Category Archives: The World

Happy B-day, Steffen!

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Anders K. Madsen

Exactly 1 googol huzzahs for Steffen. Hope you have a great day!

Posted in The World | 1 Comment

Epitaph for a good idea

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Anders K. Madsen

While the Medison Celebrity $150 laptop was obviously a good idea, it was — as some have noticed — very, very poorly executed. While debates on whether or not it’s actually at all possible to produce a laptop that cheap … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, In the news, Rant, The World | 7 Comments

A bid on my soul

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Anders K. Madsen

This morning I found this in my inbox… To: madsen@sjovedyr.dk Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:21:23 -0500 Subject: php contract work From: #####@########.org I saw your ad posted on phpbuilder.com for php contract work. I have a survey form / … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Life, Programming, The World | 2 Comments

Commercial Science

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Anders K. Madsen

Apparently the Danish government considers rewarding the universities for the number of master students that get employed after the education instead of — as they do now — for the number of students actually completing a master. (Link [da]) Once … Continue reading →

Posted in In the news, Linguistics, The World | 3 Comments

Finding a Needle in a Haystack

Posted on December 8, 2005 by Anders K. Madsen

I came to think about various ways of finding a needle in a haystack – and I mean an actual needle in an actual haystack. I’m not speaking metaphorically or talking about searching arrays or anything like that. Just imagine … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, The World | 6 Comments