From the monthly archives: September 2006

If it’s a small thing: Lie through your teeth

By On 30/09/2006 ·

I was shopping for shoes recently. The salesman told me that the pair I was examining needed a special treatment before being used. I asked him if he could perform this treatment for me before I left the store, if I chose them. “Of course”, he said without flinching.

“OK then”, I said, “I’ll [...]

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Dissertation V0.9

By On 29/09/2006 ·


I’ve uploaded the version of my dissertation that was handed in final version (4.5 MB PDF).
Since I’ll have the chance to make post-defence edits, this is technically a draft version.

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As we may watch

By On 28/09/2006 ·

Ex-co-PhD student Martin Sønderlev Christensen (of nowuseit fame) defends his thesis masterpiece at ITU tomorrow (14:00, Auditorium 4 or 2).

The thesis is here (draft version).

Update:

By stilleben ['stelle:bƏn] http://www.flickr.com/people/stilleben/

The abstract reads:

Abstract
This dissertation offers a cultural theoretical interpretation [...]

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Total Spam Caught: 4016 (average karma: -592.7)

By On 26/09/2006 ·

… with practically no false positives/negatives. We love you, Spam Karma 2.

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The psychology of dough-nut salesmen

By On 26/09/2006 ·

Sometimes – rarely – a book manages to forcefully alter the way you view your surroundings. For me, such books are almost always of the popular science variety. I recently, based on Thomas‘ sage advice, enjoyed Cialdini’s Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion in which the author entertainingly describes salesman’s (in [...]

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