Another note - wrote about it some time ago - but heard it again tonight (written last night offline, posted this morning) Westside Connection with "Bow Down", part of the NWA legacy - a dobule cd. Kickin' beats and catchy ref. BOW down - feel the bass, softer each of the three times. Then there is the contrasting views but similar bases of Mack 10 (Only in Cali.) and 2PAC (Cali. Love). Modern classics and sign of the times.
Wednesday, December 17
Strategic?
Kaplan and Norton (of Balanced Scorecard fame) are moving on - their new new thing is strat map, with a book coming early next year. Interesting Q&A article on their view, and made me think - since it after all "my" subject (did my paper on different methods and framework, spent a couple of years consulting related to it - but not "pure" enough)
"Norton: A strategy map is a model of how an organization creates value." Making a structure - and "maspping" it to other terms, ie level 1 = mision, level 2 = vision... sound a lot like the work by Hax & Majluf (amazon and used by Sloan/MIT) - putting a bigger framework on the varying operational strategies and buzzes
"75 % of a company's value is in intangible assets that cannot be measured by financial systems.
Things like people, data, processes, brand, customer relationships, innovation and culture"
- and how large a share of the total market cap is based on percived and potential future value? Oh yes, you see it every time there is a "warning" issued - stock plunge because the lucky number didn't come up (this time anyway)
...and the sun isn't up yet - dark in winter up north...
"Norton: A strategy map is a model of how an organization creates value." Making a structure - and "maspping" it to other terms, ie level 1 = mision, level 2 = vision... sound a lot like the work by Hax & Majluf (amazon and used by Sloan/MIT) - putting a bigger framework on the varying operational strategies and buzzes
"75 % of a company's value is in intangible assets that cannot be measured by financial systems.
Things like people, data, processes, brand, customer relationships, innovation and culture"
- and how large a share of the total market cap is based on percived and potential future value? Oh yes, you see it every time there is a "warning" issued - stock plunge because the lucky number didn't come up (this time anyway)
...and the sun isn't up yet - dark in winter up north...
Wednesday, November 12
Google groping?
Google funk: so now google creeps out of the browser, and into the taskbar. three keys and off you go searching whenever whatever... nifty... have been using a Mac a lot this fall and the intergrated search in Safari (along with tabbed windows) was a beauty. But - the (updated) toolbar is even better. Instant blogging and blocked pop-ups. On the other hand - I do understand why some say it is going to far, .net ran a story [1, 2] called Google Power. Bottom line?
When ever a company gets big - people feel that it is changing, and maybe not exactly like they think it should. For better or worse? Too soon to tell - not everyone has to end up a nasty monopoly just becuase they grow and enhance their offering step by step!
When ever a company gets big - people feel that it is changing, and maybe not exactly like they think it should. For better or worse? Too soon to tell - not everyone has to end up a nasty monopoly just becuase they grow and enhance their offering step by step!
Friday, October 31
Britain - and humor?
Saatchi Gallery is the latest of new reuses of old buildings in London. As power (be it literal as in Tates bankside location, or polical as here in county hall) moves out, art moves in.
And this week the "shocking" (or modern art) gallery was host to the political elite - at least the would be elite in form of the proposed next leader of the conservative party.
"I suspect the Tories are so desperate to be united they would unite behind John Prescott" - Simon Hoggart
For those unfamilar with the UK behind hipster PM Tony Blair - Prescott is actualy the deputy prime minister... for Labour! Now there is a thought - all politicians are more or less interchangable, so why not put the "runner up" in charge of the opposition, and let him hammer anTony for all his slick remarks?
That would certainly fit with Hirst's work - Away from the Flock, or as the vital (no pun intended) stats go: steel, glass, lamb and formaldehyde solution, 96.5 x 149 x 51 cm
And this week the "shocking" (or modern art) gallery was host to the political elite - at least the would be elite in form of the proposed next leader of the conservative party.
"I suspect the Tories are so desperate to be united they would unite behind John Prescott" - Simon Hoggart
For those unfamilar with the UK behind hipster PM Tony Blair - Prescott is actualy the deputy prime minister... for Labour! Now there is a thought - all politicians are more or less interchangable, so why not put the "runner up" in charge of the opposition, and let him hammer anTony for all his slick remarks?
That would certainly fit with Hirst's work - Away from the Flock, or as the vital (no pun intended) stats go: steel, glass, lamb and formaldehyde solution, 96.5 x 149 x 51 cm
Tuesday, October 21
Snowy day
And then it happened - as I was preparing my doppi (double dose of espresso, great kickstart), the air was filled with white. Nope, not fog but real proper snow. Two months until x-mas and seems like only yesterday (actually it was a week ago) I was sitting outside in the warm autumn sun enjoying the last outdoor pint. Oh well, time to do some charitable work - click a couple of links and help make the world a less hostile place...
The Rainforest Site:! (might have a pop-up, not sure anymore due to the updated google bar...)
The Rainforest Site:! (might have a pop-up, not sure anymore due to the updated google bar...)
Snow dates - day of first snow the last ten years here in Oslo, defined as at least 1 cm on the ground in the morning. That means that the snow drifting down outside now probably won't count - unless it statys put until tomorrow morning... lets hope it does NOT.
Varies from the 16. of October back in -92 and -93 to as late as 27. of December in 2000 (a rainy christmas if I remember correctly)
Varies from the 16. of October back in -92 and -93 to as late as 27. of December in 2000 (a rainy christmas if I remember correctly)
Thursday, October 16
Maintenance
I spent some time refitting my blog tonight, changed and adapted the template, reformated and backed-up the old stuff. So, now for some thoughts, which is after all what the blog is for.
Type is more than meets the eye, at least if your not used to working with it and discussing it. Some times it just feels right, even if you can't explain it. But then, often it just looks so-so, and you are not able to figure out what should be done. More leading? Kern it some? Change the size or just get another font - from the same family or another one?
On another thought I got a renewal letter from Wired some weeks ago. But I seem to remember ordering with my old Corporate AmEx. card... but on the site it says that the subsrciption has been renewed. Inter-resting. But where is issue 11.11 on Thorvalds? Can't wait to get another issue, and have some time to read it - and more importantly think about the stories.
For a more twisted and hard view on reality - take a peak into Kylies ramblings of a broken soul.
Puts things in perspective.
...and the sun has crept beneth the hills and nights lays over the land...
Type is more than meets the eye, at least if your not used to working with it and discussing it. Some times it just feels right, even if you can't explain it. But then, often it just looks so-so, and you are not able to figure out what should be done. More leading? Kern it some? Change the size or just get another font - from the same family or another one?
On another thought I got a renewal letter from Wired some weeks ago. But I seem to remember ordering with my old Corporate AmEx. card... but on the site it says that the subsrciption has been renewed. Inter-resting. But where is issue 11.11 on Thorvalds? Can't wait to get another issue, and have some time to read it - and more importantly think about the stories.
For a more twisted and hard view on reality - take a peak into Kylies ramblings of a broken soul.
Puts things in perspective.
...and the sun has crept beneth the hills and nights lays over the land...
New additions
Just popped back after three months of newspaper wrk, too much time, too little life... checking that the "blog this!" google button works.
more thoughts coming up shortly.
BLOGGER: "Get paid to improve Blogger! We're looking for folks to come on down for some ole' fashioned user testin'. It'll be a hoot and a holler (plus, there's money involved.) In'erested?"
more thoughts coming up shortly.
BLOGGER: "Get paid to improve Blogger! We're looking for folks to come on down for some ole' fashioned user testin'. It'll be a hoot and a holler (plus, there's money involved.) In'erested?"
Sunday, August 10
Just a quick one-two-three; huu-raah for Norway...
The weather was great all weekend, Spirit of Norway won the boat race (see Tuesday's entry), Petter Solberg raced his way up to the numer two slot in Finland and "Tutta" Pedersen got a second place in Stockholms HP Open [in Swedish]golf tournament
Wednesday, August 6
Stress - work
Now here is a subject that is good enough to cover during "working hours" - STRESS
"The CIO role is tailor-made for feeling out of control."
- power over development, but usually not over budgets and high-level priorities - over developers but not over users and their changing, undefined desires. With increasing use of computers there are more systems than ever, rather than a few good, stable suitable systems for all.
"Constant stress does more than damage your health. It destroys your judgement and distorts your decision-making process."
- you don't have time to read the backgroound material, never mind preparing a brief for somebody else on it! So it boils down to what is most convenient AS-IS, with a low up-front cost and a nice looking feature list. Then two months down the road everything has to be reworked and refitted - because.... well, no one knows!
"For 50 percent of the people who get cardiovascular disease, death is the first symptom"
- so much for restorative treatment.
...so that's it - I'm heading out into the beautiful summer day, to relax and enjoy life! (but I'll probably be stuck in front of the pc again this evening... c'est la IT-vie)
"The CIO role is tailor-made for feeling out of control."
- power over development, but usually not over budgets and high-level priorities - over developers but not over users and their changing, undefined desires. With increasing use of computers there are more systems than ever, rather than a few good, stable suitable systems for all.
"Constant stress does more than damage your health. It destroys your judgement and distorts your decision-making process."
- you don't have time to read the backgroound material, never mind preparing a brief for somebody else on it! So it boils down to what is most convenient AS-IS, with a low up-front cost and a nice looking feature list. Then two months down the road everything has to be reworked and refitted - because.... well, no one knows!
"For 50 percent of the people who get cardiovascular disease, death is the first symptom"
- so much for restorative treatment.
...so that's it - I'm heading out into the beautiful summer day, to relax and enjoy life! (but I'll probably be stuck in front of the pc again this evening... c'est la IT-vie)
Tuesday, August 5
Wired Ideas
Have to stop reading Wired.... just getting to much input - two more and I'm definetly calling it a nice evening of surfing and musings.
First off - US patent 5.732.138 - the Lavalamp Random Number Generator... who would have thought that so much thought and effort goes into making a numebr - and then ends up beeing used for generating dices in an online game of backgammon!?! (Source code on SF so set up your own lamp - and you can start playing dice at home without complaining of "bad luck" www.blinkenlights.de/images/ blm/huge/bad_luck.blm.gif)
Then, floating on (pun intended!) to AntiGravity - or ion-wind-propullsion as it is debunked as...
Smoking out the problems - I admit to being geeky enough to want my own "hovercraft", even if pumping 20 000 V into something on my living-room table is out for now, leave it to the French and their mice for now (memo to self: need to move to place with shack suitable for creative diversions....)
First off - US patent 5.732.138 - the Lavalamp Random Number Generator... who would have thought that so much thought and effort goes into making a numebr - and then ends up beeing used for generating dices in an online game of backgammon!?! (Source code on SF so set up your own lamp - and you can start playing dice at home without complaining of "bad luck" www.blinkenlights.de/images/ blm/huge/bad_luck.blm.gif)
Then, floating on (pun intended!) to AntiGravity - or ion-wind-propullsion as it is debunked as...
Smoking out the problems - I admit to being geeky enough to want my own "hovercraft", even if pumping 20 000 V into something on my living-room table is out for now, leave it to the French and their mice for now (memo to self: need to move to place with shack suitable for creative diversions....)
Fireworks - and then some
Looking out at the night-sky reminds me of natural fireworks - a deep yellow half-moon, scattered clouds like paint frozen on the sky... WHERE is my new camera when I really need it!?!
Oh well - read up a bit on "real" fireworks and hopefullt I'll get some good pictures come the weekend. (Of the summer sky - and mayb some fireworks from the boatrace with Spirit of Norway looking for another "home turf" win in the big race.
Speaking - or writing as it actually is ;D - of spectacular sights, I wouldn't mind a quick trip over to the Big Apple - for some serious Anime action later this month... even if today the Marriot might not be top of the places to visit.
Maybe a trip down "memory" lane - with old games at the CGE could be nice? Or reading books with other in Canada at Torcon?
...just back from one vacation - and can't stop drooling over other places to go and things to do! Isn't that typical? The more you travel, the more you want to see - the more you learn the more you want to find out - knowledge breeds a thirst for knowledge, because we understand how much more there is to learn/see/do/play/read/... (most activities here - what is it possible to do fully today?)
Oh well - read up a bit on "real" fireworks and hopefullt I'll get some good pictures come the weekend. (Of the summer sky - and mayb some fireworks from the boatrace with Spirit of Norway looking for another "home turf" win in the big race.
Speaking - or writing as it actually is ;D - of spectacular sights, I wouldn't mind a quick trip over to the Big Apple - for some serious Anime action later this month... even if today the Marriot might not be top of the places to visit.
Maybe a trip down "memory" lane - with old games at the CGE could be nice? Or reading books with other in Canada at Torcon?
...just back from one vacation - and can't stop drooling over other places to go and things to do! Isn't that typical? The more you travel, the more you want to see - the more you learn the more you want to find out - knowledge breeds a thirst for knowledge, because we understand how much more there is to learn/see/do/play/read/... (most activities here - what is it possible to do fully today?)
Summers lease
So, summer isn't quite over - actually it almost just keeps getting better, warmer, sunnier, .... but my week (and then some) out of town - is over - and I'm back to typing up some thoughts and musings
Relationships takes two - breaking up only takes one
Is this way commitment is so hard - and the reason friendships seem to last longer than "real" relationships?
"Cloakroom community" - when you hang your coat in a restaurant or at the theatre, it gets close to a lot of other jackets - does this mean that you have something in common with the others having dinner that day - or seeing the same show? Is that all it takes to make a community - spatial closeness due to soverlapping plans (independent of the reasons behind - birthday party, breaking up, celebrating a business deal - or trying to make one)
...added a title in October, reformating for new template and new blogger style
(and yes, it is a nod to the bard himself, W.S, sonnet # anyone)
Relationships takes two - breaking up only takes one
Is this way commitment is so hard - and the reason friendships seem to last longer than "real" relationships?
"Cloakroom community" - when you hang your coat in a restaurant or at the theatre, it gets close to a lot of other jackets - does this mean that you have something in common with the others having dinner that day - or seeing the same show? Is that all it takes to make a community - spatial closeness due to soverlapping plans (independent of the reasons behind - birthday party, breaking up, celebrating a business deal - or trying to make one)
...added a title in October, reformating for new template and new blogger style
(and yes, it is a nod to the bard himself, W.S, sonnet # anyone)
Saturday, July 12
26 things - the international photgraphic scavenger hunt
Take pictures of 26 differenet subjects - such as love, home, sound and footwear - and link to them for a world wide exhibition...
Nice twist to a traditional concept (usually 24 pictures = one roll of film, no second chances!) - taken to a digital edge.
Maybe a basis for blogging going forward - blog on one subject each day for a month, then swap the entries around?
sun is shining, so this is all for now - summer is good
Take pictures of 26 differenet subjects - such as love, home, sound and footwear - and link to them for a world wide exhibition...
Nice twist to a traditional concept (usually 24 pictures = one roll of film, no second chances!) - taken to a digital edge.
Maybe a basis for blogging going forward - blog on one subject each day for a month, then swap the entries around?
sun is shining, so this is all for now - summer is good
Thursday, July 10
each word is drawn on a string, dragged out of my mouth direct from my soul...painful but necessary, at least that's what i tell myself... - Kylie
...reading some other blogs today - sitting here in sunny Norway (a wondeful summer evening, it barely gets dark at this time of year) it feels strange to "connect" to someone so far away, to be a part of their feelings, their life and feelings.
Blogging is a tool - a state of mind and mayhap a new paradigm of communication.
...so how will it and the internet evolve as picture phones evolve? Let's find out!
...reading some other blogs today - sitting here in sunny Norway (a wondeful summer evening, it barely gets dark at this time of year) it feels strange to "connect" to someone so far away, to be a part of their feelings, their life and feelings.
Blogging is a tool - a state of mind and mayhap a new paradigm of communication.
...so how will it and the internet evolve as picture phones evolve? Let's find out!
Tuesday, July 1
Way... a first short line on the "New" interface - finally working from XP with fancy buttons
way to go Google [that's to the new toolbar beta, using the 'old' 1.70 version and loving it]
Some thoughts on the way out - are writers able to judge their own work?
Should they be allowed to reply to reviews of their works - or are they too partial?
Democray - free speech - or proper distance?
Nordic term "habilitet" - conflict of interest most apropriate translation
Brings up the question - is a book just a book (product) or more than the product - an artwork, a creation... and as such the basis for discussion and increased insight rather than merely profit margins and TRS calculations?
way to go Google [that's to the new toolbar beta, using the 'old' 1.70 version and loving it]
Some thoughts on the way out - are writers able to judge their own work?
Should they be allowed to reply to reviews of their works - or are they too partial?
Democray - free speech - or proper distance?
Nordic term "habilitet" - conflict of interest most apropriate translation
Brings up the question - is a book just a book (product) or more than the product - an artwork, a creation... and as such the basis for discussion and increased insight rather than merely profit margins and TRS calculations?
Wednesday, June 18
Kurt Cobain - been some time since I thought about him, and more accurately his premature "departure" (live fast, die young - leave a beatuiful corpse...)
I was in the Army when I heard the news - and I remember a full-page image in Time (or was it Newsweek?) after his death...
- been ten years, and still no word :D
A world filled with books
Over production - too many books... in Norway? Compared to what? Worldwide sales? The quality of those published? Or to the cost of writing and editing books in Norway? Should we send all authors to Thailand - and teach a large group of former East-bloc editors/professors to learn Norwegian and get the editing done for 1/10 of the price?
Am I beeing to sarcastic? Is it meaningless to complain of too many books - when a book is so much more than just a book; some books are esacpe from the rainy days of summer, some are for putting the kids to sleep, some are for learning a new subject - or engaging in debate about an exsisting one. Some are a more durable alternative to the weekly gossip mags - and some are a way for the author to work his/her way through a problem...
How does that relate to the web - and mayhap blogging in particular? Does blogging make surfing easier, or does the simplicity add to the increasing amount of "unknown" content?
MATRIX RELOADED ...I belive the hype!
...Saw the original 4 times at the movies, and a couple of times since then on video, dvd and tv
- so what to write about? The differnet angels? The hype or the deeper meaning - reality or just fiction
Jean Baudrillard - lies and truth - some links [UTA ed - net - MTSU]
Lewis Carrol
Blue as sleep, Red as free - Marx, communism as opposed to conservatives? Revolutions this one... oh, sorry - the next one!
Carsten Jensen - anything on our Danish philosophic friend?
Wachawski - as in Monsters INC? A coincidende - Mike? SOunding board or the new mickey (mouse)?
Or another typo in Morgenbladet? Yup... Wachowski...
BILLY CRYSTAL (Mike Wazowski) gives a hilarious performance as the energetic, enthusiastic and excitable Scare Assistant to James P. Sullivan
MUSIC
- listening more to (my) music now than any time before... so easy to pump up an album or two when surfing after digitizing my stuff (sorry - not sharing it... EAC for great sound, large file size - actually to good to use on girlfriends Sony Discman (almost...) - but works great on our surround system!)
Convenience goes a long way... no wonder people are buying less records, when they finally figure out what they actually have... and are able to play it just like 1 - 2.
Quality Popular Television : Cult TV, the Industry, and Fans by Mark Jancovich (Editor), James Lyons (Editor)
"The Sopranos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends, and ER are examples among many of a new era of the "must-see" programs"
Well - at least some of them are for me... Buffy rokcs - just bought Season 2 for my girlfrined (bday present - she loves it as much/more) on DVD - which is also probably another reason for decline in cd sales: do you want a full-price 40 minute album with two songs you really like (8 minutes?) or a TWO nice-price DVDs - the Matrix and Pulp Fiction perhaps? The worst I've seen was Amelie [Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain - site] - the CD with the soundtrack was $5 more than the DVD of the movie - in the same store!!!
Other small sites that i should have a look at
- article by mr Vassnes ?
- grimstad, animation and shorts...?
- digital democracy or just a virtual meeting for those already IN power? YOU decide!
- vacations in style
norskehus.no - vivaldi looks nice ... but they didn't have it online - just in the ad for the site! REALLY bright!!!
- onani spill, almost banned (requested removed by the Minister of Culture)
- poetry in motion, Eminem translation, new debate in Norway - should he get the Nobel prize, and do poets understand rap (and rappers poetry)..?
then there is the shit list
8. Bow Down - Westside Connection ... "cause I ain't a hater like you, to a niggaz that bigger than you"
R-spect
sack = sherry... dry sack! doooh! Shakespear, Falstaff said it
Once again - XP not up to it! Looking into windows progs as alternatives
( RE written on NEW google blogger api thing-a-ma-jig)
I was in the Army when I heard the news - and I remember a full-page image in Time (or was it Newsweek?) after his death...
- been ten years, and still no word :D
A world filled with books
Over production - too many books... in Norway? Compared to what? Worldwide sales? The quality of those published? Or to the cost of writing and editing books in Norway? Should we send all authors to Thailand - and teach a large group of former East-bloc editors/professors to learn Norwegian and get the editing done for 1/10 of the price?
Am I beeing to sarcastic? Is it meaningless to complain of too many books - when a book is so much more than just a book; some books are esacpe from the rainy days of summer, some are for putting the kids to sleep, some are for learning a new subject - or engaging in debate about an exsisting one. Some are a more durable alternative to the weekly gossip mags - and some are a way for the author to work his/her way through a problem...
How does that relate to the web - and mayhap blogging in particular? Does blogging make surfing easier, or does the simplicity add to the increasing amount of "unknown" content?
MATRIX RELOADED ...I belive the hype!
...Saw the original 4 times at the movies, and a couple of times since then on video, dvd and tv
- so what to write about? The differnet angels? The hype or the deeper meaning - reality or just fiction
Jean Baudrillard - lies and truth - some links [UTA ed - net - MTSU]
Lewis Carrol
Blue as sleep, Red as free - Marx, communism as opposed to conservatives? Revolutions this one... oh, sorry - the next one!
Carsten Jensen - anything on our Danish philosophic friend?
Wachawski - as in Monsters INC? A coincidende - Mike? SOunding board or the new mickey (mouse)?
Or another typo in Morgenbladet? Yup... Wachowski...
BILLY CRYSTAL (Mike Wazowski) gives a hilarious performance as the energetic, enthusiastic and excitable Scare Assistant to James P. Sullivan
MUSIC
- listening more to (my) music now than any time before... so easy to pump up an album or two when surfing after digitizing my stuff (sorry - not sharing it... EAC for great sound, large file size - actually to good to use on girlfriends Sony Discman (almost...) - but works great on our surround system!)
Convenience goes a long way... no wonder people are buying less records, when they finally figure out what they actually have... and are able to play it just like 1 - 2.
Quality Popular Television : Cult TV, the Industry, and Fans by Mark Jancovich (Editor), James Lyons (Editor)
"The Sopranos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends, and ER are examples among many of a new era of the "must-see" programs"
Well - at least some of them are for me... Buffy rokcs - just bought Season 2 for my girlfrined (bday present - she loves it as much/more) on DVD - which is also probably another reason for decline in cd sales: do you want a full-price 40 minute album with two songs you really like (8 minutes?) or a TWO nice-price DVDs - the Matrix and Pulp Fiction perhaps? The worst I've seen was Amelie [Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain - site] - the CD with the soundtrack was $5 more than the DVD of the movie - in the same store!!!
Other small sites that i should have a look at
- article by mr Vassnes ?
- grimstad, animation and shorts...?
- digital democracy or just a virtual meeting for those already IN power? YOU decide!
- vacations in style
norskehus.no - vivaldi looks nice ... but they didn't have it online - just in the ad for the site! REALLY bright!!!
- onani spill, almost banned (requested removed by the Minister of Culture)
- poetry in motion, Eminem translation, new debate in Norway - should he get the Nobel prize, and do poets understand rap (and rappers poetry)..?
then there is the shit list
- Reggie (Redman)
- JAy Z
- Tupac +
- Biggie (Smalls? +)
- Andre - Outkast
- Jada
- Kurupt
- Nas
- ..then Eminem
8. Bow Down - Westside Connection ... "cause I ain't a hater like you, to a niggaz that bigger than you"
R-spect
sack = sherry... dry sack! doooh! Shakespear, Falstaff said it
( RE written on NEW google blogger api thing-a-ma-jig)
Monday, May 19
Blog for late May
(with some serious link formatting problems!!!)Tivoli
In Denmark this is an amusement park
[English] in the center of wonderful Copenhagen. Based on the classical influences from Roman Italy - enjoyment, parks and fun - and the
name (buildings).
So, what did we do in Norway? Well - currently the .no site is a digital playground - or "casino in spee".
"Nyte" - "Flyte" or enjoy and flow... don't match that well in English - because you are not supposed to let things drift? Or because you can enjoy life and still retain control? Something that at certain times (National day) does not seem to be desirable or possible...
Style
"Since we're only here for a while - we might as well show some style" - James Taylor
No need to be boring when there is so much to life - and the world around us at all times
Truth
"the great ocean of truth" - Newton, according to John Banville
"I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting
myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than
ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
[bartleby]
Truth is all around - so how to get it? Dive in - dip a toe to test the temperature, take a nip and taste it - or build a boat and start crossing it, using it and abusing it? Is all truth valuable? Knowledge, experiences and facts - or mere trivialities?
Does it make a difference how many trees I see outside the window? Or how many leaves they have in total?
Even if we went swimming for a long time, we would hardly plunge or use up all the ocean - and hence we might have to make do with gazing out looking for a further shore of enlightenment...
Borrowed
Does Bush and his friends need a "gang name"? Would it make it easier for others to accept them and relate to them? Should the TV show "The West Wing" (know in Norway as "The President") be followed by a new series called "The Administration" - in a slightly Orwellian - scifi - fremasonly - chique-charm?
And of course with David Chase - of Sopranos fame - taking over the creative lead and development...
(...and yes, this is an idea I picked up reading a column - but I liked it, so it put it here as well for others to see)
So, what else?
Some discussion going on related to a museum exhibit -is art digital digital or art... see Art for one example. Or read up on a bit of linked history
This is a discussion I find a bit "narrow" - considering all the design - experiments - art - sites being made by Flash (BACK again) designers all around the world, some of them even as corporate projects. Books like "New Masters"
are as much coffe table art books as they are hands.on computer books... (no ref-fee ;D)
Other view bitform
The Matrix
Not going to say or write too much about it for now - just put up some names and look into it after I've seen Reloaded... so look at Descartes, Baudillard, Lewis Carrol, William Gibson - or Chris Suellentrop, or maybe the movies The Breakfast Club and Revenge of the Nerds - teens with problems trying to cope with a strange world slightly beyond their control at first...
Keeps on coming
Now I remember why I was going to try to to this more often... to keep the number of subjects down on any given day (Cheers Mr Stone)
So - we are building a new opera in Norway - and there is a question of what is should be used for - since opera and ballet is basically song and dance - shouldn't all the MUSICALS (such as Les Mis, Cats, Grease, ...) be performed there? That would solve the problem of "no good new operas" that some seem to find so strange... seriously - would you rather write a musical, sell millions and millions of tickets - or an opera and sell maybe a thousand? Or perhaps "black metal" - Norway's claim to fame after Aha - could be the solution - move over Wagner, we've got the real pain and anger in a grand setting.
- Epiphany
- Key a car
- Angry young
VW - Wolfsburg - overall story - polyvalens (or VW credit as they suggest if you search for Wolfsburg on the .com US site...)
koyaanisqatsi - a movie (or three actually), comes recommended - but not by me yet, maybe I should order it and have a look one of these days - Life out of balanc/in transformation/as war is the translated (from Hopi) titles (or manga time again soon?)
DK conference with AV and
- the anit-ad-ad-awards...
(what would we do without Google... the more I write/research the more I depend on it - it is so fast and mostly accurate - even if I got a couple of "nasty" Orwell related sites a bit earlier tonight)
Monday, May 5
Print and web - so different media, so alike yet so challenging to keep together.
In one you have more or less full control - but are often restricted due to time and set guidelines.
In the other you have some control, both never know how it "really" looks - but can do just about anything, add everthing and then some more.
Brodovitch : "A layout man should be simple with good photographs. He should perform acrobatics when the pictures are bad.”
So, transferred to the web - if the possibilities are endless, and the content is less "regulated" - then the layout has to stand out even more? Going beyond mere tables to create complete graphic experiences - and even audio or video as part of the mix?
Use something stunning - as this image ? Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures "everday" views in a new perspective - from above rather than from the left, right or center. Does that make all the difference? Or is it the combination of information, background and overall statistics?
"Aerial views are often compared to abstract paintings. If it is art indeed, it owes more to nature than to the photographer's eye" [1]
...and outside the spring is gently hidden behind the damp fog - all is grey, all is silent, but all is not right.
In one you have more or less full control - but are often restricted due to time and set guidelines.
In the other you have some control, both never know how it "really" looks - but can do just about anything, add everthing and then some more.
Brodovitch : "A layout man should be simple with good photographs. He should perform acrobatics when the pictures are bad.”
So, transferred to the web - if the possibilities are endless, and the content is less "regulated" - then the layout has to stand out even more? Going beyond mere tables to create complete graphic experiences - and even audio or video as part of the mix?
Use something stunning - as this image ? Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures "everday" views in a new perspective - from above rather than from the left, right or center. Does that make all the difference? Or is it the combination of information, background and overall statistics?
"Aerial views are often compared to abstract paintings. If it is art indeed, it owes more to nature than to the photographer's eye" [1]
...and outside the spring is gently hidden behind the damp fog - all is grey, all is silent, but all is not right.
Tuesday, April 29
Reflection [image] - is it an ongoing process?
Do we even consider most actions we take as we take them - when we eat, drink, read, see or buy something.
Or is it just a matter of "good enough for now" - or even more appropriate for TV; "probably nothing better on the other channels"?
How does this shape us in our everyday life? And what does it mean for marketing and consumer research - if we are hardly paying attention to what we are doing, how can we say that we prefer Pepsi over Coke?
And is this what Maslow [official] wanted when he talked about self-realization - that we transcend our everyday choices, leaving them behind in the back of our minds, doing auto-pilot for 75% of our waking hours - and focus on having "rich fullfilling lives" the last 25%?
Do we need Big Hairy Goals - just to get somewhere nice, or can we keep going in circles - quarter by quarter, week by week and trading-hour by trading-hour? What makes it Big? The will to be different, the openness to risking it all - or just the "cojones" to say it LOUD?
Do we even consider most actions we take as we take them - when we eat, drink, read, see or buy something.
Or is it just a matter of "good enough for now" - or even more appropriate for TV; "probably nothing better on the other channels"?
How does this shape us in our everyday life? And what does it mean for marketing and consumer research - if we are hardly paying attention to what we are doing, how can we say that we prefer Pepsi over Coke?
And is this what Maslow [official] wanted when he talked about self-realization - that we transcend our everyday choices, leaving them behind in the back of our minds, doing auto-pilot for 75% of our waking hours - and focus on having "rich fullfilling lives" the last 25%?
Do we need Big Hairy Goals - just to get somewhere nice, or can we keep going in circles - quarter by quarter, week by week and trading-hour by trading-hour? What makes it Big? The will to be different, the openness to risking it all - or just the "cojones" to say it LOUD?
So what - or maybe where - or better yet:
WHEN is HumaNation?
It is in the back of the back of your head - right before you go fall asleep, when everything suddenly falls into place - all the problems are solved and you doze off with the trace of a smile
(others use it for various things - heroes, religion and Mars; 1, 2, 3)
WHEN is HumaNation?
It is in the back of the back of your head - right before you go fall asleep, when everything suddenly falls into place - all the problems are solved and you doze off with the trace of a smile
(others use it for various things - heroes, religion and Mars; 1, 2, 3)
Monday, April 14
Stress - success
It rhymes, it matches - can we think about one without the other?
How does life compare to living - and how can we match them gently togethet? [ml2 - or fastco]
Always to much to be done - a back log, some books (too cheap not to buy them...) an magazines (too interesting not to pick them up - while they last in their real form [1, 2, 3]
Inspired by Allison today... some of her own input
Stuff
What can we throw? Recycle - yard sale - charity?
Family heirlooms or just space takers and dust collectors?
"If you own more than seven things, they will own you" - used in a commercial with a guru... but the twist is that he rest everything else - and hence has all the "neccesities" of a modern household anyway.
cold
inside, outside - wind is ripping along between the houses, down the valley towards the sea
"sun on a cold day - snow on a gray day" - sparrow
It rhymes, it matches - can we think about one without the other?
How does life compare to living - and how can we match them gently togethet? [ml2 - or fastco]
Always to much to be done - a back log, some books (too cheap not to buy them...) an magazines (too interesting not to pick them up - while they last in their real form [1, 2, 3]
Inspired by Allison today... some of her own input
Stuff
What can we throw? Recycle - yard sale - charity?
Family heirlooms or just space takers and dust collectors?
"If you own more than seven things, they will own you" - used in a commercial with a guru... but the twist is that he rest everything else - and hence has all the "neccesities" of a modern household anyway.
cold
inside, outside - wind is ripping along between the houses, down the valley towards the sea
"sun on a cold day - snow on a gray day" - sparrow
Wednesday, April 2
A new month has begun - and the short period of almost spring last week has been replaced by a bit chillier weather - and slight problems for some
- http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/bildeserier/article.jhtml?articleID=520604 - flooding in Oslo
links as text only... still no pictures on the control bar - xp "feature"?
The war rages on - this time with a typical "human interest" (and gung ho) slant - the US SpecOps bring out a female prisoner of war from Iraq (and estimated eleven bodies as well). Details of the action and the war as such aside, I find it hard not to be impressed that they made the effort to get her - I assume that they have more than enough things to do down there... capture airfields, secure oil sites, avoid/destroy/find all the weapons of mass destruciton that are hidden behind a bush...
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/irak/article.jhtml?articleID=520857 - in Norwegian with picture
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Lynch&btnG=Search+News - comprehensive list from good ol'google
Other than that - not much to say really - working quiet a bit now, looking forward to easter and warmer days ahead - hopefully not to far
http://www.storm.no/vg/dittvaer.asp?utmx=596062&utmy=6643114&mapid=4000000&meter=19&snavn=OSLO&adm1=3
- http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/bildeserier/article.jhtml?articleID=520604 - flooding in Oslo
links as text only... still no pictures on the control bar - xp "feature"?
The war rages on - this time with a typical "human interest" (and gung ho) slant - the US SpecOps bring out a female prisoner of war from Iraq (and estimated eleven bodies as well). Details of the action and the war as such aside, I find it hard not to be impressed that they made the effort to get her - I assume that they have more than enough things to do down there... capture airfields, secure oil sites, avoid/destroy/find all the weapons of mass destruciton that are hidden behind a bush...
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/irak/article.jhtml?articleID=520857 - in Norwegian with picture
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Lynch&btnG=Search+News - comprehensive list from good ol'google
Other than that - not much to say really - working quiet a bit now, looking forward to easter and warmer days ahead - hopefully not to far
http://www.storm.no/vg/dittvaer.asp?utmx=596062&utmy=6643114&mapid=4000000&meter=19&snavn=OSLO&adm1=3
Monday, March 24
So - where to start? I have several things to write about today... Shakespear, Ancient Rome and M. Moore.
Let us start with the cloests in time - last night was the Oscars (or the Academy Awards as they are actually
called) - and Bowling for Columbine got the "best documentary". And the man who just can't keep quiet - Mr Moore - had quite a bit to say about fact vs fiction and Bush
I am reading the "stupid white men" book right now (international paperback recently released here) - and it reminds me of an old saying: out of sight, out of mind. It's been two years since all the debacle regarding the presidential election - and I for one have hardly spent a second reflecting on the how and why of the event since then.
To quote the old bard - was it really "much ado about nothing"? Did it all boil down too just so many headlines and interviews - and then the world (and the media) moved on? But they didn't - not really - the media went in and counted the votes - just to add another nail to the coffin when the time comes for writing the history books...
And that brings us to Ancient Rome - and the phrase "memento mori" (remember death...[X-files used it as an title...]) - traditonnaly whispered into the ear of a victorious commander during his victory parade - in order to remind him of his mortality and keep him on the ground.
Why? Because it puts things in perspective - everything we do will one day be measured. Be it by the scales of God - or by the prying eyes of those that come after us - or simply by our biographers. We are constantly focusing our attention and effort on the here and now - the next show on TV, what to make for dinner tomorrow, who will win the next football match.
Time is accelerating - or at least our focus on instant moments is. During the first Gulf War it was "enough" with daily briefings with videotapes. This weekend I saw "live" action from the battlefield, filmed and relayed by reporters on the scene - "embedded" with the troops. But what does this mean for our understanding of the war - or life in general? Is it turning into a spectator sport - with journalists at hand to give play-by-play commentary and analysis? Have we lost the will or the ability to see the bigger picture - not to mention the reasons behind and the results after the war?
Blogging from the laptop only - some "challenges" at home with XP - anybody have the same?
Let us start with the cloests in time - last night was the Oscars (or the Academy Awards as they are actually
called) - and Bowling for Columbine got the "best documentary". And the man who just can't keep quiet - Mr Moore - had quite a bit to say about fact vs fiction and Bush
I am reading the "stupid white men" book right now (international paperback recently released here) - and it reminds me of an old saying: out of sight, out of mind. It's been two years since all the debacle regarding the presidential election - and I for one have hardly spent a second reflecting on the how and why of the event since then.
To quote the old bard - was it really "much ado about nothing"? Did it all boil down too just so many headlines and interviews - and then the world (and the media) moved on? But they didn't - not really - the media went in and counted the votes - just to add another nail to the coffin when the time comes for writing the history books...
And that brings us to Ancient Rome - and the phrase "memento mori" (remember death...[X-files used it as an title...]) - traditonnaly whispered into the ear of a victorious commander during his victory parade - in order to remind him of his mortality and keep him on the ground.
Why? Because it puts things in perspective - everything we do will one day be measured. Be it by the scales of God - or by the prying eyes of those that come after us - or simply by our biographers. We are constantly focusing our attention and effort on the here and now - the next show on TV, what to make for dinner tomorrow, who will win the next football match.
Time is accelerating - or at least our focus on instant moments is. During the first Gulf War it was "enough" with daily briefings with videotapes. This weekend I saw "live" action from the battlefield, filmed and relayed by reporters on the scene - "embedded" with the troops. But what does this mean for our understanding of the war - or life in general? Is it turning into a spectator sport - with journalists at hand to give play-by-play commentary and analysis? Have we lost the will or the ability to see the bigger picture - not to mention the reasons behind and the results after the war?
Blogging from the laptop only - some "challenges" at home with XP - anybody have the same?
Saturday, March 22
So - spring is in the air, and I have a new PC to adjust and get used to... spent some time getting it up and situated well... and now I'll probably spend a couple of hours just installing the basics ;D
But - spring is not the only thing in the air - at least in and around Iraq - the war rages on - when and how will it end? Will we ever know what really happened - and why the choppers keep on crashing?!?! Three in two days...
What else? Keeping busy - helping a friend with his company - also trying to start/escalate two other initiatives, so there is not enough time to kick back and just enjoy!!!!
Will try to get some more reflected thoughts up later on - depending on how well XP plays it.
Peace? Why not...
But - spring is not the only thing in the air - at least in and around Iraq - the war rages on - when and how will it end? Will we ever know what really happened - and why the choppers keep on crashing?!?! Three in two days...
What else? Keeping busy - helping a friend with his company - also trying to start/escalate two other initiatives, so there is not enough time to kick back and just enjoy!!!!
Will try to get some more reflected thoughts up later on - depending on how well XP plays it.
Peace? Why not...
Monday, March 17
"it is about war and peace - but above all about being heard..."
So - what will the world look like this time tomorrow? At war - or more accurately with the USA at official war once again?
Why? Because... do we need a reason to do it or to stop it? What is the real issue and the main problem?
No fly-zones?
UN embargo casuing death and pain?
Saddam in general?
Lack of democray in the Middle East?
Lack of stable oil supply for the US?
......several issues, several sides to the story!
So - what will the world look like this time tomorrow? At war - or more accurately with the USA at official war once again?
Why? Because... do we need a reason to do it or to stop it? What is the real issue and the main problem?
No fly-zones?
UN embargo casuing death and pain?
Saddam in general?
Lack of democray in the Middle East?
Lack of stable oil supply for the US?
......several issues, several sides to the story!
Monday, March 10
Empty in Norway... as opposed to Europe in general, there are a lot of empty spcaes in this strange, cold, wonderful, wild country...
Who am I?
Not in a life, universe and everything - philosophical way - but more down to earth - who is it that is writing these blog-entries under the Sparrow tag?
Well, I'm from Norway - a small country in the North of Europe - between England and Russia...(see the Flash animation at the link for details) - in the Old Days Norway (and most of Scandinavia) was the home of the Vikings - traders and looters of yore, but today we mainly produce oil and gas, and some fish (salmon for everyone, various other for sushi in Japan).
Further, I am a man - a boy - quite simply male. I have my own appartment, I pay the bills - so I guess that makes me an adult and hence a man. But I don't have all the answers or a clear view of where I am going right now - so that makes me feel "not grown up" - eternal youth or just another adolesent? You decide...
Not in a life, universe and everything - philosophical way - but more down to earth - who is it that is writing these blog-entries under the Sparrow tag?
Well, I'm from Norway - a small country in the North of Europe - between England and Russia...(see the Flash animation at the link for details) - in the Old Days Norway (and most of Scandinavia) was the home of the Vikings - traders and looters of yore, but today we mainly produce oil and gas, and some fish (salmon for everyone, various other for sushi in Japan).
Further, I am a man - a boy - quite simply male. I have my own appartment, I pay the bills - so I guess that makes me an adult and hence a man. But I don't have all the answers or a clear view of where I am going right now - so that makes me feel "not grown up" - eternal youth or just another adolesent? You decide...
Motivation - how, what and where to find it...
The main challenge with writing a good coloumn/book/application - is finding the motivation - and then letting it seep into the text. You can tell the differnece easily between a cut'n-paste letter and one with "feeling" - it grabs your attention, you feel the connection and the energy.
So how to do it? Don't say it if you don't mean it? Only write when you are fired up and the various parts seem to jump up from nowhere? Get a good cup of coffe and think it through before writing?
What makes you tick? If you understand what really gets your juices pumping (in a non-sexualy way...) - then it is easier to find that reserve and push the feeling when you just have to write something, anything - to get through the day.
So, now I'm heating up the Gaggia and writing an entry here to get myself going for something a bit more mundane... gogogogogogo!!!
The main challenge with writing a good coloumn/book/application - is finding the motivation - and then letting it seep into the text. You can tell the differnece easily between a cut'n-paste letter and one with "feeling" - it grabs your attention, you feel the connection and the energy.
So how to do it? Don't say it if you don't mean it? Only write when you are fired up and the various parts seem to jump up from nowhere? Get a good cup of coffe and think it through before writing?
What makes you tick? If you understand what really gets your juices pumping (in a non-sexualy way...) - then it is easier to find that reserve and push the feeling when you just have to write something, anything - to get through the day.
So, now I'm heating up the Gaggia and writing an entry here to get myself going for something a bit more mundane... gogogogogogo!!!
Wednesday, March 5
Why do you do it? "To wash my brain," he ventures, followed by a self-depreciating laugh.
A site with stories about going where you shouldn't - and this particluar article is about the catacombs in Paris - a familiar haunt for some tourist, but probably not as emotional as this trip...
So - who defines where we go and what is off limits?
A site with stories about going where you shouldn't - and this particluar article is about the catacombs in Paris - a familiar haunt for some tourist, but probably not as emotional as this trip...
So - who defines where we go and what is off limits?
Another shot at getting down and up some thoughts based on two quotes from yesterday - althoug it will probably be a bit shorter than the original version (which was lost due to session problems last night - 30 minutes of thoughts..... oh well...)
Anyway, on to the qoutes:
"L'homme y passe à travers des forêts de symboles" - Charles Baudelair - [more info, works]
google-ish translation: The man passes there through forests of symbols
So - man(kind) travels through a forest of symbols - or metaphors - which is more or less suitable for the web as well; the URL and title tag try to capture the essence of something larger by a simple expression or a single word. Then there is the split between media and real world - how does reporting represent an event - what is the difference between war, terror, attack and crusade - how does the use of short terms rather than background depth change the way we view the world? Take the NATO discussions on Turkish security and support against possible hostile actions... where is the fine line in the sand dividing offencive action from defensive measures?
Oh yes, I had some comments on the possibility of interperting the template for this blog as a metaphor as well - the image of the statue linking to deep thought (Rodin, Thorvaldsen) - the muted colors reflecting the lack of solid answers, the goal of thinking and reflecting rather than saying/stating... and so on...
"J'est un autre" - Arthur Rimbaud - [more info, works]
google-ish translation: I is another
There is something in the statement - which google eloquently puts in a jamaica tone, normally je suis would be I am - but the point is that the normal is not good enough. We define our identity by interacting with others, by seeing and talking to other people - or creatures for that matter - I don't think there is a strict need for direct and similar feedback. Which brings on the meta level of reflecting on this blog of reflections; is it defining or just musings? Does it change if someone reads it - or only if they respond, by e-mail and heated discussions in chatrooms? Am I interacting with my laptop and with the server? Well, yes - but is it interaction in the "become myself" way that Rimbaud was referring to?
Is the language we use to express our opinions also adequate to express and discuss the foundation - ourselves behind the opinions? Or is that part of the reason for the subtle use of words - not really right but definetly not incomprehensible...
Oh well - time to let yesterday become yesterday and try to post this again!
Anyway, on to the qoutes:
"L'homme y passe à travers des forêts de symboles" - Charles Baudelair - [more info, works]
google-ish translation: The man passes there through forests of symbols
So - man(kind) travels through a forest of symbols - or metaphors - which is more or less suitable for the web as well; the URL and title tag try to capture the essence of something larger by a simple expression or a single word. Then there is the split between media and real world - how does reporting represent an event - what is the difference between war, terror, attack and crusade - how does the use of short terms rather than background depth change the way we view the world? Take the NATO discussions on Turkish security and support against possible hostile actions... where is the fine line in the sand dividing offencive action from defensive measures?
Oh yes, I had some comments on the possibility of interperting the template for this blog as a metaphor as well - the image of the statue linking to deep thought (Rodin, Thorvaldsen) - the muted colors reflecting the lack of solid answers, the goal of thinking and reflecting rather than saying/stating... and so on...
"J'est un autre" - Arthur Rimbaud - [more info, works]
google-ish translation: I is another
There is something in the statement - which google eloquently puts in a jamaica tone, normally je suis would be I am - but the point is that the normal is not good enough. We define our identity by interacting with others, by seeing and talking to other people - or creatures for that matter - I don't think there is a strict need for direct and similar feedback. Which brings on the meta level of reflecting on this blog of reflections; is it defining or just musings? Does it change if someone reads it - or only if they respond, by e-mail and heated discussions in chatrooms? Am I interacting with my laptop and with the server? Well, yes - but is it interaction in the "become myself" way that Rimbaud was referring to?
Is the language we use to express our opinions also adequate to express and discuss the foundation - ourselves behind the opinions? Or is that part of the reason for the subtle use of words - not really right but definetly not incomprehensible...
Oh well - time to let yesterday become yesterday and try to post this again!
Tuesday, March 4
Monday, March 3
Did a bit of searching on Google - didn't find too much, but this is worth a quick view - 3 - simple ascii celebration of the number 3.
Of course - there is also the mobile company, formerly known in some countries as Hi3G - now simply 3, three, tre, tres, drei, ... - they have several sites, a Nordic (swedish in this case) one at Tre.se. Trying to sell airtime - or communications for that matter - with nothing but a number - to weird to catch on, or just farfetched enough to get some smiles and customers?
That's probably all for today - here in CET-land it is getting slightly late.
Of course - there is also the mobile company, formerly known in some countries as Hi3G - now simply 3, three, tre, tres, drei, ... - they have several sites, a Nordic (swedish in this case) one at Tre.se. Trying to sell airtime - or communications for that matter - with nothing but a number - to weird to catch on, or just farfetched enough to get some smiles and customers?
That's probably all for today - here in CET-land it is getting slightly late.
It could mean so much - or very little, if anything at all.
I guess it all comes down to what you make of it - after all, we humans are great at finding patterns, explanations and rationalizing after the fact. Perhaps that is why we survive and carry on...
Oh well, the important things is that today is actually today - but tomorrow it will be just another piece of the past - until maybe someday it becomes an important date, for some reason we have yet to discover or fully comprehend.
Stay tuned and maybe we will know more!
I guess it all comes down to what you make of it - after all, we humans are great at finding patterns, explanations and rationalizing after the fact. Perhaps that is why we survive and carry on...
Oh well, the important things is that today is actually today - but tomorrow it will be just another piece of the past - until maybe someday it becomes an important date, for some reason we have yet to discover or fully comprehend.
Stay tuned and maybe we will know more!
First ideas - then actions
Today marks a special day - 3.3.3 - simple halfway there or just three months on - after three years? Could be a little bit of each or a lot of something else.
So - welcome to this; my little blog to supplement my h2g2 journal and musings - search for sparrow or visit directly at this page
sincerely,
Sparrow
Today marks a special day - 3.3.3 - simple halfway there or just three months on - after three years? Could be a little bit of each or a lot of something else.
So - welcome to this; my little blog to supplement my h2g2 journal and musings - search for sparrow or visit directly at this page
sincerely,
Sparrow
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