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- About makr.dk
About makr.dk makr.dk is my English-language personal website. It covers experiences, interests, travel, technology, vehicles, personal projects, and everyday life. The site has no single fixed subject. The four Domains This website is part of four related Domains: martinshjemmeside.dk is my personal website, in…
- About hoejriis.dk
About hoejriis.dk hoejriis.dk is my English-language professional profile. It presents Martin Kristensen's experience, professional interests, and projects, along with writing about technology, digitalisation, quality management, organisations, and development. The four Domains This website is part of four related…
- About mestomaarhus.dk
About mestomaarhus.dk mestomaarhus.dk is about Aarhus and the development of the city: urban planning, construction, architecture, infrastructure, and history. The site places individual plans in context, follows them over time, and preserves documentation of projects that are later changed, abandoned, or completed —…
- It is (once again) that time of the decade again
It happened in 2001, it happened in 2007, and it happened again in 2015. The website was given a new layout, whilst the underlying CMS was largely left to carry on as before. Now something is happening again. This time, however, it is not just the template that is being replaced. The old CMS has finally gone offline.…
- What My Old Code Says About Me
A technical autopsy of martinshjemmeside.dk, the homegrown CMS that just got migrated into Kartotek — plus some notes from the machine that did the migrating. The import finished this week: 277 posts, going back to 2007, out of a PHP codebase that ran more or less untouched for close to two decades. Before that…
- It’s that time of the decade again
It happened in 2001, it happened in 2007, and now it’s happening again. The website is getting a new layout. I received an email from Google in the spring saying that my site had been downgraded because 100 per cent of the pages were poorly optimised for mobiles. It didn’t really surprise me. I built the underlying…
- Public transport (and a little about private car use)
One of the first things I had to familiarise myself with in Oslo was the public transport system. Public transport in Oslo seems to run extremely smoothly. There is a very extensive network consisting of the T-bane (Tunnelbane/Metro), buses and trams, which they call ‘light rail’ up here. In addition, there are a…
- The Tax Authority
It’s quite easy for a Dane to move to Norway to work. You don’t need a residence or work permit, and a joint taxation rule prevents you from being taxed in both countries. So, before I came up here on 1 February, I hadn’t really done anything other than what I usually do when I’ve been up here on a business trip –…
- New Norwegian starts here
On 1 February 2015, I flew to Oslo to live and work here. In this series of posts, I’ll try to capture some of the experiences I’m having since moving to Norway. Other posts will no doubt cover Norwegian culture, Oslo in general, and other interesting things I come across. Another aspect I’d like to write a bit about…
- 43 great Danish words under threat
The newspaper Politiken has published an article about a number of Danish words that are at risk of being removed from the Retskrivningsordbogen (Danish Spelling Dictionary). The argument is apparently that they are on their way out of the Danish language. To stave off that fate, here is a short story featuring 43…
- Presentation at the seminar ‘Social media in the public sector’
On 5 May 2010, Headstart Network (a collaboration between Aarhus City Council and Seismonaut) held a morning seminar on the theme of ‘Social media in the public sector’. I was invited to speak about this website as an example of how citizens can add value to public data. My slides from the session can be viewed via…
- Office building for Bestseller at Pier 2
Over the last few years, Bestseller has been seeking to establish both office and logistics facilities at various locations within the Port of Aarhus. Originally, the plan was to establish a large logistics centre with associated offices at the new Østhavn, but this was abandoned in favour of an office block at…
- Company Danish Championships: Netdesign crowned Danish company champions - Regatta
Congratulations to our colleagues who deservedly secured the victory. It’s great to work for a winning team! Quote from www.baadmagasinet.dk: ‘NetDesign dominated the final races and were crowned Danish champions when the final was sailed on Friday in Skovshoved. [...]’
- Ultraviolet - Jem
I reply to emails as fast as Milla Jovovich takes down enemies in Ultraviolet, whilst I listen to “Jem – 24” on repeat… 47 emails to go before it’s time for duck, oven-roasted beetroot and Amarone. 7 hours to go before I pour a draught beer at Eskil’s. Quote from www.youtube.com: ‘Ultraviolet music video using various…
- Danish hosting company buys wind turbine - ComON
Power your home as the wind blows – It is, of course, untrue to claim that you are carbon-neutral when you still expect coal-fired power stations to step in the moment the wind dies down. Wind turbines generate more than they consume, but storage is not currently CO₂-neutral. If they switched off the servers when…
- Tens of thousands of VW Golf engines are being turned into new power stations | Ingeniøren
Decentralised mini-power stations combined with heat pumps are, on the one hand, a way of compensating for the instability of wind turbines and, on the other, a far better use of our remaining natural gas (burning gas purely for boiler operation is utterly stupid). But this STILL does not solve the problem that we…
- Upload Multiple Files to Google Docs
Quite clever. Google really ought to turn Docs into a proper Gdrive soon, though :-) Quote from Google Operating System: 'If you want to upload a lot of documents to Google Docs, it’s difficult to upload them one by one. You can send the documents by email, but this option isn’t very reliable and not all formats are…
- Nobel laureate warns against wind power
It’s about time these perspectives were brought into the debate. Wind power cannot be relied upon alone to supply a country’s electricity needs, and if a solar power plant (or other renewable source) is built that can supply 100 per cent of consumption, then the case for wind power is weak. Quote from epn.dk: ‘It is…
- Opinion – The Nørrebro vicar and the role of television
Ralf Pittelkow has once again hit the nail on the head. One must expect that supporters of the Iraqis have a somewhat superficial approach to the concept of truth, and it comes as no surprise that the descriptions of the operation have been vastly exaggerated. But it is disheartening that these untruths are not…
- Comic for 30 August 2009
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