Noscope is a bi-weekly journal serving up snacksized portions of pointless stuff since 2001. On a new linode server!
I also do freelance design and usability via dejligt.com
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Ejecting Discs The Mac Way [Update]

    10:18 on October 31, 2006 , , ,

I criticize because I love.

Yesterday, I discussed functional design with my better half (read: girlfriend) while driving home from IKEA. She uses _Mac_ at work and mentioned how a new colleague who was used to _The PC Way_ had trouble ejecting a disc on her new Intel Mac Pro Quad Xeon.

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South Park & The Concept of "Too Soon"?

    23:24 on October 27, 2006 ,

In the just-aired episode of South Park, Hell on Earth 2006, recently deceased crocodile hunter Steve Irwin made an appearance. In the episode, he has gone to hell and attends Satan’s Halloween costume-party, the stingray that killed him still hanging from his chest. The full episode can be watched online. Now I’m a die-hard fan [...]

I'm A Google Boy

    20:27 on October 26, 2006 ,

When my Firefox starts, at home or at work, it loads my Google Personalized Homepage with my Google ToDo List, my Google Calendar, my Google Notebook and a preview of my Google Gmail. My bookmarks are syncronized using Google Browser Sync. Now I’m wondering what I did before Google. I wonder how long it’ll be [...]

Maximize Windows!

    12:32 on October 25, 2006 , , , , , ,

Vista, Not Maximized
Vista, Maximized

So, being an interface designer, interface developments in the operating systems interest me; differences between the operating systems especially. One such difference is the _maximize window_ behaviour.

Danish PM Admits Faults In Iraq Strategies

    08:52 , ,

Sitting here with the morning coffee, waiting for the rhythm of the day to settle in, I’m reading in the newspaper. It says that Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the danish Prime Minister who unilaterally chose for Denmark to participate in the Iraq war, admits the invasion strategy had it’s faults and shortcomings. It’s roughly 3? years [...]

Why Do People Pick Annoying Ringtones?

    18:22 on October 24, 2006

I have discovered that people who use cellphones a lot tend to pick the most annoying ringtones of all. Be it plain rings that echo like tinnitus, or snippets of songs your neighbour listens to Thursday nights when you want to sleep. What is wrong with the picture? Shouldn’t users trained in the arts of [...]

Nintendo DS Lite Review

    14:48 on October 23, 2006 , ,

This weekend I bought a black Nintendo DS Lite and a copy of New _Super Mario Bros._ This is a direct result of having tried one of the three others that co-workers invested in.

Noscope Micro-News Update #1 [Update 2]

    14:17

This weekend saw the outing of Noscope. This was due to the DNS having to update after my switching domain registrar to something danish. Emailing me will most likely still cause trouble for a while. Until this is fixed, please mail me at my gmail account (asmussen). Thanks to the swift support of Armada Hosting, [...]