Smorgasborg - Random Objects

Smorgasborg

This is a bunch of stuff I had no idea what to do with. So I put them on the dang web!

Email I received a long while ago:

Smorgasborg is spelled smörgåsbord
if you refer to a buffet in swedish.
(smörgås is a sandwich and bord a table in swedish)

That's all i had to say apart from:
nice website!

Peter Hammar

My reply:
I know it's misspelled. I like it that way. This is actually a Frequently Asked Question:-) But thanks!
- Joe

In May 2003 Andreas Brantmo asked me if I knew how to pronounce smorgasbord. I replied that Merriam Webster has a pronunciation, and is that good enough?

He replied:
Well, it's good - but not good enough though :)
As a sign of friendship between us I send you the CORRECT pronunciation to avoid any future problems ;)
Explanation:
Smörgås = Sandwich
Bord = Table
AND
Smör = Butter
Gås = Goose (bird)

So in English it would be "Sandwich Table" or "Butter Goose Table".

HTML vs. TEXT EMAIL:
Actual spam in HTML via MS Word versus the same thing in plaintext. The HTML version is 16.0 kilobytes. The Text version is 2.0 kilobytes. That's a factor of 8 times the size. If your bandwidth stays constant, HTML mail means a factor of 8 increase in download times. No thanks!

Recipes
Macaroni Salad Recipe [Feb 8 2000]

I've been purchased! Eeek! [Jun 5 1999]
I should have figured I should leave my employment at ARCO when Greenpeace hung a banner on the outside of the ARCO Tower in Downtown Los Angeles.
High Resolution black and white WebSanDiego.org Logo [Nov 2 2002]
In May of 2001 I made a copy and redesigned the KPBS Radio station's schedule. I think the result is pretty.

July 4 2003 - Joe's Walk [Oct 6 2003]
Brett Jackson's special images made (March 2003) in exchange for building an XML page in ASP: Joe's Decision, Joe [Oct 6 2003]
Some Talking Heads Stuff from Japan from the late 1980s: Article; Naked Article; True Stories Ad [Oct 6 2003]
Movie Faves from June 30, 1997 - the missewon crew [Jun 15 2004]

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Except the stuff that's clearly someone else's stuff, of course.