I have been a fan of Douglas Coupland's writings since reading "Generation X" many years ago. "Microserfs" is one of my all-time favorite books - among other qualities the book constitutes what is probably one of the best descriptions of geekyness. that has ever been put in writing.

I just found out (a little late) that Coupland released his latest book - "The Gum Thief" - in early October this year. I found out because I came across a collection of short video teasers for the book on YouTube. The videos are sort of »artsy« in the way they are made and I find them rather intriguing.

Check out this first clip:

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It happened again - all of a sudden I can no longer start the S60 Browser on my Nokia N95. When I try to, the display sort of flickers, as if the browser is about to start, but then returns to the standby screen. Apparently, the browser application has gone into some sort of deadlock.

This is the second time this has happened to me in the past couple of months and it is really starting to annoy me. Especially since the only way to fix the problem (that I know of) is quite cumbersome, but also because I am not really sure what causes it.

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I recently went to Greece on vacation and I of course brought my Nokia N95 with me, using it to snap some holiday pictures. Believe it or not, but that is actually kind of new to me - until recently I did not do that - in fact, I did not even own a camera.

Getting my first mobile phone with a camera in it changed all that - at least in some ways. Because I have my phone with me most of the time, I figured I might as well start using the camera and snap the odd picture or video. It is something I do with some caution, however - I do not want to spoil every funny or *special* moment because I must capture it and preserve it for all eternity. I still prefer to just experience those moments and concentrate on savoring them.

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The TV-out capability is one of the features of the Nokia N95 that I find the most useful. Incidentally, it is also a big crowd pleaser - if I suggest to show people a video or image I have on the phone, they usually first ask me how I am going to do it and when I tell I will just hook up the phone with the TV, they respond with something like "You can really do this?". Great stuff!

I recently took a vacation in Greece with my family and here I discovered another really cool way to use TV-out.

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For some time I have been using a free program that enables me to use my mobile phone as a wireless webcam. The program is called WWIGO - Webcam Wherever I GO - and all you need to use it is a compatible handset; a Windows computer; and a very basic knowledge of using bluetooth.

Did I mention it is completely free?

I am pretty psyched about this - it is such a clever application and it is really only the imagination that limits the potential ways in which it can be used. WWIGO can of course be used for video conferencing - e.g. with Skype, MSN Windows Live Messenger and such. But what is keeping you from using the phone as a wireless surveillance camera? Maybe with some additional webcam software? WWIGO works with several older phone models so it is not like you need to have the latest gear to use it. Besides these applications, WWIGO can also be used to record video directly on the computer, using the phone's camera.

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As noted in a previous post, I took a vacation abroad last week. I went with the extended family to the Greek island of Crete to soak up the sun and have some Greek salads, kalamari and a few gyros. I can only recommend a vacation to Crete as a way to build up stamina for the cold and dark winter months we Scandinavians now face.

But that is a different story - this one is about using the Nokia N95 for satellite navigation (GPS). I of course brought my N95 to Crete and doing so prompted me to write this post, because it seems that having the N95 has changed the way I travel. These are a few of my observations.

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Before going abroad for a vacation last week I decided to download map data for the vacation destination to my N95. I thought it would be pretty neat to be able to use the GPS while vacationing (it was! More on this later…) without paying roaming GPRS/3G tarifs to download map data

I quickly ran into some problems when attempting to download map data using Nokia's MapLoader application, however. The cause of the problems are my upgrades to the »Maps« application on the phone and the MapLoader application - I have upgraded both independently of one another, and several times.

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