Friday cake

Friday cake, originally uploaded by mandus.

The usual stuff fridays before we og home.

Green car

Green car, originally uploaded by mandus.

She's 35!

She's 35!, originally uploaded by mandus.

My wife turned 35 today. On this very special occasion, we prepared

some nice food - steak, pepper sauce, hasselback potatoes, mushrooms,

broccoli and carrots. Afterwards, there was cake. She has been a good

wife for more than 10 years already, and I am still madly in love

with her. She is the very best.

Lonely bike

Lonely bike, originally uploaded by mandus.

Reflections

Reflections, originally uploaded by mandus.

A small lage I pass regulary on my way home, at least when going on

bike. With car I usually use that bridge in the back, but the road

along the lake is so much twisty, so that's a more interesting route

on the mc. It's really nice here in early morning sun - maybe I can

get up early tomorrow (or another day) and get some morning sunshine

pics.

Signs of summer

Signs of summer, originally uploaded by mandus.

Entry for Sunday 25.03. Was outside enjoying the nice, warm weather.

The crocus enjoy the heat as well ;)

Orange!

Orange!, originally uploaded by mandus.

From my regular visit at the local grocery saturday morning. Had to

pick a few of these delcious oranges!

Flipping crepes

Flipping crepes, originally uploaded by mandus.

Friday cooking - a thai chicken soup in the back (hard to tell :),

and a nice crepe in the front. In the end, the kids eate all the

crepes and dad just get the soup (mom was out working late). In other

news, I'm becomming more and more familiar with Xcode and Qt on Mac,

as I have taken on the release manager role for qtpfsgui on Mac, as

the main maintainer don't use Mac. It's a nice thing to do because I

learn a lot from it. When I stop learning anything from it, I may

reconsider. Check it out if you like - it's an app for creating HDR

pictures. Head over to qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net

Emptyness

Emptyness, originally uploaded by mandus.

People are not running around in this corridor. At least not right now!

Parents meeting at school

Parents meeting at school, originally uploaded by mandus.

Tonight, I had to og to one of does meeting at school for parents. A couple of hours discussion on how the teachers best can make our children learn something. It's cool that they actually involve all the parents in this, even when they are the experts. The principal joined the meeting as well, both to give the teachers support and to tell us how good she think the teachers are. And I got some crappy coffee in a paper cup.

Relax

Relax, originally uploaded by mandus.

I don't have anything more interesting than this to post today. But I

have to keep it going, it's day79 and way to early to stop! It's been

a busy day, and tomorrow will be busy too. And thursday. Friday will

probably be ok, while the weekend will be busy again. Not much time

to take photos. But I will do a lot of programming, which is fun!

Magne, the backend guy

Magne, the backend guy, originally uploaded by mandus.

Had lunch with some friends today, at a place called Café Sara. They

(Magne, and three more guys) are doing some nice, cool, quite new and

unusal, webstuff. I and another colleague was involved in prototypin

a very early version of what later have evolved into what they are

working on. Ok, can't say much about it, but I guess there are good

chances this will appear on techcrunch in the not so very distant

future.

Big money

Big money, originally uploaded by mandus.

Playing millionaire with my kids. Lot of fun!

First sprout!

First sprout!, originally uploaded by mandus.

Entry for saturday 17.03. The first sprout of the year, of crocus. I

have to admit, this is rather early. We may easily still get both

freezing cold weather and snow as well. But the last few days have

been much more spring than winter. Let's hope it last ;)

Me, slightly beard

Me, slightly beard, originally uploaded by mandus.

It's friday again. Have a good one, folks.

It's done!

It's done!, originally uploaded by mandus.

This is a happy boy! Imagine you have hole in some of your tooths.

You need to go to the dentist and fix it up. To make the pain easier

to carry, mom and dad promise that you can go to the store and buy

something after you're done at the dentist. You go through it all,

then you go to the store and buy a new toy. And you even have a coin

left. That's how you get such a happy boy!

On the road again!

On the road again!, originally uploaded by mandus.

I hereby declare Spring in Norway for, ahem...? started. First day on

the bike to work. Now we get longer and longer, and warmer and warmer

days. Black, clean, asphalt, twisted roads, sharp bends. Yes, the

season is on. May we please not have snow tomorrow, thank you.

stairs

stairs, originally uploaded by mandus.

Paying bills

Paying bills, originally uploaded by mandus.

In comes the salary, and out it goes again. Always the same.

yougurt

yogourt, originally uploaded by mandus.

coffee

coffee, originally uploaded by mandus.

My own strange coffee-creation. Does not turned out they way I liked

to, but it still tasted like coffee :-)

Friday coffee

Friday coffee, originally uploaded by mandus.

Each friday, coffee and some kind of cake is served in our lab. Half

an hour smalltalk with good colleagues, then two more hours work to

finish up what needs to be done. And then it's weekend.

The good way

The good way, originally uploaded by mandus.

Go with me, and you avoid the traffic jam. This is the way to go. And

don't take photos while driving 80kmh. The police don't like that

thank you. At least, it was another nice, sunny day. I am feeling

spring all over the place. And we are not talking mid-march yet.

Strange. But, hey, I may pull out the bike soon. Thank's for the

greenhouse effect, global warming, and all that. Soon I can ride the

bike year around, even without moving to california or something.

Playing pool

Playing pool, originally uploaded by mandus.

At work, we have a pool table and can enjoy a game of pool during lunch. Or after dinner. Or... That's how you get the sharp brains to stay at work longer than they should. Together with some other things of course.

Whisky and code

Whisky and code, originally uploaded by mandus.

Good code gets even better when accompanied with nice whisky. Ok,

it's not the correct glass for whisky, but in my opinion it works

quite ok. Btw, the content of the glass is a Longrow 14 years

Campbeltown Single Malt. It's an excellent malt!

Toothbrush

Toothbrush, originally uploaded by mandus.

Entry for monday 05.03. It is important to keep your tooth clean!

Ready for summer!

Ready for summer!, originally uploaded by mandus.

An extra entry in the blog today. This one was taken during the winter holiday at Brunstad, in late february. It was cold and harsh, but the girls are longing for the summer and get ready for summer activites right away :-)

In a few months time now, we're there.

Rice-fun

Rice-fun, originally uploaded by mandus.

Henriette having some fun with the rice during diner. Quite

interesting to see the reaction when she figured out that the rice

was quite sticky and didn't come off very easy. She was shaking her

hand to get rid of it. Then, after a moment or two, back for more to

test it over again. By the way, the rest of us was already finished.

And normally we don't let the kids play with food, but this was kind

of funny.

Grooms family on stage

Grooms family on stage, originally uploaded by mandus.

Entry for saturday 03.03. Went to a wedding today, for Olga and

Conrad. Great couple, great wedding. The happening took place at

Fredfoss, Eiker. During the show, the grooms family entered the stage

to sing a song. Congratulations to Olga and Conrad, and best wishes

for the future!

Tiles

Tiles, originally uploaded by mandus.

Entry for friday 02.03. Tiles from a shopping mall floor. I had to

run out to buy some gifts for the birthdays of a nephew and a niece.

Later that night we had some family visiting.

Ketchup!

Ketchup!, originally uploaded by mandus.

Big ketchup-lover, and big eyes as well. His just such a wonderful

boy. We had spagetti with some meat - and ketchup - today.

Close up

Close up, originally uploaded by mandus.

No comment. No history. It's a Wednesday picture.