irrelevances

The death of a blog

Posted in Blogging by Jarle Petterson on September 19, 2008

I’ve decided not to blog on Irrelevances no more. Unfortunately though, the blogging goes on – over at Insignificances (one step up from shere irrelevances). Norwegian version Irrelevanser will be discontinued, too, only to be replaced by a Norwegian version of Insignificanses. Still confused? Can’t say I blame you.

Thanks a million for inspiring and challenging comments. See you over at Insignificances?

Intoxicated thoughts on patriotism

Posted in Observations by Jarle Petterson on September 6, 2008

Just a thought before turning in: True patriotism isn’t about putting your country above the rest – or declaring your own country’s superiority.

On the contrary: If it had been, there’d be precious little to love.

You will, of course, forgive my glass or two too many. Ah, and yes… We are, as you may have surmised, talking footbal here (that’s soccer to you colonials).

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Dare we lower our shoulders?

Posted in News by Jarle Petterson on September 1, 2008

By the way, I wrote a little piece on the issue over at iNorden today.

Oh no…

Posted in Life by Jarle Petterson on August 28, 2008

Here we go again. But the colours! Not quite there yet, though. Although before long…

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Mobile spamming in the dark

Posted in Blogging by Jarle Petterson on August 26, 2008

As I’m sure we all agree, spam comments are a bloody nuisance we could all do very well without, thank you very much. Nevertheless they seem to come in hundreds at a time, keeping blog keepers busy day and night. Certainly, there’s always Akismet, but even that repository needs emptying on occasion – and who’s to know if maybe there’s a perfectly legitimate comment or two in there, at any given time? (more…)

Memorable moments in history

Posted in Politics by Jarle Petterson on August 17, 2008

Man, how I still wonder what the boys had been up to. Playing with variations over JFK’s famous Berlin words, perhaps — like Ich bin a Hamburger/Wiener/Frankfurter, or simply sharing a joint in the backroom? No inhaling involved, of course. (more…)