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We were right to worry. Erik was found in his bed this morning. He had been there a few days.
I don't know what to say. Words don't cover my feelings. All I can say is rest in Peace, Erik. I am going to miss you. A lot!
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I have loads of friends. Most of them are from my university days back home in Norway. I keep in contact with them almost daily. Today we discovered that one of our friends have been quiet for a long time (a week). That is normally not a bit deal, however, he doesn't answer his phone, no response to text messages, and his family haven't spoken to him in a week. That's the last time we had contact with him too. What makes this so worrisome is that his health is not good, and last time he was in hospital, it was due to a bleeding ulcer. The doctors meant it was a miracle he didn't bleed out. His parents said he looked ill last week, but since it's the norm for them not to hear from him for days at a time, they were not worried. He's ALWAYS online, on IRC, so him not being there is extraordinary.
I've got a lump of something heavy in my stomach; this is not good :(
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I got an Asus Eee 1000HE a month or two ago. Haven't done much with it, but this week, during lunch breaks and after work, I have been been fiddling with it. Got memory upgraded to 2G, and installed Fedora 11 installed. I must say, the installation scared me silly, as I ctrl-c'ed it and at that point it would boot up with anything, but once I got the installation going again, it went through without a hitch. No issues whatsoever. After booting up, wireless started ASAP. I did an update, went through like a charm. Battery life was hardly affected at all. I am sooo happy, as I also managed to mostly back up my phone on it too :)
In addition to that, I finally managed to upgrade my Dell Dimensions 3000. It's a heck of a machine, it is NOT easy to upgrade. Angles for working with it are difficult, not to mention that there is really no info on HOW to do upgrades. But I eventually got the new larger disk in, the DVD player was added and put as master, and in general, I was very happy when it was put together and installed with Red Hat's standard corporate build. I am a remotee, so decided that going with a machine built to specs is a good idea, considering our security policy. THIS machine I am working on now, was NEVER meant as a work horse, so getting off it will be good. It's noisy, a bit slow; it only has 1G of memory whereas my "new" (after all, we're talking the difference of almost 5 and over 6 years) system has 2G. I know, 2G is almost standard, but from my experience with laptops with 1.5 and 2G, I believe it will be enough for the way I work. So at the moment I am feeling really good :)
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First, let me preface this posting: I have never seen an episode or even part of an episode of this show, but I have seen commercials.
Operation Repo shows a team of thugs, repossessing vehicles in the name of the law. Nothing wrong with that per se. If someone doesn't pay their bills, the sellers have all the right in the world to try to recoup their cost. I have no problems with this. I do, however, have a problem with this being turned into entertainment. You have normal people who for some reason or another cannot pay their bills. I am sure we have all been in a situation where we wonder where the money is going to come from. But then parade them on TV while we gloat and laugh at their misfortune is just insidious. What has the world come to, when we can enjoy people lose home and transportation in the name of entertainment. I'm truly disgusted.
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I woke up at 06:00 this morning with rumble and light. It was spectacular, and one of the bolts must have hit pretty close, as my usual thousandandone, thousandandtwo, thousandandthree to count the kilometers (count to 5 for miles) away didn't even get to "th". Car alarms went off and hail came down, and the cat jumped on the bed to cuddle. After about 30 mins, it died out, and I fell asleep again.
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Every Tuesday going to singing, I have to choose which overcrowded road I am going to take. I have found this nice little road. It's a small residential street, and about 6 months ago, I saw a "for sale" sign in front of one of the houses. The house looks both grand and small at the same time. I have been dreaming of living in it. Today I found it online. It's selling for $1.5 million :( I knew I couldn't afford it, but that is just WAY beyond my price range. The house is only 2 years old, 4 stories, 6 bedrooms, 7 baths... yeah, it's HUGE, and I want it. If I put 20% down, I STILL would have to pay $7500 per month for 30 years... Yeah, not going to happen. *sigh* If I win the lottery, house, I will buy you!
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My birthday was this Sunday, and I am overwhelmed! Thanks to Facebook, I have received congratulations from friends and family from all over the world. It's been wonderful! I have usually tried to hide, but I must say, it was nice that someone remembered... Especially Magni, Anne-Jorunn and Hanne who remembered me enough to send me a present! It has been such a nice few days lately, wow :)
In other news, I've been getting a lot of spam on gmail lately. I think I've had to get rid of 10-20 spam a day (I get a LOT of email to that account...) Luckily it stopped today, so let's see how good their filters are...
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Last night I saw a commercial for Microsoft. It said something about "A world without walls." And I started thinking "where do you hang the windows?" I.e. a world without walls is a world without Windows. Yeay :) I wonder if that was what they meant.
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I had a loooong, nice talk with my sister on the phone today. It was nice to know about what's going on at home, and it was nice to chat with her for so long. I miss her and the rest of the family. I need to get some money put together so I can go home and see everybody. A bonus would be to see my friends as well!
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My eyes hurt. The eye doctor dilated my eyes, and the light is just too bright. Anyway, I am getting new glasses in a week or so. The end is near, though, my eye sight is getting better *sigh* I'm putting my sunglasses on again.
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And yet, not. It was an adorable episode of immigration from Ogdenville, after the barley they made were banned. So, they became day labourer in Springfield. I even got to see Norwegian on the medical form, that was fun. I also enjoyed that they displayed the Norwegian flag at the end of the episode. The music at the end was similar to our folk music, but modernised and written by someone here in the US, or something. Anyway, I loved the episode, soooo cool that it aired on our constitution day (that was probably planned, but still, very cool, and maybe considerate). I just had to boot up the machine and blog about it :) Now I can go to bed with a smile on my face :)
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Hurra for 17. mai! It's Norway's Constitution day. 195 years ago a few good men met at Eidsvoll and wrote the Constitution. It declared our independence, and promised freedom. It was a glorious day. In the years to come, people would parade first against the Swedish "oppression" (we were technically part of Sweden), then to mark the celebration of our own country. Our National Anthem would be written; a new flag would be created. These days we are just enjoying that we are a free nation. Children and adults alike parade the streets, waving our flag and yelling "Hurray for May 17th!" We sing songs expressing our love for our country, our nature, our uniqueness. The National Anthem, "Ja, vi elsker" ("Yes, we love"(Norway)) is sung by everybody, falsely, in tune, and in general with glee. It's a day for eating hot dogs, ice cream and drink soda pop/soft drinks. Adults eat sour porridge (roemmegroet) and dried meat (spekemat) and beer and wine/champagne is flowing. I must admit that had I lived in Norway, I would probably not celebrate more than watching the children's parades on TV. Now, far away, I feel more like being with other Norwegians, and had it not been for my stupid knee, I would go to the Norwegian Embassy and celebrate with my fellow countrymen. I have to settle for nice clothing and a ribbon, as I did last year for completely different reasons (it was just too hot to be outside). Happy Birthday, Norway! I love, and miss you!
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Lately I have become increasingly worried about my right knee. A couple of weeks ago, I went to my doctor because the pain was back. I have been put on anti-inflammatory drugs again, but unfortunately, they don't work as well as they did the first time. So last week I went for an X-ray to make sure there are no bone damage. The X-rays were fine, as expected. I am going back to my doctor on Tuesday to get paperwork for an MRI. After doing extensive research I am positive they will find tendon damage. I hope it is in a stage where stabilisation can help, but I fear surgery is the only solution.
Now, to Levaquin. Levaquin is a very strong antibiotic that kill germs. THAT is not in question. But it has a set of very serious side effects, tendon rupture being one of them. In my initial research, I found that people had problems with ankles, and I though I was pretty unique with knee problems, but I found a site, askapatient.com where people can rate medication as to how they work. Levaquin has had 1064 people rating it, and on a scale from 1 to 5, where 5 is the highest, Levaquin has a rating of 1.9. It has a link to FDA, who has apparently highlighted tendon problems on this PDF. It is one scary drug!
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I have recovered the master password for my Eee Firefox. Yeay! a relief!
OK, so Princess is worrying me. Her right eye is lazy today, and she keeps shaking her head a bit more than usual. But it doesn't seem to worry her if I touch her ears, her face and she will even let me touch her paws and stomach. I am worried about her... A LOT.
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I just went in to Jiffie Lube to get an oil change. I used to do it at the Shell station around the corner, but they had to close because the Safeway Supermarket was adding a petrol station. Of course, they don't have a garage :( Anyway, I got the windshield wipers changed, the tires rotated and filters changed and whatnot. It needed to be done, and while I got more done than expected, it's a silent satisfaction that it's done.
It's also warm here, 30°C, 46% humidity, so not too bad. I had a t-shirt and black trousers on *moan* I didn't pay attention when I left. Now I'm in i top and beige bike shorts, eating Dibs (small bite size ice creams covered in chocolate). They are cooling me down now, and I will soon add "Mike's hard cider". Should be good!
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Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! It. Is. AWESOME!!! I just got home, having seen it with a couple of my colleagues, and I loved it! Easily my second favourite film. First Contact being my favourite. Come on, it's got Picard in it! But, this was such a good film. I am so happy I am seeing it again tomorrow. I can hardly wait!!! I am DEFINITELY preordering this on DVD!!! I WANT IT!!! Go see it, it's so totally worth it!!!
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May the 4th be with you!
I am waiting impatiently for my new Asus Eee1000HE. Blue. It should arrive tomorrow. It's excruciating to wait. I wish I had been home on Saturday, then I would have had it already! Dang, time moves slowly...
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OK, so we finally started RHCEng today. It went really well! It been a rough month, lots of hard work. But it has paid off. Lot's of praise, and of course the odd bug here and there. It's translated into 12 languages as well as English, and we are planning to add a 14th language soon.
For most of my readers, RHCEng probably doesn't ring a bell. Well, we have shortened our exams, and instead of two sections, we now have only one. Personally I like it. Shorter Fridays!
I have also purchased an Asus Eee 1000HE, blue. It should arrive on Tuesday. Cannot wait :) Time seems to pass slower as a result. I had thought about paying for Saturday delivery, but then I remembered that I won't be home this Saturday, as I will sing in the morning, then go to the police station and do some work there. So I opted for standard delivery, which means Tuesday. It is currently in Lexington, Kentucky! So close, yet so far away *sigh* hurry up, time!
I have also joined a club called Events and Adventures. It's a place to go out with single ppl and have fun. I am going to a party on the 11th, and I am going to the Dragon boat festival at the end of the month. I am looking forward to that! May even go to a chili cook-off, will see. In June we are starting a book-club where we're reading Twilight. I will have to get the book. I am probably also going to see the movie.
Talking about movies, I am going to see Star Trek on the 8th at an IMAX theatre! I've got the tickets! I may go and see it at a regular theatre with a colleague the 7th, but I do have a concert that date, so time is tight. But it would be fun to see it with someone else, and not alone... Last Star Trek film I went to see with Stig and Amund in Guildford, that was nice. I cried, though, and they tried to convince me that Data wasn't really dead, but I wouldn't listen. I've got the DVD on my shelf, but I have not seen it since. Anyway, I want to see it WITH someone! I bet I won't cry from this one as well :) Only red shirts will die, and we don't care about those! ;)
OK, time to heat some red meat :)
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The last two weeks have been grueling. It may have been the last three weeks, I've lost count. We've been working on a project that is to be released this weekend. I have facilitated translations to 12 different languages, another 1-3 to be added in the next couple of months, I guess. It's been hard work, but it is rewarding. Some of it has been mind numbingly boring (comparing around 40 files in 11 languages to English), but getting to this point has made it all worth it. All I have left to do now is to say "freeze", do QA (I have even created new QA docs!), upload and call it a day. Then I will sleep. For a looong time. And then, I have to get back to work...
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Friday evening, and I am sitting at home watching Spongebob on TV *groan* I am such a nerd. I am bored, wanna chat about nothing, and there are no-one around. Who's silly enough to hang out on the net on a Friday evening? A lamer like me :( What the Schwartzwald am I going to do? I bet I will just go to bed :(
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