September 2006 – Denseman on the Rattis

Snart i Danmark

29 September 2006

Jeg skal snart til TÅGEKAMMERET’s 50-års-jubilæum, så jeg kommer til Århus torsdag 12/10 om aftenen og tager hjem igen tirsdag 17/10 om morgenen.

På vej hjem fra arbejde i dag stødte jeg ind i en flok småberusede FCK-fans – FCK skal spille mod Celtic i aften. Jeg var ved at støde ind i en af dem og sagde “undskyld” på dansk, men da jeg kom slæbende på bæreposer fra Asda, kunne han jo se, jeg boede her, så […]

Mobile phone

24 September 2006

I’ve been using pay-as-you-go from Tesco Mobile with an ancient Nokia phone for ages. However, I just realised that for the amount of money I spend every month topping up my mobile, I can move to a monthly payment plan with O2 and get a new Samsung D900 for free. So I just ordered that. […]

Ryder Cup

23 September 2006

I’m watching the highlights from today’s Ryder Cup on BBC2 as I write this. Although I know almost nothing about golf, and although I’m not generally much into spectator sports, I must admit I secretly enjoy watching the Ryder Cup (just a shame I don’t have access to a channel showing it live). I think […]

We could hold the balance

23 September 2006

My blog seems to be turning into a redirection site for The Times today – and it’s not even among my favourite newspapers in general. 🙁 This time it’s about how the LibDems can sell the idea of a hung parliament to voters. It sounds very convincing to me. 🙂

No Access

22 September 2006

No Access Originally uploaded by viralbus. I tried The Squinty Bridge for the first time today. It’s really nice (except for the prohibited left turns that Phyllis mentioned on her blog, but as a non-driver, that doesn’t affect me), but I was really annoyed by the way access is denied to the south east of […]

The truth about flying

25 September 2006

The Economist had a great article recently (“Welcome aboard”, subscribers only) about flying, in the form of a welcome-aboard announcement that airlines should really be making. A few quotes: “[Y]our safety is our first priority. Actually, that is not quite true: if it were, our seats would be rear-facing, like those in military aircraft, since […]

Bagsiden af en solsikke

24 September 2006

Going right to the source! Originally uploaded by sandysshots. Jeg anede ikke, man kunne få fat på solsikkefrøene fra bagsiden af blomsten, men den her fugl ser ud til at være klogere end mig! 😉

INTP

23 September 2006

I just took a Jung/Myers-Briggs test, and the result was INTP (or more precisely, slightly expressed introvert [11%], very expressed intuitive personality [88%], moderately expressed thinking personality [38%], slightly expressed perceiving personality [22%]). I’ve taken similar tests several times over the past decade or so, and the result has always been xNTx, but the first […]

Irish interpreters

23 September 2006

There’s an article in The Times this morning about the difficulties of finding Irish interpreters for the European Parliament. As it says in the article: Despite the Irish campaign for language recognition, there is not a single specialised conference-level interpreter’s course in the Republic. […] The problem is that, in most EU countries, most people […]