Madsenblog RSS Feed- Svalbard 2010 August 29, 2010Have just returned from my trip to Svalbard, which was part of a course on “Climatic changes in the Arctic region” that I’m currently following… Svalsat (link): Fossile of a leaf…around 65 million years old: Polar bear guard…No one leaves Longyearbyen without being armed: Madsen @ Scott Turner Glacier: Unbelievable pla […]Madsen
- Colberts nuclear explosion August 17, 2010Hilarious!Madsen
- Umm nom nom August 17, 2010Madsen RestaurantMadsen
- Men’s 100 metres world record 1910 - 2010 August 14, 2010More than a full second…incredible. Bonus info: Long jump world record 1901: Peter O’Connor (Ireland) 7.61 meters Long jump world record 1991: Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 meters High jump world record 1912: George Horine (USA) 2.00 meters High jump world record 1993: Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.45 metersMadsen
- Documentary - “Taliban - Behind the masks” August 7, 2010“Taliban behind the masks” from vid on Vimeo. A few additional links: A group of eight doctors, thought to include a Briton, have been found shot dead alongside three bullet-riddled cars in a remote northern province of Afghanistan. (The Telegraph) Taliban Wages War on Afghan Girls’ Schools (NPR) Taliban treatment of women (Wikipedia […]Madsen
- Svalbard 2010 August 29, 2010
Category Archives: Technology
Oil reaches Louisiana shores
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Foto essay here…horrific. Estimates of the amount of oil being discharged range from BP’s current estimate of over 5,000 barrels to as much as 100,000 barrels of crude oil… per day. Just another great reason to switch to green energy…
Holger Bech Nielsen on the Higgs Particle (w. subtitles)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Holger Bech Nielsen…Known as the smartest person in Denmark…Professor of High Energy Particle Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen…and the closest Denmark has been to having a Nobel Prize winner in Physics since Niels Bohr …has come up with a humerous theory about why the LHC will fail.
Even if you don’t understand [...]
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Do yourself a favour…Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and run it…I did…and found 7 (!) pieces of malware…trojans, backdoors, rootkit tools etc…
Just a word of advice…
Speed up firefox startup
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Slow FF start up time? Probably because it’s checking for updates when launched! Go to tools->options->advanced->update…uncheck all Automatic Update checkboxes.
Enjoy…
Citroen DS
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Citroën DS is the most beautiful car of all time, according to the world’s leading car designers. Assembled by UK-based Classic & Sports Car magazine, the 20 jury members placed the French sedan ahead of anything produced by Ferrari or Lamborghini.
(Linky)
It is indeed an incredibly beautiful car…
Madsen vs. Old Lady
Friday, January 16, 2009
In all modesty…
Went to the local bakery today…
82-year-old lady: “Ohhh…Now you are very handsome man, young man!”
Madsen: “Well, thank you very much ma’am! Allow me to say that you yourself look absolutely dazzling ma’am!”
82-year-old lady (giggling): “Teeheee…”
Given the fact she’s had 82 years of “dude checking” experience…a connaisseur if you like…I take her remarks as [...]