Outside the Loop

Viable Intolerance and Xenophobia

2010-08-03T15:51:00.003+02:00

Another year, another post :-D --on my apparently politically charged blog...My friend, Beth Cooper-Zobott, pointed to this Seth Godin post on the political expedience, however fleeting, however futile, of peddling intolerance to the madding crowds. Excellent points as per usual from Seth.He does, however, betray a forgivable, US-centric political ignorance.In a 2-party system such as in the US,

My Fellow Americans

2008-11-04T12:13:00.001+01:00

Here on election day, I want to encourage all to vote and to sum up my views on voting with respect to and for our own and others feelings and beliefs. I do think it is undeniable that some groups, especially the more fundamentalist right AND left, engage in politics to promote non-political agendas, societal reforms or legislate morality.This is something I fundamentally disagree with and feel

The Shade of Palin

2008-11-04T11:50:00.001+01:00

Re-blogged from barackobama.com:I agree with those who find the vice-presidential nominee an interesting move by McCain, one which may give insight to the way he would govern with a little out-of-the-box approach.It is rather difficult though to see it as much more than electioneering, an explicit appeal to the disappointed supporters of Hillary Clinton and a pandering to McCain's wobbly

3 Steps to Growth: Focus - Simplify - Elevate

2008-10-25T10:39:00.001+02:00

Image courtesy of tsevisAfter reading Steve Rubel's post on lessons to learn from Steve Jobs, I decided to put it into practice immediately. So here's my takeaway summary. Focus: develop your core geniusSimplify: get leanElevate: continually improveNow read, rinse, repeat. Enjoy.Address ,Right click for SmartMenu shortcuts

Loose cannon in Republican strait-jacket

2008-09-25T18:04:00.002+02:00

Editorial - Absence of Leadership - Editorial - NYTimes.comFrom a footnote in a recent, decent rant on the omnipresent financial crisis:Mr. McCain’s idea of postponing the Friday night debate was another wild gesture from a candidate entirely too prone to them.Like his choice of Palin for V.P., I'm not sure this is a great idea either --and while the previous felt like cynical electioneering,

Cool graphics design resource

2008-07-20T17:59:00.001+02:00

When you've got a project that needs inspiration or have time on your hands to follow some video tutorials check out this site.Lots of great collections and how-to's on almost anything digitally graphic. clipped from www.smashingmagazine.com

Simplicity is power

2008-06-30T14:57:00.001+02:00

A web2.0 rehash rediscovery of the less is more design dictum up on Mashable.An interesting read, that focusses on -surprise- Twitter, Stan Schroeder makes some well thought-out points that I can only agree with.The only necessary caveat is to remember that this is very topical. This is the approach that is gaining applications traction on the web today, where the Internets as a Platform is

Napping: The How-To

2008-06-29T17:34:00.001+02:00

This almost just in...... Naps are great.If you feel you need it, further justification and instructions here.

Set a Guinness World Record

2008-06-13T15:00:00.004+02:00

Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008 The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008 and they are trying to get Guinness to create a most downloaded in one day category and win it for 2008. I think it's a great way to draw even more attention to this most successful open-source project and a great product. Consider signing up and definitely upgrade.

For example: Radiohead - Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box

2008-03-31T14:47:00.001+02:00

Cool - a lyrics site with a video widget to show the band playing the song you looked up.I like it. =)

Blogging from Imified in GMail

2008-03-24T23:08:00.001+01:00

This is a first try to post to this blog from the GTalk client in Gmail using Imified. I find the IM client as service consumer / app frontend a fascinating idea.

Bear Stearns Follow-up

2008-03-17T23:45:00.001+01:00

If you've followed the Bear Stearns story (link in the text of the last post) you'll enjoy this.Technorati Tags: bear_stearns idiot

SubPrime mess, Stocks, Economy > A good look at what's going on right now

2008-03-17T16:04:00.001+01:00

As the economy teeters between bad and worse, one question looms:What's the best course of action? Here's what can be done. And whatcan'tThis is a pretty level unbiased view of what's happening in teh Economy.It feels like this is a particularly sensitive point in time right now.(...if you're not sure take a look at what happened to the valuation of Bear Stearns over the course of a week)

You are narrow, different, casual, picky, self and user centered, greedy and tiny, but agile and balanced! I'm wary.

2008-03-07T17:35:00.002+01:00

Ten Rules for Web Startups

Use a prep card to remeber the important points at an informal meeting

2008-02-17T01:01:00.001+01:00

Your Prep Card: Don’t Leave Home Without It at LifeClever ;-) Tips for Design and Life Make writing out a Prep Card an integral part of your preparation for every meeting. It’s a great habit to get into so never walk leave home without a Prep Card:Take a 3” x 5” index card and write down 3 key points you want to mention in simple clear language, nouns and verbs. At the bottom, give yourself 2

Bringing magazines into the digital age.

2008-02-16T23:21:00.001+01:00

Exact Editions Exact Editions makes magazines, books and other printed documents accessible,searchable and usable on the web. The Exact Editions system processes PDF filessupplied by the publisher and stores images and text in a database. The goal ofthis content management process is that the web version of the printed title shouldlook exactly the same as the printed version. The Exact Editions

one GREAT presentation

2008-02-16T15:36:00.002+01:00

TED | Talks | Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law (video) Wow - take 20 minutes now and watch this presentation by Larry Lessig. He 'pins down the key shortcomings of our dusty, pre-digital intellectual property laws, and reveals how bad laws beget bad code. Then, in an homage to cutting-edge artistry, he throws in some of the most hilarious remixes you've ever seen.'Great

A great Quote from a good article by Christian Rasmussen...

2008-02-16T12:40:00.003+01:00

FedTech: Government Social Networking: The Next E-Chapter It will help to keep this quote from Henry Ford in the back of your mind while moving forward with all of this: If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would’ve said a faster horse.Take it to the next level.

WHOA! Microsoft offers $44.6B for Yahoo

2008-02-01T13:59:00.001+01:00

An ambitious move to breathe down Google's neck, this would certainly have been disallowed if Google was doing the buying.My bet - Microsoft will take a long time to capitalize, if ever. In the meantime, this could be the best day in over the last half-year to buy GOOG, while the corresponding day for YHOO was I guess yesterday ;-)Technorati Tags: microsoft, yahoo, google

Blogging from JAOO

2007-09-26T12:22:00.001+02:00

Sitting in on Alef's admittedly biased review of web frameworksNo silver bullets here (surprise), the answer is, "It depends" on:Size of Community / SupportMigration Paths / Backward Compatibility recordDocumentation qualityAfter applying these filters we end up with Spring MVC, Spring WebFlow, GWT, JSF & ...yes Strutsand the way they handle:State Management - is HTTP Session an oxymoron?

Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World = Power 2 the People, again :-)

2007-06-30T01:21:00.001+02:00

Excellent article in WIRED mag.Talks about the origins of Google Earth/Maps, the data, the mashups, future tech and at the end a long tail reference to how all of this is democratizing the power once wielded by the map makers of the world.Smartpox and Semapedia are worth a look as well as metalayers of data on the world.

13 Photographs That Changed the World.

2007-01-23T11:34:00.000+01:00

A nice collection of classics of modern photojournalism.Both powerful, some disturbing photos, but also short discussion on their and their subjects effect on our world.

What a country!

2006-12-06T19:56:00.000+01:00

www.speedbandits.dk displays a fantastic carrot alternative to the traditional whip of law enforcement.See for yourself:http://5x5m.com/files/speedbandits/

2006-08-18T02:16:00.000+02:00

This is a writely doc.From Google's re-opened-after-acquisition web wordprocessor Writely . It's going to be a blog post too.I'm missspelling now.and here in bolde, there.one2treeFunny, Writely marks writely as being misspelled. :-)

IBM: The 'next big thing' no longer exists | CNET News.com

2006-03-17T00:34:00.000+01:00

I am unbelievably unthinkably embarassed to work at IBM right now.IBM: The 'next big thing' no longer exists | CNET News.com: Nicholas "stop looking. There's no such thing as the next big thing" Donofrio has a job title that reads: Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology.Out of context? Misinterpretation? I'm gonna ask around.

You are KK Dreger's newest contact!

2006-03-14T23:52:00.000+01:00

You are KK Dreger's newest contact!Yay! caitlinmarydreger has marked you as a contact too.caitlinmarydreger counts you as family.It's nice to be family :-)

What the Flock

2006-03-11T02:21:00.000+01:00

OK - so it's been seeping into my consciousness for so long that we reached a tipping point -- I downloaded and am exploring Flock. Executive summary: It's fun, powerful and feels real intuitive. Swiss-army knife built-in features like del.icio.us, Flickr integration, even this post is being written in Flock hooked up to Blogger. They even work together, like letting me drag the Flickr Flock

Mini Snowmen Rule!

2006-03-11T01:55:00.000+01:00

They come to life in seconds -- make an army of 'em.

The Face of Anger

2006-02-07T23:06:00.000+01:00

jyllands_posten_mohammeds_ansigtOriginally uploaded by ganeshpuri89. I saw the cartoons and read the article when they were published - in my opinion this has blown way out of proportion. I know Denmark to be a very open society and most Danes are more than tolerant and respectful of others in every way, religion included.Through the media, I see exaggeration, outright lies and

HappyHolidays

2006-01-15T02:19:00.000+01:00

HappyHolidays Originally uploaded by kvan1. Holiday FireworksFrom the streets outside, here in Denmark the tradition is to bring in the new year with a bang -- here a little closer and s l o w e r

HappyHolidays

2006-01-15T02:17:00.000+01:00

HappyHolidays Originally uploaded by kvan1. Holiday Fireworks...from the Christmas tree inside here in DenmarkSome years a tree has its own magic

HappyHolidays

2006-01-15T02:16:00.001+01:00

HappyHolidays Originally uploaded by kvan1. Holiday Fireworksmight have affected a couple of contortionist melting mini-snowmen on our front step :-)

HappyHolidays

2006-01-15T02:16:00.000+01:00

HappyHolidays Originally uploaded by kvan1. Holiday FireworksFrom the streets outside, here in Denmark the tradition is to bring in the new year with a bang

Thinking Machine 4: Play the Game

2005-12-27T13:24:00.000+01:00

You would think being able to see into the mind of your opponent would be of great advantage in a game of chess...As it turns out it depends alot on the opponent... I got slaughtered.

Kevin's quick reviews

2005-11-29T14:32:00.000+01:00

Streamripper - Tutorial Kevin's review Great, easy to use, flexible tool The air is filled with tunes - Reach out and rip 'em!

Of Popes and Bears : Can buildings feel?

2005-11-29T13:22:00.000+01:00

Top News Article | Reuters.com: "The marble..." which fell from the top of the Supreme Court building"...was above the inscription near the top of the building saying, 'Equal Justice Under Law' and above the allegorical figure representing 'Order,' one of nine sculptured figures on the pediment." Can this be a coincidence?Does torture at Abu Gharib evidence a crumbling from the inside?Does the

If you believe they put a man on the moon...

2005-11-03T15:44:00.000+01:00

Man on the moon or a hoax in the Arizona desert? On Google, you may finally find the answer.An 'extension' to their Google Maps service has surfaced: Google Moon (http://moon.google.com/)The area displayed covers the lunar landing sites.In theory, you should be able to zoom in close enough to see artifacts from the supposed missions such as landing craft and Lunar Rovers.Try it -- zoom on in!

BOOooOOooOoOo!

2005-10-30T16:03:00.000+01:00

An eery, spooky Halloween creature staring straight thru you from Hamlet's Castle in Elsinore, Denmark.This is one of a pair flanking a large fireplace on the second story -which is widely held to be haunted......

Coco takes a dip

2005-09-24T14:58:00.000+02:00

Coco takes a dip Originally uploaded by kvan1.

Turkey : Ucagiz

2005-06-09T00:01:00.000+02:00

Turkey : Ucagiz Originally uploaded by kvan1. Moonrise in front of our 'pensiyon' in Ucagiz

Turkey : Side

2005-06-05T00:10:00.000+02:00

Turkey : Side Originally uploaded by kvan1. Baths behind the amphitheatre

Turkey : Side

2005-06-05T00:01:00.000+02:00

Turkey : Side Originally uploaded by kvan1. Ruins behind the amphitheater

Turkey : Side

2005-06-02T00:52:00.000+02:00

pure Egg & Dart porn

Turkey : Side

2005-05-31T21:33:00.003+02:00

Gitte rummages amongst the ruins before we grab a kebap. -Check thedoner kebap stand --it's wood-fired.

Turkey : Side

2005-05-31T21:33:00.002+02:00

Gitte rummages amongst the ruins before we grab a kebap. -Check thedoner kebap stand --it's wood-fired.

Turkey : Side

2005-05-31T21:33:00.001+02:00

Gitte rummages amongst the ruins before we grab a kebap. -Check thedoner kebap stand --it's wood-fired.

Turkey : Side

2005-05-31T21:33:00.000+02:00

Gitte rummages amongst the ruins before we grab a kebap. -Check thedoner kebap stand --it's wood-fired.

Coming Soon!!!

2005-05-15T01:28:00.000+02:00

jm(3).jpg Originally uploaded by seyd. Sifting thru way too many pictures to begin posting from the Turkey trip. I may opt for a link to the Flickr slideshow instead...stay tuned :-)(Thanks to 'seyd' for the cool PopTurkish shot)

Turkey

2005-05-01T22:32:00.000+02:00

Test pic from Nokia 3650, with soundbite!

Hi Mom

2005-04-17T00:45:00.000+02:00

Mom Originally uploaded by kvan1. Took a random photo to test Flickr upload and it turns out it's Mom who wants her 15 minutes :-)

Dogfood4thought

2004-08-25T23:34:00.000+02:00

This is my favorite blog for the moment Dogfood4thought ;-)

You turn on comments....

2004-05-18T01:34:00.000+02:00

...and no one uses 'em. What can a poor boy do?

Denmark for Comparative Politicians

2004-05-13T23:21:00.000+02:00

Hi Everybody, My niece in the US has asked me for help with a school project and I find it hard to say no. Maybe some of you Danes or others living in Denmark out there can help. It involves answering the following questions for a Comparative Political Science class. Anyone can respond in the Comments section for this post. Just jot down some quick thoughts, single out one or two questions,

2004-05-12T15:10:00.000+02:00

Likin' the new Blogger interface :-)

PDF-o-matic

2004-05-10T09:52:00.000+02:00

Kind of a cool tool. Punch in a (an?) URL and -click- you're downloading a .pdf of the page.

2004-05-03T17:23:00.000+02:00

I'm mad at Citibank idiots. I try to send a wire transfer (living overseas) to pay off my balance and it goes awry ( -does anyone know what a 'BNF' name and account are??). I get on the phone and communicate the problem, get some better wire transfer info and am told to try again...and if there are any finance charges to just call back and they'll be reversed. After about $100 in wire transfer

2004-05-03T17:19:00.000+02:00

Wow -> photon-"speed record for 'unbreakable' encryption":

2004-02-05T19:25:00.000+01:00

Aspensnowmass.com / Aspensnowmass.com / Snow Report: Last 24 hrs.: 15" --- YEEEEEEEEEHHHAW!!!

2004-01-26T13:03:00.000+01:00

ATOM is here -better turn it on and check it out (since my Feedster isn't working like it should -my fault there)

2003-11-13T23:55:00.000+01:00

: "...testing Feedster rss (through BlogThis IN Google Deskbar, whew!)"

2003-11-13T22:33:00.000+01:00

My body, Your body, Everybody netWork that body: "Technology Review: Human Body Network" tells strange stories of applied technology. Bluetooth and infrared begone, Japanese researchers have an operating network which instead of using radio waves, infrared light, or microwaves to transmit information uses the electric field that emanates from humans almost unbelieveable. Brings to mind images

2003-11-10T11:24:00.000+01:00

More Amazing Applied Technology Blipverts for people who never forget their glasses. The ultimate subliminal thread around your finger. A fascinating pdf or googled html read. On a similar note, but different pair of glasses, I read an article about a (HP?) lab that had made some kinda bulky -but just kinda- glasses with a built-in cameraand microphone in the nose-bridge. With these on you

2003-10-13T22:20:00.000+02:00

Hmmm, October looks t h i n Bad blog, bad

2003-09-03T21:45:00.000+02:00

Ananova - 150,000 Bp for 'ultimate boy's toy' : "The amphibious vehicle is designed to reach speeds of 100mph on land and over 30mph on water and can switch between the two surfaces at the switch of a button."

2003-09-03T21:27:00.000+02:00

"Get a pied piper", says Dave... and then shows how it's done on the original high-flow blog ;-)

2003-09-03T00:22:00.000+02:00

Hi there!

2003-08-28T22:59:00.000+02:00

Why this Sky? It struck me, while loading the dishwasher this evening, that one of things that is so likeable about Peter Gabriel is that he has never tried to be The Beatles. Nor, to my knowledge has Laurie Anderson

2003-08-28T22:38:00.000+02:00

I Cannot find the BlogSpot server?

2003-08-27T16:19:00.000+02:00

Mars Attacks!?! It's perfect weather for a late summer ambush as our Earth and Mars pass " closer together than at any time in almost 60,000 years" See for yourself here, and watch the skies:

2003-08-27T00:26:00.000+02:00

Scientific American: The Semantic Web: "unleash a revolution "

2003-08-26T23:25:00.000+02:00

This just in, from the Ask and ye shall receive department: : " BlogThis! " p.s. To use BlogThis! drag the link above to your browser's links bar for quick and easy blogging. Check it out."

2003-08-26T23:05:00.000+02:00

Reality Socks

2003-08-26T22:55:00.000+02:00

Sock Dream 3 socks begin: "sock dreams:: " I'm folding laundry and it occurs to me that selling a package of 3 socks might be a good idea. Not three pair. Two left, one right, maybe opposite, maybe random but three single socks. It would be a nice way for the sock manufacturers to show they care. Hey, we know these little guys wander off and we don't know what to do about it either, but here's

2003-08-25T21:57:00.000+02:00

BTW Forgot to mention: 2 out 3 java.sun.com RSS examples agree, Userland feeds really do taste better. For example: url='http://static.userland.com/gems/backend/gratefulDead.xml' feedId='example2'/> Image: That must be kind of nice. Congrats Dave

2003-08-25T21:49:00.000+02:00

Finally: If you're not content just using and want to start abusing RSS (and with 7 different specs, likewise I'm sure), you can get your fingers dirty at the RSS Utilities Tutorial. Yeah, I know JSP, but a ready-made tag library with parsing as well as clean access does put the simple into the syndication (proof --it's a 1-page tutorial!). Have Fun

2003-08-25T21:42:00.000+02:00

Post-modern inbred blogging continues here on Outside the Loop with Sun's opening salvos: Get your Java RSS Feeds while they're hot. They can be so leading edge --what's next, embracing Linux? Oh, yeah....

2003-08-25T21:36:00.000+02:00

?? Incestuous blogging ?? or coolly post-modern....you decide. Three interesting RSS links on three useful levels. First up, a good who's on first-time intro to all that RSS on XML.com [Apr. 30, 2003]

2003-07-21T15:15:00.000+02:00

Going to be kind of light again the next couple of days, planning a little island time.

2003-07-21T15:09:00.000+02:00

Wow - this makes my zaurus look kind of clumsy and underfeatured

2003-07-16T23:58:00.000+02:00

OK, I know, a new first gap in posting - but I have an excuse - fur: "Fur ligger i Limfjorden og har en rigdom af forskelligartede og særprægede landskaber."

2003-07-11T15:52:00.000+02:00

Alright - AlreadyGoogle Toolbar Installed: "Now that you've installed the Google Toolbar, you've got " ....no more excuses not to update ;)

2003-07-11T00:10:00.000+02:00

HI and welcome...maybe again...to my latest attempt at blogging. I'm being lured back by the hopefully not evil Google toolbar. I've tried it. I like it. Will it make me a blogger? We shall see. The biggest drawback I can see is that I far prefer browsing in Opera. So I'm kind of pulling for a MetaWeblog/CrossBrowser win/win from the folks at Google. A stretch? Yeah, but I'm (probably) not