Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
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700 grams of common sense
A few days ago I flew with easyJet between London and Barcelona. During the check-in I experienced something that made me think about how our lives are dominated by rules and regulations at the cost of common sense. The staff at the check-in informed me that my bag was too heavy — 21.6 kilos —…
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Roca Centella
A cloudy-day hike in the Montseny Natural Park together with a couple of friends. We set off from Figaró and headed for La Garriga along the PR C-33 short distance path — with a mid-way detour to the top of Roca Centella (1001m).
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Skorradalsháls
On a recent trip to Iceland I did a short hike that I have not done in quite some time. I hiked onto a small ridge called Skorradalsháls (314m) and separates the valleys Skorradalur and Lundareykjadalur in west Iceland.
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Þverfellshorn
Mt. Esja rises above Reykjavík across the bay north of the city. It is one of the most popular recreation areas close to Reykjavík. The most popular peak is Þverfellshorn (780 m) which is accessible by a marked path, yet fairly challenging.
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Kvígindisfell
A hike to the top of Kvígindisfell (783 m) in western Iceland. We got a true sampling of Icelandic weather — sun, rain, snow, …
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Fannr: Flickr Annotator
Fannr was a prototype that helped Flickr users annotate photos by recommending tags and possible locations, drawing on their own photos and wider photo collections.
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Decaffeinated cold turkey
Christmas is a time where many people cook turkey. As a consequence, the days after christmas is a time where many people have cold turkey. A cold turkey sandwich. For example. I did not cook any turkey this christmas. Yet I decided to go for the cold turkey. For many years, I have been physically…
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Which glasses should I buy?
I woke up late on last Saturday morning and reached for my duct-tape glued-together glasses. I sighed. Remembering what was my task for the day. I had decided to go hunting for new glasses. I sighed again. Shopping is not exactly on the top of my list of fun things to do. I guess it…
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II Circular Pantà d’Oliana
An 81km endurance hike from the Spanish town of Oliana, around the Oliana reservoir and back to the starting point. The circuit went through a mountainous area on either side and the accumulated elevation difference was 6.200m.
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Ranking Entity Facets based on User Click Feedback
Roelof van Zwol, Lluis Garcia Pueyo, Mridul Muralidharan, Börkur Sigurbjörnsson. Ranking Entity Facets based on User Click Feedback. In: Fourth IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2010). 2010.
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Taga Núria — Part III
A 5 hour hike to several peaks along the border between Spain and France, starting and terminating in Vall de Núria — crossing various peaks between Pic de Noufonts and Pic de Núria.
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Taga Núria — Part II
It was 6:59:59 AM in the quiet Pyrenees town of Ribes de Freser. The soothing sounds of the River Freser flowed through the town — accompanied with an occasional tweet from an insomniac night owl typing fervidly on their smart phone. Suddenly the tranquility of countryside was disturbed by the crowing of a rooster.