Archives for: August 2010
Crude - The real prize of oil
August 31st, 2010Have you seen the movie about Texaco (Chevron) and how they have polluted land in Ecuador? Would recommend you not to, since you will only feel a stronge urge to kick some ass, especially the Chevron employees. I would hope people like the scientist Sar… more »
Kamikaze bird
August 31st, 2010Found this bird out on the balconyhere the other day. At first I thought it was stuck in the grill, but he wasn't. So I assume he has tried to fly through the window in the balcony door. Quite funny when Elin noticed it :-) more »
One of my Maxim bottles
August 31st, 2010This bottle was all fresh when I started on Friday, not built for nine hours in mud more »
Ultrabirken 2010
August 28th, 2010Yesterday Espen, I and about 470 others participated in Ultrabirken, 112 kilometers on gravel and tracks and at the end 10 kilometers on tarmac. We spent nine hours riding, pushing and carrying our bikes, had one puncture and one chain break - both off c… more »
Yet another day at work - cake
August 25th, 2010Tom Erik having his last day at Telenor yesterday, so to show how much we appreciate him we ate a lot of cake. Must admit that I was not even hungry when dinner was served at home. Did not try the cheese cake, but had two pieces of each of the other ones… more »
Lawn mower not willing to start
August 24th, 2010Last Saturday we had some trouble with the lawn mower, it would not start, but my father-in-law knows his way around the problem. The battery charger can be used on big tractors as well as the lawn mower. Also notice the pile of pallets, we had to do som… more »
Somewhere to stay in Bjørvika
August 24th, 2010On my way to work I spotted this pile of junk just by the sea in Bjørvika. But sometimes later when passing by on my way home I spotted someone getting up from the pile, to my surprise after having had a sleep. So then I realized that someone is actually… more »
Mjølkerampa Open 2010
August 23rd, 2010Yesterday I participated in Mjølkerampa Open, just as last year. Quite sure I had a better run this year, but still, my time was exactly one minute more. The reason for this being that on the first kilometers of the 10k's we where just two guys speeding… more »
Trulsrunden together with Egil and Rune
August 20th, 2010With wife and kids away I was free yesterday to spend some hours on my bike after work. Started out from work at half past five, went home and changed from my commuter to my Kona-bike. Then head off to Østmarksetra to meet Rune and Egil. Together we did… more »
"En helt vanlig dag på jobben" - the movie
August 14th, 2010At Rimi yesterday I bought the dvd "En helt vanlig dag på jobben" for no other reason than that movie seemed to be the best one (which again says a lot about the other movies I admit). Anyhow, we spent one and a half hour watching it. Did not make me wan… more »
Heavy duty transportation
August 13th, 2010Anders doing some heavy duty transportation at home, kinda funny so I had to take a picture of it more »
It's such a perfect day...
August 12th, 2010...for staying inside, but cycling back home, did not feel for it. Picture taken out of the window at work yesterday on my way to the locker room. But in fact it was not that bad since the temperature was quite high, did not freeze at all, but I was Wet,… more »
Google making fun of me?
August 11th, 2010Google does not let me search for what I'm searching for, but suggest that I should search for what I was searching for... more »
Beta testing Sport Tracker: GPS issue
August 10th, 2010As a start, I'm not sure what is causing this issue, actually I do not think it is the Sport Tracker application itself, I suspect my Nokia E72 GPS unit providing the application with inaccurate information. I have noticed that the altitude is many meter… more »
Wasp nest outside on the barn
August 8th, 2010When washing the winter tires (ok, I know...very late...) and later my bikes I suddenly noticed just above my head a big wasp nest. Damn those bastards! Anders got stinged last week, it did hurt but no more than that. At least we know that he is not alle… more »
Bicycle Chain Maintenance
August 8th, 2010Brought both my MTB's along when visiting my in-laws this weekend to do some maintenance. Both bikes needed a good washing and some maintenance. First I had to take care of my commuter bike, I was unable to apply enough tension to it using the tension se… more »
Inception together with Jonas
August 6th, 2010Went to the movies yesterday to see Inception together with my brother Jonas (hopefully he will not be harmed by the fact that he is to young to see it :-) ). Two and a half hours packed with excitement I must say. Jonas summarized with saying "I enjoyed… more »
Beta testing the new Sport Tracker application
August 5th, 2010Sport Tracker was first an application provided by Nokia, but is now maintained by Sports Tracking Technologies. Cut'n paste from their webpage, here are the key facts Sports Tracking Technologies was founded 2009 by Ykä Huhtala, Jussi Kaasinen… more »
Fine tuning my Polar pulse watch
August 4th, 2010Amazing or what? more »
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