoo*
Opera’s website is currently — as I type this to you — bogged down by Opera fans and new downloaders, so you might want to try downloading Opera 8 from this Brazilian mirrors:
ftp://ftp.puc-rio.br/pub/clients/Opera/win/800/en/ow32enen800.exe
You just must try Opera 8 for heaven’s sake! It just is amazingly juicy and packed with nice features. Plus, changing skins happens almost immediately in the latest version, which I like. 
Update: Opera’s webpage should be functioning properly now. The bogged down server was probably due to the one million downloads they had in less than 4 days! The CEO will apparently go for a swim from Norway to the US via Iceland in “celebration” of Opera’s new download milestone! 
Public Phones Soon a Shadow of the Past in Finland?
19 April 2005 in Phones | Comments (0)
Finnish Broadcasting Service reported today that all Finnish public phone carriers TeliaSonera and Elisa will start to phase out all remaining public phones and (wired) phone lines. TeliaSonera will cut the cord to the public phones as soon as by the end of this year, and Elisa by the end of this decade.
I’ve been noticing the disappearance of public phones around me ever since the start of the IT boom at the end of the last century. I guess this move was inevitable, but I can’t help but wonder how tourists will relate to our lack of public phones. No wait, I can already see it before my eyes in CIA’s World-book: Finland lacks public phones and as such travelers to Finland should bring their own cell-phone, or buy an used, unlocked cell-phone in Finland for a few euros, and additionally buy a pre-paid GSM subscription for their time in Finland.
Well, we’ll have to see how things will turn out later, I guess. 
I hope that someone of our operators will get inspired by the US operators (was it Verizon, maybe) that turned old public phones into WiFi hotspots. Are you listening Finnet, TeliaSonera and Elisa?