LeWeb 2010 - just a few photos from the event

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Photos of U2 in Helsinki

NYPD Helicopter on top of Empire State Building

Photos of U2 in Helsinki

When you are in Helsinki what is better than to take some photos of old men – better known as…

Empire Avenue – Fun, cool and why it could be big

A screen shot of Empire Avenue for user e(LARRE)

For the last year I have been hanging around on Empire Avenue (EAv). EAv is a website started in 2009 by a group of people with background from among others the gaming industry (i.e Electronic Arts). On February 23rd 2010 they launched a closed beta for “friends and family” with 250 players. Early in May…

LeWeb 2010 – just a few photos from the event

Marissa Mayer, VP, Google

Attended this years LeWeb in Paris. Big hype, much buzz and about 3000 attended the event. I am not going to write anything from or about the event but here are a few photos that I have taken. The photos is lisenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License Attribution: http://www.larre.com

Photos of U2 in Helsinki

The Edge, U2

When you are in Helsinki what is better than to take some photos of old men – better known as U2? Well – I took some cool photos a couple of hours ago, here they are. But for the first time in 7 years I left my Canon behind…I only had my iPhone (how is…

NYPD Helicopter on top of Empire State Building

empire state building nypd helicopter

NYPD Helicopter on top of Empire State Building, NYC. Taken Spring 2009. The photos is lisenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License Attribution: http://www.larre.com / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 A great experience. Some guys in a NYPD helicopter had fun by flying over our heads on top of the Rockefeller Center, before flying towards…

Wind

Wind

This photo is lisenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License Attribution: http://www.larre.com / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Taken for the #TwPhCh 004 «De 4 elementer: Jord, Vann, Vind, Brann» Illustrates the element “Wind”. Taken on the last day in may 2009.

Raindrops on protected wood

raindrops on protected wood

This photo is lisenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License Attribution: http://www.larre.com / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Raindrops on protected wood (oiled), with small fraction of pollen. Spring 2009. Taken for the #TwPhCh 004 Illustrates the element Water

Coastline in Biarritz

Coastline in Biarritz

This photo is lisenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License Attribution: http://www.larre.com / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 This photo is taken back in 2007 and is showing the beautiful coastline in Biarritz, France. It is taken from the top of the lighthouse. If you ever get here – you have to try out…

Amazon S3 and CloudFront with WordPress and DreamHost

For the last couple of days I have been testing out the Amazon CloudFront service using my blog as a sandbox. My goal was pretty simple: To set up Amazon CloudFront on my blog, enabling static files like images and styles to be distributed for fast access. This post describes my experimentation with it. It…

Tough times for newspapers

In the wake of the financial crisis, the debate around online newspapers and the traditional newspaper model for making money has increased. Today media companies have major financial problems. The newspapers are losing revenue in several areas; subscriptions are declining, classified advertising revenues are sharply reduced, and advertising revenues fall dramatically. The result is powerful…