minor ramblings

Entries that aren’t really worth the bandwidth they take up…

Colony collapse disorder – How about cell phones?

I recently read an article about the (quite) sudden phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or European honey bee colony abruptly disappear. This is called Colony collapse disorder, or sometimes honey bee depopulation syndrome (HBDS). For most scientists it’s still a complete mystery why it is happening. Areas most affected seem to be

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RMA’s…

As probably just about everyone has experienced: things break down. I’ve had various computer accessories break down on me in the last month, among which 2 hard drives. Instead of returning them to the retailer I decided to go straight to their respective manufacturers, Maxtor (now owned by Seagate) & Western Digital. First I did

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Brilliant move!

Some people just don’t give a hoot about others when in traffic. I experienced a good example of it this afternoon, and also the brilliant countermove of the bus driver…! My bus had just switched drivers for its last stretch (the route is Oslo-Sarpsborg-Strömstad, with a driver-switch in Sarpsborg) and was about to enter the

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