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WarGames 25 års jubileum
Bjørn Even Wahlstrøm | July 31, 2008 23:04
WarGames
I år er det 25 år siden kultfilmen WarGames kom ut. Selveste Matthew Broderick som unggutt, spiller en av sine beste roller i en Disney-fisert apokalyptisk film. Den er nok litt moraliserende.
Selv var jeg nok litt ung til å ha fått med meg premieren, men så den som tenåring. Mitt første møte med franchisen var i form av Commodore VIC20-spillet. Siden har jeg sett både remakes, kopier og spill som var direkte inspirert av WarGames’ sitt budskap. (Defcon: Everybody Dies er et utmerket spill i så måte)
Men, jeg må si at filmen Rett-til-DVD-filmen “WarGames: The Dead Code” som kom ut 29. juli ikke er særlig tess. Om enn litt kult at de drar frem hint fra originalen, så hjelper det lite. Skuespillerene er stive som stokker, dialogen henger ikke på greip og historien har store hull. Den er også ulogisk og klippet slik at man blir veldig forvirret.
Velvel; Nå skal jo Tron 2 komme også. Jeg venter i spenning.
Nytt utseende og layout
Bjørn Even Wahlstrøm | July 24, 2008 20:09Jeg fikk ut fingen i solskinnet, og oppgraderte Wordpress til ny versjon. I samme slengen endret jeg utseendet litt, og fikset opp i themet.
Prøver også å få til blogging fra iPoden, men programmet kræsjer bare. 
Btw, sjekk ut http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article602357.ece . Hadde jeg bare ikke hatt hjemmekontor den dagen!
Aioli in 1-2-3
Bjørn Even Wahlstrøm | February 9, 2007 0:35Cardboard mayhem
Bjørn Even Wahlstrøm | February 4, 2007 21:43
The day has finally come. You mailorder finally arrived. As you take the box into your living room a sweat starts to build up, adrenaline rushes through your veins and your muscles get tense. With anticipation and careful recklessness you cut open the top lid, and take out the precious contents.
Maybe you get disappointed, maybe it’s the best thing ever. Whatever happens next is not what I’m interested in. I’m interested in what you do with that box afterwards.
As a student I have precious little space, but I do enjoy mailorders. I usually throw away boxes, and once we actually used several months to get rid of it all. We dumped it all in the local recycling center, filling it up. Twice. But some boxes stay behind, getting stacked up on the shelves or in my (already full) storage room.
I find that I keep boxes that are useful as storage, for example storing recites or PC cables. But some boxes I keep solely for the purpose of having it as an original box. Here is my keep list:
- Camera box
- TV-Card box
- Optical equipment box
- Graphics card box
- Mobile device boxes
- Apple battery box
- Apple Laptop boxes
- Xbox box
These boxes are small, and stackable, and fits on my shelf. It’s getting rather big, a slanted tower of Svaneviksveien I suppose. If you visit us, please keep your distance as it might just fall over one day..
My other list is the boxes I have thrown away:
- TV box
- Speaker boxes, 5 of them
- Receiver and DVD box
- Espresso maker and coffee grinder box
- Computer case and display box.
- And other small and big boxes..
- Tens of IKEA boxes
The list of boxes thrown away contain larger and to me uninteresting boxes, but many people actually save all their mailorder containers, even the large ones. I wonder why. So I ask you how much space do you use for this purpose? Can I see your list?
I’m continuing my trend of posting food-related stuff by asking you to submit your favorite pizza-recipe, or even better; Pictures of your pizzas! I’ll post a picture here to start you up.
Excellent Chai Tea Recipe
Bjørn Even Wahlstrøm | February 2, 2007 3:41
When you feel alone..
Bjørn Even Wahlstrøm | January 7, 2007 19:57Then this cool gadget I got for Christmas is there to light up your day:
It attaches itself to the usb port of your laptop and has a nice yellow illumination. Perfect for those lonely nights in front of your computer 
