Anything related to the various media, like radio & TV, and other entertainment.
Today Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands arrived in Oslo for an official state visit. According to the statement of the Norwegian Royal House she would be arriving by sea, on board of the HNLMS Tromp (F803). Well… she did travel the last kilometre or so on board, but first she travelled from the Netherlands to […]
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As I was watching a couple of episodes of V (2009)tonight it occurred to me that Logan Huffman kept reminding me of (a young) John Travolta. They share the same look, and especially their smile/grin is very similar, I think. What is your opinion? Is John Travolta perhaps the real father of Logan? 😉
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This one has been ‘bothering’ me for quite a while, basically since the first time I spotted a product with the First Price logo on it. Is it just me, or are these logos quite similar? Both have a red background, a white, bold font, and the names are very similar. Fisher-Price is a company
Fisher-Price vs. First Price – spot the differences… Read More »
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
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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 &
Flowers in Norway are expensive… but only for Norwegians! Read More »
As a foreigner here in Norway I sometimes get irritated, but more often quite amused by the SNAFU‘s they make in the translations/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… Sometimes however, instead
Lost in translation… Read More »