Monthly Archives: June 2012

I’m scared to death of flying…

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kjetil H

Well ok, not really, but now as we just took off from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok I felt genuine fear. It’s funny because I’ve flown over 50 times in my life and have probably flown every year of the majority … Read more

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Day at Siam shopping center

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kjetil H

Just arrived at Siam shopping centre(s). Place is packed, even the sky train is packed. It’s a Friday at midday, doesn’t these people have jobs/school? Maybe it’s some kind of holiday today. Went to grab a bite in the “Gourmet … Read more

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Open-source driven by egoism? Reflections after reading Linus Torvald interview

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Kjetil H

Linux creator Linus Torvalds claims the open-source boom is highly driven by egoism and the desire to “put your own trademark” into things (code). Unfortunately I can’t find the article with the Torvalds interview at the moment. I’ve been thinking … Read more

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Applying for visa/residence permit at Norwegian Embassy in Thailand? READ THIS

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Kjetil H

If you’re going to apply for a visa, or in my case a residence permit for a cohabitant, to a schengen country from Thailand then for your own good PLEASE USE A PROPER TRANSLATION SERVICE. Me and my cohabitant have … Read more

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Enable fullscreen mode when generating YouTube movie with swfobject

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kjetil H

I recently dived into the YouTube javascript API as we (the company I work for) wanted to track behaviour on the video (note that the YouTube javascript API is not great for this task, but that is another matter). However, … Read more

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