Author Archives: Kjetil H

The problem of having to do something you don’t want to do

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Kjetil H

I’m usually good at answering my own questions or at least come to reasonable solutions, but here I’m stumbling. Of course the ultimate solution would be to somehow avoid doing what you don’t want to do, but that can’t be … Read more

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express – where the fuck is it?

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Kjetil H

Believe it or not, it’s not on their “Download Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Management Studio Express” page. Both of the downloads failed to include the SQL Management Studio program for some reason (see below). SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe     176.5 MB     Download … Read more

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Readability is important – programming principle that should be used by everyone

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Kjetil H

When you’re working in programming teams, code readability is very important to the overall quality of the system – that is if you care for it in the long run. You have to consider that other people don’t know what … Read more

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I don’t believe in A/B testing

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Kjetil H

Some people love to test everything from different designs to the color on buttons. They think it gives them special insight in how the vast anonymous Internet audience behaves; that they’ve cracked the code. So according to your numbers (you … Read more

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I’m scared to death of flying…

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kjetil H

Well ok, not really, but now as we just took off from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok I felt genuine fear. It’s funny because I’ve flown over 50 times in my life and have probably flown every year of the majority … Read more

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Day at Siam shopping center

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kjetil H

Just arrived at Siam shopping centre(s). Place is packed, even the sky train is packed. It’s a Friday at midday, doesn’t these people have jobs/school? Maybe it’s some kind of holiday today. Went to grab a bite in the “Gourmet … Read more

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Open-source driven by egoism? Reflections after reading Linus Torvald interview

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Kjetil H

Linux creator Linus Torvalds claims the open-source boom is highly driven by egoism and the desire to “put your own trademark” into things (code). Unfortunately I can’t find the article with the Torvalds interview at the moment. I’ve been thinking … Read more

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Applying for visa/residence permit at Norwegian Embassy in Thailand? READ THIS

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Kjetil H

If you’re going to apply for a visa, or in my case a residence permit for a cohabitant, to a schengen country from Thailand then for your own good PLEASE USE A PROPER TRANSLATION SERVICE. Me and my cohabitant have … Read more

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Enable fullscreen mode when generating YouTube movie with swfobject

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kjetil H

I recently dived into the YouTube javascript API as we (the company I work for) wanted to track behaviour on the video (note that the YouTube javascript API is not great for this task, but that is another matter). However, … Read more

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Battle.net SMS authenticator

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Kjetil H

Just realized Battle.net has a SMS authenticator option. Added that badass pronto. We love 2-way authentications.

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