Year: 2007
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Off to Corsica!
I’m off to Corsica for a few days, check the ‘mobile’ category from time to time to see whether I’ve managed to get a mobile Internet connection down there. If so, I shall upoad the odd photo now and then, followed by the regular flow of irrational and/or entertaining thoughts!
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32 ways to tick people off
Came across this wonderful list of ways to tick off your colleagues at work or other people for that matter: HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFF 1. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies. 2. In the memo field of all your checks, write “for sexual favors.” 3.…
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Gevinst: 24 dagar fengsel på vilkår og 1.000 kroner i bot
Denne vakre saka var å finne i nettutgåva av Sogn Avis, 22 Mai 2007.
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Varedeklarasjon: Commodore 1541 II
I Januar 1988 kjøpte eg mi fyrste skikkelege datamaskin, ein Commodore 64 – “ny utgåve”! Det var like over Jul, eg hadde nyleg fyllt 13 år og hadde “lagt meg opp” pengar frå både “jebuss” og Jul før eg som “avlasting” for mor mi skulle på besøk til tante Kjellfrid i Oslo. Tysdag, 12. Januar,…
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To ting som held meg attende
Ettersom eg er tiltakslaus gjennomfører eg sjeldan dei brilliante ideane som frå tid til tid sler ned i hovudet mitt. Då eg er bunden av konvensjonar sler eg alt for ofte frå meg å gjere ting som er uvanlege og urimelege men fullt ut moglege! Eg skal skjerpe meg… Eg skal skjerpe meg… Eg skal…
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To måtar å tilbakevise ein idé på
Dersom nokon lanserer ein idé du ikkje likar kan du avvise den med eitt av dei følgjande argumenta: Dette har vore gjort/tenkt/sagt før Dette har ikkje vore gjort/tenkt/sagt før Desse to enkle argumenta dekkar absolutt alt og er difor populære når folk som ikkje har take seg bryet med å setje seg inn i ei…
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Open letter to the bastard who stole my camera
Dear Bastard, You may be surprised to read this letter as we haven’t formally been introduced to oneanother. However, as you know we did meet briefly at Dublin Airport Sunday, 13th of May 2007. I, a law abiding citizen and amateur photographer, was there with my camera. You, a bastard, were there making an exhibit…
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Lorem Ipsum
I have always been curious of the meaning behind the latin sounding “lorem ipsum” text frequently used as “placeholder text” by graphical designers. Here’s what I found: The phrase originates from a speech, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, made by Marcus Tullius Cicero in the year 45 BC. The latin title means something like “On…
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Ireland: The rain it raineth every day
During a recent trip to Ireland, me and colleagues Heather, Ivar Petter, Jostein, and Rune visited several key actors on the Irish ICT scene within public sector services, e-government and EU R&D projects. The Irish economy has been booming over the past few years and it was well worth the effort to see what they…
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8 000 rpm clothes drier
I spotted the ‘Clothes Drier’ at an electric appliance store the other day. This aptly named machine aspires to dry your clothes in a more efficient way, but I wouldn’t throw away my tumble-drier just yet. The Clothes Drier consists of a vertical cylinder mounted on a tripod with an electrical oven about fifty centimeters…
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