Sickness and new company

Headache, stuffed nose and a sore throat. This should have been my last 'normal' week with my team, but instead I'm stuck at home.

31.01.07 - Snot, beautiful snot

Yesterday Jon decided that he will not join the Amsterdam-project. He's still really excited about the project, but it didn't really fit his learning goals for the last semester.

The good thing is that I have talked about the project with another class mate, Rolf Arne, earlier and now he's in instead! I'm really looking forward to working with mister Leer, so all we need now is to get some practical stuff sorted out with Clockwork, and then we're hopefully off to Amsterdam!

Amsterdam - not the iconic tulips-and-canal-shot, but still Amsterdam

Hm..

Kiri Davis is 17 and has made a short film about how black children see themselves in comparison to white children. It's only seven minutes and it raises a couple of uncomfortable questions about equality and the progress we'd liked to have seen happen there.



Here's a news story on the film and the impact it's had in the states.

And while we're at it. In 1972 Bill Cosby addressed the same problem as host of the PBS series The Electric Company. Some scientists might object to a few of his claims..

The Turkish Star Wars

In 1982 some Turkish genius decided he would make a film. It had to be big and important, so he named it Cüneyt Arkin or The man who saves the world. As productions started he realized that he didn't really have the finances to pull his ambitious project off, so he had to kill a few darlings and borrow a few scenes from the original. This Turkish Star Wars is quite a piece of work. Wonderful.

I could watch this stuff for ever

A ball rolls down a slope, hits a pen that falls over a small catapult, launching another ball through a hoop wich again makes... you get the point. It wasn't possible to post the long one, but you can watch it here.

Honda made one of these into a commercial which is pretty cool, though there seems to be some moon'ish gravity at work at some points..



This one is really cool. There are some disturbing graphics in the beginning an a very excited Japanese guy talking all the way through, but absolutely enjoyable.

Back from Amsterdam

Pfiuu! It has been a very adventurous weekend. Business and pleasure molded beautifully together.

Jon and I set off to Amsterdam to find out if we would like to do our final exam project there. The project is for now called Amsterdam Innovation Battle 2007 and will explore an alternative way to solve social issues and giving the process an entertaining schwung and form at the same time.. We will give Theo and the other guys at Clockwork our answer on Wednesday. So it's exciting times.

There are so many factors to consider when deciding. One of them might be your work surroundings. In that case Amsterdam and Clockwork would definitely be a - yes! Amsterdam is great and Clockworks office space is in a rebuilt church! I can vividly imagine taking a break from work, looking up at the hand-painted church ceiling and enjoying an espresso in Clockworks own coffe bar. Nice.

MC Miker G and DeeJay Sven have also been to Amsterdam. I'm guessing this crew is not where 50 Cent found his inspiration.

MC Miker G and DeeJay Sven - Holiday Rap

Yesterday backwards.. from Rotterdam to Århus

Tram in Amsterdam
Night in Amsterdam
The Green Elephant with Jon, Theo and Niels
Toilet at The Green Elephant>
Wine, food and project meeting
Airport toilet with handles
Beautiful transportation
Jon boarding aircraft
Jon at Tistrup
Airport bus from Århus city center

Chuck Norris and leaving for Amsterdam

I'm off to Amsterdam for a meeting with a possible customer for my final exam project. The company is called Clockwork and their website is in dutch. I'll tell you more about my trip and Clockwork during or after this weekend.

In the meantime.. and I mean MEAN time..

I'm a sucker for Chuck Norris jokes, so I was very happy (and a bit scared) when I came across this video where he shares the top 10 of them.

"Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants."

Here are more true facts about mister Norris.

Tuesday night in our apartement

After a day learning about innovation, culture and leadership from Anders Drejer (Århus School of Business) and then having the first hours of final-exam-preporatory chit chat with Bjarne - it was nice to bring together some good friends, eat sushi and drink beer.

23.01.07 - Delicious sushi and Linn in the middle
23.01.07 - Pouria is trying to read Malous thoughts. Torhild is impressed
23.01.07 - Torhild and Jo lurking
23.01.07 - Jo brushing, pressing and posing

Video obituary and other videos

I've seen it on film a thousand times, but never in real life. After Art Buchwald (perhaps the worlds most well-known humor columnist) died on Wednesday, The New York Times posted an article about him and an interview where he announces "I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died!". Experience it yourself right here.

Another source of old and often satirical humor can be found in one of my favourite video podcasts - The Vintage Toon Cast! Watch all sorts of classic cartoons where, for example, Superman puts Hitler behind bars. Sweet stuff. Follow this link and click on the icon that says 'subscribe in iTunes'.

And at last. Comedy Central has a lot to offer with their MotherLoad. Watch tons of funny stuff. And if you don't want to visit their site all the time, you can search for their free podcasts through your iTunes Store. I suggest Comedy central Stand-Up to get familiar with new, funny talent.

Once upon a time..

I predicted yesterday that this would be a good party.. and boy was I right!
19.01.07 - Two cats on their way to the party

19.01.07 - Two tired people on their way out for some groceries the day after

.. and here are some pictures from the actual party!

Jon said yes and we're ready to party!

Probably the two most beautiful men in Amsterdam this spring

The last days I've sort of been waiting to hear if Jon would be interested in doing his final exam project together with me i Amsterdam. Two days ago he finally said 'yes' - for now. We are meeting the guys from Clockwork in Amsterdam on Thursday to discuss the project. After this meeting we will take a final decision on wether we want to do it or not. But for now - JOHO!! or JOHO AND JOHON!

I'm usually a bit tired by the end of the week

My team is arranging it's last party at the KP tonight. The theme is fairytales and me and Torhild are dressing up as cats. To be more concrete, the fairytale is Alice in Wonderland. I'm Alices cat before she goes to Wonderland, and Torhild is the Cheshire Cat - which sort of is the fairytale version of 'me'.

Torhild has quite a bit to live up to, cause this must be the coolest, craziest cat in Wonderland!

A chance for you to do something good!

The 2nd of November I asked Torhild to marry me. For some reason she said yes. This has certain implications. We've had to find a church, a priest, a place to have the party, a photographer, Torhild had to find a wedding dress and I had to find a place where they sell medieval armors.
When you get married, you also get a shit load of presents. Presents we really don't need since we're among the five percent of the richest people on earth. Because of this we made a decision - and a rather good one, we think - to spend these present-money in a better way.
We want to find a great project that in some way will make the world a better place to live for someone less fortunate than us, and give all the money to this. But.. who should we give the money to?
If you know of a good project that could need some money, please let us know! Grab a hold of us, post a comment here or send us an email!

Thank you!

Threesome

Today we have split into groups of three and talked about our projects. What are our challenges? What time frames do we have? What do we wish for? And how do we get there?

17.01.07 - Jon and Julie were my coaching partners today

After lunch we had a gathering and I announced me and Torhilds wedding-gift-plans. Hang tight for an extensive explanation of this project later!

..In the meanwhile check out the hot dude with the hot hat!

17.01.07 - Jorg was in a threesome with Jorg and Jorg.. How freaky is that!?

Uffe and the iPhone

This day has been really long. From nine to seven we've been presenting our projects and getting feedback on them from Uffe (our principal for the un-enlightened). Trying to concentrate, look interested and think of what to say about the project you might do, but isn't sure about and that might not happen, at the same time, can be pretty hard.

16.01.07 - Uffe is giving feedback to Haakon, Måns appears to be thinking (but it might be a pose)

There's been a lot of hazzle about the iPhone after it was released. There seems to be no limit to what it can do. But today I came over a video clip that shows what it can't do.

Torhild on preject trip

As most of you probably know, Torhild is spending three months in Vancouver this spring. Her whole class is going there to get some new perspectives on what Kaospilots have to offer the world and also what life is about in general. Before they embark on this journey they're going to clarify some goals and principles, and they've chosen to do this at a place outside Århus called Mols-something.

16.01.07 - Torhild on her way down the stairs in Rosenkrantzgade

I got to follow her to the bus and spend some extra time at school..

16.01.07 - Jo eats his breakfast at school

Dilja and Napoleon

Yesterday I referred to a list of the ten best opening sequences of a film. Dilja commented that the Napoelon Dynamite opening credits should have been on the list. I couldn't really do anything about the list, but found the clip and here it is.



It can be added that every meal presented in this opening sequence is eaten by one of the characters during the movie. Click here to see some nice bloopers from the shooting of the film!

And while we're at it. Napoleon Dynamite is based on a short film by the same director and with the same lead actor. The wonderful world of YouTube let’s us see it.

A day in the name of gospel

Is there a better way to start a Monday than by singing gospel tunes for six hours? "Absolutely!" some of you may say, "No way!" says the Kaospilots. Three hours later my chest is still warm and my throat is sore in a sweet way.

Here's a picture from the session

15.01.07 - Janne Wind takes the lead and three teams of KP-students follow up

and here's a long run of pictures accompanied by sound

The opening credits we love

The first minutes of a film is usually spent crediting some of the people who have contributed to making it. These can be boring minutes or brilliant ones. Laboratory 101 has put down what they think are the ten best opening credit sequences ever, and you can see them here.

Submarine Channel is trying to gather all of the best title sequences in an online archive. It's not very extensive yet, but it's a pretty cool initiative.

Weekend counts as one

Friday evening, after a couple of hours playing a borad game with Pär, Tobbe, Johan and Martin, I walked to the train station and picked up Torhild. She had gotten a slight tan and a big palestinian scarf, but still quite recognisable.

13.01.07 - Torhild showing off some Egyptian dance while waiting for pizza at Il Mercatino


14.01.07 - On our way home from Cinemaxx and The Prestige, we stop to take a picture at Strøget

A third and eventful day

It's friday, the weather is pretty nice and Torhild is returning from Egypt!

12.01.07 - The Kaospilot Libary, where creative spelling goes to study

12.01.07 - Curious Louise in The Libary

12.01.07 - Rebus in the cellar of Café Smagløs

Day II - still going strong

11.01.07 - Article feedback and lecture with Nils G. Indahl

Last semester in Panorama

My plan is now to take at least one panorama picture every day for the rest of this last semester at the KP. Starting yesterday.


10.01.07 - Kitchen life

Travelling in past, present and future

Yesterday i left Norway and Oslo, and moved my ass to exotic Aarhus in Denmark where I'll be staying for a month, figuring out how I should spend my last semester at the KP. I've got a standing offer from NRK and I'm in a dialogue with Clockwork in Amsterdam, but I haven't decided yet..

National Theatre tube- and train station

Oslo International Airport - Gardermoen

Even though I'm not sure where I will spend the next semester, I have booked one flight. March 29th I'm off to Vancouver to visit my beautiful Torhild for two weeks. Nice. I really enjoyed San Francisco last year and can't wait to experience Vancouver!

"Panoramic Bonanza" or "My day in panorama"

sunrise in Husebybakken

arriving at NRK

office space...

hooking up with Petter (and Lotte)

christmas decorations and streetlights at Majorstuen

"night time is the right time.."

A New Years Weekend to remember

Having returned to Oslo after a wonderful Christmas in Bergen, I was facing a New Years Eve in the capitol that might not cast sparks. In the name of devilish spontanity I called my good friend Kaspar, asked what he was doing, heard he was celebrating in a cottage in the beautiful Sirdalen (Sir Valley), bought a planeticket and BANG! - I've had a fantastic time from beginning to end (excluding some rough hours earlier today) and will work hard to bring Torhild (by then my wife) there next year!



The cottage has a true George-Michael-Last-Christmas-Music-Video-Feel