Yo, I’m innit! LotD: Condensed History: The Race to the South Pole by ScaryDuck And who says I don’t do brilliant translations? We just got settled in in a two bedroom apartment in Dublin. Yeah ‘we’ – Koew‘s here too. And the mysterious mr. S. He’s got nothing better to do these days anyway. Might […]
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The Emerald Isle and mr. Tom Waits hisself
Bollicks to this, I’m off to Dublin to tango till I’m sore. Weird photograph from the Irish countryside by Jimmy Lawlor. I’ll bring me lappie.
Nokia N95 firmware update v. 21.0.016
This isn’t exactly news, because the firmware was made available 26th of March but I only saw this yesterday when I was recommended to upgrade my phone to install the new Nokia Maps app: Nokia N95 software version 21.0.016 released – 26 March 2008 This software version includes Flash Lite 3 support (enabling users to […]
Happy b-day "Uncle"
At least that’s what they call him, in awe, in South Africa. That’s right! Our favourite member of the Mandela family turned 90 years old today. Hooray! As a birthday gift and to take part in the world-wide celebration without having to face the moral judgment of history, the United States of the American Empire […]
Truckin' July 2008, Vol. 7, Issue 7: Perfect Beach Readin'
Your favourite blogzine is back featuring the second installment in my ONO series. Pauly writes: Thanks again to everyone for wasting your precious time month after month with Truckin’. This summer issue is anchored by veteran writers including everyone’s favorite Norwegian word wanker, Sigge. John ‘Falstaff’ Hartness, Johnny Hughes, May B. Yesno, and Kajagugu round […]
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (live in Oslo 2008)
I can’t say my relationship with Bruce Springsteen a.k.a The Boss is as intimate as some of the other performers in The Summer of Music but it was definitely one of if not the greatest event I have been to so far in my life, with 40,000 people showing up to see him rock. All […]
I'm gonna miss it when I move
Just sitting by the window debugging and ripping my collection, I’ve had two window visitors from the street. That is, I live on the first floor, street-side, and since I smoke in here I need to have easy access to the window. Hence, every Japanese tourist from here to, well, Japan has the chance to […]
The Summer of Music
2008 has proved to be the Summer of Music, now publicly declared. I usually catch brilliant artists by accident, but this year is exceptional with regards to big names: Grant Lee Phillips, April Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 16th of May Leonard Cohen, 1st of July Bruce Springsteen, 8th of July Tom Waits, 31st […]
To and fro Bodø Airport
June 24-29th I went to Røsvik with Lady C, and here’s the flight log from my little black box. Incidentally, it doesn’t say anything about the actual stay, just the coming and going. With respect to airport security. Here’s an extract: 25.96.08: To Have you ever been sick of dogs humping your leg? (It’s a […]
Interview with Zenwalk creator
Here’s a quick interview with the original creator of my favourite OS, namely Zenwalk GNU/Linux for the desktop user. Jean-Philippe Guillemin, age 36, started Zenwalk (then known as Minislack) as a personal expansion project and to simplify his own installation processes. Today, he’s mainly leadership responsibilities like administration tools development, kernel configuration, Desktop design, and […]