København windmills
Denmark has a lot of windmills. They look spectacular around København and you can get a good view of them from the train heading from Malmø in Sweden.
Are you a hacker?
Remember. The most scary thing about a hacker is their smell … http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html
Cycling makes you blow rainbow farts
First Oslo cycling trip of 2013
With the first weekend of good weather, I took to the hills around Oslo on my mountain bike. I’m not very good at taking it easy.
Rundetårn
I visited Rundetårn in København, Denmark. It is a 7th-century tower which was built as an astronomical observatory.
17. mai
The 17th of May is the biggest public holiday of the year in Norway. All the Norwegian go crazy! The girls wear striking little outfits called “bunad”.
Rosenborg Castle
Harriet and I visited Rosenborg Castle in København, Denmark. Apparently the Danish crown jewels are stored in it.
Historien for norskkurs
A crude story for Norwegian class. This hasn’t been proof read and is definitely riddled with errors. No need to correct as we’ll be reviewing this in class 🙂 Vi har ny loven i New Zealand. Vi hadde “Civil Union” før nå. De laget loven for “Civil Union” i 2004. Personer i “Civil Union” ha […]
Frederik’s Church
Harriet and I paid a visit to Frederik’s Church, a spectacular looking church in København, Denmark.
Run with Karl
A casual afternoon run with Karl turned into a 17.75 km adventure.
Outside Christiansborg Palace
View of the outside of Christiansborg Palace in København, Denmark.
Inside Christiansborg Palace
Whilst wandering around København I stumbled across Christiansborg palace. The inside was spectacular looking.
Sentrumsløpet 2013
I ran the Sentrumsløpet in Oslo. 10 km in 61.5 mins in 2012 and 53 mins 46 seconds in 2013! There’s a dip in speed during the middle section as I got a really unpleasant cramp. Hopefully I can do even better for 2014 🙂 Here’s the trace from my Nike running watch.
View of København from on top of Vor Frelsers Kirke
Here are some photos taken from the top of Vor Frelsers Kirke.
Inside Vor Frelsers Kirke
Some view of the inside of the Vor Frelsers Kirke on the way to the top of the spire.
Ninja Kiwi!
Vor Frelsers Kirke
Harriet and I saw the strange looking spire of “Vor Frelsers Kirke” in København so decided to take a closer look. It turned out you can walk to the top.
W00p w00p, Norway!
w00p w00p w00p! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 I just had a panicked morning as I realised my old work visa had expired. I’d been looking at the wrong date in my visa when working out when I was going to get booted from Norway. Fast forward a few extremely worried hours, and I managed […]
Ivelina and Reindeer
Ivelina and I headed into town after scoffing down some yummy pizza. Here is Ivelina standing beside a Reindeer statue.
Growing old
Space thingy
Beautiful image of space, comet, astroid, meteor thingy. http://www.joetek.ca/we-all-need-a-distraction-today/
Excessive caching?
As weird as it may seem, I’m pretty sure I managed to make this upward trend in load times decrease by reducing the amount of caching on my site(s). I reduced how often Batcache stores pages and the load time plummeted within a few minutes.
Harriet and I at Nyhavn
Harriet and I headed to Nyhaven, a small port area of København in Denmark with lots of awesome little restaurants and cafes.
Fashion in København
They sure do have some interesting fashions in Denmark.
Spring barbecue in Norway
Everyone says that spring in Norway is beautiful. So we decided to celebrate it by having a barbecue by the lake at a balmy -3°. We also discovered that putting a baby disposable barbecue on a wooden bench is not such a good idea, unless of course you want to barbecue your food with the […]
40% beer
I went for a beer with the lovely Fonda. I ended up drinking beer with 40% alcohol content. I’m going to file this in the “it seemed like a good idea at the time” basket! It tasted something like a cross between tequila and vodka. At no point did I sense a taste of beer […]
“Stealing” a TV with Milan
Milan and I felt like a couple of eastern European gangsters as we transported my new TV across via the subway 🙂
Hytta på skitur
I stayed at a hytta (cabin) after a skiing trip with Ingvild, Live and Irene. It was an awesome little place with a great view out over a frozen lake.
bbPress import CPU spike
This is what happened when I ported a couple of SMF forums over to bbPress.
PixoPoint blast from the past
I accidentally stumbled across this screenshot from geek.hellyer.kiwi in 2008.
SlapShot.net.nz forum move test
From the old to the new. I upgraded SlapShot.net.nz this evening from SMF 1.1.14 to the latest bbPress plugin for WordPress. I’d been running an out of date, unpatched, insecure SMF installation for well over a year now. Plus I haven’t been doing any backups of it. By moving it to the bbPress plugin I […]
Fascinating view of the Iraq War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUp1zzYL5co
Views of the landscape from my recent ski trip
Some photos showing the beautiful landscape from my recent ski trip.
Keeping warm by the fire
We started an awesome little fire at the hytta during my ski trip with Live, Ingvild and Irene.
View from my office for today
Cross-country skiing cherry popped
I had my first cross country skiing trip recently. Ingvild, Live, Irene and myself headed to a small hytta (cabin) near Oslo. The weather was great and despite my being a bit slow and having to run down the occasional hill due to my meagre skiing skills, I made it to the end! Big thanks […]
Holmenkollen restaurant
I headed with Boban and Ivelina to the restaurant on Holmenkollen between sledding runs. It’s a great place to warm up between exciting sled rides down Korketrekkeren.
Comment Errors
I have a minor problem. The Comment Errors plugin I wrote a while back is broken. I’m not sure why it’s broken, but I suspect it is related to a change in WordPress core, so I’m going to discontinue it until I come up with a better solution. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/comment-errors/ My current plan Remove all the […]
Oslo spring
Ivelina and Boban at Korketrekkeren
More photos from my trip with Ivelina and Boban to Korketrekkeren for sledding.
Ciabatta bread
I wondered why some of the bread tasted so nasty when I moved to Norway. It turns out it was only half baked! I didn’t realise this was the problem until looking at the side of a packet today and reading “halvstekt” which means “half cooked”!
Few more Rikugi-en gardens pictures
Some more pictures from my trip to the Rikugi-en gardens.
More photos from the Rikugi-en gardens
Some more photos from my trip to the Rikugi-en gardens in Tokyo.
Lekser for norskurrs
I had to write a 125+ word letter to a friend in Norwegian for my language class. Here is the result … Hei! Jeg håper at du hadde en bra helgen! Jeg gikk til Sognsvann for løpt i helgen. Jeg realisert etter jeg reiste bort fra hjemme at min nøkler var i leiglighet! Jeg sendte […]
Meija Shrine inner garden
I visited the Meija Shrine inner garden. It is a very large traditional Japanese garden in the heart of Tokyo.
Kakuun-Tei
I visited the Kakuun-Tei (tea house) in Tokyo. The original building was destroyed during World War 2. The current house is a reconstruction built in 1958.
Tokyo Tower
The Tokyo Tower is an ugly looking beast by day. The hideous orange monstrosity becomes a beautiful golden structure later in the evening.
Meija shrine girls
It is common to see girls dressed in traditional Japanese dresses at the Meija shrine in Tokyo. These nice girls let me take their photo.
Running in Oslo snow
Jeg løpt 6.7 km i Oslo snø i dag.
Medal for traffic
I was awarded a medal at work for sending traffic to our company website. The medal tasted pretty good 🙂