journal
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Cumbria: Hiking and fishing in Englands lake district
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View from the ascent to Scafell Pike from Wasdale, overlooking Wastwater and the Cumbrian coast on the horizon. This years fishing trip was destined for the Cumbrian mountains in North-Western England, making it the third of our fishing trips abroad, succeeding trips to the highlands of Scotland and to Connemara in Western Ireland. The original…
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Dublin & Wicklow: Avinet study trip 2007
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Above: My colleagues in Asplan Viak Internet at the top of Great Sugarloaf Mountain, County Wicklow, Ireland during our annual study trip. The sixth in the line of Avinet study trips was successfully executed from the 24th to the 28th of August 2007 with Dublin as a base for our activities. In addition to our…
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Gjengedalsmarka og Tabanidae Hybomitra (klegg)
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Laurdag tok eg turen over frå Gjengedalsstøylen til Fitjestøylen. Ein fredegleg syssel tenkjer du kanskje, men ei. Etter meg ligg det eit hundretals daude kleggar. Ein klegg er ei stor og blodtyrst fluge som som lever i store tal langs Storevatnet i Gjengedalen i Hyen. Eg veit dette. Eg har vore der før. Men det…
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Corsica: Unexpectedly pleasant
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From me and my two companions, Harald and Øyvind, arrived at Bastia Airport until we were installed in our rented appartment in Calvi it took no more than two hours. Two hours during which we managed to collect our luggage, hire a car and drive it to the opposite end of the island. Calvi, a…
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Ireland: The rain it raineth every day
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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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Prague: One day of PSI and spring
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Acting upon an invite from friends and colleagues Olga and Rob of MDR partners I decided to make a detour to Prague for one day. The occasion was a workshop on the PSI directive and its consequence for reuse and creation of value added services in the private sector (or at least outside its original…
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Tenerife: Sea, mountains and an ex-fishermans village
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High-brow, well-educated, Norwegian families do not travel Tenerife. They do not travel to any of the Canarian Islands. They go to exotic destinations where they can be pioneers, be one with nature and live with the locals. This they cannot do on Tenerife. But then again, they don’t do that anyway, they just like to…
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Syden var ikkje så gale likevel!
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Har for fyrste gong vore i ‘Syden’. Nærare bestemt på Tenerife, ei av dei største øyane i Makronesia. Det var ei openberring. Eg er ein av dei som alltid har smykka meg med aldri å ha gjeve etter for masseturisten i meg og reist til det vulgære, ekle, turistifiserte ‘Syden’. No har eg altså vore…
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Luxembourg in January
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I often curse at the unwelcoming climate in Norway in the interval of time between November and February but, as a compensation for freezing, atleast we have snow. What is the “�%&/ point of winter in Luxembourg, or any other non-skiing city in the world? Starting the year off in a slow manner, business didn’t…
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IST 2006, Helsinki (Finland)
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Founded in 1550 by Gustavus I of Sweden, Helsinki is today the capital of Finland with a population of roughly 570 000 (2006) spread out over an area of 186 square kilometres. The national stereotype is someone who can sit idle in a sauna (at about 80 degrees) for several hours without uttering a word.…