Bollicks to this, I’m off to Istanbul! That’s right, folks. If you’re going to celebrate New Year’s Eve, you might as well celebrate it in the Ottoman Empire. Or the remnants thereof. That’s why me and Lady C are traveling economy class to Constantinople tomorrow at noon! There’s free wifi at the hotel, no viruses, […]
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Merry Yuletide!
While the video was made by the atheist organization TheThinkingAtheist.org, and focuses on the American Christmas celebration, I think it has quite a lot of interesting historical facts: With this freshly in mind, I can go eat at the Winter Fest with the good conscience only a warm-hearted non-believer can. Have a Happy Yuletide and […]
Split video files using ffmpeg
I’ve been working with large video files lately, files that are too large for regular storage media. I’ve come to learn how much better ffmpeg is at these jobs than the graphical tools. Mainly because the graphical ones draw more resources and require more fiddling about, in total taking more time than a short command. […]
CONGRATULATIONS A & T!
Just before I forget, congratulations are in order for Lady C, Vixen and me, but more importantly to their brother A and his girlfriend T who gave birth to a baby boy today! Yes, you can call me Uncle Sigg3. Happy Birthday [untitled] ! I’ve been dusting off my vast historical knowledge in order to […]
German Exams: 2 down 1 to go!
I’ve done it! The two worst class room exams this year have been idled through and delivered. The first one, Tysk 1101, was 9 o’clock Monday, and I had looked up all the nearby cafés around campus to find out when they opened in order to secure a cup of coffee. I found a good […]
To the Possibly Gay Guy at the Gym: Fuck Off
Having spent most of the day in bed and learning German verbs at the library, I decided to work out a little at the local gym. As you probably didn’t know, I try to go to the gym for about an hour 3 times a week in order to stay in shape. I have to, […]
Nearing the exams (basic German)
The libraries are as full as my sinuses. It’s the Tide of Exams around Oslo University campus these days, and I have a hard time finding a place to read up on German grammar. And boy is there a lot to read.. As you have figured, I don’t have much time for blogging. Or anything […]
Donate to Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia
If you can spare some change, please consider donating to the Wikimedia foundation. This time around the money goes to: Technology: Servers, bandwidth, maintenance, development. Wikipedia is the #5 website in the world, and it runs on a fraction of what other top websites spend. People: The other top 10 websites have thousands of employees. […]
«Reconsidering Star Wars IV in the light of I-III» by Keith Martin
Disclaimer: I did not write the following, but I found it on a discussions forum (thanks bro!) that had copied from the original source or another site. Apparently the text was written by Keith Martin ©2005 and hosted here, but since the host is down I’ll take my chances. //END Disclaimer A New Sith, or […]
Truckin' zine on hiatus until January!
My latest Truckin’ story is absolutely awesome! In fact, it’s so awesome that dr. Pauly has decided to put it on the shelves until JANUARY! Seriously though, I can understand the need for a break. Even without all the volunteer work behind Truckin’ both Pauly and Nicky a.k.a