hello rico » generic http://hellorico.com the adventures of a Dutchie in Denmark Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:36:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Moving on http://hellorico.com/2009/05/05/moving-on/ http://hellorico.com/2009/05/05/moving-on/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 14:11:47 +0000 rico http://hellorico.com/?p=332 Last thursday I had my last day at the company that brought me to Denmark two years ago, Hello Group. Thanks to them I have a really big network of friends here, obviously an important thing when you’re a foreigner on his own :) From now on I’ll be working as a freelancer again on the international market of frontend and mobile development. I’d love to do some theater/installation stuff too, but that might be a bit too much to start with. Maybe later.

I also have a new phone number, and I’ll be moving soon, so update your address books accordingly :)

]]> http://hellorico.com/2009/05/05/moving-on/feed/ 0 general observations of the x-mas period http://hellorico.com/2008/12/27/general-observations-of-the-x-mas-period/ http://hellorico.com/2008/12/27/general-observations-of-the-x-mas-period/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:44:47 +0000 rico http://hellorico.com/?p=309
  • Working at Hello is like reliving your teenage years sometimes
  • The concept of lillejuleaften (little x-mas eve) is yet another Danish reason to get drunk and misbehave (“de bloemetjes buiten zetten” as we say in Holland)
  • The purser on my flight had a rather interesting twitch of explaining the safety procedures: “Stop screaming before you put on the oxygen mask. Seriously, STOP SCREAMING!”
  • Flying into Amsterdam Schiphol airport is still one of my favorite approaches of the world. Holland can indeed be pretty!
  • I have to agree with my foreign friends that Dutch toilet design is really weird
  • Dutch television content hasn’t changed over the last years
  • I don’t like Teletubbies
  • Holland is flat.. really flat!
  • Amsterdam is still a nice city
  • But, I miss Copenhagen and consider it as my home
    • ]]>     http://hellorico.com/2008/12/27/general-observations-of-the-x-mas-period/feed/ 1     priorities – part 3 http://hellorico.com/2008/12/14/priorities-part-3/ http://hellorico.com/2008/12/14/priorities-part-3/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:36:43 +0000 rico http://hellorico.com/?p=305 Because cycling on my bike was now becoming slower than plain walking, I cut the knot (dutch saying) and bought a new Stalen Ros (dutch name for bike).

    It’s retro and perdy :)

    I parked my old bicycle unlocked at CBS (Fasanvej), if you need a crapy bike!

    ]]>     http://hellorico.com/2008/12/14/priorities-part-3/feed/ 2     døgnposten http://hellorico.com/2008/11/27/doegnposten/ http://hellorico.com/2008/11/27/doegnposten/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:27:46 +0000 rico http://hellorico.com/?p=292 I’m not very positive about Post Danmark usually (slower than pigeons!), but I have to say that they have something really cool now: døgnposten.

    Because I have a normal job, I’m at work every weekday between 9 and 5 (yawn). Of course this is also the time frame in which the postman delivers any packages, causing the packages to return to the post office where I need to collect them on Saturday (closes at 2pm.. so even that is sometimes hard to manage).

    With døgnposten I can send my packages to:

    Rico Tijsen
    ID 51372521
    Døgnposten 623
    2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark

    And they will send an sms (containing a pincode) when I receive a new package after which I can pick it up at whatever time! Just brilliant!

    I love to get packages btw.. so keep them coming :)

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    Last week I put myself in the choice of either getting a new bike, or a kitchen appliance. The choice between my main means of transportation, and something I don’t REALLY need, but is very welcome anyway.

    So, 2 ty-raps, new break pads (189 DKK!), some oil, and a tube later, I ordered the KitchenAid mixer.. Fire-engine red, of course.

    ]]>     http://hellorico.com/2008/11/08/priorities/feed/ 0     danish lessons http://hellorico.com/2008/07/14/danish-3/ http://hellorico.com/2008/07/14/danish-3/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:47:50 +0000 rico http://hellorico.com/?p=221 I’ve decided to take a break. So tired! I was the only one left from all the way in the beginning (june 2007), so it felt a bit as a betrayal. However, now I have 2-3 evenings per week of extra time which I would like to fill up with some art/theater related things. After this weekend’s seminar (Metropolis), I’m convinced I can put my programming and light/sound design skills to use in instalation art, which I can easily start off on just my computer and some web space.

    ]]>     http://hellorico.com/2008/07/14/danish-3/feed/ 0     video debut http://hellorico.com/2008/06/18/video-debut/ http://hellorico.com/2008/06/18/video-debut/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:55:59 +0000 rico http://hellorico.com/?p=216 I made my online video debut today. I’m not telling you where though. Go and find out yourself. The first person to find it gets a cookie!

    ]]>     http://hellorico.com/2008/06/18/video-debut/feed/ 2     danish summer http://hellorico.com/2008/05/11/danish-summer/ http://hellorico.com/2008/05/11/danish-summer/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 11:57:38 +0000 rico http://hellorico.com/?p=208 Danish summer is here35 celsius? OMG!

    ]]>     http://hellorico.com/2008/05/11/danish-summer/feed/ 0     nike+ http://hellorico.com/2008/04/06/nike/ http://hellorico.com/2008/04/06/nike/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:33:49 +0000 rico http://hellorico.com/?p=197
    I really like this iPod + Nike Web 2.0 integration. I think it’s pretty cool that you can see your runs online and share with your friends. While I’m really not a good runner, in the three runs I’ve done now, I can see that I went from a pace of 5′17″/km to 4′58″/km over the same distance. Now that it’s getting better weather, I think I’ll raise the frequency a bit. I find it a bit hard to get out of bed earlier in the morning, so I guess I should try to do it in the early evening after work.

    ]]>     http://hellorico.com/2008/04/06/nike/feed/ 1     winter http://hellorico.com/2008/03/19/winter/ http://hellorico.com/2008/03/19/winter/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:00:29 +0000 rico http://hellorico.com/2008/03/19/winter/ Finally, winter has arrived! It has snowed two days already, and this is the forecast for easter:

    KBH weather

    Crazy weather here!

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