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10 February 2008
Daniel's birthday at Kempton Park race course.
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Michael Marcussen
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
25 January 2008
An unpolished gem of a scooter
Almost certain that I wanted a big 250 - 400 ccm scooter with big protective screen and great visibility in the traffic.
Kevin Ash from the Daily Telegraph had the following review of the bike: "Design a machine to be the best of two worlds and, more often than not, it ends up a compromise instead. Honda said, before I rode its new SH300i scooter, that the aim was to endow it with the in-town agility of a 125 as well as the performance and stability to make it a viable proposition on motorways, ring roads and faster, more intimidating routes in general. This could easily have translated into breathlessness and nervous handling at speed with ponderous handling in traffic. Instead, the SH300i really does seem to have pulled it off.
Pushing the limits: Kevin puts the Honda SH300i through its paces Honda says the engine is the most powerful in the class and it certainly feels that way; it's up there with some of the 400s, in fact, with its 90mph top speed and positive overtaking. It's muscular from a standstill too, which is important in aggressive traffic, and, as well as being fast, it's comfortable being fast. Stability is excellent even flat-out on bumpy roads and you don't get the feeling, which you have on many scooters, that you're exploring the edge of the chassis' ability when the twistgrip is against the stop. The SH's sophistication plays a role in that.
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Michael Marcussen
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Friday, January 25, 2008
13 October 2007
Autumn in Aberdeenshire
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Autumn in Aberdeensh |
Pittodrie House Hotel is based at Inverudie in Aberdeenshire. I spent 4 days there attending a project management course.
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Michael Marcussen
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
08 October 2007
18 September 2007
Google is dead...
Yep who would be thinking of this......
Google quickly became the most favourite web search engine because of its simple white design - without any reviews, news, weather forecasts, financial news and what else the competitors are still busy loading when you have already got your results from Google.
Simplicity comes at a price though and tests have shown that a white screen consumes more power than a black one. As Google's screen is obviously white, a considerable amount of energy globally is spent on this display.
Subsequently a media company has gone ahead and created a simple version of Google but with a black screen:
Allow me to mention Blackle.
I have asked them to confirm if they are recording search results but are still awaiting feedback.
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Michael Marcussen
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
09 September 2007
20 August 2007
It is a small world - the model
Now when I am in the writing mood it is obviously important to emphasize an old point, that I (Michael) has got the honour of knowing Miss US Virgin Islands 2006 a runner up for the Miss Universe 2006 competition.
Whilst I researching I found out via Wikipedia that Je T'aime is also a contestant for the Miss Earth 2007 competition to be held on the Phillipines in November.
Anyways how on Earth (sorry about the punt line) does it happen that I know Miss Virgin Islands.
Well Je T'aime has been close to her grandmother, Eleanor, whom is a close friend of my Far via the Danish - Virgin Island society, that my Far has been heavily involved in for the last 15 years or so.
Back in the mid 90-ties Eleanor and her two grand-children Je T'aime and P.J. visited Denmark and we took them to Tivoli gardens. I will never forget when we sat in a restaurant in the garden and the 10-ish year old P.J. disappeared for a while. He went to buy a long-stemmed rose for all the Girls: Eleanor, Je T'aime and my Mor - vauw
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Michael Marcussen
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Monday, August 20, 2007
It is a small world - the pop singer story
I am sitting here at work reading my Danish newspaper. All of the sudden there is in typical Danish manner an article about a pop-star that has been declined a tax rebate on clothing and make-up, essential to her work...
Although that is obviously a story in itself, plenty of news papers are covering that and hence I rather want to focus on her, the singer...
Last year you were bombarded on the radio with the track "From Paris to Berlin" and although I knew it was Danish I never got as far as to know it was by a band called Infernal.
So when I all of the sudden see the singer of Infernal is named Line Rafn the penny has dropped. Line is the daughter of my favourite teacher from primary school, Lone.
Besides from being my teacher through out many years, Lone was also one of the key people behind the AIDS information and event group (Ung Sikker Sex), which I was heavily involved in back in the early nineties. Lone ALWAYS had her guitar with her, hence the family must have a musical gene
I remember that Line back in those days where quite involved as a DJ at Niverød Lokal Radio or Kanal 100 as I recall it was also called at some stage.
Anyways no time for writing, I must get down to HMV before they close to buy the album...
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Michael Marcussen
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Monday, August 20, 2007