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October 12, 2011 astrid

The Blue Screen of Death

Windows NT crashed The Blue Screen of DeathNo one hears your screams My old Pc is past its prime, to put it mildly. I have gotten used to the missing plastic left hand corner of the case, and the long crack on the same side looks  like it’s always been there. But now the functionality […]

October 9, 2011 astrid

India inspiration

It suddenly dawned on me, that what inspired me to write my previous blog was listening to beautiful music on an elaborate and partly self built “music machine” at a friend’s house last night. Closing my eyes, floating on the musical clouds, scenes of the movie Aakarshan that I had watched earlier in the day, […]

October 9, 2011 astrid

Do you speak Hindi?

”Do you speak Hindi?”, the guy next to me in the cinema smilingly asked, with the more often than not impeccable English Indians speak, albeit with a charming, but distinct accent. Having decided to see the movie Aarakshan on the grounds of hopefully learning a tad more about the to me incongruent piece of geography […]

October 3, 2011 astrid

Island Jumping Åfjord, Norway

  You don’t have to go to Greece orThailand to indulge in what is referred to as island jumping. Even though the water may not be as warm, the sand not as fine, the palms non existing, amazing experiences await you many places here inNorway. Last weekend I went with a friend to the municipality […]

October 1, 2011 astrid

The Ebikon Challenge

In our house there is, among other things, a lot of cutting, hacking, churning, grinding, milling, crushing, mashing and beating going on. (Just to set your mind at rest, this is mainly referring to cooking…). So when I learned about a versatile kitchen machine actually performing all of these tasks, I, or rather the machine, […]

September 25, 2011 astrid

The Tree of Life

When I first saw mentions of The Tree of Life, I got a strong feeling that I had to see it. Something about the few little snippets I came across appealed to me and urged me to see the movie. Before I had the chance, though, I had only spoken to two people who had […]

September 14, 2011 astrid

Upset

Do you count yourself among those people who very rarely get upset, who are not easily moved or rocked? Well stop reading, and go play with the other robots! Even though, as mentioned in a previous blog, I don’t think I’ll ever be fully “grown up” (I don’t drink coffee, I don’t have all, if […]

September 11, 2011 astrid

Upset

Conversations, heart to heart, can make wonders Shared thoughts; an insight sought and found You don’t have to act upon your dreams, thoughts and desires But you must reflect upon your musings If you stop thinking, talking, You’ll start sinking, balking Till existing  becomes an excuse  For living! 

September 3, 2011 astrid

Election Time

Are you an abstainer? Er du en sofavelger?   Get off the coach! Sorry, English speaking friends. The video below may be difficult to understand for non-Scandinavians…, but the message is this: Whenever there is an election, in your country, your state, your municipality: VOTE! Or forever hold your tongue… Be sure to watch the […]

August 31, 2011 astrid

Angels?

Fortunately, I not only have generous people in my life (see yesterday’s blog), but also people who keep me in check when I, occasionally:-), go a little overboard… …may be what I was talking about yesterday was angels. And not many people feel they can live up to that standard. (If they do, they should […]