When you’re a maximizer, second best is not good enough. Good enough isn’t good enough. It’s not a materialistic thing at all. And it’s not snobbish…Read more

The “Save” command in desktop software is a consequence of hardware design. Because primary storage (RAM) is fast, but expensive and volatile, and se…Read more

We had Jonathan over to clean our windows today, and what a remarkable difference it has made. Seriously, if cleaning your windows is one of those t…Read more

We just finished watching five episodes of the West Wing in a row. The bastards had kidnapped the president’s daughter Zoey, and with our baby daugh…Read more

For the past two weeks, my Dashboard’s weather forecast for Copenhagen has consistently been of low temperatures and showers today and tomorrow, then…Read more

A fan of biofeedback, I’m currently in the market for a heart rate monitor, and Polar seems to be the leading brand, at least in this part of the wo…Read more

Economist.com in The future of journalism: Matthew Hindman, a political scientist at Arizona State University, found that the top bloggers are more…Read more

I’m a strong believer in the agile manifesto’s “Responding to change over following a plan”. So much so that I do everything I can to make it a life…Read more

It’s striking how frequently strangers have stopped to comment on my laptop since I got a mac – it’s happened on airplanes, in cafes in Amsterdam, a…Read more