Impressed by AdSense
I’m impressed by Google AdSense – somehow it must have figured out I’m an émigré Dane, because the ads on my blog today include Hjemve, Danshoppen and Hyggekassen &ndash all sites selling Danish product to Danes abroad.
Europæisk Melodi-Grandprix!
Så er det i aften, det er tid til den årlige gang popmusik. Jeg har ikke hørt nogen af numrene på forhånd, men det er vel den sædvanlige blanding. Det bliver spændende at se, om vinderen igen skal findes i den østlige halvdel af Europa, eller om et land som fx Irland for første gang i mange år vinder igen.
The centre of the EU
I just reread an old thread in the europa.union newsgroup in which I calculated the population-weighted centre of the EU:
| Area | North | East | Closest city |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original EEC (6 countries) | 47.77 | 7.64 | Basle, Switzerland |
| +3 (UK, Ireland, Denmark) | 48.91 | 5.42 | Saint-Mihiel, Meuse, France |
| +1 (Greece) | 48.51 | 6.04 | Vézelise, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France |
| +2 (Spain and Portugal) | 47.37 | 4.56 | Viteaux (west of Dijon), France |
| +1/2 (East Germany) | 47.60 | 4.98 | a little north of Dijon, France |
| +3 (Austria, Finland, Sweden) | 48.06 | 5.68 | Lamarche, Vosges, France |
| +10 (2004 enlargement) | 48.52 | 7.94 | Strasbourg, France |
| +2 (Romania and Bulgaria) | 48.28 | 9.02 | Ebingen, Württemberg, Germany |
| +1 (Turkey) | 47.21 | 11.80 | a little east of Innsbruch, Austria |
Oh what fun we used to have in the europa.* hieararchy!