Author: (Stein) Runar Bergheim

  • Rare Breed(ing)

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    More and more unknown people lay claim to their fifteen minutes in the limelight. Today two of them could be seen on the front page of my local newspaper “Sogn Avis”. Under the headline “Rare Breed”, they are shown in something which allegedly is a wrestling pose. I’m not a prejudiced man, but there’s something…

  • Veslejulaftan, 5. januar 2008

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    Gjengen samla utanfor Bar & Cigar i Oslo, 5. januar 2008. Frå venstre: Are Frode, Eirik, meg sjølv, Kåre, Kjetil og Anders. Anders, Are Frode, Eirik, Kjetil, Kåre og eg sjølv, byrja i 1988 å samlast på Veslejulaftan for å røyke sigarar, utveksle gåver og elles oppsummere året vi hadde vore gjennom. Samlinga oppstod som…

  • Facebook alternative: pensionbook

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    2007 was the year when Facebook, unfortunately, made it’s way into to (un)conciousness of most Norwegians. As the year grew older Facebook developed from merely being annoying to becoming entirely intolerable. I StumbledUpon pensionbook, while surfing the Internet this afternoon. It is a nice adaption of the Facebook concept applied on old people! Click here…

  • God jul og godt nyttår!

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    Ei tynn hinne av is har lagt seg over vikane langs Gloppefjorden. Biletet teke i byrjinga av desember 2007 ved “Knutenaustet” på Ytre Fitje. Eg vil ynske alle ei retteleg god jul og eit godt nytt år i 2008!

  • Gloppen Boksete: Per Sivle, Alfred Fidjestøl – og Anders A Fitje

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    Etter å ha flytt attende til Sandane frå synda sin eigen heimstad, Oslo, har frende Anders A Fitje teke initiativ til ei tilstelling i litteraturen sitt namn, Gloppen Boksete. Boksete er, til liks med “beverpelsen” til Agnar Mykle, eit vakkert ord som det ikkje utan vidare er lett å bli klok på – om du…

  • – Have you had my bombs checked yet, sir?

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    It is the third of December, it is a dark and cold winter’s morning in the small village of Sandane, in the western part of Norway, population 6000. At the local airport, a grumpy check-in attendant is registering passengers for the morning flight to Bergen and Oslo, before urging the customers on to the even…

  • Google search: 25 500 hates, 22 200 loves Facebook

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    Following up on my previous searches conducted in May and August this year, here are the numbers for November 18th: Google reports “about 25 500 results” for the query “I hate Facebook” Google reports “about 22 200 results” for the query “I love Facebook” Those in their right mind, who hate, still are in the…

  • Randy Newman: Short people got no reason to live!

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    Short people got – no reason, short people got – no reason, short people got – no reason to live. They got – little hands, little eyes, they walk around telling great big lies, they got – little noses, and tiny little teeth, they wear – platform shoes on their nasty little feet. (Chorus) Well,…

  • Convincing on anti-piracy

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     The anti-piracy organizations have a great challenge in trying to pass their message through to the vast multitude of Internet users who by now have grown accustomed to having unlimited amounts of free music and films freely available at their digital door-step. This film probably doesn’t contribute towards this goal either: Best Anti-Piracy Ad Ever…

  • Roadtrip California, Nevada and Arizona: Itinerary and things to do

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    28 things I did during a two week drive in California, Nevada and Arizona from the 21st of October until the 3rd of November 2007 in the company of friend and colleague Idar Thoresen Kvam. I remember looking for something like this list before leaving, in the event that someone else is too, here is…