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August 01, 2002
Norway, the greatest place on Earth?

Interesting article about Norway in the Independent today. Interesting because it paints , a for me, strange picture of how life is in Norway. Yes, it is expensive here. I just came back from dinner for two with my wife and it set us back about $120 (everything included at what is probably the best chinese restaurant in Europe - but I know.. still utterly expensive).

The english journalist has obviously spent some time in Norway - and he went directly to the most expensive place to go in Oslo (and probably Norway) - Aker Brygge (Like the Docklands in the UK, or any other fancy harbour area anywhere) and claims that the prices for beer and food is about the same anywhere else in Norway.

Still its always fun to read about the country you live in seen with foreign eyes. And its a long article. The journalist is obviously trying to make sense of why Norway is the best place in the world to live (according to UN's Human Development Report)

Posted by jarle at 09:36 PM | Comments (1)
Video: Must see

Kylie in her own lingerie (ad for her own brand).

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Flash blog discussions taking off

This week has seen some interesting discussions on some of the Flash blogs.

David Emberton started a discussion with his Opinion: "rich internet applications," hooey article at ActionScript.com (which spanned to a discussion at Flazoom.com), and FlashGuru really stirred the pot by asking if he should charge for his upcoming Flash component.

Its great to see the Flash blogs creating interesting discussions this way! I hope we will continue to see these kind of discussions coming out of the Flash blogs.

Posted by jarle at 10:19 AM | Comments (3)