Sky Watch Friday

This Friday I start with a photo taken in Stockholm, Sweden showing a Sewer coming out of his manhole at Raol Wallenberg Place for Sky Watching and talking to my wife. She is an expert in talking to sculptures or getting attention from men with deaf ears while looking at TV.The sewer may have got lost in the underground on his way to the City Hall in Stockholm behind the Vasa Bridge.May be next time he see daylight is in the beautiful Carrara Mountains in Tuscany, Italy where among others Michelangelos David was carved.May be he then wish he could join us when leaving by boat the Doria Castle at
Portovenere on our voyage towards north and the spectacular Cinque Terre:
Riomaggiore ,
Manarola,
Corniglia,
Vernazza, and
Monterosa al Mare.For more Italian photos see:
Berlin, Praha, Firenze 2003
Tuscany 2004
Puglia 2006
If you want to join the Sky Watch Friday Fellowship on this Leap Day go to DOT and sign up on Mr. Linky

Bloggers love Chocolate

Yesterday many of my visitors gave comments related to the Freia Chocolate Marketing Sign, The clock at Egertorvet.

It is obvious that bloggers love Chocolate.

Outside Oslo perhaps the more known ad from Freia may be the Freia Cow or the Freia Boy. He is Norwegian.

Belgian chocolate has been the food of champions, a lure for lovers, the indulgence of the rich and later, the favorite of the masses.

Belgium produces 172,000 tons of chocolate per year with more than 2,000 chocolate shops throughout the country.

Pralines in Belgium are sublime chocolate confections. A beautifully sculpted chocolate shell conceals a center of filling which explodes with a surprising texture and flavor in your mouth. Many chocolatiers still make their pralines by hand. Every town and even small villages have chocolate stores with luxurious pralines.

In Brussels I found in a Chocolate shop this box of the group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction, The Molecule of Chocolate.
Chocolate and other ingredients mixed together in a special recipe can also result in one of the worlds most famous Chocolate Cake – The original Sachertorte at Hotel Sacher in Vienna.
The Recipe is hereBon Apetite!

ABC Wednesday - F

This ABC Wednesday I want to share a photo from last summer.
I am not sure if it is
F for Fun, Fear or Fearless In my town we have the most known marketing sign in Norway; the Freia-clock at Egertorvet. It is around one hundreds years old and was equipped with neon lights in 1956.
F for Freia and its chocolate Another, but perhaps not that well known eye catcher is the old front of a modern house in Josefinegate.
F for Front Living in a city we have more street boutiques than shopping centre. An exception is at Aker Brygge where you may find shops above each other.
F for Floors in shopping centres However, wherever we live in Norway, some of us always dream about going back to nature and the “cosy” life at the cottage.
F for Fireplace


You almost feel the romantic atmosphere in the Living room above and probably want to sit down among fantastic Fox furs waiting for the Fidler to arrive.
My painting shows a Fidler tuning the
Hardingfele

F for the Fiddler playing
Fanitullen

If you like the piano better, listen to the Norwegian composer Chr. Sindings Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring) on this
YouTube video

More Family News

Henrik is developing and a new video is presented from the Cymraeg family.

Take a look and see Henrik Isak smiling

For more information about his first months and the family challenges, see Henrik Isaks own blog

Gerd and Arne have Birthdays

I think it is a little odd that my sister and her husband are born on the same day although it is 5 years between those 26th Feb.
Today I send all my Congratulations to both of them by reopen some photos from our common trip to the fantastic Alhambra Granada, Spain, last autumn.

Alhambra is the common name of the complex consisting of a fortress (Alcazaba), a palace (Charles V) and the Castle (Alhambra), the unirrigated Upper Alhambra village, plus the leisure place (Generalife). The area is full of gardens, buildings, rooms, bridges and patios; all with astonishing decorations.
We had a great time together and are looking forward to visiting you in Spain another time.

The first photo is from the Dome in Hall of the Abencerrajes

The wonderful dome of mocarabes rests on eight pendentives of mocarabes. The windows that are where the dome starts let a faint light filter through and illuminate the mocarabes creating a magic atmosphere.
The second photo is the Daraxa´s Garden

In the garden there are cypresses, acacias, orange trees and box bushes surrounding the big central marble fountain. The fountain's border is decorated with a poem, like the fountain of the Patio of the Lions (Patio de los Leones), and it was made in 1626 with the big basin that was in the Patio of the Gilded Room (Patio del Cuarto Dorado).Above Alhambra at Cerro del Sol you can visit Generalife where the third photo was takenOur visit at Alhambra was in a wonderful Andalucian weather with the sun shining from a clear blue sky. Today we have light spring rain here in Oslo. The water will bind the dust in the streets and it is easier to take deep breaths.
Tomorrow the weather prognoses are once again clear with increasing temperature.

Dawn of Spring

At the Dawn of this new week I also want to present the Dawn of Spring.
My agricultural period when leaving my apartment in the city and moving closer to the geographical centre of Oslo to live at my cottage (or summer residence - Tullarbo) is coming nearer. Although we have not yet ended the winter month February, the temperature yesterday was +10 C with mild wind from southwest. At Tullarbo the icy ground is still dominating but the perennial plants have started the budding. The red Rubarb and the bud of the Lilac leaves are wonderful discoveries.
At home we still have flowers from the shop. My preferred flower is the Tulip, and I send this flower bouquet to Turid (birthday yesterday) and Gerd and Arne (birthday tomorrow).
Age? No comments. Congratulation to you all.

Stockholm, Second edition

Saturday, February 9. I wrote about the Capital of Norway as the Jungle City. Being in the Capital of Sweden with my camera I also shot some photos of the animals of Stockholm.
First the lonely Swan close to the Skeppsholm bridge:Close to Strøm bridge we found the remaining family with lots of friends:The closest we came to a jungle animal was this Crocodile eating the old buildings at the central station.In a Norwegian blogpost January 28th, I showed a sign for private parking of Norwegian sheep and goats. In Stockholm they have Parking rights for inhabitant cows. The gilding Owl we found (ref comments from GAWO some time ago) will be used in next ABCW - F.

1060 km and a Vernissage

530 km x 2 during 6 hours x 2 car-driving, 2 nights in a hotel bed, italian food, strolling up and down streets, over bridges, up and down shopping escalators, subway traveling = a short visit to Stockholm, Sweden.
The purpose?
The spectacular vernissage of Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (1864 - 1901) at Nationalmuseum.In addition we had for the first time the chance to visit an exhibition of Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) at Moderna Museet.
Moderna museet is located at Skeppsholmen and you have to cross a bridge to arrive. From the bridge you have a great look at the the old city with the Royal Castle at Skeppsbron. A journey through the subway system on the way to the museums, gives you possibilities to see underground art.
This is from Kungstregården station
Outside Moderna Museet a lot of fantastic sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle, born Catherine-Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle (October 29, 1930–May 22, 2002) can be seen.Traveling back to Oslo, we have the following facts to share.
Petrol is 17% cheaper in Sweden, and good wine 50% cheaper at Systembolaget.
However, we have the bridge of Leonardo da Vinci at Ås outside Oslo made by the Norwegian artist Vebjørn Sand At the end and you still is interested in my Stockholm posting, I have a question to you, and perhaps mostly directed to my swedish visitors. What is or symbolizes this figure at the entrance of Skepsholmen. It is written "Skeppsholm Førsamling" under the roof, and I may have read somewhere that many poor and sick children lived at Skeppsholmen years ago. Please enlighten me.

Sky Watch Friday

Been away a couple of days. Had to visit Stockholm, the capital of Sweden to check the spring collections at the fashion street, Biblioteksgatan, eating at Gamla Stan, visiting Art museums, etc.
Will return with normal blogging tomorrow morning, but just to tell those of you still looking for my name at mr. Linky, that I am not out of SWF. I show you below a photo from Skjærhalden, Norway with the ferry to Sweden taken last summer.

ABC Wednesday - E

What else can be more significant for the opening of this ABC Wednesday than
E is for my Easels in my painting studio.
Take look at my paintings and listen to the Beethoven when thinking of
E for Elise performed in a different way, but absolutely intriguing on this:
YouTube video.
It is still winter holidays in southern Norway and we take a short shopping visits to Stockholm, Sweden. Still 4 weeks to
E is for Easter
but I found already this years Easter fashion-bunnies in a shop at Aker Brygge.We cannot use the European currency in Sweden yet, but here in ABCW it is
E for 100 Euros.With E is for EXIT
and Equipment for Emergency Evacuation in Hospital, this photo is Ending my ABC Blogpost this Wednesday.

Weather condition at Skuløya - It´s Springtime

Documenting Nature is more than Sky Watching.
Last Friday I had a photo taken at my friends A&AK´s Summer House. Today I will show how the weather changes over night at the same place.

These photos are, as usual, sent from my co-photographer Asbjørn and are from Flemsøya / Skuløya. Flemsøya is one of the islands we call Nordøyane or The Northern Islands at the north-western part of Norway.
The first photo (originally two) is taken at sunset last Friday and the second the following morning, from beautiful springtime at the coastline to fog, rain and stormy weather.That’s nature as it is, climate changes or not, like the weather here at Homansbyen, Oslo, (photo taken at the same time as above) In addition,
once again I give my congratulations to Anna Katharina on her birthday yesterday. Looking forward to your border passing next year.

Dawn of the age of Reason

Yesterday I watched a fiction movie on TV about consequences of environmental disorder. Flooding, extreme global weatherchange, storms, frost, death etc.
Burning books was the only way to keep up a certain "heat" inside the libraryroom where lead actors stayed and waited for the hero.

One sentence in a dialogue is still repeating in my mind:
"the Dawn of the age of Reason"
referring to protecting Johannes Gutenbergs work and his first Bible.

In 1455 Gutenberg published his 42-line Bible. About 180 were printed, most on paper and some on vellum.

His books (whatever content) was the first public medium making it possible to communicate by printing and sharing content of ideas and not only through oral stories for common people. The Dawn of the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.

Today we all communicate through electronic media with a speed not believed only years ago. Not only by texting but also through pictures. This kind of communication creates ideas like the photo following my posting today. High heal shoes.

It was when visiting Maries blog I got the idea. Her craziness of shoes, the yesterday movie, Guthenbergs Bible and a calender poster from december 1999.

Let us have a rich communicating week full of thinking, understanding and judgements, on winter holiday, home, at work, on duty or wherever you all are in this climate threatened world made by men or not.

Can you save the world?

It´s Sunday. Many of us use the day to relax in front of sport on TV, but many more use the hours in the nature, skiing and touring. Some even go to church.

I had my time with a female priest and her Communion wine yesterday at Cafe Sorgenfri without being to much impressed of the food delivered accordance to in the new menu. Next Saturday we will return to C.C. with a lesson learned: Do not change a winning team.

Perhaps the bird at the table came with the latest news about How to save the world, and at home Wired delivered an article about almost the same.
But, before you start saving, perhaps a list of the most important TO-Do activities could help. Some of the world's brightest minds have used more than a year pondering how best to improve life on Earth and came up with 14 Grand Engineering Challenges: What are they?

Make solar energy affordable.
Provide energy from fusion.
Develop carbon sequestration methods.
Manage the nitrogen cycle.
Provide access to clean water.
Restore and improve urban infrastructure.
Advance health informatics.
Engineer better medicines.
Reverse-engineer the brain.
Prevent nuclear terror.
Secure cyberspace.
Enhance virtual reality.
Advance personalized learning.
Engineer the tools for scientific discovery.

On the way back to my iMac and blogfriends we also stopped and had our own glass of Chardonnay at fru Burums (our local) and could not avoid taking this shot. May be that also can keep unwanted persons away from delivering virus comments, like "click here". (Frivolity behavior will lead to Expulsion)

Blogging fellowship and presenting Sky Photos more often than Fridays

During last day (and night dependent of CET or American Time) I have been mailing with DOT about the BIG job she is doing on Sky Watch Fridays. The content of the mails are not copied, but as many of my other blogfriends have noticed, my communication may be "provocative" and direct, but with no intention of making people "mad".
You all know that whatever you think of a scorpion he never leaves you untouched.

After that I feel that RuneE has right about being reluctant to take mr.Linky in use for the "Broer som Binder" fellowship. May be he should keep clear of time zones and globalization. However let me thank DOT for her job with SWF, even if I mean it must be up to us to make our Blogs so interested that we get visitors and comments, not only as names on a mr Linky list.

I therefore today also choose to present two photos (taken yesterday) that could have been saved for next SWF. The morning light from my bedroom window, and the Half Moon taken at noon from the Royal Castle. The sky was exceptionally blue at the start of the winter holiday this year.
Thanks for visiting my blog, and
Have a nice weekend wherever you are around the world.

Sky Watch Friday

Today I cover the whole Friday by presenting four photos covering early morning, mid day, late afternoon and night. Hope you will enjoy seeing them larger by clicking on them.

Dawn and peak hours at Ring Road 2 close to the entrance of the hospital from yesterday medical control.
A continuation of yesterday visit to Denmark and Grenen at Skagen. If possible, go to Skagen yourself, and experience the Nordic Light as P.S. Krøyer and all the other artists has made immortal through their paintings.
Asbjørn and Anne Katharina´s (congratulation with the 18th) wonderful holiday home on the seashore and with the Nordic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Looking forward to join you at Eidet when the winter storms has calmed.
Dinner and sunset over Boat Quay, Singapore.

If you want to join the Sky Watch Friday Fellowship click on DOT´s Blog and sign in on Mr. Linky

Terminal sick, healthy, dependent of drugs, in and out of Hospitals

The title and the photo illustrate the problem nature has when culture (in my case transplantation) wants to rule over nature.
A human is first and most biology. The fight between both parties will go on as long as I am alive. Hopefully for many years still.The same is fight is going on between the northern and southern waterpower at the top of Denmark - Grenen. As long as there is water and streams, one of these nature phenomena will try to win.
Have a nice Thursday.

ABC Wednesday - D

Due to acute absence I have to post my ABCWednesday a day ahead.

D is for Dawn at Manilva Beach, Manzana Sabanillas, Spain.D for D…??….. and the possibility you all have to name this painting
D is for Dublin, Irland and the famous Temple Bar District.

D is for Drotningegatan, Stockholm, Sweden (the shopping eldorado)

D is for Debussy
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's legendary performance of: "...La Fille aux cheveux de lin" The Girl with the Flaxen Hair">from Claude Debussy "Preludes Book 1
YouTube video

Almost 100 visitors a day

After changing text language from Norwegian to English I have noticed an increase in visits to my blog. Last week almost 100 visits were registered every day. Not all are leaving comments, but if blogging is a global approach of distributing information and sharing experience and thus bridging gaps between me and the world, the change must be characterized as a success.
However, if some of the visitors, especially those coming by at other days than ABC Wednesdays and Sky Watch Fridays, feel that it is difficult to make comments because the host is using English, or the topics is not interested enough, please tell me in your own language.
It is more difficult to climb the mountains below.For those of you not familiar with commenting up till now, here is a short description of how to do it:
At the end of my post you see something like this:

Lagt inn av ArneA på 8:21 AM 36 kommentarer

1. ckick on “kommentarer”
2. a new window pops up where comments (if any) from other visitors can be read, and a frame occurs at the end with the heading Skriv en kommentar
3. Write whatever you like within the frame

4. Before you send the comments you have to identify yourself by:
a) mark your Blogger/Google account with username and password, or
b) mark your nickname and url or
c) signing your name in the comment text and mark the category anonym

5. Send your comments by clicking on “Publiser kommentaren din”

That is all.
The first time is "always" difficult, but not so difficult as swimming the fjords from Sykkylven to Ålesund seen in the far background.
Looking forward to seeing you making comments.

ps: Asbjørn is still the photographer from his terrace at Sykkylven

Domestic cattle and Poached Skrei

A short update connected to my Saturday postings.
I did find some domestic cattle in Oslo, but it was only at advertising signs from earlier time when marketing in newspapers, websites and e-mails still was science fiction.
An Insurance company tells the public that Life insurance of Horses at favourable terms with or without payout when the horse is still alive, is a new insurance possibility.

We can even see an ad. covering biscuits with the rooster logo of Sætre. Oslo is indeed not only a jungle city, and I will still look for an owl out there.


I also got some comments about the fishing photos; about frying a fish of that size. I therefore give you some more explanation of how to prepare Skrei for dinner. The photo shows the result after cooking or poaching Skrei at my home, served with potatoes, carrots and melted butter. There is no cod roe and liver in that picture, because I don´t like liver and my wife thinks that roe is too much, if BMI should be under control.

We normally drink red wine to cod.
Some Norwegians generally prefer white wine to fish, and we can in that respect recommend Murgo, Etna Bianco 2006 from Sicily as an alternative.

Post Transplant Challenges

I am sitting here this Sunday morning with my hand full of the medicine I have to take. Not only for today but every day. (in addition four more tablets in evening dose). In close to ten years these volumes of medicine have been taken every morning and evening after my combined Heart-Kidney-Transplantation spring 1998.

Well, I am still alive. Not only exposed death, but able to Live.
In Norway (according to information from Transplant doctors in 2006) the survival rates for Heart Transplants were as follows:
_. 1 year: 86.1% (males), 83.9% (females)
_. 3 years: 78.3% (males), 74.9% (females)
_. 5 years: 71.2% (males), 66.9% (females)
Mean survival in these patients is 12 years. With an expected survival of less than one year without transplantation, these are strong results that compare well with international figures. Patients younger than 50 years at transplantation have the best prognosis regardless of donor age, while the combination of patients older than 50 years and donor above 35 years have the poorest chance of survival.As I started this post, medication is mandatory, and I likely have to take these or other drugs for the rest of my life.
Even with the best possible match between me and the donor, my immune system will try to reject the new kidney and/or heart. My drug regimen will include medications to suppress my immune system.
Some of these medications may cause noticeable side effects. Steroid-like medications can make my face become round and full. I will gain weight, develop acne or facial hair, or experience stomach problems.
Because medications to suppress my immune system make my body more vulnerable to infection, my doctors also have prescribed antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal medications. Some of the immune system medications have also an increase for the risk of developing or aggravating certain conditions, such as cancer.

My post-transplant treatment are a delicate balancing act between preventing rejection and managing unwanted side effects. My doctors monitor the treatment adjust it as needed.

That is why I can blog about this and share some of the challenges with you. That is why my blog heading can tell "Det er godt å leve" (It´s great to Live)

"og om litt er kaffen klar"

Oslo - The Jungle City

This Saturday post is a follow up of at least two blog-comments lately.
From GAWO She gave me an award for teaching her about Oslo, and thanks for that.
From Marie. I was given the title “Byherre” (City Dandy?) without competence in farming, and she is close to the truth. Previously I have covered Urban People and their surroundings, but why not give some more snapshots from Oslo

The Post is also a consequence of walking in Bogstadveien (one of Oslos shopping streets).
In a fashion shop this Leopard can be seen.Most people in Norway know that the Capital – Oslo – also is called "Tigerstaden".
This name came from the writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, who in his poem “Last Song” wrote about the dangerous and merciless big city.
Today Oslo is one of the most secure cities in the world, but for rural people watching news from the capital at TV, Oslo may be seen as big, violent, dangerous and only for urban lifestyle. Perhaps that is why the council has places this Tiger close to the Central Railroad Terminal.But Oslo has also some other animals around in streets and places.
At the Parliament (Løvebakken), the entrance are guarded by Lions giving the small arrival hill its name.We can even find an Elephant near Majorstuen.I have difficulties finding cows and horses, but pocket dogs are seen in many Louis Vuitton bags at Cafes. Sometimes we also can observe cats and dogs like the one we met in Brussels Have a nice Saturday strolling and/or website scrolling wherever you are.

Sky Watch Friday

Yesterday I showed a photo of me fishing a huge Cod. Today, for you Sky Watchers I will present the surroundings where the fishing took place.
As you see the mountains are the same as on my Blog Heading. If you go onboard a boat and move out nearby the fishing wharf / house to the right, look for some seagulls and a boat, and it is possible for you to catch a similar photo as mine.

Sky watching for me does not need to be pictures of light, colours, moon and clouds. For the Babyfaced Assassin – Ole Gunnar Solskjær – ManUs 20legend, even the Sky was not the limit. Ole is the most known and famous Star world wide from Norway.
If interested in football (soccer) and like to see great goals, take 5 minute and watch this YouTube video. The photo is from Oles farewell at Old Trafford

Sky Watch Friday must aim towards more humor.

For people not interested in landscapes and football, may be this guy has met a shark in the water. Sky Watching can be the only possibility for him if there is no mirror at hand.

This Friday Quiz is the BMI for the FKK fellow.

However, if somebody feel loathed by this kind of humor, I will remind you that it is still winter in Norway and a photo taken from my summer residence above the City, is used to wish you all a peaceful weekend.

Leftovers and Communication areas

When I prepare for the ABC Wednesday I have at least two different way of thinking.
Shall I find the most spectacular object or idea, or shall I show a variety of photos covering the chosen letter.

I have done the last and also shown some of my own works with paintbrush in Acrylic on Paper or Canvas.

The result of that thinking is that you sit with a lot of leftover photos which could have joined my presentation, but did not match volume and theme for the day.

Therefore you just have to look at some additional photos this Thursday under the vignette C (i.e. the Chinaware here)

In addition many of the new Blog-fellows are interested in Interiors, Furniture, Books and Cats so why not give them something.

Today blogging is therefor only a photo presentation under that area. It is up to the visitors and readers to evaluate if this way of blogging, also is in the commenting mode.

I start with the Cervantes Monument in Madrid for all the lovers of Don Quijote, the world best bookI follow up with the Cat from the Pavillion in BrightonContinuing with my Chair in the painting studio (old but excellent to sit an evaluate my works in operation)Ending up with a photo taken out fishing for Cod, as a reminder that it is Skrei season and that is the only recommended dinner at the time

ABC Wednesday – C

C is for the Chinese New Year moving from the Year of Pig to the year of Rat – Wu Zi.

C is also for my - Camera - of which I have taken many of the photos presented in my blog.

C is for COCO Chanel and the scent of my wife. (my own Platinum Egoiste to the left)C is for Construction Cranes, and this photo can also be seen as an invitation to join - The Sky Watch Friday fellowship .


C is for one of my first painting from 2002, the Clown (Trist som faen)

As you may be able to see has he lost one of the buttons in his jacket. May be there is a suitable button in - DOT´s Collection from last week ABCW.

C is for Cars like those I presented in my - Blogpost in May - last year.

C is for Chopin and Stanislav Bunin playing fantasie-impromptu at this - YouTube - video of 5.24 minutes.

C is for City Houses at - Camilla Collets gate - in Oslo

Super Tuesday and Fetetirsdag

Today people in 24 states of the USA can make a great contribution to World Peace (hopefully) by voting on their Candidate for the Commander-in-Chief .
It may be dangerous to give any advice to my American blog fellows, but for me as a far away Norwegian, my preferred winner must be Ms. H.R. Clinton.

I think USA now would have profited by getting a woman as CINC not only as first lady. It could be interesting to have a President with brain instead of fake muscles.

May be we can expect some of the ABC Wednesday bloggers to use C in this direction for C tomorrow.

The map below shows the States in stake for Super Tuesday nominations. Click on the grafic for more details


Regarding the Shrove Tuesday or "Fete tirsdag" as called in Scandinavia, I shall make pancakes for dinner.
Wheat flour, light milk, a touch of salt and two eggs mixed together by hand and cooked on my hot iron frying pan as thin as possible.
Served with Norwegian Brown Cheese (click and see photos) or Blueberries. Not much fattening food on this Fat Tueday in my home, so my BMI will not be too influenced today.

This is not a photo of today weather in Oslo, but why not just give you a lovely view of Hypogymnia physodes ( Kvistlav).

Blåmandag and Cycling

After the heavy Fastelavn Buns from yesterday, and even more heavy snow over SouthEast Norway during the weekend causing closed main airport OSL Gardermoen and creating lots of problems for the traffic and electricity, I invite you this BlueMonday to start preparation for the springtime and the cycling season.

If not fit for exercise and that sport, join me on a ride through Oslo and Brussel and look for these two sculptures shown below.

The left one is made to honor one of the heroes in our resistance movement during the occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945 No.24 or Kjakan .
The other sculpture we found close to the Center For Comic Strips it Brussels.

Fastelavn Sunday

This Sunday is called Fastelavn Sunday or Quinquagesima.
In earlier days Fastelavn marked the beginning of the Fasting or Lent.

Today you have the last chance to eat as much as possible, but be aware that tomorrow Blue Monday can be problematic for your body and soul. On Fat Tuesday you need to get as much fat as possible by eating white bread cocked in oil with sugar, or pancakes, because on Ash Wednesday the LENT starts.
Lent is the period preceding Easter that in the Christian Church is devoted to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ's fasting in the wilderness. In the Western Church Lent runs from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday and so includes forty weekdays.

Enjoy your Fastelavns buns today. Recipe Here See also a comparison between the Norwegian puritanical symbol of Fastelavn through colorful Brushwood (above), and the spectacular costumes used in the Carnival do Rio de Janeiro:

Henrik og fremtiden

On this Saturday my intention was to write about future challenges and probably problems in the IT world.
I had some thoughts about coverphoto, but late yesterday night some lovely photos of my grandson Henrik Isak came by e-mail so no alternative could compete.

Henrik is now ab.4 months and looking like his mother who again looks like her father, so ..........
See the start of his life here on Blip.TV


So to the "planned" topic in which Henrik too will be a participant as a schoolboy.

If you look at the map from yesterday blogpost, you will find some dark areas without flags.

In an article at my old company DNV Homepage you can read that the so-called BRIC-countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – are supposed to invest in IT infrastructure to a volume of 800 million more PC users within 2015. These users will operate standard Laptops 30 times more powerful, less expensive and with more storage capacity than we use today.

That challenge will also create problems as about 2% of human CO2 emissions will come from this manufacturing (equal to today emissions from the maritime industry). To learn more fact of the CO2 Challenge, download The little green DataBook 2007

Another problem in the CIT area we could read about in yesterday Wired , was the Internet blackout in Asia, when some communication cables was cut off. Regarding the cable see update here

Yesterday we also heard that the browser Netscape with which we started our Internet experience in Singapore 1994, now was due to the graveyard. You gave us much, rest in peace.

All of these topics could cover many blogposts, but for you sitting inside in front of the fireplaces and with heavy snowing outside, I thought I should help you with surfing possibilities.

Have a nice weekend.

Sky Watch Friday and “Broer som binder”

This Sky Watch Friday I have to start with a small photo dedicated to Rune Eide, Professor, DDS, Dr.odont (Ph.D), Department of Clinical Dentistritry - Section for Biomaterials Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, and also known as the ABC and SkyWatch active blogger RuneE , who on this day (and hopefully in the future every first day of the month) has started a blogging fellowship called “Broer som Binder”, or as I will call it “Bridging gaps”.

Therefore my Sky Watch photo today has to be of a Bridge.
The bridge connect Jylland (Jutland) and the island Fyn (Funen) over Lillebelt (Little Belt or “The Narrowing”) and is taken from the harbour at Middelfart (the lovely town between two bridges at Fyn)
From Fyn to Zealand (Sjælland and Copenhagen) you have another bridge to cross over Storebelt (Big Belt) but last night this bridge was closed due to heavy weather.The fellowship "Bridging Gaps" has the intention to extend the word BRIDGE from all the physical small or large constructions, to “Connecting People” (as Nokia says), special friendship or recovery over problems and challenges in abstract manner. My Pacemaker (supporting energy from the Atrium to the Ventricle due to total AV-Block) is physical but the consequences of giving energy to replace death with life, is abstract.

Bridging Gaps between America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia through Blogging are also under the widget as my traffic map shows.Join the fellowship at RuneE´s Norwegian blog.