rblog http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php Escape from boredom en-US http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Fire drill at work - what a lovely day! http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/06/fire-drill-at-work-what-a-lovely-day?blog=6 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:37:43 +0000 Rune Hellem Anything but the other Work/Geek 3456@http://www.hellem.org/blog/ <p>When I was about to enter the building and go down to the locker room today I was a bit surprised since so many people where on their way out. Realized fast what is was since there where some of them where walking around with reflective vests. So I just had to turn around and go out and enjoy the sun. Good thing, since I then had time to do some stretching as well. Played around with my cell phone in the nice weather, took pictures of all the people outside, me in the sun, my new mtb shoes in the sun, people walking in to the building in the sun. Not the worst thing that could happen :-)</p> <div class="image_block"><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/09/collage_fornebu.jpg"><img src="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/09/collage_fornebu.jpg" alt="" title="" width="360" height="480" /></a></div><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/06/fire-drill-at-work-what-a-lovely-day?blog=6">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> When I was about to enter the building and go down to the locker room today I was a bit surprised since so many people where on their way out. Realized fast what is was since there where some of them where walking around with reflective vests. So I just had to turn around and go out and enjoy the sun. Good thing, since I then had time to do some stretching as well. Played around with my cell phone in the nice weather, took pictures of all the people outside, me in the sun, my new mtb shoes in the sun, people walking in to the building in the sun. Not the worst thing that could happen :-)

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]]> http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/06/fire-drill-at-work-what-a-lovely-day?blog=6#comments http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php?blog=6&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=3456 Parrot out walking http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/06/parrot-out-walking?blog=6 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:25:55 +0000 Rune Hellem Anything but the other 3455@http://www.hellem.org/blog/ <p>Just had to take a picture when passing by this guy with a parrot on his shoulder at Torsov on Saturday.</p><div class="image_block"><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/09/parrot.jpg"><img src="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/09/parrot.jpg" alt="" title="" width="480" height="333" /></a></div><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/06/parrot-out-walking?blog=6">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Just had to take a picture when passing by this guy with a parrot on his shoulder at Torsov on Saturday.

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]]> http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/06/parrot-out-walking?blog=6#comments http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php?blog=6&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=3455 The Hangover (the movie) http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/03/the-hangover-the-movie?blog=6 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:23:16 +0000 Rune Hellem Leisure 3449@http://www.hellem.org/blog/ <p>Spent the evening watching <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119646/">The Hangover</a>. Ok, not the movie that makes you want to go out and save the world afterwards, but hey, who cares!! Classic moment when Mike Tyson is playing Phil Collins on the piano! Well worth the DVD-money...</p> <div class="youtube center"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:425px; height:350px" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/162PBJp1akg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/162PBJp1akg" /></object></div> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=162PBJp1akg">Trailer</a></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/03/the-hangover-the-movie?blog=6">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Spent the evening watching The Hangover. Ok, not the movie that makes you want to go out and save the world afterwards, but hey, who cares!! Classic moment when Mike Tyson is playing Phil Collins on the piano! Well worth the DVD-money...

Trailer

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]]> http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/03/the-hangover-the-movie?blog=6#comments http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php?blog=6&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=3449 Worn out bike chain http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/02/worn-out-bike-chain?blog=6 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:41:01 +0000 Rune Hellem Sport 3445@http://www.hellem.org/blog/ <p>Had a puncture yesterday on my way to work, just to realize that the tool I needed to loosen the back wheel was at home. So I had to take the subway home in order to fix it. After I had fixed the puncture I then as always had to fasten the tension seeker. Realized then that the chain now is almost totally worn out, as you can see on the picture there is almost no more possibility to create tension to the chain. All this in just about 5 months of use, that includes paternity leave and holiday. Might need to buy better quality?</p> <div class="image_block"><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/09/wornoutchain.jpg"><img src="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/09/wornoutchain.jpg" alt="" title="" width="480" height="360" /></a></div><p> </p> <p>To see the history of my chain, from when I mounted it and maintenance during the summer, <a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php?s=seeker&amp;sentence=AND&amp;submit=Search">click here</a></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/02/worn-out-bike-chain?blog=6">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Had a puncture yesterday on my way to work, just to realize that the tool I needed to loosen the back wheel was at home. So I had to take the subway home in order to fix it. After I had fixed the puncture I then as always had to fasten the tension seeker. Realized then that the chain now is almost totally worn out, as you can see on the picture there is almost no more possibility to create tension to the chain. All this in just about 5 months of use, that includes paternity leave and holiday. Might need to buy better quality?

To see the history of my chain, from when I mounted it and maintenance during the summer, click here

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]]> http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/09/02/worn-out-bike-chain?blog=6#comments http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php?blog=6&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=3445 Crude - The real prize of oil http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/31/crude-the-real-prize-of-oil?blog=6 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:29:35 +0000 Rune Hellem Anything but the other 3444@http://www.hellem.org/blog/ <p>Have you seen the movie about Texaco (Chevron) and how they have polluted land in Ecuador? Would recommend you not to, since you will only feel a stronge urge to kick some ass, especially the Chevron employees. I would hope people like the scientist Sara is a liar, because there are no lies told, she and her coworkers must be the worst kind of scientist.</p> <div class="youtube center"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:425px; height:350px" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/R8co4QJxddI"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R8co4QJxddI" /></object></div> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8co4QJxddI">Trailer</a></p> <p>I guess there are plenty of things that the president of Ecuador, R<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Correa">afael Correa</a>, could have done better, but the decisions he has made in this case is proving that he is a wise man.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/31/crude-the-real-prize-of-oil?blog=6">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Have you seen the movie about Texaco (Chevron) and how they have polluted land in Ecuador? Would recommend you not to, since you will only feel a stronge urge to kick some ass, especially the Chevron employees. I would hope people like the scientist Sara is a liar, because there are no lies told, she and her coworkers must be the worst kind of scientist.

Trailer

I guess there are plenty of things that the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, could have done better, but the decisions he has made in this case is proving that he is a wise man.

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]]> http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/31/crude-the-real-prize-of-oil?blog=6#comments http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php?blog=6&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=3444 Kamikaze bird http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/31/kamikaze-bird?blog=6 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:42:17 +0000 Rune Hellem Anything but the other 3443@http://www.hellem.org/blog/ <p>Found this bird out on the balconyhere the other day. At first I thought it was stuck in the grill, but he wasn't. So I assume he has tried to fly through the window in the balcony door. Quite funny when Elin noticed it :-)</p> <div class="image_block"><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/deadbird.jpg"><img src="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/deadbird.jpg" alt="" title="" width="480" height="320" /></a></div><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/31/kamikaze-bird?blog=6">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Found this bird out on the balconyhere the other day. At first I thought it was stuck in the grill, but he wasn't. So I assume he has tried to fly through the window in the balcony door. Quite funny when Elin noticed it :-)

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]]> http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/31/kamikaze-bird?blog=6#comments http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php?blog=6&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=3443 One of my Maxim bottles http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/31/one-of-my-maxim-bottles?blog=6 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:34:11 +0000 Rune Hellem Anything but the other 3442@http://www.hellem.org/blog/ <p>This bottle was all fresh when I started on Friday, not meant for nine hours in mud </p><div class="image_block"><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/maximbottle.jpg"><img src="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/maximbottle.jpg" alt="" title="" width="320" height="480" /></a></div><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/31/one-of-my-maxim-bottles?blog=6">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> This bottle was all fresh when I started on Friday, not meant for nine hours in mud

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]]> http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/31/one-of-my-maxim-bottles?blog=6#comments http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php?blog=6&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=3442 Ultrabirken 2010 http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/28/ultrabirken-2010?blog=6 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:15:18 +0000 Rune Hellem Sport 3433@http://www.hellem.org/blog/ <p>Yesterday Espen, I and about 470 others participated in <a href="http://www.birkebeiner.no/English/Birkebeinerrittet/UltraBirken/">Ultrabirken</a>, 112 kilometers on gravel and tracks and at the end 10 kilometers on tarmac. We spent nine hours riding, pushing and carrying our bikes, had one puncture and one chain break - both off course less than 30 minutes before finish when we both were very cold, so we lost a great amount of time, but hey, we had no plans on winning, we did it for fun :-) And you can view the fun at <a href="http://www.sports-tracker.com/#/workout/rhellem/59h1vf37jv9s37b1">Sportstracker</a></p> <p>From Rena the night before, where we slept, together with a bunch of others</p> <div class="image_block"><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/ultrabirken_sleeping.jpg"><img src="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/ultrabirken_sleeping.jpg" alt="" title="" width="480" height="360" /></a></div> <p>Espen five minutes after we had passed the finishing line </p> <div class="image_block"><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/ultrabirken_espen.jpg"><img src="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/ultrabirken_espen.jpg" alt="" title="" width="480" height="360" /></a></div> <p>Our bikes after the race</p> <div class="image_block"><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/ultrabirken_bikes.jpg"><img src="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/ultrabirken_bikes.jpg" alt="" title="" width="480" height="360" /></a></div><p> </p> <p>We got an offer we could not refuse, car and bikewash </p><div class="image_block"><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/ultrabirken_wash.jpg"><img src="http://www.hellem.org/blog/media/blogs/new/2010/08/ultrabirken_wash.jpg" alt="" title="" width="480" height="360" /></a></div> <p>"...it never gets easier, it only gets faster..."</p> <p>A short video clip from yesterdays challenge</p> <div class="youtube center"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:425px; height:350px" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/_9ffYrLtswo"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_9ffYrLtswo" /></object></div><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/2010/08/28/ultrabirken-2010?blog=6">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Yesterday Espen, I and about 470 others participated in Ultrabirken, 112 kilometers on gravel and tracks and at the end 10 kilometers on tarmac. We spent nine hours riding, pushing and carrying our bikes, had one puncture and one chain break - both off course less than 30 minutes before finish when we both were very cold, so we lost a great amount of time, but hey, we had no plans on winning, we did it for fun :-) And you can view the fun at Sportstracker

From Rena the night before, where we slept, together with a bunch of others

Espen five minutes after we had passed the finishing line

Our bikes after the race

We got an offer we could not refuse, car and bikewash

"...it never gets easier, it only gets faster..."

A short video clip from yesterdays challenge

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