Geotagging with Facebook

A couple of days ago I spotted this in the sidebar while visiting Facebook:

The text reads: "Are the images in this album taken in Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany?"


This is the picture:


In my book, that's funny! :-D

Mission: Impossible! (Eller: Skaf to vektortegninger!)

Problemet: Vi (Læs: I firmaet) har bestilt trøjer hos en trykker. På trøjen skal der være kundens logo plus vores eget.

Trykkeren siger: Send en billede med logoet.
Vi siger: OK!

*Send*

Fordi vi ikke har fået en bekræftelse, ringer jeg og spørger om en ETA for leverance.
Jeg spørger: Er det så'n at du evt. kan sige hvornår vi ca. kan regne med at have trøjerne?
Trykkeren siger: Først skal jeg bruge en vektor-tegning af logoet, du har bare sendt en billedfil!

Efter jeg var færdig med at se ud som et spørgsmålstegn i ansigtet spurgte jeg hvad det så var for noget, og kunne hurtigt regne ud jeg står overfor en opad bakke oplevelse.

Summa summarum:
Det bliver svært, for ikke at sige next to impossible, at skaffe vores eget logo i vektortegningsformat. Som absolut minimum, super tidskrævende!
At skaffe kundens logo i vektortegningsformat vil med stor sandsynlighed kun være mere indviklet/umuligt.

Now what?
Kan det virkelig passe, at vi skal have de originale vektortegninger? ....og kan man ikke fuske, og ud fra et eksisterende logo reverse engineer tilbage til en vektortegning?

Som det sikkert ses med al (u)ønsket tydelighed, er jeg ikke fagmand, når det kommer til tryk og trøjer og vektortegninger, og derfor er min umiddelbare respons: Hjælp!!

Happy New Year, people!

24 Hours on an Aircraft Carrier

24 Hours on an Aircraft Carrier from The Seventh Movement on Vimeo.

On 11-11-11, Veteran's Day, a basketball court assembled on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson for the Carrier Classic basketball game. But the action on the hardwood between Michigan State and North Carolina is no comparison to the teamwork that's seen here on any given day.



An ESPN Feature - 24 Hours on an Aircraft Carrier - Produced by Sharon Kum-Matthews, ESPN. Filmed and Edited by The Seventh Movement http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7216645



ESPN Front Row - Behind the Scenes http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2011/11/producer-chronicles-a-typical-24-hours-aboard-the-uss-carl-vinson/

HTC Desire: Root-Help Needed!

I lang tid, faktisk siden juni 2010, da min kæreste og jeg fik hver vores HTC Desire, har jeg med vilje ikke villet roote min telefon. Dels pga. jeg ikke mener det kan være rigtigt, det er det der skal til, for at man kan få fuld gavn af sin telefon, dels fordi jeg ikke er meget for det der punkt der er i stort set alle guides: "...og hvis du fucker det her up, så er din telefon dead and gone!".
Naturligvis er der nogle drama queen hax0rs der skriver den slags for at få lidt kolorit på deres bebumsede tilværelse, men jeg har altid vurderet der er noget om snakken.

Nu er jeg imidlertid nået til det punkt, hvor jeg alligevel overvejer at roote lortet.
Hvorfor nu det?
(Læs den lange forklaring nedenfor, eller hop direkte til "Hjææælp!"-sektionen af dette indlæg.)

Dels er der min kærestes telefon, den har fået fnat. Den kan på et hvilket somhelst tidspunkt finde på at genstarte. Nogle gange bare en kelt gang, andre gange om og om og om og om og om om og om igen til man piller batteriet ud. Andre gange kan den bare ikke startes igen.
Den har også fået noget med at nogle gange vil den selv bestemme hvad der skal ske. Den starter menuer og apps som den selv synes den vil starte. Den kan også få en idé om at den ikke vil tillade man skriver eller klikker på knapper, i stedet kopierer den bare tekst den selv har valgt ud.

Dels er der min egen telefon. Det er som nævnt en HTC Desire. Folk in-the-know vil vide, at jeg lever med følgerne af det totale brain melt down udviklerne hos HTC fik, da de mente at 500MB intern hukommelse er den absolutte topgrænse for, hvor meget plads man nogensinde kan få behov for. ...plus at ikke alle apps lan flyttes til SD-kortet. ...og ikke mindst, så kører jeg med Android! Af et open source system at være, så må det siges at være noget af det mest lukkede, dominerende, bestemme, diktatoriske system jeg nogensinde har været i nærheden af.
Eks. findes der under Administration af Programmer, en lang liste af programmer på telefonen. Nogle af dem er der ingen genveje til, så dem kan jeg aldrig starte. Nå, men så kan jeg jo slette dem? Nej, jeg må nemlig heller ikke selv bestemme hvad jeg vil slette!

Open source my ass!

Det jeg søger nu er, den sikre, den bedste, den mest brugervenlige metode at root en HTC Desire på. Jeg er godt klar over jeg mister alle mine data, indstillinger og apps, men jeg kan ikke se en holdbar fremtid med kun 500MB intern hukommelse, og min kæreste er i den grad klar til at kyle hendes telefon ud af vinduet (havde min telefon haft de problemer hendes har, så var den død - helt død - for længst!

Hvilken metode er den bedste til at roote en HTC Desire (og findes der en metode der bibeholder alle data)?

Valgkampen beskrevet af Egon Olsen

Få beskriver valgkampen så godt, som den gode gamle Egon Olsen fra Olsen Banden:

"Må jeg være fri! Ti stille! Det er for galt.
Jeg finder mig ikke i det!
Det er det samme hver gang.
Det er det samme hver eneste gang.
Man har en plan - en genial plan! - og så er man omgivet af hundehoveder og hængerøve, lusede amatører, elendige klamphuggere, latterlige skidesprællere, talentløse skiderikker, impotente grødbønder, småbørnspædagoger og SOCIALDEMOKRATER!!!"

Stjålet fra @JesperSode (via FB).

Carte blance?! Tak som byder!

Velfærdsstaten! Sikkerhedsnet-samfundet! Uanset hvad du kalder det, er der åbenbart ingen grænser for, hvor langt det strækker sig.

Alle har hørt om de pirater, der huserer ud for Somalias kyst. Man må som minimum gå ud fra, at det er noget man i søfartskredse er ret opmærksom på.
Hvis man planlægger en jordomsejling i en lille privat båd, må man naturligvis gå ud fra, at almindelig sund fornuft, vil afholde selv den mest naive tåbe fra at planlægge en rute, der går direkte gennem det mest piratfyldte farvand vi har. Specielt hvis man sejler i en lille, langsom, forsvarsløs båd!

Men nej nej, selv ikke viden omkring pirate forude og advarsler fra andre, kunne afholde en dansk familie+ fra, at sejle direkte ind i løvens hule.
Naturligvis sker det uundgåelige, båden bliver kapret og familien holdes som gidsler.

Hvor var dømmekraften?

Tænkte de "Pffht! Vi er fra Danmark! Hvis vi bliver kidnappet kommer der nogen og redder os!"?
Sandsynligvis ikke! Det håber jeg i hvert fald ikke!

Nu er de frigivet. Eller mere korrekt, de er købt fri!
Jeg har bare et lille spørgsmål: Hvem har betalt?

Hvis en bekendt eller et familiemedlem har haft fuldmagt til at gå ned i banken og hæve 1.300.000$ (eller hvad det nu endte på), så er det fint nok med mig.

Hvis de har haft en "World Wide Full Monty Pirate Insurrance" fra Europæiske, som dækker beløbet, så er det fint nok med mig.

Hvis det er den danske stat, der har lagt ud, med den klausul familien vil betale tilbage indtil gælden til staten er i nul, er det også fint med mig.

Hvis den danske stat har betalt, og familien bare siger "Tak!", er det på sin vis også fint nok med mig. Det betyder nemlig jeg har carte blanche til at opføre mig som en total idiot, og med rette kan have en forventning om den danske stat kommer og betaler regningen. ...i hele verden! Party on!!

Hvem har betalt?
"Nå, men ville du måske ikke selv gerne reddes, hvis du var gidsel hos somaliske pirater?"
Jo, men det er ikke det, der er spørgsmålet. Spørgsmålet er, hvor dum man har lov at være, uden det får konsekvens.

"Men de kan jo aldrig nå at betale pengene tilbage, de vil jo sidde i gæld resten af deres liv!"
Som sagt, konsekvens!
Hårdt? Måske? Fair? Ja!

"Synes du ikke det er straf nok, at de har været fanget så længe?"Jo, det kan der faktisk være noget om!
Det er jo en fantastisk gave, at give sine børn! Igen, hvor var dømmekraften?

For to år siden på Facebook...

...skrev jeg åbenbart dette:

Selvom det ikke er en direkte negativ tekst, håber jeg der er mulighed for lidt større begejstring efter kampen i aften.

Hey, Norge! Giv os vores olie tilbage, eller I blivet klasket baglæns tilbage ind på Norgesbådens vogndæk! ...så kan I jo træne "Hvor lang tid kan man egentlig bruge på et indkast?" der!

10 Personer går ud og spiser

Den fælles regning på restauranten ender hver dag på 1.000 kroner, og de ti deler den op på nogenlunde samme måde, som vi betaler skatter i Danmark.

De første fire - de fattigste - skal derfor ikke betale noget.
Den femte skal betale 10 kroner, den sjette 30 kroner, den syvende 70 kroner, den ottende 120 kroner og den niende 180 kroner.
Den tiende, den rigeste af dem, skal betale 590 kroner.
Sådan spiser de sammen hver dag, og alle er de glade for den måde, de deler regningen på.

Lige ind til restauratøren pludselig giver dem rabat: “Eftersom I er så gode kunder, giver jeg jer 200 kroner i rabat på jeres middage” siger han.
En middag for ti personer koster derefter 800 kroner.

Gruppen vil stadig betale regningen på samme måde, som vi betaler skatter her i landet. Så de første fire bliver ikke påvirket: De skal stadig ikke betale. Men hvad med de seks andre - dem som betaler - hvad skal de gøre? Hvordan skal de fordele rabatten på 200 kroner, så alle får en lige del?

Nu skal man holde ørene stive: De finder ud af, at 200 kroner divideret med seks bliver til 33,33 kroner. Hvis de trækker det beløb fra hver persons andel, skal den femte og sjette person have penge for at spise.

Restauratøren foreslår, at det mest rimelige vil være at reducere hver person regning omtrent jævnt, og han sætter sig til at regne på, hvad hver person skal betale.
Resultatet bliver, at også den femte person kan spise gratis, den sjette skal betale 20 kroner, den syvende 50 kroner, den ottende 90 kroner, den niende 120 kroner. Den tiende skal betale 520 kroner i stedet for de 590. Ergo får alle seks personer en lavere pris end tidligere, og de fire første kan fortsat spise gratis.

Men så er det, at én i selskabet begynder at sammenligne, hvad de hver især har sparet, da de står uden for restauranten og snakker. “Jeg fik kun 10 kroner af de 200 kroner”, begynder den sjette person og peger på den tiende. “Men du tjente 70?. “Præcis”, siger den femte person. “Jeg sparede også bare en 10´er. Det er uretfærdigt, at han fik syv gange mere end mig!”.

“Det er sandt”, råber den syvende person. “Hvorfor skal han have 70 kroner, når jeg kun fik 20? De rige skal altid have det bedre!!!”.
“Hør et øjeblik”, forsøger de fire første. “Vi fik jo overhovedet ingenting. Det her system udnytter de fattige”. De ni personer omringer den tiende og giver ham tæsk.

Næste aften kommer han slet ikke til middagen, men de ni andre sætter sig til bordet og spiser uden at vente på den tiende. Da regningen kommer, opdager de noget. Der mangler 520 kroner…”

Lesson Learned: Man kan ikke lave undvigemanøvre i en parkeringsbås!

I dag så jeg en bilulykke live. I sig selv ikke fedt.

Selvom der var totalt overkill på ambulancer, lægebiler, sygetransport, politi og brandvæsen, var det til gengæld fedt at se hvor hurtigt de var fremme. Indrømmet, der er ikke meget mere end 400m til nærmeste politistaion, men alligevel.

Omkring det totale overkill af fremmødte, især de fem-seks brandbiler, så kan man godt blive fristet til at sige "Hva', klap nu lige hesten!". På den anden side, better safe than sorry! Var der nu gået ild i bilerne, var det måske meget godt, at brandvæsenet allerede var tilstede, men er det ikke også dem, der klipper taget af folks biler?

I løbet af ganske kort tid var den ene vejbane spærret af, manden var ude af bilen og på plads i ambulancen (han var tilsyneladende ikke kommet slemt til skade) og alt var under kontrol. 1-2-3 og alle var væk igen!
Min pointe her er udelukkende, at jeg er imponeret over samspillet mellem de forskellige instanser og korps - Super effektivt!

I øvrigt skyldes ulykken, ud fra det jeg selv så og den info jeg har fået, at ham i den bagerste bil kørte en del for stærk i tæt trafik, overhalede en bus via en mindterrabat og ligepludselig indså der var et fodgængerfeldt med helle-anlæg. Der har muligvis gået nogen i fodgængerfeltet. Han "valgte" i hvert fald at lave undvigemanøvre ind i en parkeringsbås og knaldede op bag i en parkeret bil, der så blev klemt mellem ham og en gadelygte.

Mon dog?!

Spottet af @minkonto her

...And Justice For all!

Bassplayers too?

Yesterday was the day "…And Justice for All" GREEN deluxe vinyl went on sale.
I was lucky enough to secure one of only 1.000 copies of this beauty:

Enter: Mailman! Now, please!


If you missed out on the Green Justice, you may be interested in this:


Get a full album's worth of Justice Demos from Invisible Oranges right here!

"The songs exist in various states of completion. “Blackened” is mostly done. Kirk Hammett isn’t. It’s fun to hear him fumble around, searching for the right notes. (He eventually found them. I wouldn’t change a note on this record.) Lyrically, “Eye of the Beholder” has but a chorus. Lars Ulrich is, to put it politely, a very human drummer."


If you ever paid any interest to the bass-debate surrounding "...And Justice For All!", it is well woth your time to pay a visit to Metallica – …And Justice for All: Just the bass. Depending on your stand, viewpoint and/or musical skills, it may be the first time you hear Jasons work for AJFA.

"It’s quite a revelation to hear these bass lines. I’ve been listening to …And Justice for All for over two decades, and I’ve never heard this aspect of the record. Of course, it brings to mind what the album might have sounded like with audible bass – but then again, people have been playing “What If?” ever since Cliff Burton died. These clips will only add fuel to that fire."

Just as a side note, let me add my own "What if?" to that mix:

Den røde taske!

Nedenstående billede er noget nær genialt!



Klik for at se større billede.
Helle T ser snotforvirret ud. Hjelmen flyver rundt om hovedet på hende og hun ligner en der aldrig har set indersiden af en flyver før! ...eller en hjelm! ...eller en skudsikker vest!
Den totale mangel på situationsfornemmelse bliver sømmet fast vha. den famøse, blank-røde taske. Hvis nogen bliver "taget ud", er der så mere eller mindre troligt, at det er tumpen med skydeskiven under armen?
Man kunne næsten få den tanke, hun har fået tasken foræret!

Ved siden af sidder Lene E i et outfit helt i sort. Hun kunne ligeså godt have haft en taleboble der sagde "Fuck det pis! Jeg har mit eget gear! ..og hvem er hende amatørnissen over i den anden side?". Meget mere "hjemme" i situationen.

Naser ligner klassens tykke dreng. Ham der altid bliver sidst færdig med at klæde om til gymnastik, altid er sidst i bruseren og som altid havde et blik der gav et indtryk af den stod helt stille inde på den anden side. "Hvordan skal den sidde?"-udtrykket er på plads, dog uden der er gået Helle T i den.

Billedet er perfekt, hvis man vil lege med talebobler! Skulle du have lyst, så dle da oplevelsen med os andre!


Billedet er taget fra artiklen "Helle tog sin designer-taske med i krig" på bt.dk.

What if people bought cars like they buy computers?

General Motors doesn't have a "help line" for people who don't know how to drive, because people don't buy cars like they buy computers - but imagine if they did...

Helpline: "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
Customer: "I got in my car and closed the door, and nothing happened!"
Helpline: "Did you put the key in the ignition and turn it?"
Customer: "What's an ignition?"
Helpline: "It's a starter motor that draws current from your battery and turns over the engine."
Customer: "Ignition? Motor? Battery? Engine? How come I have to know all of these technical terms just to use my car?"

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Helpline: "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
Customer: "My car ran fine for a week, and now it won't go anywhere!"
Helpline: "Is the gas tank empty?"
Customer: "Huh? How do I know?"
Helpline: "There's a little gauge on the front panel, with a needle, and markings from 'E' to 'F'. Where is the needle pointing?"
Customer: "I see an 'E' but no 'F'."
Helpline: "You see the 'E' and just to the right is the 'F'."
Customer: "No, just to the right of the first 'E' is a 'V'."
Helpline: "A 'V'?!?"
Customer: "Yeah, there's a 'C', an 'H', the first 'E', then a 'V', followed by 'R', 'O', 'L' ..."
Helpline: "No, no, no sir! That's the front of the car. When you sit behind the steering wheel, that's the panel I'm talking about."
Customer: "That steering wheel thingy -- Is that the round thing that honks the horn?"
Helpline: "Yes, among other things."
Customer: "The needle's pointing to 'E'. What does that mean?"
Helpline: "It means that you have to visit a gasoline vendor and purchase some more gasoline. You can install it yourself, or pay the vendor to install it for you."
Customer: "What? I paid $12,000 for this car! Now you tell me that I have to keep buying more components? I want a car that comes with everything built in!"

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Helpline: "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
Customer: "Your cars suck!"
Helpline: "What's wrong?"
Customer: "It crashed, that's what went wrong!"
Helpline: "What were you doing?"
Customer: "I wanted to go faster, so I pushed the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor. It worked for a while, and then it crashed -- and now it won't even start up!"
Helpline: "I'm sorry, sir, but it's your responsibility if you misuse the product."
Customer: "Misuse it? I was just following this damned manual of yours. It said to make the car go to put the transmission in 'D' and press the accelerator pedal. That's exactly what I did -- now the damn thing's crashed."
Helpline: "Did you read the entire operator's manual before operating the car sir?"
Customer: "What? Of course I did! I told you I did EVERYTHING the manual said and it didn't work!"
Helpline: "Didn't you attempt to slow down so you wouldn't crash?"
Customer: "How do you do THAT?"
Helpline: "You said you read the entire manual, sir. It's on page 14. The pedal next to the accelerator."
Customer: "Well, I don't have all day to sit around and read this manual you know."
Helpline: "Of course not. What do you expect us to do about it?"
Customer: "I want you to send me one of the latest versions that goes fast and won't crash anymore!"

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Helpline: "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
Customer: "Hi! I just bought my first car, and I chose your car because it has automatic transmission, cruise control, power steering, power brakes, and power door locks."
Helpline: "Thanks for buying our car. How can I help you?"
Customer: "How do I work it?"
Helpline: "Do you know how to drive?"
Customer: "Do I know how to what?"
Helpline: "Do you know how to DRIVE?"
Customer: "I'm not a technical person! I just want to go places in my car!"

Slow Food

Det er efterhånden en del år siden McDonalds kunne klassificeres som fast food. Overprized burgers, bløde/større fries og cola uden brus kan jeg få så mange steder (eks. Burger King). Jeg kommer på McDonald's fordi jeg vil have maden hurtigt, og så gider jeg ikke spilde min tid med at glo på en flok teenagere der arbejder i sneglefart, altid har tid til at stoppe op og fnise og generelt ikke har den fjerneste anelse om hvad god service er.

Det er som om de overhovedet ikke prøver! Kom nu for pokker, møgforkælede, skandinaviske snotunger! Jeg oplever det i Sverige og i Danmark, men ikke i England og Tyskland.
Man kan savne de dage, hvor også de nordiske McD joints satte en ære i at leve op til de interne krav jeg ved de har omkring service level etc. Det var den gang man fik en gratis Sundae eller cheeseburger, som plaster på såret fordi der gik mere end et par minutter inden man fik sin mad.

Stram op, for pokker!


NB! Jeg ved det handler om penge, men grænsen er nået, og overskredet! Værste sparetrick til dato: Burger Kings idé om burgere der er blevet kolde ikke skal kasseres, når de nu kan varmes i microovnen.

Important lesson for pupils!

Go to bed early so you don't yawn in school!

Don Gs vise!

Ørkenens Sønner Ol' School:

Admiralens Viser

I anledning af jeg så Ørkenens Sønner på DR i fredags, var jeg på YouTube for at finde den gamle udgave af Admiralens vise.

Det lykkedes! Til og med i en variant direkte efterfulgt af den udgave Ørkenens Sønner har lavet.

I min bog holder begge versioner hele vejen i banken!

These notes...

...reminds me a lot about my notes, just slightly more action packed!


Video via @jannikoeie!

HTC Desire vs Internal Memory

In general, the HTC Desire is a great phone and I like the Android system.

....but a few things could be better! A lot better!

What I like best about Android is the possibility to have it they you want it, pretty much. Widgets or icons, small or large. Install and uninstall programs here and now.

Some things I don't get, and this is some of them!

Why are not all programs listed under programs?
One example: In Program Management, I have an RSS reader, but even if someone held a gun to my head, I wouldn't know how to start it? So I need to download another RSS app. Super!

Why am I not allowed to uninstall/delete default programs?
One example could be the afore mentioned RSS reader that came with the OS. Try uninstalling that if you can!
Let me decide what I want to delete and not delete. If I wanted that kind of limited freedom I would have bought an iPhone!

The worst thing - the worst - about the HTC Desire is....
....the ½ GB internal memory!! ½ GB!!! Really?! Who is the dope-head that figured ½ GB internal memory would be enough? Especially since the OS by far eats up the larger part of that and leaves very little space for apps.
The situation got better with Android 2.2 - The youghurt! 2.2 allows installation on the oh-so-necessary SD card ....IF, and that's a big IF, the app developers has programmed the app to also be able to run from the SD card!
How stupid is this?


"Oh? ½ GB internal menory is not enough?"

"OK, to sort of fix the ½ GB micro-internal memory situation, we have decided to add the option for a SD card! ..which you can't use for apps and thus does not solve shit!"

"OK! OK! So we hear you, all right?! It's now possible to install apps on the SD card! ...well, not all apps, and certainly not the default apps, you know, those apps you are not allowed to delete even if you never use them! ...yes, that's right! We're just fucking with you!"


Try and search the net for the ½ GB micro-memory issue, and you'll get more hits than you can throw you phone at.

However, most hits are stranding at the same solutions:

¤ Root the phone! I'm not doing this! Period! Why? It shouldn't be necessary!

¤ Do the same four steps everyone has tried already:
1) Clear the cache of your apps (Slow, and to little help)
2) Remove the apps you use rarely (Well "Duh?"!)
3) Install apps to the SD card by default (Because nobody thought of that already)
3) Factory reset! (You'll have your system up and running shortly, except everything is missing!)


The Android Market is full of apps claiming to be the solution for the ½ GB issue. Mostly all you get is a different interface for something your phone can do already. I download, try and delete! No more!


I found this article: How to force apps to move to the SD card on Froyo
Before I even consider trying this, does anyone happen to know if thsi works, or if there is a great risk of making your system FUBAR?

What is the solution? Is there a solution? How do you best clean your system for unused files?

Chatroulette story - Fake or real?

If this is real, its a funny little story.
If it's fake, it sadly confirms my earlier review of Chatroulette, which pretty much can be summed up as "Mostly flashers too lazy to go to the park and curious, little girls giggling while watching afore mentioned flashers".

History Seen Through Windows

If you have ever used Microsoft Windows or have the slightest interest in software evolution, this is a must see video:



Link via JesperSode

Terkel i knibe - Casting

FourSquare - A review!

The idea is actually great! FourSquare is a nice and easy way to ad a little fun to everyday life as well as working in comercial angle.

The fun part is you compete with others to be mayor at this place and/or the other. On top of that you compete with yourself to get badges, which also - I guess - gives you a little competition with your friends.

The comercial angle is added when shops, companies, museums and what not offer you something either for simply checking in or being the mayoer at a specific date.

Is it working?
Not by a long shot!!

Why not, what's the problem?
Well, there are several problems, if you ask me!

What are the rules, where is it OK to check in?
"Check in everywhere you feel like on the way from point A to point B".
"You can check in at point A and point B, not every minor stop in between. If you make a stop at a gas station or a shop, then that's OK!"
"You check in at B when you arrive, that's it!"

Who can check in? An example is employees at a shop offering a special to mayors. The employees are there every day and the race for mayorships will soon be an internal race between employees, meaning no customers will ever get the prize.

Should mayorships ships be reset every now and then? This is a valid question when a new special stats. An example is the Central Railway station is Copenhagen, Denmark. This FourSquare user "Daniel B" was (is?) the mayor for months. Nothing could remove him. Obviously he grabbed the title and he hung on to it. My guess is he works in the neighbourhood and he is there every day.
In December DSB had a special. A great special, if you ask me. The one who was mayor at Christmas Eve (or New Years Eve, don't remember) would get a free trip for two by train to Hamburg, Germany.

It didn't take long to figure out that "Daniel B" would be the winner of that Hamburg getaway. With less than a month to become mayor I was "32 days away from becoming the mayor!", and I had been checking in on almost all week days at that time.
DSB scores points for trying, but FourSquare fails by delivering a system that is nowhere near perfect.
It would have made sense to reset the mayor status at the launch of that special, even if the winner is likely to have been found in a very small group of people with "Daniel B" being the favorite to win it.

Another thing that bugs me is the "Whoa! You have checked in a heck of a lot, give others a chance"-like message. If there is not set of rules, no written ethics or a code to play by, why the heck does FourSquare decide when it's too much?

Suggestions to FourSquare:
- Limit check-in by limiting how much a site can be split up. Ex. I suggest you are either at a railway station or not. Forget all that Track 5, Track 10, Ticket Office multiple same-site-check-in. Same goes for Airports, even if it would take some of the fun out of it for travellers.
- Limit check-in by removing the points system. As long as there are ponts, people will check in to anything and create all these sites that are not really sites or sites that are nothing but dublicates but with a different name.
- Be much quicker at responding to reports of dublicate sites. I see ...well, saw so many dublicate sites.
- Make it possible for site owners to reset mayorships at any time they wish to (possibly with a set of guidelines).
- Explain to site owners that employees should not check in if there are specials.
- Figure out how far away you can check in and stick to it. Some places allow check-ins almost 1km away, others not even 300m.


Would it help if these changes were implemented? No! I would not come back. It's still a great idea, but in my view it's impossible to make a system that will make it useable in real life. At least as long as there is an element of competition to it.

I stopped using FourSquare Friday the 28th of January. It's one of my best moves in a long time! No more stress about having to check in! No more stress about having to keep of regain mayorships or stupid points. No more "Aaaw! I forgot to check in!" just when I'm too far away to check in at a place.

"So, you switched to Facebook Places, right?"
Hell no! I've had it with this crap! Plus I would never do something like that on Facebook. Facebook has that "Trailer Trash" label written all over it!

Marrige test

I was happy. My girlfriend and I had been together for over a year, and now we had decided to get married.
My parents helped us in any way, my friends have supported me and my girlfriend? She was a dream!

There was only one thing that was bugging me - quite a lot actually. It was my future mother-in-law. She was a career woman, but most of all, beautiful and very sexy.
Sometimes she was flirting with me, quite openly even, and it made me uncomfortable.

One day she called and asked me to come over to check out the invitations. So drove over there.
She was alone when I came. She whispered to me that soon I was a married man, but she had feelings for me and a lust after me as she was not be able to suppress.
So before I married and swore allegiance to her daughter, she would like to go to bed with me, just one time.

I was stunned and totally shocked!
She said: "Now I am up in the bedroom, so if you like, come and take me! "
I looked at her wonderful body when she went up stairs.

I stood there for a moment, then I turned around and walked to the front door.
I opened it and went out of the house.
Outside stood my future father-in-law and with tears in his eyes, he gave me a hug and said: "We are very happy to you our small test consisted. We find no better man for our daughter. Welcome to the family."

And what can we learn from this?
Always keep your condoms in the car!