I have been moonlighting as a freelance webdeveloper for the last couple of years. The first year, I was using my spare evenings and weekends until I began having trouble finding enough time to dedicate to new projects. My reaction…
Business, Life, Programming, Projects, Software, Usability, Webdesign , 7 comments
Take 12 attendees (one from Italy, way to go, Fransesco!), 11 Apple laptops (and one Windows one, I believe), 1 wifi hotspot, mix it all together in “a cottage”:http://flickr.com/photos/wa7son/2981895522/ in “the middle of nowhere”:http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=langegyde+75,+denmark&sll=55.056251,10.453148&sspn=0.061353,0.129089&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=55.045618,10.462825&spn=0.007302,0.016952&z=16&iwloc=addr, sprinkle it with a tad of “Ruby”:httpL//ruby-lang.org, “Git”:http://git.or.cz/, and “*jour”:http://drnicwilliams.com/2008/06/18/what-is-gitjour-gemjour-starjour/ and let is stew for 2 days and 2 nights.
Bestest day ever!…
I am a big fan of podcasts. I have roughly one hour of daily bicycling to and from work, and roughly the same amount of walking the dog, both of which are perfect time to listen to podcasts. My brother…
I am going to BarCamp Copenhagen on Friday. This being my first encounter with the BarCamp concept I have pretty much no clue what I am going into, and I am both excited and a tad nervous - I mean,…
A few months ago I made a public commitment to practicing Inbox Zero for a month. I cleaned out my inbox daily for a month, I still am, and I intend to continue doing so. It has made my inbox…
Putting this into the open to force myself to follow through: For the next month, I am going to practice Inbox Zero. Yes, this is (off course) largely inspired by Merlin Mann’s recent talk at Google, which has caused a…
I received an email from a spammer over the weekend. There’s nothing special about that, I receive several hundred of those daily. However this one appeared to have been sent directly to me, it contained nothing that looked like it…
Right before christmas I was interviewed by the danish version2. The focus was on Ruby on Rails and our picking that technology for BiQ. The interview was published on dead trees Friday, and today it reached the version2 website. This…
It’s a new year, and of course, this calls for looking back at the year that passed. The short version: 2006 has been a great year for me on several levels. Professionally Career wise 2006 has been coloured primarily by…
BiQ on Rails, Blogging, Copenhagen.rb, Life, Mentalized.net, Projects , 1 comments
I just received a cold call job offer caused solely by my LinkedIn profile. Pretty cool. Unfortunately for the effectiveness of this story (and for the caller) I am pretty happy where I am these days and I turned them…
Podcast syncing in my iTunes Jukebox (or whatever the name Apple wants us to use for it) is broken. I’ve it set to “Sync all unplayed episodes of all podcasts”. iTunes reports that I currently have 11 unplayed podcasts in…
It’s been pretty quiet around these parts lately - if you ignore the posts about Copenhagen.rb meetings at least. That’s primarily because I am having tons of fun at work, which for some reason doesn’t leave me much time for…
BiQ on Rails, Blogging, Business, Copenhagen.rb, Life, Mentalized.net, Projects , 0 comments
Over the last month I have turned on my Windows PC a minimal amount of times. And every time it has been for one of three reasons: Playing World of Warcraft Listening to music The Girl is using the iBook…
Here in Denmark almost all phone sales are against the law. There are a few expections, but in general you’ll never (or at least rarely) get an annoying sales person on the phone. Imagine my surprise when I got a…
Rounding a round corner today. 30 years old, although I feel that should be 30 years young….
Psst, puppy photos are over on my Flickr account….
The venue for the Ruby on Rails Copenhagen meetup has been found: Café Selina (top floor), Skindergade 43, Copenhagen. Jesper has the details and links….
In a few weeks time this beauty will be moving in with us :)…
Rejsefeber. I might have praised your website last year, but this year you blew it. Remembering our pleasant experience from last year we actually went to your site first when trying to book our vacation for the summer. And we…
I loathe the “High importance” flag in Outlook. I especially loathe that the sender can set it: “My email is much, much more important than whatever other puny stuff you’ve received”. How arrogant is that? “This message was sent with…
Danish immigrations to successful freelancer: “Get lost, and take your seven years of contributing positively to the danish economy with you”. I fell through the cracks of the law because I’m freelance. I don’t provide salaried positions to Danes. And…
From Reuters Denmark warned its citizens on Monday to avoid Saudi Arabia, and gunmen in Gaza said any Scandinavians there risked attack, as Muslim fury mounted over newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. I wish I understood the mentality that…
Last night a bunch of people said goodbye to David, all while trying to prive whatever information we could from that impressive (and loud) mind of his. Selected highlights from David’s emigration speech/presentation/keynote/whachamacallit: Danish mediocricy-loving and taxes pushed him towards…
Some time ago I pretty much destroyed our OBH hand mixer. It suddently gave up living and went quiet. The mixer is 1½ year old and to be brutally honest I probably wasn’t using it entirely the way I was…
The following reached me through my old EverQuest guilds messageboard from someone on the outskirts of the Katrina disaster zone: People are dying in N.O. due to lack of medical supplies. Hospitals in N.O. are working without power or water…
“Can I touch it?” “Uhm, huh?”, the guy in front of me replied as intelligently as he could. “Can I touch it?” I repeated my question, elaborating; “I just want to feel how it is” He looked at me with…
This Saturday was spent mulling around the local IKEA store, picking out the furniture that’ll transform my bachelor pad into a couples home. Monday the furniture was delivered and carried (under much complaining and whining by yours truly) the 2…
Aaah! During the last 1½ week I’ve kicked back, enjoyed good food and cold beer in sunny Budapest with great friends and - ofcourse - the Girl, followed by a weekend of more sun, more beers, more friends and good…
So… Merry christmas! Happy new year!…
Saturday the girl and I landed in Copenhagen after a weeklong trip to Rome. We had an excellent time, sucking up the Roman atmosphere, marvelling at buildings and historical sights. Rome is a fantastic city, ranging from impressive monument and…
… obviously haven’t watched womens beach volleyball….
::Groan:: It seems today is going to be “one of those days”: Got up way too late Dropped my cereal all over the kitchen floor One of our nightly jobs at work hadn’t run properly Poured coffee into my glass…
1 Jakob wearing a leather jacket + 1 bicycle ride to work + 1 bicycle parked with the handlebar reaching into the bike lane = 1 torn leather jacket…
28 years. Sunshine. ICQ messages from people I can’t recognize. Bowling. Presents. Egostroking. Seemingly unrelated things, however today they aren’t. Congratulations to me on my birthday :)…
After having lived with a primitive brick of a cellphone for years I have finally invested in and switched to a sleek, hi-tech (well, higher-tech at least) Sony Ericsson T610. So far I am very satisified, now where do I…
I had the distinct displeasure of hearing the censored version of Eamon’s “Fuck it (I don’t want you back)” the other day. And by censored I mean chopped up, chewed up and spit out again. All the apparently naughty words…
Keith told me to: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 23. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. From “Don’t make me think” by Steve Krug: But…
Man’s apartment encased in aluminum foil Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie - An Effective, Low-Cost Solution To Combating Mind-Control…
The big news these days is naturally the US capture of Saddam Hussein. I can’t help it, but seeing the footage of Saddam undergoing medical examination by US doctors remind me of the scientists examining the Brain Bug after it’s…
Life, Movies , 2 comments
fuck; [Middle English, attested in pseudo-Latin fuccant, (they) fuck, deciphered from gxddbov.] Word History: The obscenity fuck is a very old word and has been considered shocking from the first, though it is seen in print much more often…
When I was a kid, one of the things we occasionally did was play Convenient Store. We’d take a bunch of old boxes and empty jars and line them up on a desk with a teller. One would then be…
Aah, the sound of appliances, computers, and fridge starting after a 6 hour blackout soothes my soul….
Avast! Today be Talk Like A Pirate Day. All ye land lubbers best get to it or me and me lads will be keelhauling ya before th’sun sets. Scurvy dogs that don get me speak can use th’english-to-pirate translator ….
One good thing about the tourist season is the influx of open-minded, untainted opinions that tourists bring with them. It is refreshing to ride the bus or walk down the street and overhearing two tourists get excited over some mundane…
2 weeks of (nearly) complete unplugging in sunny Turkey at the coast of the Mediterranean Sea is rejuvenating to say the least. Not having to worry about what the time is or what you are going to do in 5…
Once in a while “life” on IRC gets just a tad too weird: [15:35] <Allyra> omg morning [16:00] <Dragan> omg ally! [16:05] <Allyra> omg pastry! [16:10] <CLyne> omg ally! [16:10] <Allyra> omg CL! [16:14] <Dragan> omg CL! [16:15] <CLyne> omg…
Saturday was my birthday. 27 years ago I entered the world with a hair-do much like the one I have been sporting the last few years. It is sort of funny how little my birthday means to me nowadays. I…
I hate rain. Not the rain itself, but the fact that when it rains, everybody gets out their umbrellas the size of circus tents. It makes it impossible for me to move around on the sidewalks without getting my eyes…
Reuters: Bush, Blair Nominated for Nobel Prize for Iraq War ……
iPods have always been sexy - period. 3rd generation iPods are even sexier: Smaller, with more storage space (up to 30GB, drool) and now with easily usable play-control buttons and a kinky docking station. Somehow I think it’s a good…
You can do what you do seriously, because you must do it, because you must survive to the end, and you are afraid of dying and other consequences. Or, you can do everything you do playfully, always knowing you have…
Beatles tunes, done Metallica style Beatallica - selected Beatles tunes meet Metallica. Fun stuff….
My objective is simple: World Domination. My motive is a little bit more complex: Money…
Received this in my inbox this morning: You know the world has gone mad when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the USA…
People including totally unrelated text or links in e-mails, ie when replying to an old mail instead of starting a new one or when forwarding mails. People thinking that 10°C is warm enough to open half the windows for…
People demonstrating against war ending up attacking the police……
This post is number 100. Considering I originally didn’t want to have a blog, that is quite an accomplishment. Next milestone: When the amount of comments exceeds the amount of posts….
I just spent 3 hours in the smoker section of a train. I am a non-smoker and had a hangover. I hope 2003 improves….
With 2002 nearing its end, why don’t we let Google tell us how the year went. Googlism for: 2002 Several interesting facts on 2002, including the shocking “2002 is not 1789” :)…
Christmas is over for now, and as usual I celebrated the festivities in the safety of my familys embrace. 3 days of eating, drinking and talking to people I spend too little time with during the rest of the year….
“Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on the morning star? Somebody thought of that. And someone believed it. Look what it’s done so far. What’s so amazing that keeps us star gazing and what…
There’s no denying it anymore, christmas is drawing near. For us danes at least, this means that every single social group you are a part of is going to hold one of the traditional “christmas lunches”, where everybody eats and…
A conversation I had today with a longlost friend from back in my Amiga-days, inspired me to go through my archives, digging up music I made 10 years ago. I hereby give a selection to you, for your listening “pleasure”…
Of all the intersections in all the towns in all the world, the police had to stand at the one where I decided to skip the red light riding my bicycle to work this morning. That’s worth 500DKK in case…
Combine a scooter with inline skates and a pair of skis, and you get Trikke with the added bonus of looking ridiculous while riding it (or rock’n’rolling in Trikke-lingo). Looking at their tricks video it can even do outrageous tricks…
Denmark might not be the largest country in the world. We might not have the fastest athletes or the strongest army. Our nature might not be particular interesting. But who cares, when this is what people know us by? I…
I recently had the pleasure of experiencing Moby’s newest music video in its full length. The tune is as always from Moby spacey and nicely chilling, and the video itself is a blast. I love those tiny aliens and their…
I just received my very first spam-message through SMS today - and there was much rejoicing :o/…
Sometimes I hate arguing. Here I come with what I found to be wellthought arguments based in studies made by leading experts and my boss comes with a “yeah, but I don’t like it”. Guess who “won”?…
Since everybody else seem to be commenting on the newly opened Copenhagen metro, I might as well give my eurocents worth of comments: To me as an individual the Metro is useless. There are no stations near where I live,…
Yesterday the daylight savings period ended as it does every year. I managed to mess it up as I do every year. This year I failed to set my alarm clock, resulting in me coming to work an hour early…
Yeah, I know, I suck at updating on a regular basis - luckily that pleases some people. Funny, I never thought my laziness would actually benefit someone….
I taste like tea I am a Redhat I am a Light Cycle I am the Chosen One I have 21.7% geek in me…
This is pretty funny in a disturbed, Itchy and Scratchy kind of way….
…now move along. Yesterday was simply too much. Every single newspaper, TV channel and website related to the media felt they had to dwell on the attacks; documentaries of what happened, how sad people are, “experts” trying to guess what…
I am currently sitting in a train with my laptop doing my Travelling Businessman Impression. Outside the window the danish countryside with its colorful cropfields and lush, green forests is rushing by, providing a sharp contrast to the sounds of…
Ok, I cannot hide it any longer, I admit; I have returned from the land of the brave and home of watered down coffee. No more 45ºC in the shadows, no more 6 lane freeways and no more vacation for…
Woo, Internet-access from a public library in California - long live the information highway ;) We have arrived safely at LAX and spent the first couple of days in Los Angeles, doing all the standard tourist-stuff like visiting the walk…
Right, the last bag is almost packed, and I think I am ready to take the journey to California. Few hours from now, I’ll be sitting in a Boeing 747 enroute to L.A. and I won’t return for about 4…
I have been a bad blogger - No updates from me in ages, and just as the masses of readers started pouring in. ;) The reason for this is simply that I haven’t had the energy lately to write anything,…
I got my first comment! Straight out of nowhere, Troels decided to comment on my rant against graphical signatures. This is not actually the first comment on my blog, but it is the first made by a person I do…
“Oh yeah, drugs, you gotta have drugs”…
I have been fooling around a bit with various layouts for the site and finally ended up deciding to use the one you are currently looking at. In a month I’ll probably throw something else together because my mood changes,…
My recent addiction of Tony Hawks Pro Skating 3 has made my current playlist take a step back in time - approximatly 10 years, leaving me at a time of my life where I wore a cap backwards and thought…
Well, yesterday was the 1st of april. This meant virtually every single website, every news-service and every other daily media went out of their way to publish more or less ridiculous stories: Sony and Mythic merges and creates EverQuest in…
Recently I have found myself spending more and more time on various graphics/design-sites going over their tutorials, desperatly trying to mimick their looks, feels and styles. I’ve followed tutorial after tutorial, studied one wallpaper after the other and I still…
I have just now had the pleasure of being the victim of a prank call. I was sitting comfortably in my couch, watching a movie (Gladiator) on maximum volume, while eating some of the best food I’ve made for a…
Hm, I have nothing to post really (I still need to get used to simply writing), so I’ll just update people on what is happening in my lack of life currently: Being sick and tired of working 60-70 hours per…