The Exp Blog

Exp as in experiment

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:42:53 +0000

The Exp Blog is The Experiment Blog. This time I’m experimenting with a new custom Wordpress theme, that’s why everything looks like crap at the moment. But fear not, it will soon be back to normal again.

When “Like” goes horribly wrong

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:09:11 +0000

Every newspaper has by now learnt the importance of social media. With every story you get the mandatory share buttons for all the different sites. Perhaps they should use it with care though, especially Facebook’s “Like” function. It’s perhaps not a good idea to add that as default on every article. Here’s a tip I’m offering for free:

Add a check box for manually adding the Like button to your articles when they are published.

Unless of course, you want people to add a thumbs up and like “Homeless man set on fire“.

Suspicious Message!

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:26:02 +0000

I live an exciting life. I get sent very suspicious stuff. Well, it was the first time today that avast! gave me this message:

“Very suspicious extension of attachment”

I don’t know why, but it made me giggle a bit. Perhaps I need more sleep.

On a slightly related note, McAfee has turned into a virus.

Botched McAfee update shutting down corporate XP machines worldwide.

Peter Steele of Type O Negative dead

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:32:02 +0000

Peter Steele, Type O Negative

Yet another musician has now unfortunately left us. Reports say that the metal band Type O Negative’s frontman Peter Steele has died of heart failure at age 48.

Type O Negative released their debut album Slow Deep and Hard on Road Road Racer records in 1991. The band’s latest release, Dead Again, hit the stores in 2007.

An official statement has not yet been made but has been announced on the official website.

“The forums have been re-opened. Please play nice and expect statements from the band and family later today. Thank you for your understanding and support.”

More reading:
Peter Steele Dead at 48
Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele dead
Type O Negative Frontman Peter Steele Dead At 48

Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption live stream (updated!)

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:40:54 +0000

I recently came across this live streaming web cam of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland.

Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption live stream. (seems to be down for maintenance)
Eyjafjallajökull seen from Hvolsvelli (working)
Eyjafjallajökull seen from Valahnúk (working)

Eyjafjallajökull frá Hvolsvelli

Ricky Martin steps out of the closet

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:18:26 +0000

Ricky Martin has stepped out of the closet! A handful of people are surprised.

The Exp Blog goes Dofollow

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:38:48 +0000

Good comments should be rewarded. That’s why The Exp Blog now lets comment authors get nice dofollow links to their homepages.

This does however not mean that spam comments will be accepted, but if you write a comment related to the post your commenting (eventhough your actual link may be unrelated) you’ll get your comment approve.

Volvo turns Chinese as Geely purchases the company from Ford

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:09:05 +0000

Volvo purchased by Geely

At Sunday afternoon Ford and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group signed the contract about the sales of Swedish car maker Volvo Personvagnar. Representatives from both the Chinese and Swedish government were present when Li Shufu (the founder of Geely), Lewis Booth (Ford’s Chief Financial Officer) and Stephen Odell (President of Volvo Cars) held a press conference.

The price tag for Volvo PV ended up at $1.8 billion, far from the $6 billion Ford paid for the company in 1999.

The Volvo headquarters will remain in Gothenburg, Sweden, along with research and development. The fabrication will not move from Sweden and Belgium, but a Chinese Volvo plant might be considered – but only for cars made for the Chinese market.

“My belief is that the factories in Gothenburg and Gent will remain for a long time. This will not change because of the new ownership.”, Geely’s Li Shufus. “I want to emphasize that Volvo is Volvo and Geely is Geely – Volvo will be run by Volvo management.”

More reading:
Volvo in a Deal to Be Sold to Company in China – NY Times

Volcano erupts in Iceland

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:12:58 +0000

Erupting volcano in Iceland

A volcano near the Eyjafallajökull glacier in Iceland has erupted forcing over 500 people to evacuate the area. Usually volcano eruptions are preceded by earthquakes, but this time the eruption came as a big surprise. No damage or injuries have so far been reported. A state of emergency has been declared in the area near the 160 km² glacier.

The last time a volcano erupted near the glacier was in 1823.

Volcano erupts in southern Iceland

Fulham knocks out Juventus

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:58:58 +0000

Fulham had to win by two goals to avoid being out of the Europa League, that’s a tough situation against a team like Juventus. The Italians, however, have been out of balance lately.

Juventus started well when David Trezeguet scored the first goal after no more than two minutes. Fulham now needed three goals to advance. After 40 minutes Bobby Zamora tied it 1-1 and the Hungarian Zoltan Gera then scored twice to make it 3-1.

Juventus wasn’t doing themselves any favours though as a red card for Fabio Cannavaro resulted in only 10 players. And things didn’t improve when Jonathan Zebina got a red card too, but by then it was all over.

With eight minutes to go Clint Dempsey made a beautiful 4-1 goal and once the whistle was blown Juventus was out of the tournament and Fulham could start celebrating the fact that they now had advanced to the quarter finals.