The conference, called Climate Conference 08: Technology and Finance in Climate Cooperation, is set to begin on World Environment Day. The conference will gather 100 exclusively selected international representatives from politics, academia, the private sector and the environmental movement at Hafslund Manor in Sarpsborg, south of Oslo.

The conference will be followed by a large concert, Climate Concert 08, in the park surrounding the Hafslund Manor.

Saturday June 7th, the marathon “Climate Concert 08″ will be arranged in the park surrounding the Hafslund Manor in Sarpsborg. Well-known Norwegian bands will be on stage. The environmental issues from the Climate Conference 08 will colour all parts of the arrangement; the food served, transportation and power supply.

Large-screen projectors will bring out the messages from the conference for the public present. There will be an environmentally-related get-together-space in the park. There will also be different activities such as clowning, traditional child’s games, face-painting, a special stage for children’s activities, local artists and performers.
In addition, environmental parties and participants are invited as exhibitors, to inform the public on environmentally friendly solutions.

The artists that are performing on Climate Conference 08, are:

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After that delicious piece of cow I decided to have a coffee for dessert. On the drinks menu we had seen something called Belgisk Kaffe (Belgian Coffee). Neither Leif nor me could decide what constitutes a Belgian coffee, so we had already asked the waitress before we order the main dishes. She told us she didn’t know…
So when we ordered dessert we asked the waiter who took the orders. He told us that it was listed on the menu, but that they were never told what was in it, or how to prepare it!!
Well, that was a first for me… I ordered an Irish Coffee instead, and decided there I would try to find out what this mystery drink contains.

When I got home I used my usual tools (Google & the Wikipedia), but were unable to find a clear answer. (I did come across a liqueur called Elixir d’Anvers, but I doubt they sell much of that here in Norway…)
This left me only 1 choice…
So now I have emailed the Big Horn franchise, and I hope that they can shed a light on this mystery.

Update (April 28th): Big Horn Sarpsborg wrote me the following this morning:

Hello Sir!

Thanks for visting our restaurant. I applogise that our waitress didn`t know the recipe.
Next time you visit us, I will make sure that they know how to make Belgisk Kaffe which includes conintreu, baileys and coffee of course.

Rgds
Virender Gill

to which I replied with:

Hi!

Thank you for your quick reply!

Just curious: Why is it called Belgian Coffee, if it’s made with French (Cointreau) & Irish (Baileys Irish Cream) liqueur?

Regards,
Evert

To which they replied with:

Hello again.

That is a good curiosity I am sorry I don`t know….maybe there was someone from Belgium who found that recipe…….

Hmm… I don’t think so…!

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Today we went to Ultralydklinikken Sandvika for a 3D ultrasound of Jacob. The results can be seen at YouTube.

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As compared to the original N95, the N95 8GB drastically increases the memory of the standard N95 but keeps its functionality, including quad-band GSM with UMTS/HSDPA, WiFi, GPS and 5-megapixel camera. It also increases the display size from 2.6 to 2.8 inches and redesigns the music keyboard not to be flat.

All in all a worthy replacement of my current phone. B-)

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(No, these postings are not in any way sponsored by Big Horn… B-) )

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The replacement unit will be a Lenovo 3000 V200 ultraportable. Tomorrow I will get my hands on this promising little toy-for-a-boy. It will come with Windows Vista Business (WVB) pre-installed, but when I have some spare time I will turn it into a dual boot, adding Gentoo Linux to the system. B-)

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To keep a short story even shorter: Great service, even better food! Not cheap of course (even by Norwegian standards), but worth the price, in my opinion. I enjoyed a No. 28, a Mexican Pepper Steak, ca. 10,5 oz. Beef tenderloin with 3 kinds of pepper. Served with pepper sauce, sour cream, fried tomato and warm sweet corn.
Marianne had a No. 13, Entrecôte, ca. 5 oz. (she wasn’t that hungry, even though she’s supposed to eat for 2)

Big Horn Sarpsborg is definitely a place I can recommend! As long as your wallet can handle it… Our dinner-for-two cost NOK 835 (US$ 156) for 2 people, with no alcoholic beverages. Quite steep…

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At this event traditionally many new mobile phones will be presented. Some of these to hit the market immediately after the congress, others to remain concept models forever.

These are (some of the) models that are rumored to be announced/shown on the MWC:

• E-TEN Glofiish M810
  • The Glofiish M810 is a sleekly portable, HSDPA, Wi-Fi b/g and GPS ready handset, designed to help the new breed of bloggers, podcasters, video makers, and chatters, stay online and updated wherever they are. A full QWERTY keyboard makes blogging, text messaging and chatting quick and convenient, while a 2-megapixel auto-focus camera is great for capturing pictures or video that can be uploaded easily to a web-album or video sharing site. Finally, built-in JAVA support allows fun mobile games to be downloaded and played anywhere.
• E-TEN Glofiish V900
  • The Glofiish V900 is E-TEN’s first Pocket PC Phone to feature mobile TV. With major events such as UEFA Euro 2008 and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games scheduled this year, there are sure to be events that people just don’t want to miss, and thanks to the V900’s support for DVB-H, DVB-T, TDMB and DAB broadcasting standards, they won’t have to. V900 also offers the benefits of VGA display and all-in-one connectivity solution comprising of HSDPA, GSM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Along with the Glofiish V900 E-TEN will debut its newly developed touch-based user interface.
• LG KF600
• LG KF700
• Nokia N96
  • Specifications (unconfirmed):
    • Quad band GSM (850/900/1800/1900), GPRS/EDGE, dual band (850/2100) HSDPA connectivity
    • Symbian, S60 FP2
    • 2.8″ QVGA 320×240px 16M Color display
    • 5 megapixel with Carl Zeiss lens, dual LED flash
    • Secondary front camera for video calls
    • 30 fps, VGA quality
    • 16GB built-in Flash Memory
    • DVB-H, class C, 470-750 MHz TV Tuner
    • Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, microUSB
    • aGPS
    • Full HTML, Flash Lite enabled Web Browser
    • Dimensions: 103×55×18-20 mm, 92 cc
    • Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh, Talk time: GSM: up to 220 min; UMTS: Up to 150 min, Stand-by Time: GSM: Up to 220 hours; UMTS up to 200 hours, Video playback: Up to 5 hours (in offline mode), Music playback: Up to 14 hours (in offline mode), TV Play: Up to 4 hours (DVB-H)
  • Standard package (unconfirmed):
    • Nokia N96
    • Nokia battery BL-5F
    • Nokia data cable CA-101
    • Nokia video output cable, CA-75U
    • Nokia Stereo Headset-HS-45, with remote AD-54
    • Nokia cigarette lighter charger cable DC-4
    • Nokia compact AC-5E
• Samsung SGH-E490
  • The Samsung SGH-E490 provides you aesthetic versatility. The handset features a 176×220 resolution on its TFT screen, multimedia player, EDGE and GPRS connectivity, Bluetooth 1.2 and USB 1.1, 25MB internal memory, and 1.3-megapixel camera with 4x optical zoom.
• Samsung G810
  • Specifications (unconfirmed):
    • GSM/UMTS/3.6 Mbps HSDPA connectivity
    • Symbian 9.2 OS with S60 3.1 UI
    • 2.6? 262K Color QVGA TFT display
    • 5 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom, anti-shake, face recognition, macro mode, autofocus, etc
    • 150 MB of memory and microSD memory card slot
    • GPS navigation
    • Wi-FI b/g
    • Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, USB 2.0 (microUSB connector)
    • 1200 mAh battery
    • Dimensions: 104×52×9×18 mm
• Samsung U900 ‘Soul’
  • Specifications (unconfirmed):
    • Quad-band, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
    • 2.2″ 16M QVGA TFT screen
    • 5MP camera with auto focus
    • Digital zoom
    • 106×50x12.9 mm
• Sony Ericsson G700i
• Sony Ericsson G900i
• Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
  • Probably the biggest surprise of the Sony Ericsson batch - the Xperia X1 is a Windows Mobile smartphone with a 3″ 800 x 480 pixel resolution touchscreen display. Coming in two quad-band UMTS variants, the Xperia X1 also has a 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS and WiFi, plus a host of other goodies. Sure, we’ve seen handsets like this before, but not from one of the big five players.
    And the choice of Windows Mobile as an operating system is a complete shock - until now, Sony Ericsson was a Symbian-only manufacturer.

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We’ve seen super-duper Chinese cell phones at trade shows before, but usually they’re not available/usable on a worldwide basis (because of either shipping or frequency limitations). But now there is zzzPhone, a new company that promises to customize your super-duper-China phone and send it to you.

Their base model, for US$149 plus an unbelievable $5 shipping, lets you put in two GSM SIM cards at once and has a touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, music and video players and Web browser. But the real fun comes when you start configuring your own phone on their Web site. (The site only seems to like Internet Explorer though…)
You can change the phone’s color, add a water-resistant coating, more speakers, GPS, a TV tuner, a 7-megapixel camera, a second camera, or even ask zzzPhone to pre-install movies (legally purchased, they say…), all for a price.
Try the configurator on their site. It’s a lot of fun, as you can see speakers and cameras appear and disappear as you refit your phone.

The phone is said to be running Windows Mobile 6, and use the GSM/EDGE 850/1800/1900 frequencies - perfect for the US, and usable in most European countries as well.

If this all sounds a little far-fetched to you, well… it sounds far-fetched to me, too!

I am looking forward to hear from people who have any positive/negative experiences with this product/company!

For anyone who feels adventurous: order your zzzPhone here!

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