Yes, you heard it right… Two brothers, Ralph & Michael Tuijn just rowed a boat from one of the Canary Islands to Curaçao! There they arrived today. It took them 3 months and they travelled 3000 miles… And this trip is actually only a ‘warm-up’ for their next trip: From Peru to Brisbane, Australia. An […]
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the… ocean?!? Read More »
It’s that time of the year again: Julebord-time! For the Non-norwegians: Julebord literally translates into ‘Christmas dinner’, which is exactly what it is. Most companies organize this for their employees at the end of the year. Two main ingredients are: good/lots of food & Akvavit. My Julebord was being held at Evert’s Café (I am
As probably just about everyone has experienced: things break down. I’ve had various computer accessories break down on me in the last month, among which 2 hard drives. Instead of returning them to the retailer I decided to go straight to their respective manufacturers, Maxtor (now owned by Seagate) & Western Digital. First I did
Some people just don’t give a hoot about others when in traffic. I experienced a good example of it this afternoon, and also the brilliant countermove of the bus driver…! My bus had just switched drivers for its last stretch (the route is Oslo-Sarpsborg-Strömstad, with a driver-switch in Sarpsborg) and was about to enter the
Just like in 2005, I gave the Dutch version of the Test the Nation IQ test a try. I was tired, and not really focused, but still managed to get a score of… 136! Makes you wonder how accurate/precise these tests actually are…
Brains vs. beauty revisited… Read More »
One of my occasional hobbies is putting new computer systems together. Here’s the latest system, with some pretty cool specs if I may say so: cabinet – Cooler Master Mystique RC-631 motherboard – ABIT AB9 Pro PSU – Hiper Strømforsyning ATX 580W CPU – Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 memory – 4 GB Corsair Value
Putting a new system together Read More »