June 17, 2009 at 11:42 am · Filed under meh
So, in a recently mis-executed joke with Kristin Henry, I realized it has been near 2 years since I blogged last. Twitter has been my obsession over the last few years, and as most of you who follow me know, I only need 140 characters to make a right fool of myself.
Anyway, I was checking mah email this morning when I discovered a friend request from someone I went to university with, or at least according to this person we went to uni together. In an attempt to figure out if I knew the person, I wandered through the listing of all the people I went to university with on Facebook. I saw countless photos of weddings, babies, life experiences that people chose to be their defining representation to the world.
Here’s mine: 
It got me thinking about how you can share a chunk of time with people, and maybe you knew them, maybe you didn’t, but you still feel a connection with them. Maybe it is just that you have the same music in your head when you think of that time, maybe what the city looked like at the time. I almost start to feel a bit guilty that I haven’t sent a “congrats on your new beautiful child” or “You looked lovely on your wedding day”.
Not really sure I have a point with this, other that community and shared experience are weird beasts.
December 3, 2007 at 8:56 am · Filed under meh, code
because! obviously you need to change the local playback security to “network only” silly!
the reason for this is because the default setting is “local only,” which is the default publish setting in flash 8. while i can appreciate adobe trying to prevent people from hacking my phone and running up a phone bill, it would be helpful to have known this when building my app instead of taking a month and a half to track down the fix from a third party who i happened to meet on several drunken occasions at flash on the beach.
Nick Gerig, where ever you are, may santa be kind to you and your family, and give your children a bit of snow over the holidays, and thanks to Niqui for the insight to make that connection!
November 13, 2007 at 10:35 am · Filed under meh
my good friend snorre and i were just having an im conversation, when this lil blurb happened…
[10:29] me> I gave up on trying to convince people I am clever, and became a drunk instead
[10:30] snorre> what else was there to do for you in norway?
[10:30] snorre> it was your destiny
this explains so much… 
November 10, 2007 at 8:05 pm · Filed under meh
wow wow wow
it has taken a couple days to recover and ponder the events of the last few days. the summary though is this:
what a conference!
the highlights from this year (in no particular order and missing all sorts of great people) include:
- hanging out with the usual krew and admiring matt’s determination to keep up with michelle, despite not being used to our liver-defying lifestyle
- hearing some incredibly inspirational sessions from the likes of Natzke and Tarbell
- learning a ton about as3 and flex from Branden Hall and Tink
- fantastic dinner/hob-knobbing/networking sessions with adobe and ms people
- ‘acquiring’ keith peter’s game framework
- chumbys from Niqui and Keith!
- having a champagne buying competition with Hoss that led to…
- a well-documented swim in the english channel at 4am
to be honest, i don’t know how John Davey does it. if you have missed the last two fotb’s, then you really need to get your act together for next year. i am already planning to be there again, hopefully with something to show from a project one of the people listed above and i are setting up…
September 28, 2007 at 8:25 am · Filed under meh
can’t wait to get back to brighton bay-bee!
September 5, 2007 at 9:19 am · Filed under meh, music
the other day i was speaking with my good friend håvard about the arrival of fall, and how it is my absolute favorite season. hailing from new england, there is nothing like fresh apple crisp after taking a walk down a wooded road in the white mountains. ahhhhh. anyway, as the discussion progressed, i stated that i can start to pull out my autumn music. i am one of those people who has certain music that can only be listened to during certain seasons. as such, i offer up this selection of music i believe to be the best match with that batch of fresh apple crisp. enjoy!
Elfin Knight, Kate Rusby in reality, anything by kate makes for perfect autumn music, but this is a particularly lovely track
Anna Begins, Counting Crows counting crows’ “August and Everything After” has always been a classic autumn album
My New Vow, Jennifer Kimball a sparse track using only a strumstick, a heavy song about endings.
Art Isn’t Real, Deer Tick hailing from rhode island, a fantastic late summer romp down back country roads
She Goes On, Crowded House i still remember raking leaves in the backyard the fall i discovered this album. a great track and a great memory
Safe Travels, Peter and the Wolf a new entry, it just has that vibe i like i early/mid fall
this isn’t a comprehensive listing, but at least it’s a few tracks to listen to…
August 24, 2007 at 12:50 pm · Filed under meh
That’s right kids, its time to start planning your trip to Flash On The Beach, only the greatest Flash conference out there. I spoke last year, which was great and all, but a bit stressful. This year I get to go as an attendee and heckle Keith Peters from the back row… 
Let me know if you are going, and maybe we can meet up for a pint around the corner from the Old Ship. Ol’ Peculiar here I come!!!!
August 7, 2007 at 11:58 am · Filed under meh
now that i am a dad, i find things like this to be so very insulting:
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1924493.ece
because, as everyone knows, serious matters like child custody and reproductive rights are best resolved at the pub. not to mention the minister of children and equality has her theorhetical knowledge from, oh, uh, high school:
http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/bld/dep/minister.html?id=62 (scroll to the bottom, videregående skole is a mishmash between vocational school and high school, and her focus was marketing!)
i just hope the next women’s rights meeting happens at the hair salon or mall. No wait, the lingerie shop!!!
June 26, 2007 at 9:56 am · Filed under meh
I just saw the film Coach Carter yesterday, and there was a great quote, albeit cheesy and overly sentimental. Nonetheless, the idea is still powerful, and one that relates to doing anything great in life:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
anyway, take it for what it is worth…
June 15, 2007 at 1:36 pm · Filed under meh
i am going to take advantage of the norwegian social welfare system and take six weeks off with my son and grrl. while i will be checking email and whatnot, don’t expect any sort of quick replies until i am back online in august.
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