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This is my home for things that don't, for one reason or another, belong to Twitter, Facebook or my other blogs. Here you will find my thoughts and musings on topics ranging from climate change and energy issues to mobile & IT technologies, reviews on things I read/see and from cultural commentary to photos. In other words, the topics are all over the place - so if you're looking for a blog with a consistent focus on a single issue, keep looking :)
Category Archives: Whines
Business 101: Not everything is lost revenue
Certain corporations and organizations love to claim anything and everything as “lost revenue”. I know I’ve complained about this earlier, but it seems that the style of reporting isn’t going away and, what’s worse, media and politicians are being dragged … Continue reading
Posted in Business, ICT-stuff, Whines
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Moneybookers not booking money and other problems with global commerce
I’m annoyed. I’ve complained earlier about the lack of “global” in global commerce and I just hit another bad example with moneybookers.com. Without getting into details, Moneybookers is sort of like PayPal – they act as an intermediary between merchants … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Whines
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Why are Finns always double-punished?
It’s a well-known fact that things are expensive in Finland. From food to clothes to cars, we pay extensive premiums on the goods we buy. Just looking at EU-wide price tags that are now common in clothes, the price for … Continue reading
Lunch in London, Dinner in New York, baggage in…
.. Brazil, or so the saying goes. Luckily there was no baggage lost this time around, but there wasn’t much of it to get lost either. I think my recent trip to New York was the first time I’ve visited … Continue reading
Posted in Travels, Whines
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Helsinki Complaints Choir
This is pretty darn funny. And well-made, too. It’s been on YouTube for a few months already, but it was new to me and might be to someone else, too, so here goes: It’s just so … Finnish.
Posted in Finland, Whines
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