I love my Nike + kit, It’s the best invention ever! I can track my running progress, AND listen to music. I can even combine the two. It’s accurate, stylish and freaking great.
But alas, the sensor stopped talking to the reciver a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been trying to make them work ever since, but to no result. So today, I registered the product at Apple Customer Service, and they’re sending me a new one, free of charge. Off course, I need to send the defective one back, but I was ready to throw the bastard away and buy a new one. I’ve lost like 5 runs from my Nike + stats, since the thing stopped working too. That pisses me off, because it’s about 30 KM I’ll never get back. I hate when technology fucks the statistics

I’m back at work, after a trip to Denmark this weekend. I took the ferry, which is a great way to travel. You can just sit back, enjoy some alcohol, and chill for some 8-12 hours. I’ve done this a couple of times, but this time something kinda cool happened.
Me, my sister, and my mother were sitting at the bar. My sister was sleeping, I was reading and my mom wasn’t doing a thing. Suddenly, a strange sound came on the PA and this message followed: This is a message to the crew, Mr. Mop, paging Mr. Mop.As you might imagine, we sat there thinking “What the fuck?” Who the hell was Mr. Mop? I thought maybe he was a doctor, from somewhere or something. But I didn’t think that much of it, and went out on the deck for some fresh air.While being outside, I went up to the top-deck for a quick look at the sea. On my way up, I met a bunch of people walking down. I thought nothing of it, and walked to the top. At the top, there was this jackass working there who yelled at me, here’s the conversation :The guy: get down!Me: You want me to go down?The guy: GET DOWN!

Now back at the bar, I told my family I was just told to go fuck off, at the top deck. Not quite understanding what the fuck was going on. But we were sitting at a perfect angle, so we could see the deck from the bar. And the people up there, taking down the fence around the deck. Then it came to me; there was a helicopter inbound! I told my family, but they said it probably was a drill. Then a second message came on the PA. “Mr. Mop, starboard and port!” My family started laughing, because in Norwegian the term for loosing something is similar to mister (Norwegian lesson: mista – loosed). Now I got it! If a helicopter came, they had to clear all the decks for people. So Mr. Mop was code for GET THE FUCKING PEOPLE OF THE DECK!
And damn if I wasn’t right. Soon afterwards, a freaking big Sea King helicopter came, hovered over the boat for a while, picked up a guy and flew off.
It’s really cool seeing the coast guard/air force do his/her job at sea. It’s not so cool however to make a sick guys paint entertainment. I couldn’t help it though.
How the trained pro’s handled the situation, was nothing short of great. How the staff on the boat handled the situation was below OK. The manager at the bar told us to get away from the glass ceiling, as it could shatter or something could go wrong. It’s a smart incentive, I mean, the force a Sea King rotor creates is quite strong, and I’m sure it could shatter glass. Or maybe the pilot would loose control under the strong winds. At any rate, the guy said this, the people dispersed and then he left. Right after he left, everybody just went back up under the ceiling. Now that’s not just how you handle a dangerous situation. Imagine if the fire office said; “you can’t go in there, that fire be hot”, and just left. A lot of burn victims, yeah? I didn’t see how the other employees handled the situation, as I was in a bar watching a freaking Sea King. Maybe they did better, but all the workers should know how manage basic safety situation.It’s odd seeing human nature in a situation like this. The guests, flocking around like curious sheep to see what’s going on, me included (my excuse is the big-ass helicopter hovering meters above me. The freaked, scared and angry personnel. Humans are strange!

I was browsing Wikipedia for some answers about stuff, and had to read the article on WLAN’s, (You’re welcome) and here’s an exert:
On July 21, 1999, AirPort debuted at the Macworld Expo in New York City with Steve Jobs picking up an iBook supposedly to give the cameraman a better shot as he surfed the Web. Applause quickly built as people realized there were no wires. This was the first time Wireless LAN became publicly available at consumer pricing and easily available for home use. Before the release of the Airport, Wireless LAN was too expensive for consumer use and used exclusively in large corporate settings.I use Apple products, but had no idea they introduced WLAN to consumers, small businesses and generally lowered the prices on the technology. Thanks!

The last couple of days has been awsome. Just saw Transformers, and the Hitman-trailer yesterday. Both were outstanding!
Here’s the trailer

“With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”

Been back about a week now, just saying.

So I brought my new worklaptop on vacation, and the damn harddisk crashed. How fucked up is that? The damn laptop was probably a month old. Now I have a new task when I get back to work, I’m pissed.
I’m writing this on my sisters laptop with american layout. Tricky shit.

So I finally registred for Facebook. I feel kinda dirty, but you can only be a cat for so long. Sometimes you have to be a sheep.

So I browsed it for five minutes, and after two hours of beeing brainwashed…I was surprised. You know you have those friends who says “Duuuude, you have to use Facebook It’s liek the best place for networking” and stuff like that. Sometime I prefer not to listen to those people, but when my sister logged on, I just had to check it out. I never listen to my friends and family, but my sister is VIP.
I tell myself it’s because I work with IT, and I have to be updated with newest technology. That’s why I log on to a mainstream service a year after everyone else, and never logged on MySpace.

San Francisco is “The City” apparently, and not Frisco. Who knew.
SO, I’M BACK, after a solid week of travelling. I went to Santa Barbara – Malibu – Hollywood – Las Vegas. Boy was it fun. I love Vegas. Malibu and LA was cold , but beeing Norwegian I managed. But God damn it, I went here to be hot, not cold. So here’s a sum of the things I’ve done

Memorial Day BBQ
Chinese Theatre
Hollywood Boullevard (I don’t have enough power on the laptop to spell-check)
Universal Studios
Cirque Du Sol

I seriouslly love Vegas. Everything about the city kicks ass. Got sunburned though, but thats how it goes.

May 22 – 15:43 – Frankfurt Airport

I landed in Germany 45 minutes ago, and it took me 40 minutes to find my connection plane. I’m writing this now, but I have to post it later, because there is no WLAN here. What kind of airport doesn’t have Wireless internet for their passengers. But that’s not the worst thing about this airport.

Like I stated earlier, it took me 40 minutes find the gate of my connecting plane. You might think that I was stupid, and it’s not the airports fault. You’re wrong! First of, I had to wait 25 minutes until my plane was posted on the screen. And then I had to find my way through the airport. Not an easy task. I had to ask like three people just to find my way, because there were no signs to be found.

Now I’m surrounded by people sleeping in a terminal with a coke machine, (bet you five bucks I can’t use the damn thing, because I don’t have correct change) and a snack-machine. Where the fuck is the bar? I think I need to venture out for a beer.

What would I change if I was in charge? First off, I’d get better signs. Everything in the airport is just a mess. And then, a bar or something, so the passengers can get something to drink or even eat. And wlan covering the airport, with flight info and maps. The really fun thing is if you could get your laptop (or mobile-phone) to function like a GPS and find your way. The system would use your unique ID and the base-stations to tell you where you are. The accuracy could be good, but I don’t think it would be perfect.

So here’s a picture of me, at the gate, taken by my laptops built-in webcam:

I need to find something to drink now.