Archives for: May 2006
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline
May 31st, 2006I'm currently watching the program "Extreme Oil: The BTC Pipeline" Read more at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/extremeoil/journey/btc.html . You can also read about the pipeline at this webpage http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/oil-m31.shtml . I found i… more »
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar
May 28th, 2006It's been a while since I bought this album, just haven't found the time to publish it here. Bought it when driving to Sunnmøre this easter. Thin Lizzy is still playing, just see http://www.thinlizzylive.com, but if you ask for my opinion Thin Lizzy is P… more »
The most fattening coctails
May 28th, 2006You won't be drinking after this, or at least, you realize that when drinking you don't need to eat :-) http://www.forbes.com/health/2005/08/10/cocktails-calories-lifestyle-cx_sy_0810feat_ls.html more »
Renovation - New doors
May 26th, 2006Today we have had help from Per, the carpenter they used when renovating Elins home. The door bell rang at 06.50 A.M!! God damn that's early to start working, especially since we sat up late last night watching Magnolia. Anyhow, the doors are now mounted… more »
Regain control of your computer
May 26th, 2006Wondering if you should install a programe, check this site first, for instance Kazaa...no, no, no!!! http://www.stopbadware.org/ more »
Banger Racing at Eksismoa
May 26th, 2006Today, or more correct - yesterday, Espen, Elin and me went to Eksismoa http://www.eksismoa.no, despite Anders Glende lack of acceptance, to watch banger racing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banger_racing. We had a lot of luck, it rained cats and dogs rig… more »
It's raining frogs
May 26th, 2006In the film Magnolia it rains frogs at the end of the movie. I had to search the Internet and find out why - here is an explanation http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/6315-idiom-raining-frogs.html.
Elins opinion was that this was mentioned… more »
Release concert
May 25th, 2006Yesterday we went to the release concert for the band Orangos new EP. Quite good, read more about them at their own webpage http://www.orango.no It was down by the time I wrote this, hopefully they get back up and running real fast... more »
E-Norge and Open Standards
May 23rd, 2006From a mail I got here the other day
Hei
Jeg er lei meg for at det har gått så lang tid før du har fått svar fra oss.
Spørsmålet om bruk av åpne IT-standarder er noe vi arbeider intenst med her i departementet om dagen. Som du har sett av… more »
Jet - Get Born
May 22nd, 2006PeA introduced me to this band when he came back from Australia a couple of years ago. Now I've bought it. http://www.jetmusic.co.uk more »
Funny videos
May 22nd, 2006Check out these three videos http://eu.goodyear.com/no_no/goodyear/videos/runonflat/index.jsp more »
My car has now
May 21st, 2006...passed 40000 kilometres, and shiny as alway, Leon has recently polished it. For the record, the picture was taken on the highway, where the speedlimit is 100 KMH. more »
Political censorship of two movies in America
May 21st, 2006Go America, no wonder I did what I did yesterday http://www.filmweb.no/filmnytt/article100827.ece more »
Renovation - the small bedroom II
May 20th, 2006Today we started tearing down the wallpaper in the small bedroom. It's boring, especially since this is the fourth room we are renovating now.
Elin working
Luckily there are spots on the wall without wallpaper. Have teared down the lists as w… more »
I've joined Amnesty
May 19th, 2006After seeing the program made by Frontline http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/us/ about the war on terror I've accepted to become a supporting member of Amnesty. Read more at http://www.amnesty.no.
If you ever wonder what would happen if Bush… more »
Status message in Lotus Notes
May 18th, 2006Did some stuff in our internal CRM system, when I noticed the following message while waiting for a response: Key thought of a response
wtf? more »
Renovation - the small bedroom
May 16th, 2006Yesterday we started tearing down the wardrobe in the small bedroom. By the end of the week we hope to have finished the process of getting rid of the old stuff, so that we next week can start building it up again. By mid June we have to be finished when… more »
Humans and daffodils
May 14th, 2006Did you know that we share 33% of our DNA with the daffodil, and 50% with the fruitfly - jezzes... more »
Renovation - Painted bedroom and lists
May 11th, 2006Elin has now painted the bedroom, first in some lilac kinda color, then changed it in to some light brown, latte color. The shades has come up, and I've done some listing inside the wardrobes. We have also had to do some filing in the hall because when m… more »
Summer is here
May 10th, 2006Yesterday my car lost the gangster cap, in other words the skiing roof box is off and the snow tyres are off. And on Friday it will be delivered to Leon at http://www.bilshine.com. I will have a new car by the time he is finished!!! more »
A quote from A-Magasinet
May 8th, 2006In Norwegian
-Du skriver at folk i 30-årene er en generasjon arbeidsnarkomane med dagdrivermentalitet. Er det fordi vi vil forene uforenelige ting, at livene våre ikke går opp?
- Ja, jeg tror det er litt derfor. Vi er en generasjon som har identiteten… more »
The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
May 8th, 2006Nina sings - nuf said more »
Renovation - Voluntary communal work (dugnad)
May 7th, 2006This weekend we have had voluntary communal work, in Norwegian "Dugnad" http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugnad, in our housing cooperative. Some of the work was done on the windows in our appartement, so I consider it to fit in the category Renovation in my… more »
Barbie Bones - Death in the Rocking horse factory
May 5th, 2006Another one for 20 at Platekompaniet, and a great memory for AJ, so I had to buy it more »
Renovation - the wardrobes
May 4th, 2006Finally we are now finished with the wardrobe in the hall and in the bedroom. The only thing left now is the lists inside the wardrobe. We are pleased with the result! Click "read more" to view all pictures.
The hall, I even managed to finish the… more »
Camaros - Glad, Evil and Bad
May 3rd, 2006A Norwegian band, playing blues. Like it? ...not quite sure... http://www.camarosrock.com/ more »
Thirteen Senses - The Invitation
May 3rd, 2006Just another album costing only 19.90 at Platekompaniet. Easy listening at work http://www.thirteensenses.co.uk/ more »
Concerned parent?
May 3rd, 2006Are you afraid that your child will spend the weekend at high speed in your car? Now you are able to track every kilometer the youngster spend in the car by using Totalguard from the Norwegian company Guard Systems. Big Brother comes to your house :-) ht… more »
Fifty years with the tuba
May 2nd, 2006Elins father http://www.indre.no/lokale_nyheter/article2066458.ece more »