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www prefix

2008/02/02 11:37

Phyllis just told me that if she uses the address http://www.twid.bibulus.org rather than http://twid.bibulus.org, she’s taken to ask.com instead.

However, on my computer both addresses take me to this blog. Can other readers please verify whether there’s a problem here or not?

DA · GAMES · IT

Da vi satte lejligheden i Rosensgade til salg, lovede vi børnene, at vi ville købe en Wii, når den blev solgt. Men lige siden jeg fik pengene, har jeg desværre haft problemer med, at Wiien var udsolgt hele tiden (eller alt for dyr). Men så i dag så jeg den endelig til salg på Amazon for £180! Jeg skyndte mig at bestille den, og det var godt, for ti minutter senere var den allerede udsolgt, og nu skal man igen lægge £270. Selvom £180 lyder som en […]

EN · GARDENING

Lidl fruit trees

2008/01/29 22:22

Lidl fruit trees Originally uploaded by viralbus A couple of days ago, we were in Lidl shopping for Bockwurst and other essential food items when we discovering they were selling fruit trees at £3.99. We bought five – the four ones on the photo and a Cox Orange. I’m a bit concerned it’s a bit early in the year, but we’ll see. They also had plenty of berries, so we bought red and black currants, gooseberries, blueberries, raspberries and brambles. Yummy!

ALTHIST · EN · GEOGRAPHY

Alternate American map

2008/01/26 00:38

Speaking of American maps, I recently found this nice map that shows how the map of North America would have looked if there had been many more independent countries. Not just the CSA and Texas, but also places like California, Five Nations and Vermont. I like it. Somehow it makes it look more like Europe, no? I do wonder, though, whether the USA in such a scenario would have had that many more inhabitants than the other countries. Wouldn’t many of them have been better at attracting […]

ECONOMICS · ELECTION · EN · POLITICS

American states

2008/01/23 23:48

The more I learn about the US, the more it strikes me how badly the state borders reflect the real political, economic, physical or cultural boundaries. For instance, the New York metropolitan area covers parts of New York State, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, while these states all contains bits of different metropolitan areas. Given the American Constitution, it’s extremely unlikely the map of the US will ever be completely redrawn (the current states would all have to agree, which just won’t happen), but I still think it’s […]

ECONOMICS · EN · POLITICS

Brown's incompetence

2008/01/22 23:21

Northern Rock Originally uploaded by David Farrer There’s a very interesting and scary article in The Times today about how disastrous Brown and Darling’s handling of Northern Rock has been. I particularly like how he puts in perspective how much money we’re talking about: [W]hat else could the Treasury have done with £55 billion? Here are a few ideas: it could have rescued MG-Rover and turned it into the worlds strongest car manufacturer after Toyota. It could have acquired control of the Airbus programme and shifted its […]

EN · FOODDRINK

The end of A&W

2008/01/22 23:01

A & W Originally uploaded by sneaky monkey When I moved to Glasgow, a burger place that I used to pass almost every day was the A&W on Renfield Street. I didn’t enter it for a long time, but the signs advertising root beer, floats and other American oddities were puzzling me. When I finally tried it out, I was pleasantly surprised: They made lovely milkshakes (with real ice-cream), their burgers tasted of beef, and so on. According to the photo, it used to be only an […]

DA · POLITICS

Ny Alliance

2008/01/30 21:50

Campaign Poster at Buddinge Station, Gladsaxe Originally uploaded by jacobchristensen Jeg har stor sympati for Gitte Seebergs farvel til Ny Alliance. Det er spøjst, som alle partier efterhånden skal rubriceres som røde eller blå. Selvom et parti siger, det er et midterparti, vil det blive spurgt igen og igen om dets foretrukne statsministerkandidat og tildelt en farve på baggrund heraf. Hvad er der galt med deciderede midterpartier? Partier, der mener, de er lige langt fra Socialdemokraterne, de Konservative og Venstre. Og så langt fra både Dansk Folkeparti […]

DA · LINGUISTICS

Æ-ø-å-nonsens

2008/01/30 21:05

IMG_3126.JPG Originally uploaded by JasonJT Flere danske aviser har i dag en historie om, at æ, ø og å er truede bogstaver. Det giver en masse bøvl at bruge æ, ø og å i digitaliserede tekster, fordi de fleste computerprogrammer og styringssystemer er udviklet på engelsk. På længere sigt er det en trussel mod de særegne danske bogstaver Det er da det rene ævl. Der har ganske rigtigt været mange problemer tidligere (jeg husker tydeligt, hvor svært det var i 80erne), men siden Latin-1 blev standard, og […]

EN · SPORT

European champions

2008/01/27 23:35

Today Denmark won the European Championship in handball, beating Croatia 24-20 in the final. This is big news in Denmark, not quite as big as when we won the European Championship in football, but almost. It’s totally dominating all Danish newspapers on the internet at the moment. Handball is one of the “big four” ballgames that all Danish kids have to learn well at school: football, handball, volleyball and basketball. I never liked it – it was too hard and fast for me at the time, but […]

DA · TRANSPORT

Dum buschauffør

2008/01/25 00:20

First Bus – Single decker Originally uploaded by Xerones I morges stod jeg kl. 7.45 som altid ved busstoppestedet på Harvie Avenue. En mindre haglstorm rasede om ørene på mig og de ti andre morgenfriske mænd og kvinder, der stod og prøvede at holde varmen i busskuret. Normalt står en eller flere uden for skuret, men vejret var simpelthen for dårligt. Endelig dukkede bussen op, og vi begyndte at forlade skuret. Men i stedet for at standse trykkede chaufføren speederen i bund og drønede forbi os. Han […]

DA · KIDS · PHOTOGRAPHY

Smuk datter

2008/01/25 00:06

Daddy and baby Originally uploaded by PhylB Har jeg ikke bare en smuk datter? 🙂

DA · FOODDRINK · KIDS

Husgerning

2008/01/22 23:37

soup challenge – ask me! Originally uploaded by phil dowsing Jeg ser, at det nu skal være obligatorisk at have husgerning i England. (Jeg er ikke sikker på, om det allerede er obligatorisk i Skotland.) Det er i allerhøjeste grad tiltrængt – alt for mange briter er ude af stand til at lave almindelig mad fra bunden. Jeg havde selv husgerning (hvilket i praksis var madlavning – rengøring etc. fyldte ikke meget) i to år (fra jeg var 12 til jeg var 14, vil jeg tro). Jeg […]

ECONOMICS · EN · POLITICS

Brown’s incompetence

2008/01/22 23:21

EN · FOODDRINK

The end of A&W

2008/01/22 23:01

DA · KIDS

Fødselsdag

2008/01/20 00:06

a wee beer Originally uploaded by PhylB I dag blev Anna Bridget én måned gammel. Det føles som længere tid – jeg er begyndt at arbejde igen, og hun har udviklet sig så meget: Hun er ved at vokse ud af det tøj, hun fik på i starten, hun har lært at smile, hun kan næsten holde sit hovede, og om natten ligger hun og slår til et trælegetøj, Miriam gav hende, når hun ligger i vuggen og keder sig. Det er også allerede ved at blive […]

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