Victor Solberg

"Nothing makes people more neurotic than the expectation that they should be enjoying themselves."

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:51:28 +0100

“Nothing makes people more neurotic than the expectation that they should be enjoying themselves.”

- The Economist

"A fall in the price makes it relatively cheaper than other goods, so expenditure will be shifted to..."

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:09:22 +0100

“A fall in the price makes it relatively cheaper than other goods, so expenditure will be shifted to the less expensive item. For example, bread is cheaper than cake, so we buy more bread than cake.”

Efficient Markets in Action

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:24:47 +0200

Efficient Markets in Action

"If you’re unable to exercise for a short time due to injury or some other reason, a glass of..."

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:38:16 +0200

“If you’re unable to exercise for a short time due to injury or some other reason, a glass of red wine might be good for you, a new study suggests. Resveratrol, an antioxidant found in most red wine, has been associated with less muscle and strength loss during inactivity.”

- lifehacker.com

Norway’s #1!

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:41:00 +0200

Norway’s #1!

Dogbert on consulting

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:17:00 +0200

Dogbert on consulting

"The notion that capitalists should allow communists to buy their companies is, some argue, taking..."

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:45:10 +0100

“The notion that capitalists should allow communists to buy their companies is, some argue, taking economic liberalism to an absurd extreme”

- The Economist on China’s increasing acquisitions abroad.

Change your Windows account name to something useful

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:58:30 +0100

If you accidentally leave your computer somewhere, chances are it’s gone for good. Especially if whoever finds it doesn’t know who it belongs to. I’m not saying that everybody would return a computer they found if they could easily do so. But I am saying that you’ve got a better chance if you make it simple for the finder.

I have changed my Windows account name to my email address so that the first thing someone who switches on my computer sees is my picture and email address. Windows 7 doesn’t normally allow account names longer than 20 characters, but there’s a workaround:

1. Go to All Programs > Administrative Tools > Computer Management

2. In Computer Management, go to System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users

3. Change the “Full name” of your user account to your email address.

You’ve now changed the rather useless Windows account name to something useful - contact information in case you should be so unlucky as to lose your computer. Let’s hope it never has to be used *knock on wood*.

How to hide Gmail's spam count

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:13:00 +0100

Gmail’s spam feature does a good job at capturing most of the spam I receive. It marks those emails as spam, which shows up as a label with an unread count, effectively telling you every single time you open your email that you are receiving a large amount of spam. I find this to be distracting. Not very distracting - just a little bit - but every time I open my email.

I don’t like clutter in my email so I clean out my inbox on a daily basis. That leaves my inbox empty, but there’s still the distraction of the spam. I do occasionally go through and see if the emails are actually spam, but I don’t want to do it very often. And I want it to be when I have time, not when I see that I should. My solution is to hide Gmail’s spam count.

Step 1:Open Settings (top right corner) and click on Filters.

Step 2: Choose search criteria

In the “Has the words:” field you write in:spam.

Leave the rest of the fields blank.

Step 3: Choose action

Select Mark as read.

You can also choose to have the spam deleted immediately, which might be a good option if you never get non-spam email in your spam folder. I, however, don’t want my filter to be quite that drastic. I just want to hide the spam count.

There you go. No more distractions!

50 Fantastically Clever Logos

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:40:12 +0200

50 Fantastically Clever Logos:

Design Shack recently made a list over 50 clever logos that are worth checking out for inspiration if you’re thinking about creating a new brand or logo.

I bought my first car!

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:49:00 +0200

I bought my first car!

Try again

Mon, 17 May 2010 10:00:00 +0200

Be nice to fat people...

Sat, 15 May 2010 17:53:32 +0200

Exercise motivation

Thu, 13 May 2010 14:35:38 +0200

change something

Mon, 10 May 2010 12:15:00 +0200

I'm moving to Australia!

Sun, 09 May 2010 20:22:00 +0200

Fail Better!

Fri, 07 May 2010 10:30:29 +0200

Fail Better!

If more businesses operated like Goldman Sachs…

Wed, 05 May 2010 12:25:52 +0200

If more businesses operated like Goldman Sachs…

PowerPoint abuse like I’ve never before...

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:37:00 +0200

PowerPoint abuse like I’ve never before seen.

“Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray the complexity of American military strategy, but looked more like a bowl of spaghetti.”

(via NY Times)

Canned Unicorn Meat: Excellent source of sparkles! (via...

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:05:39 +0200

Canned Unicorn Meat: Excellent source of sparkles!

(via ThinkGeek)