Robert Jacobsen

Peace and quiet. Today I had the day off with nothing on the agenda. We've been watching quite some episodes of Deep Space Nine and generally had it very relaxing.

Tomorrow we'll be going to Skien with the buss that leaves at 1130. It's ETA is approximately 2.5 hours later, so we'll catch the best of the day there. We'll pick up our car in Skien too, where it has survived the winter. It will be very nice to get the car again, as it makes it easier visiting family and friends that live further away than where the buses, trams and trains of Oslo easily carries us.

I am, believe it or not, considering changing my layout again. Don't worry, I've gotten a theme that I am quite pleased with (although I might try to experiment some with the sidebar at a later point in time. Some part in me wants to have a white background of the blog to simplify reading and for general slickness. White on black looks a bit emotional in the end, so I'll probably stick to the plan and repaint the design white. The problem is: I do not have any suitable header images. As such, I'll have to speculate and, hopefully, find something that fits a white design.

The main criteria of the design header will be:
- Merry! I want to have something that I can look at and feel the urge to write in this blog. Something that fills me with memories, happy thoughts and that I feel proud of.
- Since I have used about all images I made and put up on DeviantART, I'll have to look through free stock sites to find something.
- Natural! I've quite enjoyed the past images I've used of natural evironments. Mainly due to the fact that I can dream away into the landscape and imagine things. Yeah, it sounds creepy but I took myself in doing that at work some time ago when I still had my tornado design.

Does anyone know of any good and free stock image websites, except sxc.hu?

The last days we haven't done anything intriguing. We've been watching some Battlestar Galactica and sleeping a lot. Today Anniken's computer got a BSOD, and we need to reinstall Windows onto it. Unfortunately we don't have a CD with Windows XP Home here, so it will have to wait until we get to Oslo.

Regarding our preordered MSI Winds, the regular 10" Winds are still unconfirmed to ps.no, but today we noticed that they were advertising for a 10.2" model which is the exact same, just that the monitor is .2" larger. These are confirmed to August 18th. I gave them a call, and we got transfered over to that party. Anniken won't get a white one, as she originally wanted, but at least we will get these ones.

I've also created an album from the vacation with the images taken during our vacation. Yesterday we went on a short trip to a place called Grensen, the border between the municipalities Meløy and Gildeskål, where we shot some images.

Me and Anniken


The swordfish


The weather and the surroundings

Home sweet home. Or not home, since I look at Oslo as my home now. But still home, since this is where I have grown up and spent the approximately first 18 years of my life. The weather was nice and we could see Meløy from air. It was incredibly! Unfortunately, I was unable to take any pictures. I tried once, but I think the reflection from the wings of the plane destroyed it. I shall look into it later, but I fear it's ruined.

Anyways, MELØY --- I'M HOOOOME!

Today is, in theory, the first day of the vacation. Although I did not go to work yesterday, today is still the first day both me and Anniken have vacation, although she's been working until 1930 tonight.

The day after tomorrow, Monday, we will be going on a vacation to my home place, Ørnes. I am hoping to get some pictures taken, to show off its beauty to the world. They shall of course be published in this blog.

Regarding the MSI Winds we pre-ordered, they are still not confirmed, but hopefully they will arrive before we start up at school the 19th.

Finally, I'll just show a cute image to you. If you wondered where Edvard Munch got inspiration for his "Scream", I know now: