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04.27.06The death of betaAfter writing about my first experience with the new Yahoo GO TV people keep reminding me about the fact that this is beta software. At some point back in time a "beta version" of a software package was a complete version, but with possibilities for bugs and maybe some minor functions missing. This whole Web 2.0 thing has destroyed the "beta" state completely. "Beta" means nothing as long as the world's most successful photo sharing site - Flickr is still in "beta" after years of existence and the world's best web based mail - Gmail is also in "beta". So ...
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04.21.06Stupid artist families and stupid astronomersThomas Hawk has an excellent comment on the fact that Joan Miro's family just sued Google because they incorporated parts of his art in their logo on his birthday: "So let's get this right. Google chooses to create a special logo to honor the art and memory of Miro and his birth in 1893 and his family wants to get all pissy about it?" I hope Miro turns in his grave in disgrace of his own family. This is just ridiculous. It reminds me of the story from 1994 when Apple used the code name Sagan for their new PowerMac under construction. The ...
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03.24.06How to waste your company’s money and make an utterly stupid audio format1. Be careful about timing. Find an exact point when the majority of the users of existing formats are willing to change their habit. Around 1999 something happened to the way people wanted to consume music. 2. Analyze what this change is all about. At this point people clearly moved towards more availability and was actually willing to sacrifice quality for the availability. Uncompressed audio was compressed and moved quickly between devices. Welcome MP3, Napster, iPod etc... 3. Now plan a format that is exactly the oposite of what people want Welcome Super Audio CD (SACD). It was released in 1999. Most of you haven't ...
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03.06.06Shovel, shovel and shovel some moreI was in a meeting at Ullevaal Stadion last friday. It's Norways biggest football stadium, and during winter it's obviously not in use. Out on the field I discover this guy: The problem is that he was alone. It looks like he is in for quite a bit of work...
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01.27.06A quick look at NRK’s new HD busI had a short peek inside today. It's called HD1 and is a brand new bus for outside broadcast. Producing HD video and 5.1 sound. The total area inside the bus when fully extended is about 60 square meters. It has already been used during the Norwegian skiing championship last weekend. Next trip is for the winter olympics in Torino, Italy.
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01.09.06US dollars and usabilityThe American dollar is one of the best known currencies in the world and probably the closest you can get to some kind of universal method of payment. When travelling I would of course always recommend to use local currencies. Anything else would usually be very expensive and sometimes it could be considered directly offensive. Still, when travelling on remote places I always carry some dollars. It's not the cheapest way to get around, but if your backpack and your passport and your camera and your wallet has just been stolen and the only thing you need is to get to ...
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12.06.05w00t! This blog is a winner.As mentioned earlier eirikso.com was nominated for "Best Technology Blog" in Dagbladet's competition (Norwegian) where they want to find the best blogs in Norway. Dagbladet is one of Norway's biggest newspapers. Now, the voting has ended, and this blog won a "Golden Blog Award" for best technology blog. If you master the strange language of Norwegian you can head over here to read the public announcement and an interview with eirikso. Fantastic. Because the two other blogs nominated in the same category are very good ones as well, I take this as a huge compliment from the people that voted for this one. ...
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12.01.05You would never ever steal anything hereA coworker just joined a friend that bought himself a new set of tires for his car. He used a legendary and low priced dealer in Oslo. It is run by some extremely efficient and clever people looking like they divide their time 50% doing work for the shop and 50% lifting weights at the gym. Not the kind of people you would mess with. At the entrance of the shop they have put up a sign that is kind of interesting here in heavily regulated and streamlined Norway. It says: "Theft will not be reported. It will be punished." Fantastic. This is ...
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11.30.05Pictures of the four seasons in NorwayMore fun with my pictures from the year 2005. These pictures are a very good illustration of the four seasons here in Norway. The temperature vary from -20 to +30 degrees celcius. (And please note that -20 is the extreme low. Winter here in Oslo tend to vary between -5 and +5, still talking celcius). Summer should be from +15 to +25 C. ...and to make it easy for the people using an ancient system for measuring temperature: Extremes through the year: -4 to +86 F Normal winter: 23 to 41 F Normal summer: 59 ...
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10.28.05Reality or not reality – that’s the questionPicture by Glenn C. FeronYou can't buy the effect of photoshop in a beauty saloon The brilliant retoucher Glenn C. Feron has a wonderful portfolio where you can see the difference between the original and the picture that he has touched with his photoshop magic. As you can see from the picture here, to the left you have a beautiful lady. Already beautiful to the point that is not possible to reach for average people because she is already prepared by the finest of professional make-up artists, hairdressers and an excellent photographer. To the right she is even more beautiful. Beautiful to ...
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