Happy birthday Norway!
May 17, 2012 | 
Author Today is the national day here in Norway, with pouring rain and all that a 17th of may is supposed to include.
Have a happy celebration and enjoy the day off!
The nordic-vikings.net team
Family Guy Online (Beta)
We recently came across this little browser based online game, and it is a treat!
You play a character of choice inside Quahog and run around doing missions for the characters in the TV series. The graphics aren’t the wildest 3d effect ever but you don’t need it. The game is in beta right now and you have to request access but it’s totally worth it… this game is pure fun! so head on over to Family Guy Online and let’s play!
Check out these screenshots, and if you join add us to your friend list! Nickname “Morbidos”.
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Changes
You might have noticed that we have been working on how ads are presented on our site, this is because we have changed from single ads to a ads rotation plugin and have changed ad providers to better suit our site.
This is work in progress so the final setup has not yet been determined.
Got any thoughts on our ads, let us know either by commenting on this post or by our contact e-mail post (a-t) nordic-vikings.net
Raspberry PI, Ordered!
We just got a mail from Farnell UK letting us know we could now order Raspberry PI, and so we did!
Farnell UK states in the mail that this is pre-order and that it looks to be a July/August shipping depending on where in the order queue we are, so for now we’ll just have to sit back and wait.
Hard Drive ID number
Does my hard drive have an ID number? Yes, actually it does. This is a hardware ID number that the computer uses to identify your hard drive. For many people this is useless because hey, whats the use of knowing that?. Well many people does.
Well!? What is it then?
In short, the serial number of a (logical) drive is generated every time a drive is formatted. When Windows formats a drive, a drive’s serial number gets calculated using the current date and time and is stored in the drive’s boot sector. Regardless of which operating system you run, the operating system uses this number to separate two or more disks.
Why would someone need to know this number?
You could use the volume serial number to enforce a weak form of application protection. If you create an application, you can make your application refuse to run if the current disk (from where the application is executed) has a volume serial number that is different from the number of the hard disk it was first installed on.
Basically, if your a programmer or a file engineer, these numbers are vital.
We had to use these numbers a couple of times and got tired of searching for them the hard way, so we created an application that finds them for us.
We here at NV.net therefor wish to share this FREE application with our readers just in case there are some of you who really need to know these numbers, or just got curious and want to try it out. This is only a viewer and will not change anything on your computer. It is also a standalone software so you will not need to install this one.
We will try to create an ID changer that will be released in not to long we hope.
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Is Backup important?
YES! Backup is just something we think about doing, but never does.. We have all heard stories about people or
companies that encounter massive computer crash where everything has been lost, and there is no way to retrieve it.
We here at NV.net have encountered this twice, and yet we didn’t learn after the first time. First time we lost all of our online articles and had to start up NV.net from scratch. The second time one of our head staff lost several years of personal photos.
But how do i backup?
It’s easy.. We tested a free online backup service called Mozy.
Mozy is the online backup service for consumers and small businesses with more than 3 million customers, 70,000 business users world wide and 70 petabytes of information stored on their servers. Mozy is very secure and has alot of interesting features to use. Home computer users may sign up for a free 2 GB account with the “MozyHome Free” plan, but you can also select a larger account size by signing up with the “MozyHome” plan with 50 GB or 125 GB for only £4.99 per month.
Business backup is also available via the “MozyPro” plan which has customizable licenses and storage space. Both the MozyHome and MozyPro plan provide unlimited restores via your personal web account and the Mozy software (We didn’t try this one but assume it’s a built-in FTP application that is able to sync folders to your online account). They also offer physical DVD restores, and mobile apps for iOS or Android operating systems.
As a home user, the 2 GB free edition would have plenty of space to store the most precious photos. We used the free edition and recommend it as it works GREAT!
Can’t i just buy a external HDD?
Yes, you can always go out and buy a half expensive external USB hard drive and use this as a backup plan (A lot of people do this which is good). But what if there was a fire? or any other accidents in your home?
Wish to give it a try? Just click here, or on the Mozy Logo image. Mozy is also avalible for Apple users.
© 2012 Nordic Vikings.net
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Max Payne 3
We here at Nordic-Vikings have a few personal picks within games that we like and follow, Max Payne has been one of them we have played both Max Payne and Max Payne 2 “The fall of Max Payne” to bits and loved every moment of it so when we heard that there would be a third Max Payne we almost jumped of our chairs in joy.
Raspberry PI hits production
Picture: Raspberry.org
We have been following the development of the credit card size computer called Raspberry PI with great interest and were very happy to hear that the first order is being shipped to customers in the UK as we speak(… or type for that matter).
The little computer was delayed by lack of CE marking but this has been taken care of, and the Raspberry PI foundation now reports that mass production has started, when the rest of us will see any of them is still uncertain but it can’t be too long.
We’re planning on doing a write up about the little sensation and what we intend to use it for but this will have to wait until we get it!
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Free Kitchen Converter
Tired of having to convert between US and Metric system when looking for recipes online? Well this is not a problem anymore! We here at Nordic-Vikings.net also had this issue, but decided to do something about it, and would like to share it with you.
The converter is made by us and is completely free of charge.
To operate this application, you need an active internet connection. Why you may ask? Well it’s because the actual conversion part is being done by our server. The reason we built it like this is because this way we can upgrade the application without you having to download new updates every time we fix a bug or make tiny changes to the software.
If you like to try it out, please click the chef, or the link below.
Hope you like it, and feel free to share it..
Download Kitchen Converter v1.0
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Nordic-vikings.net store
We have decided to open a store at CafePress.com as we were looking for some office supplies with our logo on and came across the site that allows us to share our designs with you as well as getting them for our own use. For now there is just a basic line of products with our new logo on and a few personal picks but we’re working on more so keep an eye on the store!
All money earned in this store will be put into making this site better, we have been talking about arranging contests and give-away’s and the more money we earn the better the prices will be!
Shop address is: http://shop.nordic-vikings.net
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