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Archive for March, 2006

Playtech, another Estonian success story

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Playtech may be less known than Skype, but it’s also a great example of a successful Estonian company. They develop casino software and made an IPO last week, valuing them close to 1 billion dollars.
They have 200 developers in Estonia. Like Skype, they are hiring heavily, the competition on the Estonian job market is hard.
It’s […]

Review of the Nokia 770

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

I borrowed a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet for the weekend. I had read mixed things about the device, so I wanted to make my own opinion. And the device has an attractive geeky touch, running Linux.
First I must say the Nokia 770 looks nice. It’s slim, light and seems to have the right size. The […]

Half way

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

Ingrid is now in her 21st week and everything is going well. Last week we learned it that it was going to be a boy. People generally imagine I’m specially happy about it, but the truth is I didn’t really care if it was going to be a boy or a girl. But I was […]

Again on the street

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Again the French are on the streets, with more than a million people protesting today. The protests were started by the students, who are against the CPE, a new labor law that would allow employers to give for first jobs a trial period extended to two years.
Now the protesters are right in that being in […]