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OMV Sprint Diesel

David Vidmar — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:31:41 GMT

Last month OMV (one of two big oil companies in Slovenia) started to sell OMV Sprint Diesel – a “new” kind of diesel with additives. They decided to give out 5x 100 l of diesel to bloggers with diesel cars in exchange for opinion. I applied and I’m currently driving for free! :)

I wrecked my Citroen C4 in meantime so it took me a little longer to burn first 40 l, but I was pleasantly surprised as my fuel consumption actually dropped a bit. A did little surfing and lots of people are finding similar results, so there must be something good about it, right?

Ever since I read about hypermilers and Wayne Gerdes in Wired I’m kind of obsessed with fuel consumption. Currently I’m doing 4.8 l / 100 km (~50 miles per US gallon) with OMV Sprint Diesel.

More tests:

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The case of missing links

David Vidmar — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:05:27 GMT

This weeks Links of the week are running late because of some unlucky circumstances (read: flooding of the kitchen and some other accidents) over the weekend.

I'm going to try to write the post later today.

Free job postings and great jobs

David Vidmar — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:06:23 GMT

These are January 2007 discount codes for HiddenNetwork job board.

100OFF0712 - $100 discount ($199 listing), usable once per client
200OFF0712 - $200 discount ($99 listing) , usable once per client
INTLFREE7 - free listings for everyone outside of US/Canada

If you open my site and don't see any ads, it means there aren't any open jobs for your region. Great opportunity to put a free ad and get maximum exposure (6000-7000 displays per day just on my blog!).

What are you waiting? Post a job now to 50+ tech sites!
(Please enter my referral number 1159 if you do.)

Still now convinced? Check out some testimonials or see who is part of HiddenNetwork, which isn't hidden anymore!

if you are looking for a job, browse jobs and subscribe to the feed. Just don't forget to report back when you get that dream job, ok?

Technorati tags: job ads, jobs, employment, work

1st European Silverlight Challenge

David Vidmar — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:34:05 GMT

Are you good in Silverlight? Are you good enough? Then you might want to join 1st European Silverlight Challenge and win some serious prizes.

SLODUG, Slovenian Developer User Group has recruited it's members and created joined forces team. So if you are from around here, you should join them.

Good luck!

Technorati tags: silverlight, competition, slovenia, europe, slodug

Find great jobs and hire the best talent

David Vidmar — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:44:39 GMT

Users that actually visit vidmar.net site have probably noticed there has been job board embedded in this site. At first I tested the field with my own version of it, but that was later replace with a professional service Hidden network by Alex Papadimoulis, legendary MVP for MS Paint and author of The Daily WTF.

I believe this service on my blog will be of use for both job seekers and employers!

If you are looking for a new challenge, just browse jobs and subscribe to the feed. Just don't forget to report back when you get that dream job, ok?

If you are employer, you can post your jobs for free (international) or with a huge discount using these codes:

100OFF0712 - $100 discount ($199 for first listing)
200OFF0712 - $200 discount ($99 for first listing)
299OFF0712 - $299 discount (free first listing)
INTLFREE7 - free international (non US/CA) listings

When you apply, please enter my referral number 1159. Thank you!

Take a look at some others blogs that are part of Hidden Network:

Technorati tags: job, job ads, employment

Funny error message: Crash reporter crashed (Vista)

David Vidmar — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:30:33 GMT

And another one...

Technorati Tags: humor,error,last.fm,Vista

Funny Error Message: Skype (Windows Vista)

David Vidmar — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:27:29 GMT

Another funny error message, this time from my boss.

Technorati tags: humor, error, Windows update, Skype

Magazine Articles

David Vidmar — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:27:10 GMT

You can read three (yes, three) my articles in this months Monitor magazine.

Strežnik v vsako družino (Server for every family)- an article about Windows Home Server which I really like and can want to get my hands of RTM/RTW licence and install on my machine in the basement.

Dol z WinZip (Down with WinZip) - an article about free substitutions to WinZip which are usually even better than the original. I'll publish short version here in couple of days.

Zares moj Google (Really my Google) - Instructions how to get started with Google Apps. I've been using Google Apps for a while now and it absolutely rocks.

Any comments about those articles are welcome.

Yelling software

David Vidmar — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:23:36 GMT

After all this years, Dilbert still makes me smile almost every day. But from time to time there is one that really touches you. This one is my favorite of the year.

If you are not yet subscribed to Dilbert in your favorite RSS reader, this is the time. TapestryComics has hundreds of feed of comics, including Dilbert (subscribe to http://feeds.feedburner.com/tapestrydilbert).

NauticaLinks.com is back

David Vidmar — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:11:32 GMT

My experimental non-technical link (spam?) blog NauticaLinks.com was on a hiatus for a while. Part for a software problem, part because I lost interest due to small Google traffic I need in order to get some ad clicks.

I fixed the WordPress some time ago, got tons of material and Google keeps sending people to the site.

So, NauticaLinks is back. For another two months or so...