Kuukausittainen arkisto:toukokuu 2010

What are the true costs of products we buy?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/foxconn-suicides-time-for-fair-trade-electronics-would-you-buy-a-fair-trade-iphone/1358 This is a subject that has bugged me for some time, though not limited to just electronics but rather products in general. From industrial engineering perspective industrial giants like Ikea have done a lot to raise the perception of … Lue loppuun

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Ihmisten puolue – Internetkeskustelua

http://tv1.yle.fi/ohjelmat/viihde/ihmisten-puolue Loistavaa kommentointia.

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Taltarni Sparkling Brut Tache …. nice stained wine

Taltarni Brut Tache ( on the right in the image above ) is new acquaintance to me, but I was quite impressed with it’s taste and beautiful salmon color, which makes it look a little bit special while served. http://www.wine.com/V6/Taltarni-Sparkling-Brut-Tache/wine/1603/detail.aspxLue loppuun

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Today’s loot

Visited Alko’s flagship store in Kamppi today. Today’s loot for special occasions: Veuve cliquot in stylish cooling bag. Möet Chandon Rose Imperial. Looking forward the weekend.

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It is summer, it is pollen time

I like that it is getting warmer and sunnier, but at the same time I hate the annual pollen time – especially when air is filled with birch pollen, which makes my eyes itch and nose run. You can never … Lue loppuun

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Multitasking on mobile devices is hard.. My gripes with N900 ( eCoach and other processes )

It is understandable why iPhones did not allow multitasking from the start. Implementing and enforcing multitasking while keeping device responsive is hard. Users don’t look kindly their devices becoming unresponsive, while slower processor chokes under loads from multiple different processes. … Lue loppuun

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The world we live in – even South Park gets censored

It took me this long to watch South Park’s controversial episode named 201, which was totally destroyed by Comedy Central’s censors bleeping out dialogue and censoring depictions of prophet Muhammed. It is beyond any words to see something like this … Lue loppuun

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Retail rules

Ice cream scoop for 10 euros 50 cents. Retail business rules.

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Going where no man has gone before … ( aka train trip to Kirkkonummi )

Last weekend, on first of May, we were invited to grill-party at Masala, which seems to be an area in Kirkkonummi. For a city dweller like myself even the idea of going somewhere where the metro or trams do not … Lue loppuun

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Celebrations for the first of May

First of May is traditional workers’ celebration day in Finland, and eve of that is usually filled with all sorts of festivities. Naturally we had friends coming over and had planned interesting things to do for the whole group. Our … Lue loppuun

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