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Christine Sætre — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:38:51 +0000

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Week 42 in review

Christine Sætre — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:03:22 +0000

Lots coming up as we release a beta version of Innsida 2. Here are a few snaps from behind the scenes.

«Bugfixing: Mood lit test results prior to beta-release» by c.saetre

Dissasembly

Christine Sætre — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:42:24 +0000

Photo by: c.saetre

Yes, the MacBookAir has now been dissasembled, and for the record the screws were very, very small and difficult.

And no, perhaps not the smartest idea in hind sight, but it is done, and documented.

Edit:
A new MacBookAir now replaces this one. Lesson learned: don’t spill coffee, don’t take stuff apart.

October brings Technoport 08 and New Technology Seminars

Christine Sætre — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:13:59 +0000

This year´s Technoport events are right around the corner. The exibition offered in earlier years may be in absentia but the often entertaining Awards Ceremony will be held on the 22nd in Trondheim´s Olav´s Hallen. The awards ceremony in previous years has included surprise musical guests and entertainment, intermingled with the honoring of innovation and research efforts. This year the following prizes will be awarded:

StatoilHydro’s Research Prize
The Telenor Research and Innovation Award
NTNU and Sintef’s Technology Prize
Technoport’s Prize for Innovative Environmental Technology
Stipend in Biotechnology for use in Medicine
Young Innovation Award

Three upcoming technology seminars in Trondheim may be of interest:

3D Virtual Worlds in Teaching: Oct. 9 – Day long seminar begins at 9 AM, Place NTNU
The Keynote speaker will be John Lester from Linden Lab (the creators of Second Life) .Use of immersive 3-d online virtual worlds for education and training / Second Life as a platform for collaborative work, simulation, and experiential learning.
ITovation 3.0: 22. Oct. beginning at 3:00 PM, Place: NTNU
Among the speakers: John Markus Lervik, CEO of FAST, and Corporate Vice President of the Microsoft Enterprise Search Group. For the complete program with topics, see the ITovation website. The mix of guests has proven in the past to be extremely informative, and I definitely recommend it.
Telenor Seminar: 23. Oct. 9.00 – 12.00 AM, Place: Tyholt.
Featuring lectures: from Telenor´s Research and Innovation and Prize Winner, in addition to Telenor´s Rich Ling, Marie Austenaa, and Egil Bredgaten, discussing future internet and mobile technology trends and applications.

Generic rant

Christine Sætre — Sat, 20 May 2006 17:59:09 +0000

For the record, I am an expatriate North American, living in Scandinavia. Educated by a liberal arts institution to question the media coverage, the-way-things-are, and popular belief, I may have an-oh-so-slight tendency towards the critical.

To what do I apply my critical nature? At present there are just so so so many, many things. In no particular order:

cultural plagiarism and imperialism;
plagiarism in general,
reality tv (undeserving of capital letters);
people who don’t say what they mean;
American politics;
people who expound on American politics without a clue;
people who aren´t interested in politics and prefer to talk about shopping;
people who are too interested in politics and forget statesmanship or duty or service;
disengaged and disingenuous coworkers;
distant relatives keen on inciting a feud;

And, of course, myself, for writing this down.