05.22.2007 | 10:25 pm | Sports
Despite our age handicap, we managed to recognize pictures of Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army, pinpoint the year 1975 as the official end of the Vietnam war, and guess that it was no other than Edwinn Star belting out “War! Hugh!” Seriously - who doesn’t love that song? And I find it fascinating that the music trivia category (which consists completely of audio clues) always turns into a bad karaoke contest.
We took fourth place - in the middle of the pack, but not too shabby, all things considered. We got free drinks care of the happy hour machine (when you buy a drink, they give you a small remote - you hit a button which stops a wheel, telling you what prize you receive), won a bonus prize of 100å…ƒ for answering that the capital of modern Ethiopia is Addis Ababa, and had a pretty damn good time in the process. After the gaming was over, the four of us who were still up for merrymaking took our bonus prize winnings and bought ourselves kebabs and a final round of drinks at Butterfly Bar around the corner (100 å…ƒ won’t buy much elsewhere), before calling it a night.
If you were wondering why this blog hasn’t been updated for a while its because I have been travelling in the US for work for almost a month. Its great to come back to China after being away for such a long time and seeing the masses of people everywhere on every corner almost 24 hours. Coming back to the US after 2 years feels like you’ve been away for only 2 months. However, coming back to China after 1 month feels like you’ve been away for 1 year. In the next few weeks as I adjust to reverse culture shock, I am getting ready to return to the US for another 3 weeks after the May holidays.
So what did I learn on this last trip from attending Wondercon and the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco? I learned that interest in the China Game market is quite hot. In the US, the Casual Game space is heating up as well with the Nintendo DS, Wii and Xbox Live Arcade opening up whole new markets and revenue sources for independent and casual game developers. When you combine casual games and China in a discussion, people tend to perk up and listen. Everyone knows about World of Warcraft and China but the real excitement for everyone is the casual game industry of China and Korea which seem to be pioneering whole new genres of advanced casual games and business models. not yet seen or tried in North America.
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05.20.2007 | 11:15 pm | Business & Economy, Uncategorized
The two rising norwegian stars Mira Craig and Pia Tjelta are just becomming very popular in Norway. The Mira Craig is a musician/singer and Pia Tjelta is an actor. They are both very talented and will undoubtly do great in the future. Music and acting is an art form that are higly appreciated by the norwegian audience. Pia Tjelta is starring in a movie that will be released very soon and that movie will do great and get many people to the cinema to watch it. Mira Craig is releasing a new album very soon and the album will for sure make it to the top 10 list in Norway.
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05.13.2007 | 8:53 pm | Uncategorized
There are of course food recipes from all over the world on the net and wether you are chicken crazed, a cake junkie, a chocolate man, a cheese fan or a crock pot head you will easily find something that fit your taste. Another good thing you discover starting cook with recipes is that it is easy to cook good food, belive it or not, it is actually easy to make anything you want to eat. A course can look very difficult to make, but when you see the recipe you understand that all you need is the time to cook and the ingredientd. Actually, time is often not an issue, I was thinking of cooking as very time consuming, but now, when I have started I see that it is not time consuming to cooka good meal, its just fun and very relaxing, its just a good way to spend the time. Simple like that. Sites like Recipeseasy.com has a good collection of recipes for you to pick from. So go on, good luck, pick a recipe on random and surprize yourself.
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05.13.2007 | 8:52 pm | Regional
brukte biler is a site that gives you just that. Its a new site that gives you news on brukte biler in norwegian. We all know how difficult it is to get them so here are a valuable resource. People may also look for billig-flybilletter for their travels. Traveling is getting cheaper and cheaper and to get billig-flybilletter is easy. Do not forget to vist forsikring before you are traveling, you do not want to leave home without forsikring, I promise you. And while you are away, take the address to this new site “sms-ringetoner” with you. It will become handy. billig-reiser is another new site wheree you get your tips and hint for the journey.
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05.13.2007 | 8:50 pm | Uncategorized
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