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Out eating in Ålesund

Anything but the other

Today I did not run, my legs are not used to it, so two times this week is enough. Instead I made sure that I got a table at a good restaurant today. Not that Big Horn Steakhouse was’nt good the previous two days, but I wanted something from the sea today, and you do not go to a steak house to get that. So today I got a table at http://www.xldiner.no/ I first had a fish soup, then Bacalao Tandoori and for dessert I had Creme Brulee (but off course!)

The view from my table

And a bad picture of the dessert, super!

Election stands

Anything but the other

This year we have the general election here in Norway. Due to that many of the party’s have a stand on the main street of Oslo, Karl Johan. The one I find most noticeable is the one belonging to Demokratene. The reason for this: It is not the most eye-catching one, making sure that you at once knows which party it represents. No, Demokratene seems to be sponsored by Bautas, which is the largest equipment rental and outsourcing company in Norway, providing associated planning and rigging services. The first day I passed it I thought it had something to do with some construction work, but along side it an old man is standing handing out pamphlets. The best thing was one of the days it was pretty heavy rain, then he just stood inside with the door slightly open, with just his hand and the pamphlets showing.

At the right hand side you see the stand to the senior citizens party here in Norway, way more cozy.

Having fun at Øyern Rundt

Anything but the other

Last Sunday I was duing my duty for my club helping out at Øyern Rundt. One of the things I did was controlling the traffic at the last roundabout. A very pleasant task for an hour or so, then it got kinda boring. The race is about 120km, and the last few people uses almost 6 hours, gets kinda boring waiting for them I promise you.

First, I had some help of people from Lørenskog Cycleclub, they had their Petit Prix.

But then, all alone, and riders only every 5 minutes or so…good thing the weather was nice

Battlefield Heroes vs. Quakelive

Anything but the other

Have been trying out http://www.battlefieldheroes.com/ the past few days. Kinda funny and easy to get started with, but it was not all what I’ve expected. Quite long time ago since I read about it the first time, and was described as something that should be very funny. Ok, a bit funny, but avatars dressed funny…funny for a minute or two. And it is a bit slow to load, to many “Play now” clicks. And most of all, I have not figured out how to run, do not think it is possible, and that’s bad. If you are in a war, I guess you run a lot!!

So I actually prefer http://www.quakelive.com. It is also free, and you can play it fullscreen in your browser, and you run, you run like hell…

Read more about Battlefield Heroes (in Norwegian) here http://www1.vg.no/spill/artikkel.php?artid=566179

Spotify does not make money for artists

Anything but the other

According to this article in VG there is not much music to earn by getting played at Spotify. Not hard to figure out why, just to try out the banners that pops up I clicked on one. It takes you to the webpage http://www.nettby.no where you have to register to view content, how laim is that? Also noticed that there are only three or four adds that have been circling for the past two weeks, I get so tired of them that I can’t stand to listen to Spotify more than a hour or two….

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