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When was it opened?
Ever looked at a carton of milk’s “use within X days of opening” trying to remember when you open the darn thing. Here is a solution which. I’d add, that they should have used that
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Which fire extinguisher
Your in the middel of a fire, and now you have figure out what is on fire. And the consequenses of what happens if you use the wrong one.
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How was that again
I don’t see how this instruction makes operating the crane less complex, cartonish drawings aside.
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Just sit here quitely while the house burns down
Imagine having to sit in a wheelchair and wait for firefighters to come and get you. If the person who put you there actually managed to get out, and then didn’t have to go to
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Interview with Bjarke Myrthu about Magnum in Motion
How did the idea for Magnum In Motion emerge? I met Susan Meiselas of Magnum in 2002, when I was in New York to receive an award for my thesis assignment of a web documentary
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De forsvundne foto interviews
Disse 25 spørgsmål til Erik Luntang-Jensen, Jørn Stjerneklar, Nina Mouritzen, Jacob Langvad og Poul Madsen om, som fotograf at rejse ud i verden og bosætte sig der, blev i sin tid lavet i efteråret 2009,
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The Big Picture – A list of Multimedia Ontologies for MPEG-7 (part 2 of 2)
Photo: William Bout A list of Multimedia Ontologies for MPEG-7 This is a continuation of the post about what multimedia ontologies are, and the requirements one should try to apply. On the basis of the
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The Big Picture – Multimedia Ontologies and MPEG-7 (part 1 of 2)
As more and more multimedia content is digitalised and added to the Web or Digital Libraries, the need for ontologies to connect the meaning and relationships of the pictured objects increases. But how are we
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Security and Privacy in the Internet of Things
Abstract: The aim of this review report is to gain a broad understanding of privacy and security in IoT and the problems and open issues concerning this area. Introduction Internet of Things (IoT) use mainly
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Kunstig Intelligens – en kort introduktion
Definitioner af Kunstig Intelligens (Artificial Intelligence / AI) Nedenfor fremhæves fire definitioner af Kunstig Intelligens (AI). “Kunstig Intelligens er en disciplin helliget simuleringer af menneskelige kognitive evner på computeren” (Rajaram, 1990). “Kunstig Intelligens er en
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Decision Tree (for coffee) in 7-Eleven
Don Norman taler om “The Gulf of Goals”, hvor brugeren, for hvem vi alle bukker, har bestemte mål. Det er vores job som skabere af “maskinen”, at gøre det så let som muligt at krydse
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User obstacles – paths and trees
Dont wall in the user I think this is a good example of how people will always try to find shortcuts, and as such you should not try to limit them in achieving their task.
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Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and dials galore
Hand painted Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck figures, and all kinds of instruments from a swedish submarine exhibited at Tekniska Museet in Malmö, Sweden. A submarine is a fairly cramped environment where there is no
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Bicycle dustbins and bottle deposit recycling
These type of dustbins can be found many places in Copenhagen. The idea is, that even people on bikes need to get rid of garbage. The only problem is, that people don’t always aim that
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Personalized front covers – Cap & Design
I really like this example of how you can print an entire batch of magazines – and – make each front page unique, something that is most often seen on the web. Very nicely pulled
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A brief history of Open Source Software
What is the history and which type of Open Source Software (OSS) exist and why. Which type of business models can software-vendors apply when entering the OSS market. Open-Source Software are critical components of the
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How to draw a life belt in Photoshop
As with all things PhotoShop there are many ways to achieve the same result. One of the “newer” features of PhotoShop is working non-destructively. This means not having to start over every time you need
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Your website is not a poster
I think this is a very good image to explain how many companies add content to their websites. Layer upon layer, without the possibility to go up or down the information tree. Static pages with
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Weird codesnippet: asshole divs
This has to be the weirdest peice of code I’ve ever come across. I can’t remember if I wrote it or someone else. Oh well, I never did like The Footerbar anyway…
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Run several Skype accounts simultaneously on Mac
How to run more than one version of Skype simultaneously. Tested on OS X 10.5 Leopard PPC (should also work under OS X 10.4 Tiger and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (PPC and Intel))
Continue readingFlere Alternativer til de Store Søgemaskiner
Måske er du træt af at søge via Google, Bing eller en af de andre større søgemaskiner eller directories og føler, at du ikke får den infomation du søger. Så du googler efter alternative søgemaskiner
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I know that guy
Just noticed this cartoon by Pelle Forshed and Stefan Thungren in Svenska Dagbladet and was reminded of this photo from Bognor Regis International Birdman Competition birdman.org.uk of an old guy in old style swimming suit.
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Image search engine Optimizing for Photographers
ALT attributes, Title attributes and File Names are your friends. They are the most important features when you as a photographer want to do Image Search Optimisation (ISO) for your webpages or site. You want
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Det tog sin tid, men nu kan jeg endelig gå live med min nydesignet wordpress hjemmeside. Tilbage mangler kun at rette de sidste småting. Og findes der bedre måder end at gøre det på et
Continue readingIllustrators Partnership Amendment to Orphan Works.
From the AOP – it says post or forward this email, so I hope this is OK (?). You might also want to read The Illustrators Partnership’s suggested amendments FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP We’ve had
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Perle sits on staircase
Perle sits on a staircase
Continue readingFlickr og Getty i nyt samarbejde
Flickr is announcing a collaboration with Getty Images. The idea is so obvious and simple and it’s great news for both parties and their respective users. Flickr has an insane amount of images and Getty
Continue readingDanish humor vs. universal
During the last couple of weeks I’ve been sent two links to trailers for animated movies. “The Tale of Despereaux” – sent to me by my friend Peter Dodd who is lead animator on the
Continue readingTænk på børnene i Afrika
“Legetøj til Afrika har til hovedformål at indsamle legetøj i Danmark og sende det til hiv-smittede og aidssyge børn i det sydlige Afrika. Børnene henslæber måneder i en seng uden andet end grå vægge at
Continue readingKrudt og kugler
Blev lidt overrasket over at læse, at Politiet råder over 3,2 millioner kugler. Der findes ca. 10.700 politibetjente i Danmark. 3,2 mill lyder måske ikke så meget, det er jo ikke engang nok til at
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Sitting on the dock of the bay
Perle sits on the dock of the bay close to Malmö Marina.
Continue readingEt være onan-egern
Sexmangel dræber egern. Ifølge politiken.dk sendte en pensionist et egern til det evige nøddetræ fordi kræet angreb ham. Når nu man arbejder så hårdt på at få fixerum til narkomanerne på Vesterbro, var det måske
Continue readingHykleriske banker
Banker er som bekendt stedet man går hen for at blive vildledt. Det er den eneste måde de kan finde ud af at tjene penge på – det, og så deres gebyr-gebyrer og så at
Continue readingHvad så med spillerne?
Ifølge Parkens direktør Jørgen Glistrup vil han opfordre staten til at gøre det strafbart at løbe ind på en fodboldbane. »Så kunne politiet udskrive bøder, som minimum burde være på 25.000 kroner. Selv vil vi
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In the current arms race between advertisers and adblock software-developers the domain adland.tv (also known as Adland) has been blocked by Norton for years and now many more adblockers – like FiltersetG for example –
Continue readingKunden har ikke ret.
Skilt i lobbyen på mit skodhotel: “Prices may vary depending on customers attitude” (prisen afhænger af kundens opførsel). Dette er en prispolitik jeg vil overføre til min egen biks.
Continue readingThe Armory Show 2006 – International Fair of New Art, New York City
Gæsterne på Armory kan deles op i to lejre. De der må se og de der må røre, og det er dem i sidste gruppe galleriejerne gider at se i øjnene. Vi er i New
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Min storesøster Maise Njor synes at jeg er meget principfast og med det i baghovedet tog hun forleden en karrieremæssig beslutning. Lidt skræmmende at min søster pludselig ser til mig for råd. Og så uden
Continue readingBowery’s Whitehouse
I New York har jeg de sidste par dage boet på Bowery’s Whitehouse, Bowery 340, på hjørnet af Great Jones Street, New York. Hvis ikke det var fordi, at her er nogenlunde rent, så ville
Continue readingJetlagged like no other
Startede dagen i New York med at vandre ned langs Bowery og kigge på storkøkken og kantine inventar og tænker på, at hvis ikke det var fordi at gud og hvermand ejer en café, så
Continue readingOlé Olé – et rent selvmål
Der var engang et lille land der var kendt for fodbold og bacon. Selv om alle i verden ikke syntes helt så godt om bacon som landets beboere gjorde, og sjældent havde en lige så
Continue readingIngen drikkepenge til dig min ven
Turen i taxa fra JFK og ind til Manhatten bliver af chaufføren ført i fjendtlig stilhed og hidsig talestrøm efter jeg svarer ham på det uundgåelige spørgsmål: Where are you from. Som en muræne, der
Continue readingKa’ de li velkro?
Jeg ved godt man ikke må, ikke skal og i hvert fald ikke burde sige dette. MEN det er svært at stå og spørge en afro-amerikaner til råds om velkro. Uden at stirre på hans
Continue readingJeg savner min datter…
…ja okay, jeg savner min datter og min kæreste.
Continue readingMikkers “Hold Dig Vågen” opskrift
Jeg har nu været vågen siden tidligt mandag morgen – ca. to et halvt døgn. Grunden til det er, at jeg har haft travlt med at lave foto portfolios inden jeg imorgen skal afsted til
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