For the Scandinavian trifecta let me just add that "blomsterne og bierne" (the flowers and the bees) is a common phrase in Danish as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:21 AM on July 24, 2008

Senuti is great for copying music from your iPod to your Mac. It can even automagically add the music to your iTunes library.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 11:59 AM on July 17, 2008

dabitch's brilliant Adland!
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 10:57 AM on June 25, 2008

racecar: "we think we can make money on other things, and even take a loss on song sales. (That's what Apple does with iTunes right? To sell iPods?)"

No, Apple makes a profit on iTunes. See here and here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 5:58 AM on June 21, 2008

In my experience it's rarely casual sex for very long if it's with one of your friends. Someone usually develops feelings for the other and suddenly "casual" is out the window.

If you really want casual sex go chat up some women in bars or at private parties. I've generally had better luck at private parties but you have to be extra careful with making it clear that you're only interested in casual sex and not a relationship because the people you meet at... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 8:36 AM on June 20, 2008

Could you not use a stand-alone app such as MarsEdit?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 1:58 PM on June 18, 2008

Those printouts.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:01 PM on May 7, 2008

Bake the pizza with just tomatoes and cheese. When it's done add thinly sliced smoked salmon and fresh rocket.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:34 AM on April 9, 2008

See a therapist.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:48 PM on April 6, 2008

Bits of feta cheese mixed in with the meat.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 12:03 PM on April 2, 2008

Just tell her. It'll probably not be the nicest conversation you're ever going to have but she has a right to know and the sooner you tell her the better.

Something like "Listen, I enjoyed myself last time but I don't think we should go out on another date. You're just not what I'm looking for in a relationship. Sorry."

Short and sweet. There's no reason to go into detail about how horrible she is or whatever. But you do need to tell... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 11:23 AM on March 23, 2008

What is it in the chili that makes it a no-go for Person X?

It's the actual chilies. She can't have any fresh or dried chili at all.

Thanks for all your answers so far!
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 11:34 AM on March 17, 2008

A bunch of people have probably linked to del.icio.us with the word delicious being the link. That's why Google thinks del.icio.us is relevant when people search for delicious.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 5:24 PM on March 12, 2008

Wow, you guys are harsh. And have possibly turned me off of AskMe forever.

Wow, drama queen much?

You got some good suggestions in this thread plus a few warnings that this might be taken to mean something that maybe, just maybe, you hadn't considered yourself.

When I spend time at a girlfriend's place I like it because I get to spend time with a person I really like without having to dress up and all... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:46 PM on March 10, 2008

Thanks for all your answers so far. If anyone has any more insight please keep them coming.

gum: Are Macintoshes really that expensive in Denmark?

The 2.4 GHz Macbook Pro with the 4 gb upgrade is DKK 16,599. It's DKK 13,799 without the extra RAM. The 2.5 GHz version with 2 gb RAM is DKK 17,299. So yeah, they are a bit more expensive here. But you have to consider how weak the Dollar is when you make the comparison.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 5:16 PM on March 7, 2008

This Dane often uses the Danish word hyggelig to describe something that's... well, cozy but that word just doesn't cover it. Here's a pretty good definition I found:

Hygge is usually inadequately translated as cosiness. This is too simplistic: cosiness relates to physical surroundings – a jersey can be cosy, or a warm bed - whereas hygge has more to do with people’s behaviour towards each other. It is the art of creating intimacy: a sense of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 6:47 AM on February 18, 2008

Another way to explain the use of jo would be to say that it indicates that the person saying jo wants to give a positive response to a question that contains the word not. In English I think one would need to repeat the verb of the question in order to make sense. If the question is asked without the word not you would use ja.

Er du ikke glad? (Are you not happy?)... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:15 PM on February 18, 2008

I don't know if they do uncles as farbror & morbror, or aunts as farsoster & morsoster (forgive the spelling -- can't find the danish characters right off hand, plus, well, jeg er Americansk...), or cousins that way. Perhaps sveskemus can confirm.

Almost. We cut off part of søster like this:

Farbror = father's brother
Morbror = mother's brother
Faster = father's sister
Moster = mother's sister
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:54 PM on February 19, 2008

You don't say where in Europe your friend lives but I'm going to assume England because she sends you British comedy shows. Anyway, this is a list of suggestions from this thread I'm pretty sure she could easily get herself pretty much anywhere in Europe:

- Hershey bars
- Jack Daniels
- A Phillies baseball cap
- The movie Superbad
- Wild rice
- Good maple syrup (expensive, though)
-... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 10:16 PM on February 17, 2008

Danish band Mew did a Japanese language version of their song "White Lips Kissed". It's called "Shiroi Kuchibiruno Izanai" and you can find it on the album "And the Glass Handed Kites" or listen to it streamed here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 8:59 AM on February 15, 2008

Nobody seems to know what it actually does but when I used to have problems with my Airport Express I would check off "Use Interference Robustness" in the Airport menu in the top right corner. The problems went away by themselves after a couple of days, by the way, so I guess they could have had something to do with interference.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 11:26 AM on February 12, 2008

Let's Get Free is most definitely Dead Prez' best album. I personally think it's brilliant more or less from beginning to end.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 10:57 AM on February 12, 2008

FidelDonson has it. Feel free to call for a meet-up if you're coming to Copenhagen. We've only ever had one meet-up here but that was tons of fun.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 12:23 PM on February 4, 2008

Instead of Flickr you could use 23.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 4:34 PM on February 1, 2008

If you don't want to mess around with css or Greasemonkey you might like to try a program like Nocturne which simply inverts the colours on your screen making it much nicer to look at under certain conditions.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 3:44 PM on January 15, 2008

Image Capture worked brilliantly. Thank you all for your answers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:27 PM on January 2, 2008

Um, I thought you were married.

So let's see. You have a lazy boyfriend who drinks every day and has cheated on you. You converted your relationship into an open one which means that he is now free to see other women and while you have the same right you don't use it because you want to be exclusive. Why don't you tell him as nicely as you can to stop seeing other women and stop drinking every day or you'll leave him. You might also suggest that he get a job but don't... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:38 AM on January 2, 2008

That would be fine.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 8:27 AM on October 20, 2007

The Cure are playing in Stockholm on Saturday February 9th. It seems Air Baltic flies direct to Stockholm from Riga. Tickets here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 5:51 AM on October 20, 2007

My ex girlfriend used a cheaper seasickness relief band than the one you're linking to. They definitely helped her. Before she got them she would throw up whenever we would drive more than 30 minutes or so by train and whenever we flew. With the wristbands on she would feel nauseous but not throw up. Placebo effect or not, I would definitely say they work.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 6:42 AM on October 15, 2007 marked best answer

It is not possible to transfer music from an iPod to your iTunes library without third-party software. If your colleague is on a Mac they can use Senuti. I'm sure somebody here can recommend some Windows software which works the same way.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 11:23 AM on October 8, 2007 marked best answer

On lack of preview: iTunes will ask whether or not to sync the iPod's library when it sees it for the first time. Just say no.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 11:24 AM on October 8, 2007

Oh, and if you want your co-worker to be able to play the music you've bought on iTunes you have to enter your iTunes password on their computer to allow it. iTunes will ask for this password the first time you try to play a song with DRM on it as far as I remember.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 11:29 AM on October 8, 2007

I will often say that I'm checking my email even though that amounts to less than 10 percent of the time I spend online.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 5:27 AM on October 7, 2007

In Danish it's honningbi. But I've yet to hear anybody not refer to a honeybee simply as a bi which means bee.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 8:14 AM on September 29, 2007

Look for some recent stuff by Scott Walker. Very creepy IMNSHO.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 3:27 PM on September 28, 2007

I'm not quite sure what you hope to achieve by asking this question. I too find Ben Folds a bit bland and uninteresting and I'm pretty sure you can find somebody who dislikes pretty much anything if you look hard enough.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 10:51 AM on September 16, 2007

IKEA sells Brio-compatible train sets here in Denmark. I would guess they sell them all over. They are alright and much, much cheaper than the original ones.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 9:55 AM on August 29, 2007 marked best answer

Do this everyday:

Sleep till 11:30... drive a friend to their locked out car. Go home. Watch a Netflix DVD. Eat lunch. Go online. Play a game or two. Work on a friends website. Watch last Comic Standing, eat dinner (pizza) and go to bed at 12:20. Also, read for 10 minutes (how to win friends and influence people) and get up at 5:20. Wake up once at 3am and drink some water and take off your socks and shirt (it is hot).

No, seriously, sleep well,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 6:28 AM on August 20, 2007

Second Fission.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 6:29 AM on July 31, 2007

Speed demon
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 6:07 AM on July 31, 2007

The Straight Dope
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 4:08 PM on July 30, 2007

Switch, you'll love it.

Also, what mkultra said.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 10:49 AM on July 24, 2007

Frikadeller (Danish meatballs)

400 grams lean minced pork or a combination of pork and veal. (My girlfriend uses minced beef instead which is also nice but then I would omit the curry powder.)
½ teaspoon salt
1 medium sized onion, grated
1 egg
1 deciliter low fat milk
4 tablespoons wheat flour
a pinch of curry powder
salt and pepper

25... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:00 PM on July 23, 2007 marked best answer

The thing about fucking pigs and sheep reminds me of the song "Jeg vil i seng med de fleste" (I want to sleep with most people) by the quite popular Det Brune Punktum (the brown dot/period sign).

Here's the lyrics to Jeg vil i seng med de fleste in Danish:

Når jeg går rundt på mine bare tæer i haven
nyder jeg roser vel som tidsler (mmh mmh)
Og selvom det klæder mig godt med meget stramme bukser
så... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 4:15 PM on July 5, 2007 marked best answer

Yeah this has happened to me quite a few times. Just waiting hasn't failed me yet. I probably will suffer from permanent damage at some point and so may you if you keep it up but I wouldn't worry too much if it isn't something you do on a regular basis.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:19 PM on May 19, 2007

I began running this february. I wasn't in great shape but definitely also not totally out of shape. I ran 10k on my second or third run and it turned out to be easier than I had imagined beforehand.

Just run much slower than what feels natural. You should be able to have a conversation while running. Don't lose your breath. It might take you an hour and a half to do the 10k but at least you will have done it.

You have two things going against... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 2:43 PM on April 22, 2007

I don't know much about N.Y. so I don't know if I'm answering your question (I have no idea what below 14th but above Reade means except that I assume it's a nice place to stay for a tourist). But I do know much about Copenhagen having lived here almost my entire life, so here goes.

If by "the train station" you mean Copenhagen Central Station (Hovedbanegården) then by all means stay there. It really is central and within walking distance of the central square... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 4:38 PM on March 13, 2007 marked best answer

Danish: "Slut".
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 4:40 AM on February 19, 2007

Ah. Relatively new. Missed that. Sorry.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sveskemus at 4:27 PM on January 29, 2007