Thursday, 29. October 2009, 10:02:32
I just flew TAP to Lisbon. I like how someone at TAP decided that flying should not be cheap (as opposed to inexpensive) and named the fare class as "classic" instead of "economy".
By the way, why is it the same speaker voice in Lisbon airport making flight announcements as Schipol in Amsterdam. Is there a kit you can buy?
Sunday, 18. October 2009, 18:29:34
Little sleep combined with the dry air of 11 hours of flight made my eyes really, really red. So I popped into Walgreens to buy some saline solution and found a small bottle of "Pink Eye Remedy". The bad news? It contained homeopathic "active ingredients". The good news? I only wanted water anyway.
Thursday, 24. September 2009, 14:51:49
I was sitting in the KLM Lounge in Amsterdam waiting for a flight to Sweden, when I became aware that it smelled like burning plastic. After a few minutes KLM personal came and looked into one of the "Deep Relaxation" rooms, and I noticed that a red LED had lit up outside it. Some minutes later they ushered out all people sleeping in there. Then came someone with lots of keys who probably knows where every cable at the entire airport goes, shortly followed by a train of firemen. Then a few minutes later they left and it became very cold as the ventilation was forced into max.
Monday, 21. September 2009, 21:50:24
I just saw that KLM offers a trip to San Francisco as first prize in their
anniversary lottery. Right now I feel like I've been there enough.
While I checked in at SFO I walked past a ground crew member that was wearing a
high viz colored hoodie sweater. Very Yo!
Monday, 21. September 2009, 21:32:39
Channel 1 on the Hotel TV at Marriott in Cologne shows a live feed from surveillance cameras in the kitchen. Too bad I've already eaten, or I would have ordered in room dining.
Wednesday, 16. September 2009, 21:25:21
Wednesday, 16. September 2009, 21:24:14
As someone going to the US a lot, and spending an hour or so reading Time magazine while doing it, it's really, really annoying that the issues of Time in Europe and the US have different covers, but share 50% of the contents. Boo.
Tuesday, 15. September 2009, 06:56:01
I've just decided that San Francisco international airport is the, so far in my experience, worst airport when it comes to directions. There is no text telling you what terminal you are in. There is no dots on the infrequent maps to tell your location. There are barely any signs telling you where things like trains or taxis are, and certainly not in view as you step out of baggage claim. Fortunately I know what BART is (Bay Area Rapid Transportation), so I know what that sign means. You just need to find the sign.
I did like the laid back brutality of the immigration officer, though.
- So you're here on business. Tellmeaboutit.
Friday, 23. January 2009, 09:02:30
In an obvious attempt at humor dhl.com decided to present me with an insult and a feedback wizard.
The text reads
Your Browser is LowTech,This service can not support lowtech Browser,Kindly update your browser to a new version !!
Sunday, 17. August 2008, 21:27:05
In my regular search for research papers I found
this one that is based heavily on Opera Mini. I would assert that both some of the facts and some of the conclusions are wrong. One of the most fundamental flaws is the definition of adaptation. In figure 2.1 and 2.2 Opera Mini without and with mobile view is compared as without and with adaptation. Every browser makes adaptations to the platform and presentation it is running on, and in the case of Opera Mini that are even some that does not follow the recommended way of doing so (for usability reasons).
Another thing that looked poorly supported was the following statement from the analysis of Opera Mini.
"Another shortcoming that can be noted with Opera Mini 4 version is the user does not have suficient explicit controls over the adaptation process. For instance the user can choose image quality of 'Low', 'Medium', or 'High' only and nothing in between the three. A better approach would be to allow users to control image fidelity level the same way it is done in CDA". The assumption put forward here is that a user would want to spend more time controlling adaptation than consuming content. It would had been interesting to see research on this, but as it stands this is just an opinion, not an objective improvement.
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