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Chatroulette – the Internet hype of 2010?

Will Chatroulette become the Internet hype of 2010?
It’s quite likely, if we look at its popularity. Every major news agency, which include the NY Times, CNN & TIME, has written about it by now.
What is Chatroulette? A plain site which pairs random strangers for webcam-based conversations. Visitors to the website randomly begin an online stranger [...]

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Flowers in Norway are expensive… but only for Norwegians!

After seeing TV2 hjelper deg (TV2 helps you, a popular consumer program) doing a comparison on the prices and quality of online flower stores here in Norway, I decided to do a little experiment and compare some prices as well.
I decided to stick to the TV2 test winner, Euroflorist, and compare www.euroflorist.no, www.euroflorist.se & www.euroflorist.nl. [...]

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Lost in translation…

As a foreigner here in Norway I sometimes get irritated, but more often quite amused by the SNAFU’s they make in the (translated) subtitles.
Some are simple measurement screw-ups, like replacing ‘100 pounds’ with ‘100 kilos’ (correct: ‘45 kilos‘). These are probably just because the guy/gal writing the subtitles isn’t exactly a math-whiz…
Some times however, instead [...]

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