The Productivity Problems
The following is an extract from the well known medical sciences textbook, Gray’s Atlas of Productivity. It describes some of the most common productivity-related conditions experienced by students during their
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The 22nd of July, 2011
I guess everyone kind of waits for it to happen. No one wants it to, but everyone expects it. Perhaps in a year, perhaps in ten years. All anyone can
Let’s fly the flag for… nationalism?
On a piece of cloth, or a scrap of paper. Painted onto a cheek, or made up by a bunch of pixels on a computer-screen. If it happens to be
British politics as seen through my Norwegian eyes
I have now been fortunate enough to have lived in Edinburgh for two and a half years. During that time, and annoyingly in the middle of an exam-period, I was
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En tidligere korgutt om bråket rundt Domkirkens Guttekor [Norwegian]
Stavanger domkirkes guttekor betyr mye for mange. Det har kommet tydelig frem på Aftenbladet sine debatt-sider i det siste. Det som ikke kommer frem i debatten er hvor mye guttekoret
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The internet really isn’t that great… Comparatively
Don’t tell my insurance-company, but sometimes I engage in one of these hazardous new-age activities known as “thinking”. When I get around to doing this, I often find myself thinking
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My Best First Job Ever
As I mentioned in the previous post, this summer I am employed as a summer intern at Opera Software in the department of Quality Assurance on mobile devices. This post
The one in which I go to the Opera
I’m lucky. Very lucky. Before summer I applied for a summer internship doing Quality Assurance in the mobile devices department at Opera Software. I had no real expectations about actually
Why singing in a choir is a lot more fun than you think it is – Denmark, part 3
This is a continuation of part 2. This will be the final post in this series of Denmark-posts, I promise. I didn’t want to make the other posts too long, for
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Music, heat and hens – Denmark, part 2
This is a continuation of part 1. Having arrived and settled in, it was time to delve into the many charms of festival life. While the previous-post was more or less
Welcome to OurHouse! – Denmark, part 1
I’ve been spending this week in Århus, Denmark with Cantus Aeterna, a project by “Ung Kirkesang”, the Norwegian organisation for sustaining and promoting chamber/church-music-activities among youth. The idea behind the
Thoughts on Original Thoughts
John: “Hey! I have an idea!” Henry: “Oh dear, now what?” John: “What if someone could invent something you could pour your un-diluted juice into, and at the push of