Archive for June, 2008

My Roskilde playlist

Oh my God, it’s in six days. Did I miss anything? Stuff in bold is what I’m really looking forward to.

TORSDAG 03.07.2008

18:00 - Arena - DUFFY
18:30 - Pavilion - CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS
20:30 - Arena - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
22:00 - Orange - RADIOHEAD


FREDAG 04.07.2008

14:00 - Odeon - KATE NASH
16:00 - Odeon - MUGISON
17:00 - Orange - GNARLS BARKLEY
18:30 - Arena - VETO
22:00 - Cosmopol - ROBYN
01:00 - Orange - THE STREETS
02:00 - Arena - SPLEEN UNITED
03:00 - Pavilion - FAMILJEN


LøRDAG 05.07.2008

12:30 - Odeon - THE TING TINGS
16:00 - Orange - L.O.C.
17:00 - Arena - THE FASHION
19:00 - Orange - JUDAS PRIEST
21:00 - Arena - MY BLOODY VALENTINE
21:30 - Orange - NEIL YOUNG
00:00 - Pavilion - ALBERTSLUND TERROR KORPS
01:00 - Orange - THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
01:00 - Odeon - ALPHABEAT


SøNDAG 06.07.2008

15:00 - Orange - TINA DICKOW
17:00 - Orange - SLAYER
22:00 - Orange - JAY-Z

See you there?

Copenhagen, here I come!

Come September I’m gonna move to Copenhagen to study Medialogy, and I’ve been looking for an apartment for some months now. Last week I finally got one, and I went to check it out yesterday. I’m moving in with a friend of mine, and his buddy, so it’s a four room apartment. It’s located in Hvidovre, which is perfect because it’s pretty close to where I’m going to study, and where he’s gonna work. Also, it’s 15 minutes from the main train station in Copenhagen. The minor downside is that it’s kind of small, 75 sqm with one room being only 10 sqm, on the other hand it’s very close to the train station and the tenants are extremely nice, which is probably the most important thing. I’m moving sometime in August.

So far, these are the only pictures I have:

Arla vs. Kohberg. Fight!

Den her bliver lige på dansk eftersom der kommer til at være en del danske udtryk. Jeg er netop blevet sommerafløser ved Arla, da jeg skal have tjent nogle penge inden jeg smutter til København. Det er anden gang jeg har arbejde på en fabrik, og blev hurtigt overrasket over de store forskelle, så tænkte jeg ville lave en lille, personlig sammenligning af de to. Den sidstnævnte kører dog med underskud, så det har nok sin del af forklaringen. Det er dog stadig nogle ret pudsige forskelle, når man tænker på det begge er fabrikker der ligger indenfor 10 km af hinanden og begge kræver ufaglærte medarbejdere.

Christiansfeld Mejericenter
- Ejet og styret af Arla Foods.
H. C. Andersen Bagergården
- Ejet og styret af Kohberg.
Arbejdstid 21:00 – 5:00 9:00 – 17:00
(Til tider 3:00 – 11:00 uden advarsel)
Arbejdstype Pakning af ordrer. Samlebåndsarbejde, ovnpasning.
Timeløn 140,- 114,-
Nattillæg 21:00 – 3:00: 65,-
3:00 – 5:00: 45,-
21:00 – 3:00: ~60,-
3:00 – ?: 0,-
Overarbejde +50% første time, +100% derefter. +50% første time, +100% derefter.
Akut overarbejde
(fx pga. maskinfejl)
Dobbeltløn, dvs. 2x timeløn første overarbejdstime, 4x løn anden time, 8x løn tredje time, osv. +50% første time, 100% derefter og fyringstrussel.
Pauser To pauser á 30 min., den ene med løn. Én pause á 30 min., uden løn.
Arbejdsmiljø Udleveret arbejdstøj sikkerhedssko, detaljeret introduktion af sikkerhedsregler. Udleveret arbejdstøj, eget ansvar for fodtøj, ingen introduktion af sikkerhedsregler, maskiner med defekte nødstopsmekanismer.
Awesomeness i træsko 80 træsko. 2 træsko.


Det jeg så ikke forstår er hvorfor folk år efter år bliver på Bagergården når der få kilometer væk er en fabrik, hvor arbejdet, lønnen og arbejdsmiljøet er langt bedre.

Considering Mac OS X once more

A while back I wrote about some lacking features in Mac OS X Leopard, and around the same time I switched back to running Windows XP. That’s about seven months ago and my annoyance with Windows XP is rising again. One of my complaints in the other post was the dock, that takes up so much space. While running Windows XP I’ve become accustomed to using Launchy to run my applications, a program very similar, but vastly inferior, to Mac’s built-in instant search feature Spotlight. Hopefully I can more or less ignore the dock (by hiding it) and use Spotlight instead.

The second reason for switching back to XP was the lack of save functions for folder options, I don’t know if that’s been fixed, but I’ll hopefully manage.

The vast amount of applications you can get for Windows was another major reason for switching back, but I stumbled upon two really useful programs that may fix that. The first one is called CrossOver and it lets you run Windows applications such as Internet Explorer (for those pesky eBanking experiences), Steam and, most importantly, uTorrent, a program I use all the time. The other program is called Parallels, it’s a virtual desktop making you able to easily dive into Windows if you need something.

Anyway, I’m writing this in Mac OS X, let’s see how long it lasts.