New version of B2 released today, just a minor upgrade which either you as a end user of my blog or I as an administrator/publisher will notice much of. But, always best to stay on top!
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Voluntary Communal Work (Dugnad)
Today we had the yearly event of voluntary communal work in our housing cooperative. Not to much to do this year, but then Anne-Lise, or neighbor, said that she wanted to get rid of a large tree. As it turned our, I had the chainsaw and protection gear in the car, so after the neighbors had said ok I started doing my work. Note that I without 5 years of forester training school did not hurt anyone 😀
I’ve posted pictures showing what we did, press “Read more” to see the all. The first one shows how it was before we started.
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Half way
Done! Hugo and Anne-Lise posing
The Unkown Solider – Väinö Linna
My latest book is The Unknown Solider written by Väinö Linna. Yet another book about the second world war 🙂 Find our more about the book here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Soldier_%28novel%29
A lot of Nick Cave
I must admit that I’m very in to Nick Cave for the time being. We have seven of his albums, that is still just half of all the studio albums he and The Bad Seeds have released, not counting Grinderman and such. The next album I need to buy is Murder Ballads. Currently listening to the Let Love In album.
WebSphere rocks!!
You might think that this is work related, and you are not totally wrong, but then again a bit wrong 🙂
First off all, WebSphere do rock, but this time it is my friend Brian who I know from several WebSphere-events who plays the drums at this years Impact in Las Vegas. Jerry Cuomo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennaro_A._Cuomo is also playing together with him. What other software brand has such a cool CTO 🙂
By the way, Brian is invited by me and the people from Norsk Tipping to race Birkebeinerrittet http://www.birkebeiner.no/ (Brian, as I promised, you can use my bike 🙂 )
[video:youtube:iP3_WpHtzds]Alea jacta est
Hei og takk
Den er god, da bekrefter jeg
1. JA, jeg er med på 15-timer’n.
Har i utgangspunktet skrevet meg på 17-timer’n, melder fra til Gunnar at jeg
bytter lag. Biter tenna sammen og satser hardt på at dette skal gå. 🙂
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So now I’m part of the team with the ambition of finishing Den Store Styrkeprøven in less than 15-hours if good conditions. Doh!
Not sure what the phrase “Alea jacat est” means? Find it out here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alea_iacta_est
Todays bicycle ride
Today we started out on the same route as yesterday, but when at Roa we headed over the mountain to Maura, then back to Skedsmokorset, via Gjelleråsen and back home. All in all a bit more than 140K. A nice day, with sunshine and all.
Afterwards Espen came to visit us and we washed our bikes.
Yesterdays bicycle ride
Yesterday I joined Lille 40 (Lillehammer – Oslo 40 km/h average) on their training. I started from home and meet them at Gjelleråsen. We went back and forth to Roa in Nittedal. A total of 110 kilometers, it was good weather as well, so the five of us had a very nice ride.
Youtube has it all!
Just surfing around, I found one of my old teachers at YouTube, namely Harry Bjerkli. He is a very local country singer back home, but he sure knows his way around on the Internet.
The song is in Norwegian, so if you don’t understand my native language enjoy the tunes at least 🙂
[video:youtube:g1XJQn7aN0I]Spring is here
Two days ago they our street was cleaned, surely a sign that spring is here. Some years ago they did it quite early, then winter came back with snow and the need for the sanding truck to start driving again…and then wash the streets yet again. Hopefully winter won’t return this year!