There's having your back against the wall..
and then there's having your back against the wall.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [24 Jul 18:39 GMT+1]
Speaking of logistics
While we were in Mo i Rana last month, I bought (ordered) a new battery for my Nokia E 90. I'm not sure what the deal is, but that's a lot of room for a small battery.
The battery was plastered to the bottom of the box, where an A5 letter with "poppers" as internal packaging should do.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [23 Jul 21:25 GMT+1]
Some blue prints
Was at the psychologists office today and we had a roundup-meeting with Hilde as well. We talked a bit and had a good time, while I was skribbling with pen on paper in between.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Apr 15:55 GMT+1]
The week in review
This week has been OK, a bit tiring at times. Isak has been sick since Sunday evening, and he is still sick - but I guess somewhat better.. he's more active and responsive now.It has been very tiring for Hilde, where Isak wakes up several times at night and pukes and eats. As the doctor said, puking might be because the mucus from the nose-and-throat region gets swallowed.. on a lighter note, Hilde's sister says kids who puke get well faster.
I've had an OK week, some stress with work and tiring that Isak cries and is sick, which makes Hilde stressed as well. But, Hilde and I had a good chat the other day and I think I'm getting better too.
Some late evenings I still get the dry mouth / swallowing / breathing anxiety, and an evening or two ago it felt like I could die or something if I fell asleep, so I laid there, tried to relax and fall asleep and then a jolt hit me when I was about to go to dreamland. {Later.. and that happened repeatedly]
But, talking to the psychologist and getting to know that this is normal is comforting, and I know I have to work myself through things, however difficult it may be.
Today we went shopping at IKEA, and bought a big, fluffy rug (in moss-/olive-green) as well as orange and black towels, some kitchen and eating tools and misc. other things. When the furniture for the living and eating room arrives, we'll have an India-furniture style going.
I'm also thinking of getting two big framed flags (for Norway and India), which seems fitting. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Apr 16:18 GMT+1]
Colors
ColorsIn January or February (I think) I talked to my psychologist about having a couple of seconds where I saw red/green light flashing (and nothing else, I think.. it might've been other colors too, but red/green was what I remembered). It was a weird and scary experience, I can tell you that much.
It's interesting that they ran this article now.
I guess you can see where the paranoia and grandeur kicks in, and how weird it can be with these conspiracy thoughts and being surveilled/broadcasted in some way.
This experience could be a movie some day. ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Apr 02:57 GMT+1]
So.. LIP
I'm back on the ground in some ways, but still feel stressed and tired.I don't know if it is the disease or something else, but the half last year or so I've felt surveilled and manipulated. Where I am now, I know it seems far fetched, and it could just be me going into a negative cycle.
But, as these things go, I'd just like to say that my phone could have been eavesdropped/controlled (for a long time) and my computers also surveilled or controlled, and my input from the world (stuff I read and see on the net). I guess I've dumped enough of the threads that needed nesting to someone to make a rope and hang me with, but so be it. Accidents happen etc. So if something interesting happens in the future, I've probably said the wrong things or spoken publicly about something I shouldn't have.
Don't trust anything except what you can see me say in person. :)
That said, I'm having a hope that this could all resolve and be done with, and that I could get some sort of diagnosis on what are very real psychological issues. And that's perfect if you think in the paranoid sense, as it in many ways can discredit me.
I kind of jokingly thought I could go into politics, but where I am now.. if I get a diagnosis, I could go back to studies, and study something really interesting. Or, I could just continue working and fiddle with things on the side.
Art has begun to interest me more and more, so maybe something like that. But one has to make a living etc.
So we'll see. Now there's springrolls and cider.
Happy easter. ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [31 Mar 14:30 GMT+1]
Mam, is that for attention, distraction or destruction?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 Mar 17:55 GMT+1]
Better shape up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4n0la_k-DU[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 Mar 11:44 GMT+1]
Man's best friend
http://www.israeldogs.com/I'm still thinking of getting a Mops.. they're cute but I guess prone to various health issues. Not sure how a toddler would treat a small dog like a Mops either.
Dogs are easily trained, for an OK years salary cost here in Norway a dog can be trained to assist a blind person too. We're probably going to build a website for something related to that soon BTW.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [27 Mar 19:16 GMT+1]
Brick and Mortare
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/74...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [26 Mar 20:46 GMT+1]
A busy day
We went to the priest's office today, for the talk before Isak gets baptised. The priest was a nice and wise man, who talked about being a Christian was about the relationship to God. And that man acquired the knowledge of what is sin and isn't.I've wondered lately, what else is there. Is there something beyond the physical boundaries. One can wonder..
He drawed while talking (upside down too), the image is scanned and below (I assume it's OK to publish it, since I got it after asking to keep it). He had a nice thread going through the conversation and went off track inbetween and made some interesting points. He also mentioned that it wasn't about indoctrination, I've had some thoughts about that before - but oh well.
But yes, a nice man - 65 years old. At the end I asked if he had read The Divine Comedy.. he said no, he had heard about it. But that his wife (who's into books) - probably had.
So, here's the drawing (click on it for a larger version):
On Sunday there's the baptizing, I guess afterwards - we'll eat cake - and maybe mom/mom-in-law can make some Waldorf-salad too.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Mar 17:15 GMT+1]
Huss
So, suddenly the word huss popped into my mind. I googled it, but couldn't see anything definitive. I seemed to remember it was a word, so I went to m-w.com (a nice place to look up words), but it said it was only in the unabrigded dictionary.And that costs 5$ per month. I thought, why not. m-w.com is a fine service and I can pay a bit extra.
Is kinda sucks that information like that should be behind a paywall though.
I have a plan...
:)
In not so related news, I was at the therapists place today. We talked, and it came up that I.. I think I have a somewhat negative memory. Earlier I blogged that I've always been a bit dietetically challenged, but we were up in Trondheim this week and looked at pictures, and there were many from my childhood were I wasn't obese.
I wonder if it has been some sort of very deep depression or something else, that has left a permanent imprint of some sort of thought.
I also seem to vex between different modes or interpretations of reality (3 at the moment), where some wacky thoughts pop up, and then it could also just be coincidences of events.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Mar 17:54 GMT+1]
Some images
http://www.zazzle.com/i_can_neither_confirm_nor_deny_the_pre...http://sale.images.woot.com/Venn_Vittles5zdDetail.png
http://www2.csusm.edu/resources/images/Biohazard.gif
Original pages with images:
http://shirt.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=3714777
(thanks Nixon)
http://www.michaelsalamon.com/design/birth-of-the-biohazard-...
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Mar 14:27 GMT+1]
12 times
http://pomonahistorical.org/12times.htm[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [03 Mar 23:13 GMT+1]
As it is
"They're fighting!", the man behind the curtain thought to himself as he was counting his chickens.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [23 Feb 21:15 GMT+1]
Hm hm
http://www.gifthub.org/2010/02/arthur-brooks-to-head-up-amer..."So what would be wise investor get as a solid return on that sound investment in public policy? Higher minimum wage, environmental protections, robust public goods, and greater social justice. Just kidding."
Well, if you're cynical I guess the right thing to do would be to make sure the machine runs efficiently (damn the consequences), or maybe the idea is to trim the bush. Maybe it is a reasonable thing to live without a safety net over your head, or not go to the Opera in Gotham.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Money says
"Economists assert that the largest transfer of income will be as the older generation leaves wealth to the baby boomers. Inheritance has been estimated to make up 6% of the US GDP each year.[10] The current generation is wealthier than any generation before. This increase in wealth and inheritance indicates a rise of "old money" in American families. Stephen Haseler argues that America is becoming an inheritance culture in which much economic opportunity is from family inheritance and not personal achievement.[11]"
Is the timer for the music for the chair game gaining on the end?
For those squeamish of bloodshed, I guess one can hope that international trade and the internet will create the internation. One can wonder where the power will lie.
As we reap the environmental rewards of past development, we can live longer, happier and things like that.
I think things will turn out all right.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [19 Feb 23:17 GMT+1]
Thanks for being a catalyst, and sorry
I see you in the news these days, talking about these old, dated and wicked ways.Who knows who, what or where made you this way, a fairhanded love IS OK.
We all have our role to play, yours is that you think you have something to say.
I can see the anger, desire and fright in your eyes, something you can't hide between the confounded lies.
Sorry my friend, the game is already won, now it's a question of minimizing the damage that will be done.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [17 Feb 20:24 GMT+1]
I-something
I got an iPod nano for Christmas from Hilde, and I haven't used it much so far. It looks good though, and I'm impressed they managed to get a video camera and playback in there. Nice design on the device too..I've had a Nokia E90 for some years now, and it works OK, but I'm kinda ready for a change.. the phone is a bit slow, but I guess that's the OS.
I see Spotify is available for the iPhone now, and that makes it a bit more tempting to go for an iPhone next. A lot of my friends have gone for an HTC phone, and that HTC uses Android is cool.
Oh well, for now it would be cool to have Spotify sync against my Nano, but I guess that is a pipe dream.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Feb 19:46 GMT+1]
Virconomy
I guess for neverending unlimited economical growth, we need unlimited "resources". That's OK, because the resources we grow now will give us the unlimited, in whatever wrapping you may desire.As Frank Zappa sang it, "I can take about an hour on the tower of power - Long as I gets a little golden shower"
Bonus link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gGbsAkYnfw
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [01 Feb 18:32 GMT+1]
A helping hand
I was in a meeting today and got some talk therapy. It was helpful, but I still fall back into the negative thinking process which keeps on spinning.Headaches come and go during the day.
I'm going to try to relax a bit now however, and watch Isak play with the set of babytoys, it gives some joy to see him all mezmerized by some hanging plastic things. Oops, he fell asleep, snoring a bit. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Jan 19:03 GMT+1]
It takes a village...
...to help an idiot/genius[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [24 Nov 20:14 GMT+1]
Cute
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/05/kari-from-mythbusters-w...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Nov 21:46 GMT+1]
Creative ...
http://www.gifthub.org/2009/11/how-to-open-a-bottle-of-wine-...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [06 Nov 00:19 GMT+1]
In good time
So, I've updated my about page (might not see it yet, as the results are cached):http://blogologue.com/morphex?DONT_CACHE
What do I know, right? :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [24 Oct 23:31 GMT+1]
Opposites attract, nature knows best
In reply tohttp://www.gifthub.org/2009/10/managing-the-creative-class-a...
I bring you
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkxt1_23-madonna-express-yo...
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Oct 23:02 GMT+1]
?
The human race.To the bottom.
Quality over quantity.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Oct 16:54 GMT+1]
Visual presentation for the challenged
http://s2.buzzfeed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2009/9/6/...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Sep 14:18 GMT+1]
Message received
http://www.nidelven-it.no/product?path=plone/webshop/hosting...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Jul 23:35 GMT+1]
Cheap items for good stories
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/replacing-world-la...(thanks Hoffa)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [11 Apr 19:29 GMT+1]
When nature strikes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OStX_wrWGg[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Apr 00:27 GMT+1]
Spare time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw&feature=featu...(Thanks Vegard)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Apr 16:36 GMT+1]
When bears attack
http://blogs.news.com.au/images/uploads/bearattack.jpg(Thanks Jeremy)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [03 Apr 22:18 GMT+1]
Looking for a date
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2cpokyr&s=5(thanks Hoffa)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [19 Mar 09:55 GMT+1]
Teh internets, for the niche movements
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMCqpKLczMc[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Mar 02:05 GMT+1]
Not so old I'm cold
Created by Train Horns
(Thanks Ole)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Mar 14:34 GMT+1]
Sign O' the times
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/doogiescard/Hilarious...I salute to that, as I'm drinking Pripps Blå Extra Stark right now, a beer I bought in Sweden yesterday. Were they have much lower prices. All combined, I saved around 7-800 Kroner on that short trip, as I got to use Hilde's customs quota as well.
http://www.carlsbergsverige.se/Drycker/ol/Sidor/PrippsBl%E5E...
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Feb 21:26 GMT+1]
Deer god
http://robsell.com/rs/Google_Van_Deer/(thanks Eirik)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 Jan 13:49 GMT+1]
Dated, but relevant
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/USA1549[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [27 Jan 18:28 GMT+1]
Just chilling
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CH_cow_2.jpg(thanks Esc)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Jan 23:42 GMT+1]
Finding meaning redux
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/3221/24mcj1gkq7.jpg[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [17 Dec 10:28 GMT+1]
Grin
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilde:HDMI_connector-male_2_sha...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [03 Dec 22:55 GMT+1]
Evolution strikes again
"Their argument, in effect, was that the SYM is putting off traditional markers of adulthood—one wife, two kids, three bathrooms—not because he’s immature but because he’s angry. He’s angry because he thinks that young women are dishonest, self-involved, slutty, manipulative, shallow, controlling, and gold-digging. He’s angry because he thinks that the culture disses all things male. He’s angry because he thinks that marriage these days is a raw deal for men."http://city-journal.com/2008/18_4_darwinist_dating.html
That's what happens when you experiment, I guess. I like the traditional roles, that the man is the breadwinner and the woman is at home. Or perhaps not like, but the roles are familiar and predictable.
I'm not saying women are less capable of doing a good job at the workplace (raising and nurturing kids in a good way with good results is one great feat and I've met women in prominent positions doing their jobs well), but it is the natural (as in, nature's way) order of things. Hilde (my better half), is mostly the boss at home. Boss, as in, she takes initative to doing things in our home (and I say, "uh ... OK" ;)), and often arranges social events. No, I was only kidding, it's not that way. We talk and discuss things, but she likes to deal with those things and I play along.
I've gotten a bit better at the homebase thing myself, stepping into the softer manly role. After all, she has a job too and nobody is a superhero.
Times they are a-changin' - that's for sure. Maybe we're getting exactly what we're wishing for?
Maybe the feminists got a little more than they bargained for, or maybe it is just something that needs to be balanced out over time.. I hope for the latter.
Anyway, I find it interesting how we try to come to terms with evolution. If we take evolution's history, things started out as little not very intelligent organisms. What's been happening for the last thousands of years is nothing more than us collectively becoming a bigger organism. The tribe, the kingdom, the state, the .. what? :)
I wonder what they'll be saying about this 300 years from now.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Nov 02:22 GMT+1]
The Operators Panel
Thanks to Freeclipartnow for the buttons.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 Oct 19:39 GMT+1]
If life hands you lemons, make lemon-aid
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/70672[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 Oct 17:05 GMT+1]
Guess it still would work
http://io-soup-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/asset/0163/0717_b621....[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [29 Oct 12:04 GMT+1]
Extra motivation
Lately I've been too lazy to shave, so I'm starting to get something that looks like a beard. And then I found this link, for extra motivation:http://www.biggerbetterbeards.org/
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Oct 13:05 GMT+1]
Rush
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k5OmVVfssYBrsUJZCF(thanks Stig)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 Sep 14:26 GMT+1]
Random spillage (correct me if I'm wrong)
Last last night (around 3 AM) Hilde (my girl), Kaye (my bro) and I came back from 2 weeks in Spain. Also in the gang was Britt (friend of Hilde, but she had to leave after a week).We spent the last week with Hilde's folks as well, which was a good time. It's good to get to know her family and get some roots (for our flower to grow ;)). :)
Anyway, there was a lot of time to think and relax on the trip, and for better or worse, I think a lot.
Religion, politics, existence are things that I often mull over, to the point of being like a bulldog that never lets go. Picking up bits and pieces of information on the net as I go along. :)
Anyway, what I'm thinking is that religion is a system which in many ways has been the basis of modern society. Rules, rituals and laws which bring order to chaos. The chaos of survival of the fittest, the selfish gene etc. Structure to the slow burn that evolution is.
I learned a bit about Christianity in school, and although I understand and respect the basic rules, some of those rules are outdated as well. It's like a artist called Ravi said (something along the lines of) in a song, "navigating by old maps is insane".
The bible is full of good stories and metaphors that can teach us something about life, and I suspect that with a bit of experience in that field know that there is no God or Devil, Christianity is a tool devised to give people meaning and hope (and perhaps to give "the wise" the control they need). I guess there is some good in most religions, it's just about picking the right things. Maybe YOU should start one of your own? Nirvana sounds like a good idea to me. ;)
Heaven and hell, the carrot and the stick.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions they say, and that is often true. The US plays cop in the world, and steamrolls Saddam under the excuse of avenging the 9/11 attack. Too busy taking care of others business to take care of their own (financial collapse anyone?)
I'm not saying Saddam is a good guy, and maybe these smoke and mirror games are required to keep the public at ease and prevent things from escalating, but that's basically saying that "we know what's good for you, now take this sweet pill."
Maybe these things are just bumps in the road towards A Better Place (TM), but I can't help thinking about it.
I read the other day that the universe could stop expanding.. or "working" or whatever in 50 billion years. The basic laws of physics implied that.
Well, isn't it time to stop the bickering and work together to bend the laws of nature so that we can ourselves be gods, and be able to manipulate everything?
I saw the Matrix some years ago with a friend (Erik) and he kinda got the point, it took a while (me being hung up on details) before I understood the metaphor. The most of us are living in an illusion, being born into it and being none the wiser.
Anyway, enough rambling. Just had to say something. :-)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Like a broken record (Atom feed)] [28 Sep 19:50 GMT+1]
Redefining the rules
http://www.foundmagazine.com/images/finds/full/papercantwin....[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 Aug 02:09 GMT+1]
Soccer time
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ppy6_foot-2008-remi-gaill...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [13 Jul 13:18 GMT+1]
Im on ur bed, wagging my tailz
http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentID=528932[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [01 Jul 23:13 GMT+1]
With Openness, even the sky isn't the limit
http://blogologue.com/wow.pngTaken on my new ~1200 USD 15.4" laptop with Core 2 Duo and 4 GB RAM. Gotta love Ubuntu. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [06 Mar 19:54 GMT+1]
Close call
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=hgyZHYRGpTY[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [29 Jan 10:39 GMT+1]
I am legend
Went to the movies with Hilde this evening, to watch I am legend. Nice movie, a bit over the top but it hit home. :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 Jan 23:51 GMT+1]
It's been a hard day's night
And I've been working like a .. cat?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_u0PgEbYE
;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Jan 20:03 GMT+1]
Not yet
http://www.isitchristmas.com/[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 Nov 12:45 GMT+1]
Just don't
http://www.travelsofdistinction.com/images/don_t_panic_butto...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [27 Nov 16:58 GMT+1]
Extra, extra
This blog entry is in BOLD, with BIG LETTERS and has some OUTRAGEOUS SUGGESTIONS so that you WILL want to read MORE.
Related:
- Celebrity X acts like an idiot (the real shocker here - they're human!)
- Numerous celebrities spotted at one place, with lots of fancy clothes and makeup
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Nov 17:40 GMT+1]
Round, round baby round, round
http://www.celsias.com/2007/11/04/earth-clock/[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Nov 16:29 GMT+1]
Poisoning the well
Interesting phrase, I hadn't noticed it earlier, but understand it all too well now..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Oct 03:30 GMT+1]
As not seen on TV
Interviewer: So, what do you think of Donald Trump?Interviewee: Donald Trump.. He has built something, so I guess you gotta respect that.
Interviewee: Hey, do you like clowns?
Interviewer: Yeah.. I guess.
Interviewee: Yeah, me too. They look funny and make me laugh. Not all are funny though.
Interviewee: I started loosing my hair a while ago, and hey, I noticed you have lost some hair as well. Still looks OK though. I mean - you're a guy. I just shave my head and it looks OK too.
Interviewer: Yeah, it was a little tough at first loosing my hair, but then I came over it and just let go.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Oct 21:01 GMT+1]
A performance by the good doctor
"We might disquise the medicine of philosophy in sweet tasting candy. Such the method of art. Can art cure those who are convinced they are not sick? Can art cure those who are so sick as to make virtues of their vices? Who hire think tanks and publicists to praise and promote their disease?"http://www.gifthub.org/2007/10/the-role-of-t-1.html
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 Oct 08:28 GMT+1]
The circle of life
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 2 2007, 16:56:35)[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import math
>>> "%.2f" % (42/math.pi)
'13.37'
>>>
http://www.linoweb.net/?p=392
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [12 Oct 20:28 GMT+1]
Blog frequency
You readers of my weblog have probably noticed a burst of blog entries lately. I don't know exactly why that is, but I'm feeling energetic and creative.I know friends are reading this blog, and that's enough for me really. The reason I find Facebook so interesting is that you get to see what's happening with people you know, it's entertainment, but I think it's more edible, human and real than what you get on the TV. It's fresh. :)
Those who know me, know that I'm not that much of an outgoing person, and that I like to think. And talking about things (thinking out loud) is useful when it comes to processing thoughts; blogging also puts pressure on the person who blogs, as anyone can comment and call you on bullshit, or link to you and say that's a load of crock.
Anyway, the reason I started this entry is another blog entry about blogging:
http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2006/06/w_why_blog_post_frequency_...
which has a lot of interesting points. I think my goals for this blogging thing is just to speak what's on my mind and be honest. And blog when I feel like it.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Blogging about blogging (Atom feed)] [11 Oct 23:25 GMT+1]
The time is right
Some of you may have noticed that the time was off on the weblog posts, but that should be corrected now. :)TZ='Europe/Oslo'; export TZ
was all it needed.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Oct 21:18 GMT+1]
Top 10
Every once in a while I like to have a look at statistics, and these are the top-ten countries for visitors to blogologue.com:Norway
Denmark
Germany
Turkey
Belgium
United Kingdom
Australia
Japan
Canada
Netherlands
all interesting countries and places I'd like to go. I think Australia, Japan, Turkey and Canada are the only places I haven't been yet. And Turkey might come up soon..
1.4% of my visitors are running Linux, and there's even one visitor who's using the operating system GNU - I wonder whether that's Debian GNU/Linux or maybe something running Hurd? :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Oct 02:16 GMT+1]
Memories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSDeoO-j3G0[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Oct 16:52 GMT+1]
Interesting
OK. CNN is good, but sometimes bad. I can watch this all day though:http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/stout.kristie.h...
:)
Talking about the same stories, hour after hour, smiling and laughing. Now that's a tough job.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Oct 03:14 GMT+1]
Dogs-r-us
http://www.geocities.jp/deal_steal/inu4.html[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Oct 22:46 GMT+1]
Spanked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKSxHYK_wfs[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 Sep 15:54 GMT+1]
Sounds complicated
http://www.areyoumyhero.com/i_am_a_hero.php?id=761[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [27 Sep 01:36 GMT+1]
Security
http://www.jamesmcadam.co.uk/portfolio_html/sb_table.htmlI haven't gotten myself a night table yet. I wonder if you can order these. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Aug 23:50 GMT+1]
Strip club and gay bar
So, I went out with 2 girls on Friday. We were having beers and I mentioned I knew some strippers that were working.We ended up going to a place called Diamond, where we watched a couple of girls dance. As well as meeting Maria and Anne.
Maria is mentioned here btw:
http://www.seher.no/cm/SeHer/Kjendisnytt/Norske/1.599716
anyway, we saw some shows, had a beer and moved on to a place called Garage. Drank some more and we went to another place called London.
When entering London I noticed that there was almost only guys there. Turns out the girls took med to a gay bar. I was even groped on the way out!
That was an interesting Friday...
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Aug 17:00 GMT+1]
A guy with wings
Was this dude that commented on my new tattoo today, in the showers after gym. Turns out he has had cancer 8 times and was going back for tests this fall.He had real wings (scars) on his back.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Jul 18:30 GMT+1]
One proud bro
My brother just got himself some tattoos. It is rumored they help with.. your charm.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 Jun 16:40 GMT+1]
Interesting news day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [29 Jun 12:10 GMT+1]
The world just got smaller..
http://www.howbigistheworld.com/[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 May 12:42 GMT+1]
Daddy got a new pair of shoes
Got myself some new shoes yesterday as the old ones were starting to fall apart (I usually wear shoes for as long as it is possible). Price was very good and they look OK. Just wonder how they'll be to wear and how long they'll last.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 May 14:40 GMT+1]
Worth riding for
http://www.tonygriffinfoundation.com/[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 May 23:04 GMT+1]
Yeah they're OK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44f7BewqNqA[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [17 Mar 22:09 GMT+1]
Ninja time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ninja[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Mar 13:35 GMT+1]
Sweet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [11 Mar 14:25 GMT+1]
Keep on truckin'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/uk_enl_11...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Feb 19:37 GMT+1]
Idling by
Today I decided the day was mostly for resting. There's a lot going on at the moment with business and all that so it is nice to catch a break every once in a while. Just look at the to-do list and blissfully ignore it and reschedule issues.Towards the end of the week I'll be going for a date with a girl named Monica (she's a cutie) and we'll have some chow before we go to a concert with Ska Cubano. Didn't like their music straight off the bat, but I'll get their album and listen to it a bit more since she suggested we go to this concert. She's half Vietnamese and I gotta say, that worked out well. :)
Then there are meetings to come as well, where we will lay plans for the future of some of our local offerings to the SMB market here in Norway. So far it's been "play by ear" (which has worked) but now we'll try planning and executing that plan. I feel good about it, we'll have to make commitments and work to make sure deadlines are met. Will be some good food and entertainment during the days we have meetings too, and I've heard rumors about an English breakfast which should cure any ailments we contract..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Feb 23:35 GMT+1]
Your consumer dollar at work
http://fukung.net/v/1873/funding_next_war.jpg[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Feb 01:34 GMT+1]
Caught in the act
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sea/274495936.html[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Feb 13:16 GMT+1]
That's life (in a box shell)
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=3725...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Feb 06:12 GMT+1]
Can't blame the man
http://togawp.com/entry/p-diddy-caught-staring-at-jessica-bi...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jan 06:20 GMT+1]
Lucky
After a long day it is time to go to bed. I got nice presents, good food (beef, cream marinated potatoes ++) and good drinks (wine, cognac). Feel very fortunate to be able to share this time with the family and get stuffed; not all people are so fortunate.The next couple of days it will be visiting family and friends and probably some more work on the Issue Dealer. The mail handling gateway is working nicely now and soon enough it should be an important, integral part of what the system can offer.
Oh so tired, and so happy. Good night. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [24 Dec 23:40 GMT+1]
Merry Christmas!
Sitting here up at 5 in the morning on Christmas day, as I went to sleep somewhat early yesterday. I've chugged down some goodies already and just waiting for the coffee to finish.Anyway, hope all of you have a merry Christmas, with family, friends & all the gifts. Look forward to seeing my brother who's coming up from the capital today, it will be fun to see mom's expression when she sees him, as she thinks he'll be staying at home this year. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [24 Dec 05:42 GMT+1]
Tired
Well, we had our Christmas dinner yesterday which ended up being quite a party. We started around 7 in the evening and kept it going until 9 o'clock the next morning.We ate some good food and had a lot of good drinks, amongst other White Russian, Irish Coffee (at different places, the latter being superb), Rum & Coke, Gin & Tonic and others.
Met some girls at the last nightclub who joined us for a "nachspiel" - the party that ended at 9 in the morning.
Today we went out in the evening, had some pizza, a couple of beers and shot some pool. Stig is nearly unbeatable in pool but it was a good time nonetheless.
And I met a sweet girl named Toril with which I had some fun.. good times.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Dec 00:30 GMT+1]
Yawn
Woke up a couple of hours ago; went to bed early after having a couple of beers and a glass of wine with friends. Got sleepy after drinking so I just called it a night. The exercise is taking its toll as well.Sitting up now wondering what to do.. don't feel like doing anything.. just relaxing. Maybe reply to some emails, I dunno.
Reviewing my statistics it turns out there were 7000 unique visitors last month to the blog, up 2000 from the 5000 in October. Not sure what kind of visitors they are, as they don't leave a lot of comments. Or maybe the comment system is too difficult?
Anyway. Sunday I'll be going out with Stig (Nidelven IT) and Chris (Nidelven IT Consulting) and we'll have a traditional Christmas dinner with lutefisk, pinnekjøtt, ribbe and various drinks. Look forward to that - and the best part is we can get the company to pay for it.
And Firefox just corrected me, saying that Christmas is spelled with a capital C. That's C as in Cool.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Dec 03:33 GMT+1]
Sticking to it (vision is easy, execution is hard)
Sitting here drinking coffee and thinking about things. Everything seems so simple these days, and what I've worked for the last couple of years is coming to fruition.I said to myself that I was going to slow down at some point, but now I know I'll be working until I go to the grave. It is so much fun, and rewarding, to see what you've worked on be successful and having people in your network thrive as well.
The next couple of months I'll be working on improving our hosting platform, and developing the Issue Dealer further - I'll cut back on consulting to a minimum and just work at my own pace, enjoying it.
I'll also be increasing the amount of exercise.. so far I'm working out every other day - the goal is to work out every day after a while, just gotta ease into it I guess.
Ahh, life is good.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [25 Nov 13:19 GMT+1]
Minilogue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u46eaeAfeqw[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [23 Nov 00:01 GMT+1]
Taking pictures without and with flash
http://gorillasites.blogspot.com/2006/10/flash-or-no-flash.h...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [01 Nov 06:18 GMT+1]
Speaking of tips
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdennis/142081539/[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Oct 18:50 GMT+1]
Tips for grabs
As Vinay was driving us around yesterday and we stopped at an intersection, a kid came up to us, selling q-tips (you know, those things you clean your ears with).Earlier I saw a badly damaged guy (limping around) trying to sell the same stuff, but unfortunately he was to far away and I didn't get to buy anything.
I was happy to buy a pack from the kid. If he makes 10%, 20%, 50% off what I paid - OK, no problem. It is peanuts to me and it is great to see people helping themselves by helping others. Sell me practical stuff that I need and I'll do business with anyone.
The intersections must be a great place to sell too. Sometimes you have to wait for 120 or 180 seconds for the light to turn green, and if someone wants to do you a service while you wait, why not? Cool.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Oct 19:54 GMT+1]
Welcome bro
http://kay.blogologue.com/blog_entry?id=1160757459X66[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [13 Oct 19:14 GMT+1]
Too much of a good thing
http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/47/479/479320/obes858...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Oct 15:09 GMT+1]
Small world
My brother's store was apparently the planned target of a robberyhttp://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2006/09/22/477569.html
that's what the guys suspected of planning terrorism against embassies in Oslo are saying - that they were planning to rob that store, and not perform terrorist attacks.
Interesting times..
[Later..] My brother thinks he's lucky they were stopped (as being robbed isn't something anyone longs for) while my dad (who's a police officer) thinks this plan to rob a store could be a desperate strategy by the defence to avoid their clients being punished under the terror law.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Sep 20:08 GMT+1]
Party hard
Well, it's been a rough couple of days. Lots of good food, good drink and entertainment.I've been doing some goodbye parties before I leave for India, where I'm going to in less than 2 weeks time. Then it is 5 months or so in India, before something else happens.
Should be interesting..
Now I just gotta catch up to whatever is in my todo list. Life goes on.
Sad to see Rob Levin pass away; but - wear a fucking helmet:
http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/09/16/2152243.shtml
it doesn't take long to put it on you know.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [17 Sep 15:35 GMT+1]
Pirates are free
http://www.the-pretty-things-are-going-to-hell.com/[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 Aug 16:18 GMT+1]
Talented girl
http://www.bigfun.be/Movie/Ursula+Martinez.htm[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [12 Aug 19:15 GMT+1]
Washington
http://www.secretlyironic.com/archives/001455.html[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Aug 21:30 GMT+1]
Plz
http://static.flickr.com/49/116422122_56b05a878d_o.jpg[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Aug 20:15 GMT+1]
Pretty fly
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/07/sky_marshals_n...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [26 Jul 21:55 GMT+1]
Whit love
It says on one of the rocketshttp://blogologue.com/blog_entry?id=0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MTUwOTkmbnI9MTQ_3,00.html
Yeah, I'm sure the recipient will love it.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [25 Jul 19:03 GMT+1]
Updated
I've updated my weblog. Yes, it's all about what I believe in.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jul 03:50 GMT+1]
The photos you've seen before
http://www.fortymedia.com/blog/resources/20/top-ten-stock-ph...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Jul 14:15 GMT+1]
Got card?
http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2006/07/speaking_of_log.html[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Jul 13:43 GMT+1]
Hmm
Is this the summer that everything happens? :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Jul 00:18 GMT+1]
All you need is love
Met a sweet girl called Jenny at Roskilde - I'm going to visit her in Sweden soon. Incidentally, her friend is also called Jenny and she took the following pictures.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Jul 22:07 GMT+1]
Blogging about blogging
A guy in front of me is reading the Scobleizer weblog now.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [03 Jul 16:28 GMT+1]
Move over please
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6640225987281635407[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Jun 04:46 GMT+1]
Another notch in the belt
Well, this years Vømmøl-festival (hillbilly) is over. Good fun as always, I find the people there so interesting and friendly compared to the kinds of folks you find in larger cities.Lots to drink and some interesting foods..
Writing this as I'm sitting on the train, GPRS ain't too bad but it's not exactly fast either.
More later.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Jun 22:23 GMT+1]
Behind it all
http://krunch.servebeer.com/~krunch/vrac/pics/ubuntu-logo.jp...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [01 Jun 17:13 GMT+1]
The independent red for one day
http://www.independent.co.uk/
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 May 12:23 GMT+1]
Good times
Ah, how time flies by. Turned 26 today, I'm 1/3 of the way there or something like that. ;)Got myself a new laptop as a birthday present, an Acer Travelmate which is neat, lightweight and more powerful than the desktop I have.
Not sure I'll be using it that much though, it'll be mostly for working on the road. Will probably get some more lifetime out of it that way as well, as my experience is that laptops wear out easily.
It even works with my Treo, so I can use the phone as a GPRS modem - that'll come in handy for sure.
Life can be good.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 May 21:36 GMT+1]
Tanked
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luodanli/7407662/[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [17 Apr 23:33 GMT+1]
Weird dreams are made of these
I woke up last night from an annoying dream. I was picking up/handling a crab which kept stinging me with some sort of prodding tongue. As I kept handling the crab it lost legs and ended up with no legs, but still kept trying to prod me with its tongue.Weird.. so I looked up crabs and here it gets interesting:
http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamthemes/animals.htm#Crab
"To see a crab in your dream, signifies you perseverance and tenacity. On an extreme note, you maybe be too clingy and dependant and hanging on to a hopeless endeavor. Crabs are also symbolic of your irritable personality."
Which makes sense I guess.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [15 Apr 16:04 GMT+1]
It's a LEGO world
http://www3.telus.net/public/bernse/deathcamp.jpg[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Apr 07:40 GMT+1]
Left is better
Why is being left-handed better? Because you can do something useful with your left, while you're giving the finger with the right![Permalink] [By mrfu] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Apr 15:17 GMT+1]
The new freedom player
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/top/igoatse-ipod-case-163999.php[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [31 Mar 13:56 GMT+1]
Lobsters ahoy
http://www.humor-planet.com/clean/a-lobster-story-8.html[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [15 Mar 21:09 GMT+1]
1 million?
Q: What would you do with 1 million dollars in funding?A: Piss it all away. Ahhhhh...
[Permalink] [By mrfu] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Mar 17:59 GMT+1]
Toot toot
"The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died Monday afternoon after being struck by a train, officials said.Tara McAvoy, 18, was walking near railway tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said. A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn right up until the accident occurred."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060313....
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Mar 17:38 GMT+1]
Meow
"BRISTOL - It was a purr-fect rescue. The grate escape. A cat-astrophe narrowly averted. One black cat is lucky to be alive this week, after it caught its head in a drainage grate on State Street last Thursday morning and was freed only after a monumental effort from volunteers in two towns."http://www.eastbayri.com/story/285534568077000.php
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Mar 00:43 GMT+1]
It's about a lot more than money
(b)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [17 Feb 19:48 GMT+1]
Woof
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. --Mark Twain[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [15 Feb 21:03 GMT+1]
I do too
http://www.youtube.com/w/I-Love-My-Sex?v=hh-3fTbHnEg[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Feb 17:52 GMT+1]
Fortune
I've installed fortune on my computer, and pop up terminals all day long. Just now I got a huge fortune which I was about to ignore (...) but then I stopped to read it. Funney :)Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Whereas the party of the first part, also known as "Lawyer", and the party of the second part, also known as "Light Bulb", do hereby and forthwith agree to a transaction wherein the party of the second part shall be removed from the current position as a result of failure to perform previously agreed upon duties, i.e., the lighting, elucidation, and otherwise illumination of the area ranging from the front (north) door, through the entryway, terminating at an area just inside the primary living area, demarcated by the beginning of the carpet, any spillover illumination being at the option of the party of the second part and not required by the aforementioned agreement between the parties.
The aforementioned removal transaction shall include, but not be limited to, the following. The party of the first part shall, with or without elevation at his option, by means of a chair, stepstool, ladder or any other means of elevation, grasp the party of the second part and rotate the party of the second part in a counter-clockwise direction, this point being tendered non-negotiable. Upon reaching a point where the party of the second part becomes fully detached from the receptacle, the party of the first part shall have the option of disposing of the party of the second part in a manner consistent with all relevant and applicable local, state and federal statutes. Once separation and disposal have been achieved, the party of the first part shall have the option of beginning installation. Aforesaid installation shall occur in a manner consistent with the reverse of the procedures described in step one of this self-same document, being careful to note that the rotation should occur in a clockwise direction, this point also being non-negotiable. The above described steps may be performed, at the option of the party of the first part, by any or all agents authorized by him, the objective being to produce the most possible revenue for the Partnership.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Feb 18:15 GMT+1]
Whee
This is a great picture:http://dm.cl.no/whee2.png
Courtesy of http://dm.cl.no
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [27 Jan 07:49 GMT+1]
Yes/no?
I just helped someone.. do I deserve to be a hero?
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jan 01:08 GMT+1]
The Apple RSS debacle
I'm following the rather interesting posts around the blogosphere about Apple bastardizing the RSS format .. and all I can say is: it's not a standard, so what could you expect?Start using Atom instead which is clearly defined and you'll avoid things like this - there's no doubt how things should be implemented there.
I cluck to myself when I read about Dave Winer flaming Apple for screwing up RSS.. well I'd like to see him get Scoble and Microsoft to go for an open, unscrewed file format for their Office suite... :D
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Jan 22:43 GMT+1]
Even homeless people
http://thehomelessguy.blogspot.com/[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Jan 14:11 GMT+1]
Rock on!
http://www.geocities.jp/inthedilapidation/FID.mov[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Jan 12:46 GMT+1]
Deleted entries
Some of the entries on this weblog are now marked as deleted, that's because I moved the entire thing to http://issuedealer.com/stuff so people can see how the system works in real life, and keep the development process pretty transparent at the same time.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Dec 15:41 GMT+1]
Owning
You can't have your cake and steal it too.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Slogans (Atom feed)] [22 Nov 07:25 GMT+1]
Piracy is like pushing drugs
So, MPAA are claiming that CD pirates are like drug pushers. So we'll have the war on piracy soon, I'm sure.The ironic part is that they're basically saying that the stuff they're pushing themselves is drugs.
More about it all here: http://p2pnet.net/story/6997
I think we need a new association, the KMAA - Kiss My Ass Association.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Nov 12:02 GMT+1]
My first real spam comment
http://www.blogologue.com/blog_entry?id=1131105528X02#commen...It doesn't like the spammer is getting too much out of the comment ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [17 Nov 08:04 GMT+1]
Finally nailed the encoding bit
I've nailed a long-standing bug in the Issue Dealer, which has caused some problems for me (and probably some others as well) - it's related to encoding.. for a while I thought Python was a tricky language when it came to character encodings, but it was really my ignorance that was the culprit..Updating (upgrading) the Issue Dealer would wreck havoc on issues with non-ascii characters, even if it's been running with utf-8 for a while, this was related to the way updates were being done and how versions of objects were being tracked - some old code that set the wrong version for objects made the update code convert what was utf to utf using the iso-8859-1 encoding.. ahh. Oh well.
I found two great pages about encoding as well, which should be required reading for any python programmer these days:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html
http://effbot.org/zone/unicode-objects.htm
the first article talks about encoding in general and helped me get relaxed about it all, the second just hammered in the points about encoding in Python.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [17 Nov 05:52 GMT+1]
It's all Google
http://www.derekyu.com/images/art/googlopia-big.jpg[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Nov 21:09 GMT+1]
Nice moves
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/chuck-s/html/3d225_2.html[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Oct 00:24 GMT+1]
Pass the toilet paper
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050914/ids_phot...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [15 Sep 00:39 GMT+1]
Noted
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/14/0748244&am...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Sep 23:35 GMT+1]
Hungry?
http://poststuff2.entensity.net/090505/snickersad.jpg[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Sep 13:36 GMT+1]
Sup
I've met a lot of people online the last couple of years, many of which I haven't met in real life yet.. so they don't know what I look like. Well, wonder no more, I've finally added a picture to my profile.http://www.blogologue.com/morphex
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Sep 21:59 GMT+1]
Funny, but sad
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/008754.html[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [25 Aug 20:32 GMT+1]
?
"I'm successful because I'm lucky. The harder I work, the luckier I get."[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [19 Aug 11:38 GMT+1]
Got mail?
I got this shot in town today, just noticed it by chance as I was going to the store.. the yellow box it's written on is a mailbox. I think it's art. Great art.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Aug 18:40 GMT+1]
Beer is best served cold
http://www.voresoel.dk/main.php?id=70[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Jul 20:52 GMT+1]
Looks like the world is catching up
http://slashdot.org/articles/05/07/18/190249.shtml?tid=95&am...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Jul 22:48 GMT+1]
A tag is a power law keyword
keyword: a word that is a key: as a : a word exemplifying the meaning or value of a letter or symbol b usually key·word /-"w&rd/ : a significant word from a title or document used as an index to content[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Jul 21:33 GMT+1]
On fire
Another picture I took this week was a remote shot of a storagehouse for building materials that caught fire.This picture was taken about 5-7 kilometres from the actual site, so you can imagine it was a big one:
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Jul 02:26 GMT+1]
Sniff
I've been spending lazy days down on "Marinen" lately since we've been having such good weather, and just enjoying the scenery, people and animals that are there.And every now and then I take a picture, here's one of a pup that ran around for a good 10 minutes exploring the area:
it's so great to just lay down in the grass; the guy that usually drives around cutting the gras hasn't been there in a while, so it's long and soft too, as you can see.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Jul 22:13 GMT+1]
Juicy
The Letterman show just keeps getting better. Gary Mule Deer was too funny. :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Jul 20:56 GMT+1]
Where to go next
I'm considering spending 6 months outside of Norway next year, before I begin studying 'higher education' here back home.I've basically got three requirements about the place I'm going to, which are that:
1) It has to be varm
2) It has to facilitate learning of a language (preferably spanish, german or french)
3) It has to be provide good internet connectivity
Other requirements that aren't that important, but regarded as positive are:
Low cost of living
I've already been to most of Europe, so something outside of that (Africa, Asia, America, Australia) is interesting. Russia isn't that interesting, as it is 1) too cold. :)
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [26 Jun 22:44 GMT+1]
Shake, rattle and roll
After having some great fun dancing at the Vommol-festival, I've been considering taking some dancing-lessons, to learn swing and whatever it is they call the other main styles of dancing.It's not easy to find anything on Google, Kvasir or the regular 'search spots' however, so I guess I'll just have to ask people and hope for a reply in the network effect.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jun 01:27 GMT+1]
Tricked
The doorbell rang earlier, and a teenage girl stood outside when I opened. She handed me a note where it said that she was mute and deaf, and that she sold pictures for 100 kroner (15 dollars) per piece.
I'm a bit sceptic when it comes to these kinds of sales, but she seemed like a kind person (we were able to communicate by reading lips and some improvised sign language), and although I don't collect these kinds of pictures, I thought my mom would appreciate one.
Mom has a dog, Nikita, which is .. 5 or 6 years old now I guess. Nikita has no pups (which I think is a bit sad, as that's much of what life is about) so I picked the picture above. It'll surprise mom, and probably make her happy, maybe even inspire her to get Nikita a mate. I'll let you know how it goes. ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Jun 20:05 GMT+1]
Reduced
I've been working with web applications for a while, and lately I've been adapting Kupu for a project we've been doing together with Aktivnett, providing users with an easy-to-use through-the-web interface for editing documents. Kinda like Word, just simpler.In the process of adapting and using Kupu, I got some complaints that it was loading slowly, so I had to make some changes in the code to make it load faster. There are two things that really slow down the loading of web applications, and they are 1) size 2) the number of files loaded per page.
Both issues are easy enough to handle, I first tried reducing the size of the scripts using a customized version of Rhino (Mozilla's Javascript engine) but that one altered the names of 'internal' attributes as well, which broke some code. Rhino also depends on having a Java Runtime Enviroment installed, which isn't easy to do on all platforms (I guess Sun are pretty anal about their legal stuff). I looked around a bit more, to see if I could find a script that compresses Javascript, but nothing was available (in source, or for free) so here's something I wrote up:
--------------------------------- Start compress.py
!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, re
one_line_comment = re.compile(r'^\s*//.*$', re.M)
trailing_comment = re.compile(r'//(\w|\s)*$', re.M)
multi_line_comment = re.compile(r'^\s*/\*.*?\*/', re.M | re.S)
whitespace_after_separator = re.compile(r';\s*', re.M | re.S)
whitespace_after_opening_bracket = re.compile(r'{\s*', re.M | re.S)
starting_whitespace = re.compile(r'^\s*', re.M | re.S)
def strip(data):
"""Processes the data, removing comments and unecessary whitespace."""
data = one_line_comment.sub('', data)
data = trailing_comment.sub('', data)
data = multi_line_comment.sub('', data)
data = whitespace_after_separator.sub(';', data)
data = whitespace_after_opening_bracket.sub('{', data)
data = starting_whitespace.sub('', data)
return data.strip()
for file in sys.argv[1:]:
data = open(file).read()
data = strip(data)
open(file, 'w').write(data)
---------------------------------
which is simple enough and doesn't break Javascript code. This python script reduced the common scripts in Kupu from 350 to 200k, which is a lot. Reducing the number of file loads should be easy enough as well, just concatenate the scripts in the order they would be loaded, and voila. One web application loading a bit faster. :)
BTW, the compress script is in the public domain. And server-side deflating would reduce the script by another 100-150k.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [13 Jun 23:28 GMT+1]
Progressing through the times
I haven't had much to write about lately, as I've been busy with different things, and in general been happy about life. Seeing that things are the way they are, and that history repeats itself, I just try to enjoy it while I'm here.It's great to see the success of Open Source, namely projects like Firefox, and lesser known projects like Python (http://www.python.org), Zope (http://www.zope.org) and Plone (http://www.plone.org) and their adoption everywhere.
The success of Open Source may be hampered by the DMCA ("A matter of internal security: the age-old cry of the oppressor.") but these things will probably even out, and possibilites will arise in the crossroads.. people don't fight with swords anymore, in our modern part of the world; instead we fight by proxy. Playing games, climbing the ladder, cutting souls through social fabric.
It's all about control.
Ack. If I only had something interesting to write about.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 May 02:45 GMT+1]
Ahoy
A picture taken of the flagpoles in Ravnkloa, hoisted in the occation of the Japanese royal visit to Norway..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [13 May 17:12 GMT+1]
On a roll
Sometimes, things just work out in the end. It looks like we can triple the turnover in Nidelven IT this year. And it looks like that can be done next year as well. And the year after that.Woot!
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [11 May 01:19 GMT+1]
Army of heroes
I was going to say something about the ecosystem. But I can't think of anything intricate to say. And nobody called Babe Ruth a spammer![Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [15 Apr 00:10 GMT+1]
Rain
You can't be afraid of a little rain if you're searching for a rainbow.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [01 Feb 00:54 GMT+1]
New Year Resolutions
1. Enjoy life more2. Help more people
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Jan 13:15 GMT+1]
Starburst of sun and smoke
http://www.sportsshooter.com/contest/clip/winning_image.html...this one was nice too:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/contest/clip/winning_image.html...
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [03 Dec 20:13 GMT+1]
An ode to mail
I've been forwarding receipts and such via mail to Stig, our eco-wiz. They sold a pack of postage-paid envelopes at the post office last time I was there, so I thought why not. Maybe a bit more expensive than usual, but hey, it's convenient.Regular mail has been around for a long time, and to this day I haven't experienced a lost mail, either way. And it ain't hard to send something via mail either, even if it's a service run by a state monopoly. You send mail via a mailbox, and you receive it in your mailbox.
On the other hand, there's taxes. A bureaucratic jungle with no apparent end, and the people who work at the tax office don't know much about it either. So we need savvy explorers of bureaucratic jungles to help us out with it. But it could've been soo much simpler.
What if paying taxes could be closer to paying for a service?
Maybe it will be eventually. Here's hoping. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Sep 19:01 GMT+1]
Some colors
My sister captured this image on the phone today, as we were driving towards Mosvik to help mom move some of her stuff to a new apartment in Trondheim. The rainbow lasted for 2-3 minutes I guess, very nice. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Sep 23:12 GMT+1]
The war on error
http://www.wyndom.net/xpentagon%5b1%5d.swf[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Sep 12:55 GMT+1]
Tea time
A while ago I bought a box of 'loose' mango tea, after figuring out that drinking espresso wasn't such a good thing. Loose tea is a lot better (and cheaper) than the stuff you get in pre-packaged bags.Think I'll be spending most of the day drinking tea and reading a book, as the weather outside is typical autumn weather, grey, rainy and cloudy.
It's nice though.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [06 Sep 07:46 GMT+1]
Transformers
http://www.wilenkin.com/transformers/Video_player_06_content...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Sep 06:04 GMT+1]
Hanging out
With friends. Just been out with Erik and Thomas, drinking beers and whatnot on various places in Trondheim. Haven't seen them in a while, so that was fun. Next week we'll go fishing, with beer.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [11 Aug 02:48 GMT+1]
You know it's going to be hot..
..when it's 32 degrees celsius outside at 8AM in the morning. :o[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Aug 09:29 GMT+1]
Clear blue sky
..and a good temperature. Time to hit the road, get some sun and read a book.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [29 Jul 12:27 GMT+1]
Power line opened under load
http://www.maintenance-news.com/cgi-script/CSUpload/CSUpload...[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 Jul 07:05 GMT+1]
Lovin' it
Found some great parodies on ads:http://adbusters.org/spoofads/
http://www.wreckered.co.uk/spoof/
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [26 Jul 09:22 GMT+1]
Master of informatics
Congrats to my little big brother Kaye who will start on his Masters degree in informatics this fall.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [23 Jul 10:57 GMT+1]
Blogiday
For those of you who haven't noticed, I'm having a blogiday. Don't know when I'll start posting again, but soon enough. Hold on! :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Jul 16:16 GMT+1]
ABC
I was walking back from the store this morning, when a small white van whizzed by. It said "ABC Cleaning" on the side, and the driver was playing Cindy Lauper's "Girls just wanna have fun" on max volume.That kept me smiling all the way home. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [06 Jul 11:49 GMT+1]
Sunspotting
A picture of Venus in front of sun, picture from the Wikipedia.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Jun 10:58 GMT+1]
Use your illusion
Looks like it'll be warm outside today, so I'm heading down to Marinen.. will be finishing up the excellent "Book of Illusions", an interesting book about what we leave behind.Next up are The Da Vinci Code and Holy Blood, Holy Grail, which were highly recommended by Jon.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Jun 10:31 GMT+1]
It's getting hot up herre
5:45 AM and 15 degrees celsius outside. Today is definently a day for .. reading down at Marinen.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 May 05:45 GMT+1]
Lazy weeks
It's been lazy the last couple of weeks here, been taking time to hang with friends and going to concerts. Went to a concert here in Trondheim where Peeker and a band called Chapter 11 played. Peeker has really grown since the last time I heard them live, they played well together, guess they have grown used to live gigs. Cool. :)Looking to get things going again next week, feeling supercharged.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [29 May 10:50 GMT+1]
Prepping for social science exam
I'll be prepping for the social science exam the next couple of days, and if the weather holds up (it's been around 25 degrees celsius) I'll be spending some time at "marinen", reading up and getting some sun :)Here's a shot of marinen, from the opposite side of Nidelven.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Studies (Atom feed)] [09 May 21:35 GMT+1]
On the bright side
Kaye pointed me (timely as ever) to this picture of the earth's light use by night.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [01 May 02:49 GMT+1]
Bike repair
After considering fiddling with the bike myself I went to the shop where I bought the bike instead, and let them have a look at it.Turns out the rear axle was broken, which isn't supposed to happen. It has covered around 500 miles since I bought it at the end of last summer, so it could be wear and tear.
It's a good bike, the Scott Aurora, but I guess most things that come off a production line have some compromises.. so I bought a set of new metal pedals today (and will be getting grips, extra handle bars etc.), a bucket, a scrub, a cloth and one of those inflate-tire-from-a-can things and tomorrow I'll be scrubbing down the bike, changing pedals and applying new oil.
The weather this week has been excellent, 10-20 degrees celsius, which is unusual I guess, for April. I look forward to biking down to the sea, and maybe a lake every now and then to go fishing. Not to mention going down to the beach to get some sun. Ahh, the good life. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Summer wheels (Atom feed)] [22 Apr 00:25 GMT+1]
Netscape returns
Says here that Netscape is getting 'restarted' and that they're "hiring aggressively." Interesting..[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Apr 11:18 GMT+1]
You go girl
My little sister just got herself a camera phone. Panasonic X something. Guess they're useful for something. :P
I helped her setup the phone for sending emails, it can also download messages from POP3 servers, which is cool for such a small and relatively inexpensive phone.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Family (Atom feed)] [12 Apr 18:17 GMT+1]
Summer wheels
After some hassles I managed to get the summer wheels back on the bike; I think I'll be using a complete set of wheels (rim, tube, tire) from now on.. changing the tire itself can be a pain.The summer tires are a bit wider than the winter tires, so I discovered (with the good help of a friend who's done his share of work on bikes) that the rim hub was loose, making the back tire touch the frame when a lot of pressure is applied to the cog wheel.
I initially discovered this as I was riding back from the gym yesterday, taking an alternate, steep route past the University (overlooking Lerkendal Stadium, nice). Was surprised by some light rain as well, so I'm a bit sniffly today. :)
There's a lot of things I should get for the bike now, two rear rims, one front rim and two tubes; I'd also like to try one of those tire-patch-in-a-can things, to see if they work. Think the cheapest ones are 4-5$, and if they work, it's obviously a lot easier (and more fun) than patching a tire.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 Mar 19:02 GMT+1]
Shaping up
Having enjoyed many cozy moments around christmas time, I'm starting to get back into shape. Yesterday I went to the gym, ran 3 miles (that's a lot for a big guy like me ;), did some weights and biked for 7 miles and finally did some sit-ups.Feeling a bit weak today, guess that's the way it should be as the body rebuilds itself.
Also got myself a new bike pump yesterday; I normally just stop by the gas station to pump the wheels, but that's going to be hard since the bike's got a flat. Convenient timing for the flat too, I was just about to change to summer-wheels.. Looking forward to the summer, will be spending more time at the beach now that it's a bit more accessible.
Oh well.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [26 Mar 13:01 GMT+1]
Walking
Went for a walk today, down to the river Nidelven, which was relaxing as usual.It's a 15 minute walk from the new place, which means that the football stadium is about 10 minutes from here, should get to see more games by Rosenborg this season. They've won a lot the last years; recently they won the norwegian championship in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and the cup championship in 1992, 1995, 1999 and 2003.
The players are starting to get a bit old however, I think the average age of the 'a-team' players is 30 years, which means they've got a lot of experience, but starting to lack physically.
The new head coach (formerly assistant coach, and before that goal keeper for Rosenborg) has quite a task ahead, but I guess it will be like driving a car, there's a lot of culture and structure in Rosenborg, and they've got some cash in the bank.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Hobbies (Atom feed)] [21 Mar 21:09 GMT+1]
Organization schemes
Found a funny image on Anders Jacobsen's weblog.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Business (Atom feed)] [11 Mar 17:30 GMT+1]
Another item on the calendar
Looks like the Zope Group Calendar project is starting up again after a long break, which is nice as Events can be included in the Issue Dealer, and the code shared between several platforms (like Plone and perhaps even Nuxeo CPS).It's not always easy to keep track of events like meetings when there's a lot to do, guess I'll just have to keep tomorrow's phone meeting with the French connection in the back of my head... :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [10 Mar 19:24 GMT+1]
Good food
Having moved to a new place, it's a good time to change some routines around; been fairly busy the last 4-5 months so the types of food I've been eating has been the easy ones. :)I've found a couple of quick and easy meals that taste good, are easy to make and healthy. One is buying pre-sliced salad (I suck at cutting and mixing salad), feta cheese in olive oil, tomatoes and bread straight from the bakery which takes about 5 minutes to make and is surprisingly good.
Another one is baguettes with cheese, tomatoes, green salad, slices of chicken/turkey and pesto (very good).
I think we're missing out on a lot of good food here in Norway, most of the food here is boiled or fried until most of the taste is gone, and we don't have easy access to fresh fruit and vegetables like they have for example in southern Europe.
There are a couple of stores that have high quality groceries however, for example Ultra and Smart Club. Smart Club has pre-packaged Sushi as well, which I've looked at but not bought yet. :) Hmm, should probably buy those the next time I'm there.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Food (Atom feed)] [07 Mar 16:50 GMT+1]
Moving
I've been busy moving to a place closer to town so there hasn't been much to say here. Nice place, nice view, nice neighbours. Perfect for summertime barbecues. :D[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [01 Mar 19:51 GMT+1]
Foxy browser
Bart mentions via MozillaZine that the visual designers behind Mozilla have created a Firefox wallpaper.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Mozilla (Atom feed)] [25 Feb 18:33 GMT+1]
Good guys
The Lockdown project has a new video up, called Goodfellas. Check it out. :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Music (Atom feed)] [25 Feb 18:16 GMT+1]
RSS 2.0 Relax NG schema
There's a schema for RSS 2.0. Nice.I've always liked RSS for its simplicity, some data formats have a 'let's show everyone how clever we are' and 'we didn't really know what we were creating it for' feel to them, while RSS is a bit more practical, usable for 'real world' stuff.
I guess the RSS feed on the weblog publisher should be updated to version 2.0 as well, but it's working now, so that's something we can put off for a while.
Pointer via Dave.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [25 Feb 14:37 GMT+1]
New Issue Dealer release
So, finally got time to add a new release of the Issue Dealer, which enables removal of weblog posts.. that's useful. :)It's getting close to a 1.0 release now, which should enable us to focus a bit more on the process- and contact-oriented aspects of the application.
Nice to have something to play with in-between 'real work', guess it balances out the work part with some play..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [20 Feb 20:10 GMT+1]
Welcome back Jon!
Jon is blogging again, testing out his new weblog. :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Feb 21:26 GMT+1]
Busyness
Been quiet here this week, been busy catching up on things as I was recovering from a severe frostbite last week (long story :). Anyway, here are three articles on effective time management. I'm spending way too much time by the computer these days so I'll probably be blogging less until things get back to normal. That's the way it has to be.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Feb 13:33 GMT+1]
Freedom of 99
Welcome back Erik. :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Politics (Atom feed)] [03 Feb 18:30 GMT+1]
More cookies
An interesting look at how the US is spending their money.he he.. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [War (Atom feed)] [29 Jan 12:19 GMT+1]
It's a big sandbox
Having my brother visiting is always nice, there's something about family and close friends that's so relaxing. Anyway, he's got two kids, almost the same age, that are always.. negotiating. It's funny to see how they can be fighting over one small thing, say a shovel, just because one of them wants it, and there are lots of other things to play with.I've pondered long, and hard, about teamwork. I think teamwork is about accepting other people's role working towards a goal, and accepting that each member contributes their share to the common goal. It's simple really.
Getting over ego, and understanding that everything you're saying is likely to misunderstood in the beginning, as you're building a relationship, and that trust takes some time to develop.
I started thinking about this as I was watching a program on the TV about genetics, and how flies have much in common with humans. Male flies would behave aggressively when there was a female around, or when they were defining territory.
It's a good thing we're developed. Or are we?
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Business (Atom feed)] [27 Jan 22:54 GMT+1]
Sparkling star
Had a couple of beers with Ragnar yesterday, before we went to the studio to listen to their (Peeker's) album-in-progress. Interesting to see how the whole process works. It is Øysteins first production so it's a slow process, but it's getting there. And it's good. Really good.
Two songs in particular, Blind Spectator and Certain Zero, are promising, and a third, a long song spanning 4-5 genres (and sounding good!) is also interesting.
I'm trying to pitch them the idea of licensing one or more songs under a CC license, and it's something they'll be doing I think. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Music (Atom feed)] [26 Jan 11:58 GMT+1]
Updated RSS
The RSS feed has been updated to show only the last 15 entries, and published date.Used Zope's RFC822 presentation on the published date, like so:
<pubDate><dtml-var created fmt="rfc822"></pubDate>
Now, when I've figured out how to include XHTML in the description so that it validates against feed validators it should be all good..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [24 Jan 14:08 GMT+1]
More XOXO and Relax NG
Been doing some more work on XOXO, on the validation end of things. The schema (xoxo.rng) looks like this so far:<?xml version="1.0"?>
<grammar xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0">
<start>
<ref name="ol"/>
</start>
<define name="ol">
<element name="ol">
<optional>
<attribute name="compact">
<choice>
<value>compact</value>
</choice>
</attribute>
</optional>
<oneOrMore>
<element name="li">
<optional>
<interleave>
<optional>
<text/>
</optional>
<optional>
<ref name="ol"/>
</optional>
</interleave>
</optional>
</element>
</oneOrMore>
</element>
</define>
</grammar>
The schema above uses recursion (via reference tags) and will validate the following XML (xoxo.xml):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ol>
<li>Test
<ol compact="compact">
<li>text..</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
as valid XOXO, using the Jing validator for Relax NG (java -jar jing.jar xoxo.rng xoxo.xml). I also wanted to check out how DTDs generated from Relax NG looked, using Trang, but that hasn't been possible yet (because Trang can't find the SAX libraries). Should be interesting to see how the DTDs turn out once that's fixed.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Standards (Atom feed)] [23 Jan 16:00 GMT+1]
Amen
"When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion."C. P. Snow
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jan 07:41 GMT+1]
Love strikes
Listening to Love strikes, by Eskobar. Another good one. :)Lyrics are here.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Music (Atom feed)] [18 Jan 16:01 GMT+1]
Lay lady lay
Listening to the track Lay, lady lay by Magnet. Nice.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Music (Atom feed)] [16 Jan 11:15 GMT+1]
XOXO and XFN
Tantek Çelik, Kevin Marks and Mark Pilgrim have been working on an outlining standard called XOXO, which I've just joined.It's important to have information available in an accessible format, creating standards, like FOAF is for the commons, however, FOAF files aren't as easily accessible as for example a webpage.. That's where XOXO and XFN is going, leveraging well-defined and widespread standards like XHTML to create pieces of information that can be interpreted by any device that understands XHTML, and at the same time it's distinct enough to be parsed by sites like the weblog database Technorati.
Here's an example of how the blogroll can be implemented, using XOXO:
<ul class="xoxo blogroll">
<li><a href="http://jonlim.no-ip.com">Jon Lim</a></li>
<li><a href="http://grant.henninger.name">Grant Henninger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rojisan.com/blog/">Rojisan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://joi.ito.com">Joi Ito</a></li>
<li><a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/">Dina Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wealthbondage.com">Wealth bondage</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/">Lawrence Lessig</a></li>
</ul>
And here's the style definition for it:
.xoxo.blogroll {
list-style-type: none;
line-height: 1em;
margin: 0.4em 0 0 1em;
padding:0;
}
It should be fairly easy to implement a parser for this..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Standards (Atom feed)] [14 Jan 07:43 GMT+1]
Search this
Just implemented a search interface for the weblog. :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [13 Jan 07:21 GMT+1]
Sense of snow
Another nice image, via humor911.com.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [12 Jan 07:09 GMT+1]
And taxes
So, it's about time to do the taxes again. Fortunately I've got some help filling them out. That's one thing I feel good about doing, paying the taxes and contributing to the commons. :) That said, it will be nice to see how the internet will affect the government in the future, how decisions will be made and what kind of information will be available. Can't help thinking the government is big, slow and inefficient.Time to apply for exams in social science and math as well, which I look forward to. It's a lot easier to get motivated for an exam, where there's a chance of working on a 'real' task. Maybe not a 'real' task, but at least a challenge.
That's the issue with school I think, a missing balance between acquiring knowledge, and using it.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Tax (Atom feed)] [12 Jan 06:42 GMT+1]
On the horizon
Some thoughts on what's to come in the weblog:
- Comments
- Trackbacks
- Creative Commons license selection
- Categories
[Later..]
- Pings
Comments and trackbacks are an interesting topic, the way it's done today doesn't scale well (discussions over 25 comments are hard to follow), and it's spam-prone.
There were some discussions on the #joiito channel about integrating blogs with NNTP. Interesting idea, but I think we've got everything we need in HTTP, HTML, CSS and RSS.
It could be an idea to skip comments altogether, and only use trackbacks, that way, there would be a higher threshold for spam -- requiring a blog of sorts to be able to comment. It would also make the spam process more visible. A kind of blogologue... :)
This comment/traceback/spam thing ties in with identity too. Hmm.
BTW, this is structured text rendered as HTML. :]
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [12 Jan 05:22 GMT+1]
Comments
I've just implemented comments, using the PyCS server. Not sure if I'll stick with this, or implement an integrated comment/trackback system.. It'll work for now.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [10 Jan 09:29 GMT+1]
Learning a liaison
New york daily news reports:City's educrats can't get it write
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Education (Atom feed)] [07 Jan 05:59 GMT+1]
Making things accessible
Turns out the RSS feed for this site had been seen as HTML by those who clicked on it, Zope does that by default, makes things into HTML, if the contents has tags of some sort. Anyway, that's fixed now (it says text/xml instead of text/html).I think a lot of users that click on the RSS link have problems understanding what it is, so I've added a comment on the top of the feed that goes like this:
<!--
This is an RSS feed, you'll need a tool
that understands RSS to make use of it.
-->
Now, I wonder if there is a list somewhere, of RSS-enabled applications, to point to..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [07 Jan 04:23 GMT+1]
Python's pleasant surprise of the day
I was adding version checking on classes (for dynamically updating instances), and was about to create a small comparison function, for comparing sequences, when I thought of checking if it had already been implemented. Turns out it has been, things like '(0,9,18) > (0,9,20)' evaluate as they should (to false) in Python. Nice. :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Programming (Atom feed)] [04 Jan 22:35 GMT+1]
Giving a hand, or two
The Wikipedia is in need of some cash to keep on going and keep up with their tremendous growth. I find it a valuable resource, and will be donating some.. check it out.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 Dec 20:55 GMT+1]
Quality in quantity
It's a custom here in Norway to attend parties on the 2nd day after christmas eve. So, Christmas eve, 2nd after christmas eve and new years eve are parties. I think norwegians have a 'quality' relationship towards drinking, since it's cold outside large parts of the year, people stay inside their houses/apartments when they can. And when people meet up at larger social events, they need a couple of drinks to 'defrost' and socialize.French people, on the other hand, drink just about all the time, but not as much as norwegians do when they drink. Atleast I drank frequently with my friends while living in France (we had this wine-seller come to our apartment and ordered cases of wine at a time). And that worked too. After coming back to Norway I drank red wine fairly frequently, and then ended up drinking a bottle of wine maybe once every 2 or 3 months.
People are habitual creatures, and it does take time to adapt to new enviroments. That's one of the best things about people I think, the ability to change, adapting to the enviroment. People are like accounting: for better or worse, creative or not, you'll have a balance.
For many life is a simple game. It is, isn't it? :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [26 Dec 16:51 GMT+1]
Downtime
We had some downtime today, as one of the routers at the providers place went down. So much for not working in the holidays. ;)Fortunately it's fixed now, should be interesting to hear the report..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [24 Dec 14:55 GMT+1]
Time to spin
It's getting colder here, we got some snow for christmas. :) I'm wondering whether I should keep biking around, or just start taking spinning classes at the gym. Spinning is nice, works up a good sweat and I guess is good for the entire body, not just the legs..A new release of the Googolizer is available too, which now works across years, with a percentage increase/decrease per month, which is useful.
Interesting how weblogs also turn into a knowledge management system of sorts, find myself using the system as a public notepad, useful for keeping track of links and knowledge. If you're a user of Mozilla Firebird, I'd recommend trying out linky, a tool that opens a selection of links, or all the links on a page, in tabs. Very useful. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [23 Dec 09:22 GMT+1]
Some rock, some rule
On the #joiito channel:<michel_v> http://blogologue.com/blog_entry?id=AL6901G.jpg
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Dec 18:47 GMT+1]
People are wonderful
Each in their own way. :)[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Dec 18:38 GMT+1]
The process
Shaking his fists, unable to change the ways that had served him so well before, he was left there standing.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Dec 12:19 GMT+1]
Progress or prior art?
Had a chat with Joe aka. Arnia on the #plone channel this morning, where we talked about the convergence of information; people are always making arguments and negotiating about the rules we should have, in communities, systems, anything really. He's a smart guy.. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [13 Dec 09:35 GMT+1]
Looking forward..
..to christmas. It's nice to have the whole family together for food, drinks and chats. So much to do these days, since I never finished college I'm taking courses now, finished social science a month ago, next up is math. Should be fun, math used to be the favourite subject. And adding more features to the weblog publisher in the Issue Dealer should be interesting. Version 0.9.18 was just released, it's all coming together..
A big thanks to Lars at Copyleft for plugging Bogofilter, it is a lot better having a small C app in the mail delivery chain rather than Spamassassin which is Perl based..
Now if the (soon to be prior) registrar could shift into gear and update our domain record, it would be all good. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [11 Dec 11:39 GMT+1]
Like an Oasis
Been reading up on Relax NG, a tutorial and the book. It's simple, and smart.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [06 Dec 02:14 GMT+1]
Beat by beat
Going to check out Peeker's first full album recording today, done by Godt Selskap (Good Company) here in Trondheim. Should be fun, these recording guys are nice, funny and pretty relaxed about what they do. :) It will be Øysteins first production, he's been mostly in charge of MIDI programming up until now..
And The LDP are featured in the Is Today The Day anti-AIDS HIV awareness campaign. Rock on!
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 Nov 20:44 GMT+1]
Say what?
Jon points to a site that features conversations with IT industry leaders.
[Later..] There's a huge difference in reading what someone says, and hearing their voice explaining it. Check out the bit on the semantic web.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [29 Nov 08:52 GMT+1]
Rollin'
More meetings. Looks like we'll be doing a bilingual website with some ecommerce integration for a local company.. :)
And the new server is up. Running Cyrus, MySQL, PAM MySQL, Postfix, SA, Apache and Zope. On FreeBSD, with jails. We should double up the RAM though..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [27 Nov 03:24 GMT+1]
In retrospect..
..the Zope pitch could've been better. Nonetheless it was a good meeting, we had some laughs, a lot of smiles and learned a bit more about each other.
I'm going to work with Paul Everitt the coming weeks to create a Zope Decision Makers guide, which should help pitch Zope to the right people. Using things like XML and XSLT. Cool.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [23 Nov 02:46 GMT+1]
Preparations
"Our name comes from the river running through Trondheim.. we want to be like that river, supplying water to the trees we care for, helping them grow."
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Nov 03:36 GMT+1]
Rollin'
Bought a new server, two releases of the Issue Dealer, new hosting clients, an important meeting on Thursday, a Japanese version of the Introduction to Thunderbird and version 1.0 of the Googolizer. Interesting things happening everywhere, not much time for blogging...
And one of the biggest newspapers in Norway, Dagbladet, has an article on how to kick Bill out of the Office, where the Brazilian Technological Institute says it's (paraphrasing) "economically irresponsible to pay license fees to companies like Microsoft when far cheaper software than runs on Linux can be used."
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Nov 01:53 GMT+1]
Keep risin'
The Lockdown Project has a new video up. Cool. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [15 Nov 15:15 GMT+1]
Experts exchange
A fact about open source software is that every day thousands of people volunteer their time to answer questions in mailinglists and web discussion boards. But sometimes important questions go unanswered, we believe, not because people don't know the answers but because the time involved in researching or writing up an answer is more than what people can give away for free.
We believe if there were an easy way for answers to time-intensive questions to be paid for.. then these questions would be answered and more people and companies could make a better living supporting open source software.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [11 Nov 11:41 GMT+1]
Emerging journalism
Newsforge has an article on the Novell/Suse deal, which is an interesting mix of press statements, thoughts and IRC statements. Cool.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Nov 11:29 GMT+1]
Keyboards
You learn something new every day. Today I learned to kick the habit of laying the headphones on top of the keyboard. I find myself listening to music most of the time when I'm by the computer, so laying the headphones on top of the keyboard is a natural and convenient thing when I'm away from the computer.
However, some keyboards are softer than others, which I learned today, on the #joiito channel, when I managed to spam the channel with around 25 lines of 4's before being k-lined. It was a new keyboard.
Hope it was as refreshing for everybody there as it was embarrasing for me. ;p
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Nov 06:11 GMT+1]
Because it's simpler. And simpler is..
smarter. Why CSS is a good thing.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Nov 04:37 GMT+1]
Change of weather
The weather has changed completely here, a week ago it was freezing cold and covered with snow; now it's bare and fairly warm. 5 or 10 degrees celsius perhaps.
Looks like the locals are getting interested in Zope, just had an inquiry from a fairly big and old company regarding Zope and E-Commerce, which is interesting. Companies are generally interested in the Open Source phenomenon, and want to learn how to 'work in the system'.
I'm trying to formulate in clear economic terms why Open Source works, and why it will work in the long run. Something along the lines of software costs next to nothing to replicate, software in most forms are simply manifestations of models people already know. I'm growing more and more convinced that software and methods described in it is everybody's property. Software is not a finite resource. The value of software lies in its applicability, and its applicability is based on how widely used the software is and/or how widely used the standards the software relies on are.
People are a finite resource. So is time. People need jobs, and people need people to make software work in different enviroments.
Just a thought. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [03 Nov 23:42 GMT+1]
Busy, busy
Things are really picking up here, so I don't have much time for blogging. Any spare time is spent away from the computer. Heh. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [31 Oct 22:49 GMT+1]
Adding dimensions
Eric Raymond has updated the FUD entry in the jargon file:
[In 2003, SCO sued IBM in an action which, among other things, alleged SCO's proprietary control of Linux. The SCO suit rapidly became infamous for the number and magnitude of falsehoods alleged in SCO's filings. In October 2003, SCO's lawyers filed a memorandum in which they actually had the temerity to link to the web version of this entry in furtherance of their claims. Whilst we appreciate the compliment of being treated as an authority, we can return it only by observing that SCO has become a nest of liars and thieves compared to which IBM at its historic worst looked positively angelic. —ESR]
Ouch.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [27 Oct 06:42 GMT+1]
A loose monster
The author of Newsmonster has decided to give it all away for free:
This was a long and hard decision but it seems to make sense considering that my major goal with this release was to build a distributed reputation system and very advanced RSS aggregator. Since most of these features were locked up in NewsMonster PRO this kind of defeated the whole purpose.
I'm hopeful that more people will take advantage of this and help build up the reputation system.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [25 Oct 02:00 GMT+1]
Professional, huh?
I was adding image editing to the Issue Dealer today and added several pictures to test it... Ended up looking kinda funny. ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [24 Oct 03:10 GMT+1]
Matrix bonanza
"The Fanimatrix - Run Program" is a collaboration between over a dozen professional actors, stuntpeople, special effects artists as well as an amateur filmmaking crew (all based in New Zealand) who set out to accomplish four primary goals:
- Do something constructive with our spare time (boredom is a killer y'know...)
- Create a short film that the general audience would actually WANT to see
- Celebrate our mutual love for one of the finest film sagas put on our screens for over a decade - "The Matrix".
- Provide an opportunity for everyone involved to practice and hone their filmmaking skills and respective talents.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Oct 18:18 GMT+1]
Ping pong, with a japanese matrix twist
New old technology (windows media file...)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [22 Oct 17:56 GMT+1]
Autumn musings
It's getting closer to winter here in Norway, the tree outside looks a bit sleepy, weighed down by its yellow leaves, preparing to sleep through the winter.. We had our first flakes of snow yesterday, they swirled through the air and disappeared a couple of seconds after they landed on the ground. The setting reminds me of a December in France, where I was working with two friends on a project. We shared a flat in an area called Cap d'Antibes and had a lot of good times.. Erik being a social creature and Thomas a very talented cook.
It just started snowing again, feels good to sit inside, being warm and comfortable. Haven't bought those winter wheels for the bike yet, have to get that done tomorrow.. the shop I'm going to has a website that could use a brush-up and some features, should try to get ahold of the manager while I'm there to see if we can offer them a service. They also sell skies; bikes and skies. That's a good combination, as they're both seasonal products. They say norwegians are born with skies on, that's true for some, but not me. ;) I did some skiing as a kid, didn't enjoy it much. Maybe I should try again?
I wonder why there aren't more companies encouraging biking to work, and maybe even as a part of the job. I know I wouldn't have been able to keep up with the pace we're going at if I hadn't been in good physical condition. Say a company sponsors 500 dollars on each employee for a bike with around-the-year accessories, that could be easily recouped on less people being sick, and more productive and balanced overall...
The ground is white now. I'm gonna go make myself a cup of tea.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [19 Oct 16:14 GMT+1]
Mozilla blitz
The Mozilla foundation released three versions of it's software today, Mozilla 1.5, Thunderbird 0.3 and Firebird 0.7.
And their new website looks very good too.. Go lizards! :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Mozilla (Atom feed)] [15 Oct 20:24 GMT+1]
Streamin', part 2
Turns out there's a better Open Source streaming package out there, available from the Helix community. It works flawlessly.
Who needs Windows Media when there's a better, open and cheaper solution that works cross-platform?
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [15 Oct 18:46 GMT+1]
Oops, good thing Gentoo is transparent
Setting up the DSS video server I accidentally deleted the /sbin directory. That's usually a big mistake.. However, I asked hyth on the #gentoo freenode channel for help and he provided me with this script:
#!/bin/sh for pkg in $(find /var/db/pkg -name CONTENTS); do if [ "$(grep "obj /sbin/" $pkg )" != "" ]; then echo $pkg; fi; done
..which lists all the packages that have files in the /sbin directory. It worked, and after re-arranging the order in which the packages were installed (ldconfig from the glibc package has to be installed right after gcc, obviously ;) the system worked again.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Technology (Atom feed)] [12 Oct 22:29 GMT+1]
Streamin'
One of our clients are interested in streaming on-demand audio and media content, so I got the task of finding a suitable provider (either us or somebody else). I've waded through various software options, and it looks like we can offer MP3 audio streaming and MPEG4/QuickTime video streaming using Open Source tools. The video streaming (Darwin Streaming Server) was a royal pain to set up, I guess most people don't build it from source anymore..
So, I know we can offer streaming, if you know of any good (fair price, high quality and stability) providers, let me know.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [12 Oct 21:46 GMT+1]
Lost in space
Jill points to a multi-translation site that discovers new meanings:
Good heavens. "I love you", machine-translated from English to French to English to German to English to Italian to English to Portuguese to English to Spanish to English, becomes "Master to him", now would you have guessed that? Lost in translation has been doing the link rounds lately, and it's quite an amusing literary game.
Check out "he loves you" or "she loves you"..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Oct 18:55 GMT+1]
The right mix
Asa thinks the latest Firebird article is too short, some of the MozillaZine readers think so too:
An article on firebird's tab browsing should definitely cover opening links in new tabs by using the middle-click, and closing open tabs using middle-click. Also, that double click in tab-bar is equivalent of ctrl+T.
What do you think Kaye? Add more flour? :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [06 Oct 03:56 GMT+1]
And so it begins..
After another productive week, it's time to gear down. Two releases of the Issue Dealer, both the Enterprise and the free version, two new releases of the Zope Group Calendar and an utterly pleased customer makes it OK to slow down a bit. Right? ;)
Think I've been doing 60+ hours of work per week for too long now, time to buy a couple of bottles of red wine, hang with friends, listen to (demo) quality music and live a little.. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Oct 02:37 GMT+1]
What you see is what you need
I wasn't planning on working much this weekend, but it ended up being a productive weekend after all. Added WYSIWYG editing support to the Issue Dealer, updated the website with some more info and made the old one available too.
I think the old website really tells the story, we started up just talking and taking notes, and then things evolved. Joi is interested in hearing about my ideas, maybe we can get something going there..
Interesting times. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [29 Sep 06:54 GMT+1]
Paying forward
I've just had a late night chat with Jon on IRC, discussing various things like paying forward. I'm fascinated by the concept, will get back to blogging about it.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [24 Sep 12:14 GMT+1]
Drawing up the lines
Whoa, this has been a long and productive week. Today I added support for OPML in the Issue Dealer.
We've also 'signed' a new, talented band to our 'hosting label', they're called The Lockdown project. They've been doing support for the likes of Cypress Hill and will be supporting Fun Lovin' Criminals starting at the end of October. Rock on! Or is that Rap on? :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Sep 03:13 GMT+1]
You go girl
Dina is starting to use smileys and stuff in her weblog. Go Dina, go Dina!
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Sep 21:09 GMT+1]
You have to be a good slave..
..to be a good master. I skimmed a piece from Wealth Bondage earlier, and made a mental note of blogging it, so there you are. A good read:
Box to Boxes & Bubbles Below: To the boxes below me, I owe an unbroken chain of command, clear signals up and down the hierarchy, and a job description that promotes the success of the company, the unit, and the bubble in each box for which I am responsible. To use an old military motto: ?Mission first, men always.? As the box above, I clarify mission and delegate roles. As representative of those below I speak for my unit, and the bubbles in it, and fight for their interests with those above me. I provide training, coaching, and counseling to help the bubble fit the box. As a bubble, as a matter of personal style, I am a teacher. I take pleasure in seeing my subordinates outdo me. If they want my job, all they have to do it is work hard and do well; they can have my job or any better job through their achievements, and I will help them to get it. Meanwhile, I will negotiate special projects, and judge the bubble by its ability to do the job per the job description, and to successfully complete projects as assigned. When it comes to making though calls, about money and preferment or discipline and sanctions, my obligation is to delegate clearly, evaluate objectively, act decisively, and paper the appropriate files.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Sep 18:39 GMT+1]
The new Verisign slogan
From the #joiito channel:
<rattle> Just overheard.. "VeriSign: We put the * in .com."
<woolstar> HOw about: All your web typos are belong to us.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [17 Sep 14:41 GMT+1]
Gentoo
One of the things I've had the pleasure of playing with lately is Gentoo Linux. It's a 'source based' Linux distribution that's customizable and fast. I'm writing this entry in a Firebird tab, and I must say I'm pleased with both the look and the speed of Firebird as well.
It's fast and pretty, simple to setup too, check it out.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 Sep 09:59 GMT+1]
Hey
My brother Kay just started blogging, way to go bro!
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 Sep 09:41 GMT+1]
Move or push
From Fastcompany:
In July, the Innovation Exchange at the London Business School released the 2003 Innovation Management Survey, a 22-page report that studies best practices companies use to balance innovation and incremental improvements. Among the report's key findings:
- Innovations, not enhancements are the key to the future.
- Enhancements are more certain, whereas less than 20% of innovations are market successes.
- Innovations account for 10% of revenue.
- The lack of a structured process for innovation might cause poor performance.
- The three greatest challenges to improving innovation are the lack of entrepreneurial skills, the ability to manage and mitigate risk, and resource constraints.
- Company size doesn't matter.
Got the link via Dina.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [12 Sep 15:32 GMT+1]
Oh, say can you see
Found a funny image of Britney Spears, from Time.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Sep 15:30 GMT+1]
Legal music
Michael Crawford suggests hitting RIAA where it really hurts -- taking away their control:
If everyone started downloading legal music instead of violating copyright with the file sharing programs, we would make short work of the RIAA, because people would start buying CDs directly from the artists and seeing their shows instead of enriching the major labels by buying CDs from the bands the labels have chosen for us to listen to. The RIAA would also have no cause to complain - these music downloads do not infringe copyright because the artists give you permission to download them.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Sep 03:15 GMT+1]
Nothing to say
Goes the title of one of Motorpsycho's songs. I have lots to say, just nothing to blog. :P
Going in talk/listen mode, instead of write/read mode.. It's refreshing to talk to people, instead of typing at some boring computer terminal. Real faces, close enough to touch that add another level of expression, and tone.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [06 Sep 01:02 GMT+1]
Play day
Will be spending the day playing guitar, chatting and bowling with Ragnar. Looking forward to jamming, we'll probably be playing until our fingers get sore. If we record any of it, I'll put it up here. Stay tuned..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [31 Aug 16:33 GMT+1]
Conwiki
But before I say any more about rolling out Wikis, major kudos to Paul Clifford and Joss Burnett - when we arrived in the department they were experimenting with Zope as a substrate for the intranet, and had put Zwiki in place for the wiki. But when we actually came to working through Zwiki's rules for text-formatting, we were all a bit startled - they were extraordinarily arcane and complex. So we researched the problem a bit and looked at various kinds of wiki mark-up and discovered that there was not only a massive variety of them, but also that many of them operated on completely different principles from one another.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 Aug 03:48 GMT+1]
That's a way to spend the weekend
Jon has been spending the weekend at a resort learning and networking. Nice. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Aug 06:14 GMT+1]
Still flying
Linux Today's editor has a piece on the SCO debacle:
Make no mistake, SCO is adept at controlling the media. When their stock was sliding earlier this week, SCO released the announcement about their first Linux "licensee," slowing the slide from becoming a precipitous drop before the close of the market.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 Aug 08:58 GMT+1]
Opportunities
Recently I've been getting feedback on the the Issue Dealer. Executive level feedback and inquiries, which is very interesting. :)
So, it's been quiet here for a while, now you know why.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Aug 05:56 GMT+1]
Zen and the art of bicycle maintenance
Tomorrow I'll be spending some time fixing up the bike, putting some oil on the chain, and checking the tire pressure. You should check the pressure once a week too, if you have a bike, I for one didn't know that. :)
I'll go to the local shop as well, it's time to start looking for some good winter wheels (with spikes), and a proper headlight (the one I bought earlier was good enough to be seen by drivers and other bikers, but not really good enough to light up the road on late evenings).
Looking for hints on bicycle maintenance, I found a series of chapters on bicycle maintenance, and biking in general. Turns out the seat height is very important:
The saddle height is very important. If it's too low, you have much less strength when pedaling, and if it's too high you'll rub your thighs sore. Adjust the height until you can pedal backwards with the heels of your shoes on the pedals, with fully stretched knee but still touching the pedal when the pedal is in the bottom position, without rocking your hips. The position must be exact to about five millimeters (1/5 inch). I prefer the standard angle where a bar laid on the nose and back of the saddle, parallel to the top tube, is horizontal, but some people prefer the nose slightly up or down.
Bike computers is a must, for any bicycle or computer geek (when you know the game, numbers are one of the things used for keeping the score ;), Thomas' series about biking has a chapter on those too.
Bonus links: more on bicycle maintenance, a directory on maintenance, and a humorous look on bicycle maintenance and the book Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Oh, and these tools are sweet.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [11 Aug 02:41 GMT+1]
Beer time
In the old days, vikings used to go drink lots of "mjød" and eat mushrooms before they went pillaging.
I'm going out with some friends, think it's two or three months since I've been out on the town, just for the fun of it.. :)
Tata!
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Aug 05:33 GMT+1]
Rollin'
Looks like EU is rolling over Microsoft:
"We have reserved the possibility to levy fines," EU spokesperson Tilman Lueder said. The EU can fine violators up to 10 per cent of their worldwide sales — a figure that could reach into the billions for Microsoft.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Aug 20:21 GMT+1]
Zope gives Java competition
There's an article with a brief discussion of Zope vs. Java:
As the open-source movement extends its reach, a number of development environments have evolved from cool but esoteric protocols into comprehensive tools that can give long-established platforms a run for their money. One of the latest of these is Zope, an open-source application server for designing content management, portals and other custom applications. Written in the Python programming language, Zope has matured to the point where developers have begun to choose it over Java and other protocols when developing dynamic Web sites, intranets and more.
And Zope is good enough to take on Java web applications, in many respects. Zope 3 will be cleaner, and more java-application-like. The best thing about Zope? The Python programming language, which is open source, and a transparent development process.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Technology (Atom feed)] [06 Aug 02:41 GMT+1]
Gloves off
Red Hat is suing SCO:
"We filed this complaint to stop SCO from making unsubstantiated and untrue public statements attacking Red Hat Linux and the integrity of the Open Source software development process," said Mark Webbink, General Counsel at Red Hat. "Red Hat is confident that its current and future customers will continue to realize the significant value that our Red Hat Linux platform provides without interruption."
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Aug 06:06 GMT+1]
There's your subscription
More content from the Sea of humanity:
Look here! I am not going to pay money to read your stupid blog! I don't care how interesting your opening teaser sentences are. You are just so not money. Who would pay to read about your goddamned day? Seriously. I don't care if you "seldom take no for an answer" or that "Dirty Shower Man is an employee at Not-so-small Drug Discovery Company". Even if I did, I wouldn't pay to read about it. Damn!
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Aug 09:13 GMT+1]
Business is business
From the Sea of humanity:
One day at kindergarten a teacher said to the class of 5-year-olds, "I'll give $2 to the child who can tell me who was the most famous man who ever lived." An Irish boy put his hand up and said, "It was St. Patrick." The teacher said, "Sorry Sean, that's not correct." Then a Scottish boy put his hand up and said, "It was St. Andrew." The teacher replied, "I'm sorry, Hamish, that's not right either." Finally, a Jewish boy raised his hand and said, "It was Jesus Christ." The teacher said, "That's absolutely right, Marvin, come up here and I'll give you the $2." As the teacher was giving Marvin his money, she said, "You know Marvin, since you're Jewish, I was very surprised you said Jesus Christ." Marvin replied, "Yeah. In my heart I knew it was Moses, but business is business..."
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Aug 09:09 GMT+1]
In flight
I'm looking over travelling options, as I'm considering attending the Plone conference in October, in Louisiana. Would be nice to visit Erik at the same time as well, it's been a while since we've met in person, and I've never met his wife Shaylah (just talked on the phone, she's got a cute voice!). I was thinking of doing a surprise visit, but since they by that time have become parents, it's probably better to ask first. :)
Looking at various travelling options, a flight from Oslo to New Orleans to Atlanta to Oslo costs around 3000 dollars, while a flight from Stockholm to New Orleans to Atlanta to Stockholm costs around 1250. So, by taking the train or plane to Stockholm, capital of neighbouring country Sweden (which probably is around 200 dollars), I'll save 1500 dollars. Go figure.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Aug 06:30 GMT+1]
Teamsters
A couple of days ago, I showed you the book about Julie's wolf pack; which was an excellent read.
Another book I've managed to read this year is The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. A good read, very easy to follow, and it brings up some important points that most people aren't consciously aware of.
A thumbs up!
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [01 Aug 06:28 GMT+1]
The happy pythons
Python 2.3 is released with a number of important changes (notably optimizations). I think I'll have to look at text processing in Python soon..
For those of you who don't know what Python is, it's a dynamic programming language, easily learned, and very powerful.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [30 Jul 09:34 GMT+1]
I love my bike
I've been having a lot of fun with my bike lately, yesterday I went through all kinds of terrains, up and down. Even had to jump off the bike once in a steep decline!
It's a good thing, biking in the woods. Stopping here and there, enjoying the scenery and the fresh smell of summer, trees and grass. So simple and so good.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [27 Jul 11:44 GMT+1]
The Issue Dealer
The Issue Handler now has a new name, and it's "Issue Dealer". The interface has been updated as well, have a look.
Cards, anyone?
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Technology (Atom feed)] [27 Jul 01:13 GMT+1]
The review process
This Dilbert strip gave a us good laugh, working with part 3 of the Thunderbird introduction.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [25 Jul 23:07 GMT+1]
The best and the rest
Lance Armstrong had a nasty fall today, but he still managed to win:
Following Armstrong's fall — after which Spain's Iban Mayo rammed into the back of the Texan and also fell — Ullrich had the yellow jersey within his reach with a handful of miles left.
But instead of surging ahead, the German glanced back anxiously then waited, before forming a line in a slow procession with several other riders — including Armstrong's former U.S. Postal teammate Tyler Hamilton — allowing the Texan to catch up.
"Jan's an honorable guy," Armstrong said. "He probably didn't forget that when he crashed in 2001 in what appeared to be a serious crash, I told everyone, 'We can't race until he gets back up."'
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [25 Jul 06:08 GMT+1]
Julie's Wolf pack
One of the few books I've had time to finish reading lately is Julie's wolf pack. A really nice book, once I started reading it, I kept reading it every spare moment I had.
The book has a nice pace (some might say repetetive, but that again makes room for applying the good ol' meta filter). Would probably be excellent for some quality time reading out loud with family and friends too..
A bargain I'd say. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [24 Jul 06:23 GMT+1]
What's going on?
Martin Jenssen (I started a company with him a couple of years ago) is working on his project, Mech Wars. Looks like it'll be out around newyear.. interesting. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [23 Jul 06:21 GMT+1]
A new face on the block
The Issue Handler gets a new interface.
Nice, huh? :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jul 08:49 GMT+1]
Blowing the lid
Doc points to the history of education:
Men like these, and the brilliant efficiency expert Frederick W. Taylor, who inspired the entire "social efficiency" movement of the early twentieth century, along with providing the new Soviet Union its operating philosophy and doing the same job for Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany; men who dreamed bigger dreams than any had dreamed since Napoleon or Charlemagne, these were the makers of modern schooling.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jul 06:27 GMT+1]
Sorting out the Mozilla buzz
The webstandards project has a lengthy article which sorts out AOLs move to give Mozilla its own organization:
First, the AOL-Microsoft settlement didn't guarantee AOL would use IE; it guaranteed that AOL could use IE royalty-free for the next seven years. AOL and everyone else can do so already; the settlement just guarantees Microsoft won't start charging AOL royalties until 2010 at least. Second, the Mozilla project didn't switch their focus from the monolithic suite to Firebird (née Phoenix) to achieve platform-independence or better support for Web standards. Both have been project goals from the first.
Finally, Ralph Mellor posited that Mozilla's ties to AOL Time Warner may have been a bad thing. He makes an interesting point, but he's forgetting one thing: the Netscape brand. Browsers aren't typically chosen by people who care about things like independence and technical superiority. Browsers are chosen by end users. As Geoffrey Moore points out in Crossing the Chasm, end users don't understand tech and don't want to. They choose technology based on what they think is safe.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Technology (Atom feed)] [21 Jul 05:03 GMT+1]
Motivation
I've been highly motivated lately, doing a lot of things at the same time. There are ups and downs in life, but I've always had a drive for doing things, and now I've coined a term on it: Shit must get done.
If you're in need of a personal coach, a motivator, look no further. You can now have a strong, but caring motivator of your own:
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Jul 08:03 GMT+1]
On the Plone
I've gotten my eyes up lately for Plone, a Zope-based Open Source CMS.
Lots of buzz, features and a very active community. A couple of years back I left a big opportunity to go (net)work in the python community (which makes Zope and Plone rock). Looks like I made the right call. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [19 Jul 06:23 GMT+1]
A little bit of this..
.. and a little bit of that. I've been asked to manage a band, and I'm talking another, which may also lead to some sort of management gig. Time will show..
Meanwhile, big things are happening elsewhere as well. I'm looking forward to a day off in the weekend; grab the bike, go to the beach, swim and read a book. And other useless things. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Jul 06:14 GMT+1]
Atleast we're able to laugh at ourselves
You know you've been in Norway too long when:
- You start to believe that if it weren't for Norway's efforts the world would probably collapse pretty soon.
- You can only buy your own drink at the bar even when you are with a group of people.
- Can't remember to say, "Please" and "excuse me".
- Always prepare to catch the closing door if following too closely behind somebody.
- When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume that: a) he is a drunk b) he is insane c) he is Australian d) he is all of the above
- Silence is fun.
- You use "mmmm" as a conversation filler.
- You think there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.
- You know Norway's results in the last three years in the Melodi Grand Prix song-contest.
- It seems nice to spend a week in a small wooden cottage up the mountains with no running water and no electricity.
- You know at least five different words for describing different kinds of snow.
- An outside temperature of 9 degrees Celsius is mild in mid June.
- You know the difference between blue and red ski wax.
- You don't fall over when walking on ice.
- You associate Friday afternoon with a trip to Vinmonopolet (government liquor store).
- You think nothing of paying 400 NOK (ca $ 80) on drinks one night.
- You know that "religious holiday" means "let's get pissed".
- You find yourself more interested in the alcohol content than in the name of the wine.
- You enjoy the taste of lutefisk (jelly-like, bad-smelling fish).
- You think it's acceptable to wrap your hot dog on a cold pancake.
- You associate warm rice porridge with Saturday and Xmas-eve.
- You can prepare fish in five different ways without cooking it.
- You don't question the habit of always making "matpakke" (sandwich in paper).
- It feels natural to wear sport clothes and backpack in the cinema as everywhere else.
- You find yourself speaking halfway Swedish with Swedes.
- You can't understand why foreigners haven't heard about Bjorn Daehlie.
- You know the meaning of life has something to do with the word "koselig" (cozy).
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 Jul 21:08 GMT+1]
Mozilla gets a foundation of its own
AOL and others are funding a non-profit organization for the Mozilla project:
“As an independent organization, the Mozilla project will have even more freedom to innovate and provide meaningful choice to users on all computer environments. A competitive, standards-compliant browser suite is vitally important to maintaining freedom and innovation on the Internet, so I’m delighted to make a contribution,” commented Kapor. Kapor was the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the “killer application” that made personal computers ubiquitous in the business world in the 1980s. He currently chairs the Open Source Applications Foundation.
That's excellent news. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Mozilla (Atom feed)] [16 Jul 05:23 GMT+1]
Biking
I've been using my new bike for about a week now, and I'm very satisified with it. Friday I bought some more gear; a helmet and front- & taillight. I'd like to link to the website of the light supplier (the lights are cool), but it sucks, so I won't. ;)
And the seat is OK, I've gotten used to it.
Tomorrow I'll take it to the shop to get the wires adjusted. Usually this is done about a month after the bike is bought, but I've already managed to do 60 miles on it (braking and gearing a bit too much perhaps), so it has to be done now. I was thinking of adjusting the wires myself, but found it would be wiser to get some tips from the pros first, and see how they do it.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Jul 04:18 GMT+1]
Interopability
This entry is published from the Issue Handler using MTs metaWeblog API.
Thanks to XML-RPC, this was all very easy. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [13 Jul 01:23 GMT+1]
The pitch
I'll be attending a sales meeting today, to see how arguments can be made, and how they work. Not to mention see how the pitcher copes. Should be interesting.. And I get to dole out new business cards, yay!
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [11 Jul 14:07 GMT+1]
Form follows function
HBS Working Knowledge has an article on the Organizational Model for Open Source:
People are intimately aware of the fact that too much structure will disenfranchise the very people who make the most successful open source projects possible.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Jul 09:49 GMT+1]
Winding down
So, I'm winding down after a long day, listening to quality music. Mostly Tracy Chapman and Marvin Gaye.
Marvin Gaye had a lot to say, and what he said still applies today. And what a voice..
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Jul 06:13 GMT+1]
10 - 4
"We need pizza and coke here, we have a situation, over."
"That's a 7 - 11, over."
:)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [09 Jul 06:15 GMT+1]
It just works
Jon is at it, doing research for the Zope Group Calendar project:
After an hour of manually reformatting the RFC on MS Word then using Readerworks to create the MS Reader version, I now have a somewhat readable version of the RFC on my Pocket PC.
Guess that's why people still have printers.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [08 Jul 06:06 GMT+1]
Looking in the mirror
Scripting news points to an older blog entry, about who you really are, and what your relationships to others can tell you. It's a good read, very interesting. Thanks for sharing, Dave. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [07 Jul 04:40 GMT+1]
The trade
Our company website has to have a license, so I'm reviewing options.
The Creative Commons attribution license looks like the one we'll be using, since it grants the user freedom to do just about anything, and gives us a bit in return via the attribution.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [06 Jul 22:13 GMT+1]
Once you've learned it..
I managed to buy a new bike today, after spending two days musing at different options. Ended up buying the Scott Aurora:
Fairly priced too, even with misc. add-ons.
After giving it a 15-mile testrun in various terrains, I'm fairly happy with it. Can't say the seat is all that though, will probably have to buy a wider and/or softer one. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Jul 04:30 GMT+1]
Planning for busyness
I'm tying up loose ends before next week, which I expect will be full of "busyness" as Doc would call it. How long this busyness lasts I don't know, everything from a month to several months. It's not a bad thing. ;)
I was thinking of contributing to The wikipedia, but that'll have to be put on hold for now. Check it out.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [03 Jul 20:09 GMT+1]
Espresso machine
I've been trying new things lately, last Saturday I bought an espresso machine. It works, although I think the coffee needs to be grinded some more (the espresso isn't as black as you'd get in a coffee shop, and it doesn't have that dark foam).
The machine can steam milk as well, cafe au lait is simpler to make than I thought.. Strong espresso beats au lait hands down though. :)
Now, next thing on the list is dark chocolate (more cocoa, less sugar)...
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Jul 21:09 GMT+1]
Doing the right thing in the greater scheme
The happy tutor points to Community Wealth Ventures, which:
- Helps nonprofit organizations become more self-sustaining by generating revenue through business ventures and corporate partnerships.
- Helps corporations improve their bottom line through the design and implementation of community investment strategies.
That's very interesting. Maybe we'll see a shift from corporations spending lots of money on advertising (flyers littering the globe comes to mind), and instead pour it into different communities. I would be all for that.
For those of you who haven't seen my Ryze homepage, my goals in business are to 1. make a living, 2. have fun, 3. feel good about it.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [01 Jul 06:52 GMT+1]
Collaboration
Lovely Dina Mehta has a point when it comes to collaboration in weblogs:
"The joy of performing is the group sound. I can't play whatever I want whenever I want. Jazz is democratic music and everybody gets to solo but only within the context of the whole. The group is what is the most important thing. Sometimes the best thing for me to do is not to play. And to respect another's musical space. When I do solo, I still have to pay attention to what the rhythm behind me is. I can't ignore it. I have to be a part of that. Playing in a group means giving up some of your space for the group. If a band isn't playing with any interaction, I walk out because it is no fun."
That's one excellent analogy, reminds me of the swedish horses.
And speaking of collaboration, now I'm looking forward to recording a couple of songs with Ragnar, my multi-talented and very bright friend. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [29 Jun 20:57 GMT+1]
Welcome aboard!
Jon Lim has made his first entry on the blog:
This blog will cover my journey through the University of Hawaii's Executive MBA master's program over the next 2 years. Having heard so many good things about this program, I look forward to going back to school again.
Grats on the GMAT and good luck! :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 Jun 08:01 GMT+1]
It's natural
Back from the fishing trip, which was nice. :)
Some pictures for your viewing pleasure. We caught 7 trouts on the first day on the first lake:
Standing there fishing, I found myself fascinated by the fact that it's all mountains, where the lower parts are filled with water, and the higher parts are covered with soil, gras, trees and stuff like that. If anyone drained the lake it would be empty and all the life there would disappear -- 10, 20 or 50 years later it would be flourishing with another form of life.
This was a small, round lake, maybe 100 meters across. There was a dock (unusual for lakes in Mosvik), easily accessed by walking as well as disabled, and a charge for each time you fish. That's one way to make money. :)
That's about the view you'd get looking at the ocean from our place.
Norway is nice, when it's not too cold. ;) This picture reminds me of stories of trolls I heard when I was younger. Hmmmmm.
Thanks to the Mosvik homepage for letting me show you these pictures.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 Jun 01:24 GMT+1]
See you in one week
That's it, I'm outta here. No internet for one whole week, so I won't be able to reply to email or post on the weblogs. See ya. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jun 15:53 GMT+1]
Trippin'
So, I'm packing things for the trip. I ended up buying a new fishing rod, misc. add-ons, like weights and the thing that floats, 13 spinners and two saltwater baits.
Now, what kind of clothes to bring.. should probably bring clothes in case of rain as well.
We're going to the family resort in a small town called Mosvik. It's got around 2000 inhabitants, and lies some 100 miles northwest of here (Trondheim, Norway). You can bet the local villagers will be interested in what we're doing. ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jun 14:58 GMT+1]
Networking the metaphor
Microdoc has an interesting article up, talking about the social network that builds a blogologue.
Given all the blogologue about hyperlinks subverting hierarchy, it's ironic the shape of a viral blogologue looks like a hierarchy.
You have innovators, early adopters, hubs, and readers.
The hierarchy serves a purpose:
- innovators get off on doing and writing about it
- early adopters read blogs searching for innovative ideas (reading, discovering and writing), acts as a filter for the hub
- the hub in turn looks at early adopters, and brings interesting/popular blogologues to the masses (reading and writing and in the process translating it), the hub gets its own reward in serving numerous readers.
Readers of the hub are also likely innovators, and a-round-and-round we go.
That's my take on it, anyway.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jun 11:43 GMT+1]
Business is brisk, blogging is light
We managed to launch our new website today, with a very cool logo:
Thanks Stig and Kaye, it's been fun. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [21 Jun 06:42 GMT+1]
Problem or opportunity
Recently I got an email pointing out that the then-named Issue Manager was in a trademark conflict with an existing product. After a quick look in the dictionary for words with the same meaning, the product got renamed to Issue Handler.
It's already number one on Google and because of the fuzz created by the product rename, the amount of email related to the release has tripled.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 Jun 02:25 GMT+1]
SCOrn
The amount of shit that can come from one company surprises me, the latest from SCO is that Linux development doesn't have a good enough process for identifying intellectual property origins.
Amazing. Prediction of final outcome: 1. SCO dies, or continues to live, limping along. 2. Linux grows even bigger. 3. IBM Linux PR Staff goes laughing, all the way to the timestamp machine.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Jun 22:22 GMT+1]
Waiting for the post
I helped Jonagustine setup his blog. I wonder when he'll do his first post. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Jun 22:10 GMT+1]
Fishing out loud
I'm looking for some fishing gear as I'm leaving civilisation saturday with some buddies. We'll spend a whole week fishing for trout and sammon.
Thomas (our expert in hunting and fishing) has a lot of gear (including two very cool fly fishing rods, each lighter than my cell phone). Maybe I can borrow some of his stuff.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [18 Jun 02:20 GMT+1]
Walking the walk
Had a chat with mom today, she told that when I was 6 years old, there was a day where I walked a couple of miles on my own (she'd been worried). As I recall, I saw a smoking chimney far off on the horizon, and just had to check it out.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 Jun 02:50 GMT+1]
Another step on the road
We managed to get another release of the Zope Group Calendar out the door today.
Yesterday I had a very productive (as usual) session with Stig, defining the structure and design of our new website. Our logo is one of the coolest logos I've seen and you know what? We don't care, because it isn't important. ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [16 Jun 02:34 GMT+1]
You have to give some to get some
Doc points to an article on business blogging:
First and foremost, chill. The blogosphere will not tolerate control freaks. Hand over the reins. (If the Army can do it...) Blogging wants to be free. It wants to be a lot freer than marketing and legal want it to be, not to mention the CEO. A Weblog by or about your company, product, or service will eventually contain an opinion, thought, or approach that displeases someone. Expect it, embrace it, and remain open. Blogging is informal, unstructured, and personal. It's not a corporate boilerplate.
A very insightful article. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [14 Jun 02:22 GMT+1]
Build walls so the sun doesn't shine
Egypt is banning the matrix:
A statement said: "Despite the high technology and fabulous effects of the movie, it explicitly handles the issue of existence and creation, which are related to the three divine religions, which we all respect and believe in."
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [12 Jun 19:53 GMT+1]
The cat by the fish
Got pointed to an article on how to enjoy life while working. Good stuff:
# Play: Work made fun gets done, especially when we choose to do serious tasks in a lighthearted, spontaneous way. Play is not just an activity; it's a state of mind that brings new energy to the tasks at hand and sparks creative solutions.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [11 Jun 01:22 GMT+1]
Married to the job
Met Steinar Prestnes (who runs IDrift, energetic and smart guy) at the wedding. Steinar is a friend of my west coast cousins, we had a very interesting talk about business, hardware and software. His dad owns HMR AS, he learned some tricks from him I guess. ;)
Anyway, I told him about Extreme programming, specifically about pair programming, and he got very interested. Although I vowed not to work, I couldn't help talking about it. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Jun 06:23 GMT+1]
Back in town
OK, just came back from the wedding thing (which was very nice BTW). I'll get some posts up as soon as I deal with all the emails and other high priority things.
Yes, I'll create a proper away notice the next time I go away. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [10 Jun 03:43 GMT+1]
Packing up and going for a ride
I'm doing some preparations today and tomorrow as I'm leaving for my cousin's wedding. Check out some of the fantastic scenery I'll be enjoying the next few days. It doesn't get much better than this...
Haven't seen my cousins in years, it's going to be fun!
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [05 Jun 04:39 GMT+1]
The more things change
.. the more they stay the same. Spector tells us that:
The bottom line is an old saw: Freedom of the Press Belongs to Those Who Own One
Doing some research, I found a piece looking back at the press 'in the old days', as well as the more recent mergers between huge media companies:
Even then, it was far more concentrated in a few hands than when the Bill of Rights was written, when "the press" was a low-capital venture, and newspapers were easily launched by those who had something to say. The founding fathers hardly anticipated today's media market, in which journalism is a vehicle for mega-corporate profits, and the diversity of opinion implied in the 1st Amendment is threatened less by a king or the state and far more by the motives of media barons.
Question: What entities in the USA govern most of the money?
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [04 Jun 06:39 GMT+1]
Doc gets the boot
Candidia Cruikshanks gives Doc the boot (to kiss that is):
Doc is so sweet to let us know what he's standing for, like we care. Maybe he sides with losers because he is one. Sell 'em out, Doc, make a billion or two, and then build a Casino with your name on it, and call it the Commons.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [03 Jun 05:08 GMT+1]
Small piece of the big internet
Got pointed to Soma FM (sorry about the link that didn't work), which features (amongst other things) indie, chillout (veery nice) and ambient/groove channels:
We look for music and formats that aren't available on commercial radio, or formats that are "not being done right" as Rusty puts it.
We're a listener supported, commercial free internet radio station. This means no advertising or annoying commercial interruptions. Our mission is to expose great new music to people who otherwise may never encounter it.
The internet is many-to-many... let's keep it that way.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [03 Jun 04:35 GMT+1]
Apologies neglected
Iran wants the US to apologize for their Al Qaeda support in the 80s:
"The Americans should present a full apology to the international community for the support they gave to Al-Qaeda," foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters. The official was referring to a period in the 1980s when millions of dollars of covert US aid was channelled -- through the Pakistani secret service -- to Islamist groups battling the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Jun 23:42 GMT+1]
Demolition means progress
Waters rise behind massive dam:
After 10 years of construction the Chinese authorities are closing the sluice gates on the massive Three Gorges dam to allow its reservoir to start filling up.
Quite a feat. :)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [02 Jun 15:05 GMT+1]
Back to basics
What kind of content is worth buying asks Dan Shafer; a quote:
Then I remembered a New York Times piece I read several years ago. The basic message was simple: Americans will not pay for information or education but they will seriously overpay for convenience. How else explain bottled water, bottled tea, individually wrapped portions of peanut butter (I'm not making that one up)?
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [31 May 07:33 GMT+1]
A blog is a log is a journal
More on online publishing. A quote:
So, then ultimately, what is this difference we are talking about? Are we talking about bloggers wiping out the need for professional journalists? Or are we talking about something else? Maybe the product that each writer, the blog that the blogger writes and the news site that the journalist writes is what we are seeking to know about. Whether blogs are going to wipe out news sites? Now here we are talking two quite distinct things, we might think. That a blog site is not a news site. Many blog sites are in fact news sites, while there are also many blog sites that are not like news sites. Although you may want to label those blog sites that act a little like news sites a SuperBlog -- as Microdoc News was named by Chicago's News and Talk Radio Station WGN Radio. (Although I do wish the professional journalist who writes for the Chicago radio station would insist of his webmaster that they use permalinks as this link is going to die very shortly when it ceases to be on the main links page and goes into an archive!)
In my opinion, a blogger is a journalist of sorts. What is really a journalist? There's no standard for how to certify a person as a journalist (AFAIK), there's no standard for how an article should be published. A (commercial) newssite or newspaper is simply a legal entity with processes for publishing information.
I think that journalists will still get paid to do professional journalism 10 years from now, but the way journalists get their information, distribute it and get paid for it will change.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Weblogs (Atom feed)] [31 May 04:02 GMT+1]
Publishing online
Lately there's been talks of blogosphere stories, which incidentally look a lot like the way programmers develop Open Source software. I've done some thinkering on that lately, and I think that newspapers, online or not, will have to start making use of the content in blogs if they're going to survive. There's simply too much knowledge, created by people outside of any kind of system. Use it and improve your product.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [29 May 19:34 GMT+1]
Another fish in the sea
I was going to do some pair programming with David Bain today, on the Zope Group Calendar project, but his wife went into labor (!). Hopefully all goes well (good luck David!). As for me, I'm going to spend my extra time wisely, going to the gym to swim. ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 May 22:08 GMT+1]
Playing that game
Got pointed to the new deck of cards, fitting for all of you lefties out there. Notice the ace of spades. ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [28 May 17:04 GMT+1]
Matrix, continued
Wealth bondage points to a piece by See the forest, for the trees, which explains what's really going on in the US of A (and other countries as well). The doc has a point and a link too.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [27 May 19:03 GMT+1]
Thinkering
I've spent some time updating my first blog, Thinkering dot com. Have a look if you like.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [26 May 23:41 GMT+1]
Matrix reloaded, the movie
Been to the movies again, this time it was The Matrix reloaded. It wasn't all that, really. ;)
It has a lot of eye candy, but it's missing some of the 'flow' from the first movie, leaving me with the feeling of seeing a series of scenes instead of one complete story.
For those of you out there who (like me) are francophile, the scene with the french dude and his hot girl is a special treat: "Cursing in french is like wiping your ass with silk". True.
I'm thinking it may be the-movie-in-between-to-make-extra-money, since it features trendy things like a music video and lots of black people. All-in-all, I rate it 4 out of 6, thanks to the tight action scenes.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [26 May 10:54 GMT+1]
Hero, the movie
I was to the movies last week, and saw Hero, a movie about a sheriff with the name Nameless who gets to visit the king after killing 3 assassins (Sky, Broken sword and Flying snow) who have been trying to kill the king. It features a good story and some really intense, colorful scenes:
- The king's choice (doesn't really have much of a choice, but hey)
- The angry mistress
- The slain cheat
The only negative thing about the whole experience was the cinema, which was too darn hot, with chairs that were too damned small, and not enough space for the legs.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [23 May 23:15 GMT+1]
Defining the blogologue
Doc points to the dynamics of a blogosphere story. I think that's what the word blogologue stands for. A dialogue between persons (and communities, companies, ++) voicing opinions, votes, reactions and summaries.
Look at the word dialogue for example:
4: a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians" [syn: {negotiation}, {talks}]
Very cool stuff. ;)
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Weblogs (Atom feed)] [22 May 06:54 GMT+1]
Get ready for some seducation
Get on the Clue train, or be a good monkey and do your job. I enjoyed school the first 6 years, because we had a fantastic teacher who challenged us, provoking thought, and let the most eager students create assignments for the rest of the class. After that, it was mostly downhill. Doc says don't treat kids as storage containers, I say don't treat them like garbage bins.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [20 May 23:13 GMT+1]
Internet explorer, fuck it
I know this site can look weird in Internet Explorer. It's correct XHTML and CSS, looks good in Opera, Mozilla and other browsers.
Guess it isn't in their interest to have a proper browser.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [19 May 22:01 GMT+1]
Things change
Lawrence Lessig has got a post up on competition and the internet. Couldn't agree more. The faster the protected-to-public cycle goes, the faster all kinds of development will go. Sure people may create great stuff (able to compete with things offered by a-random-business-venture), and make it available for free. As a business, you're able to take that, and improve it. What's the problem here?
What the music, movie and just about every other industry hostile to the internet are saying is that "We are going to limit your freedom, because we want to survive". Personally I think a business should live on the mercy of it's customers, not controlling what the customers can and cannot do.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Misc (Atom feed)] [19 May 20:13 GMT+1]
Credit goes where credit is due
So, thought I'd give credit to the guy who coined blogologue (I think), Eric Norlin.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Weblogs (Atom feed)] [18 May 19:33 GMT+1]
First entry
OK, so I'm trying this movable type blog thing. It's not the easiest thing to install, at least not for me who's used to Zope.[Permalink] [By morphex] [Weblogs (Atom feed)] [18 May 18:35 GMT+1]