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Highlights from my world :-) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

2006

Christmas tree in Lego.
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Christmas tree in Lego.

2006 December

20061231 The last day of 2006

20061231: Tivoli 150 rose
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20061231: Tivoli 150 rose
20061231: Tivoli 150 rose - outdoor
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20061231: Tivoli 150 rose - outdoor
20061231: Hazel nut tree
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20061231: Hazel nut tree
20061231: Garden bush (unknown specie)
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20061231: Garden bush (unknown specie)

I Celebrated New Year in Southern Denmark. We had many types of weather: storm, rain and sunshine. As the temperature in most parts of Denmark has been around 10 degrees Celsius during December some garden plants is believing that spring time has arrived. I have taken a few pictures of my garden rose of specie (or product name) "Tivoli 150" which had 4 colorful flowers on the last day of the year.

At the last day of 2006 I would like to thank all the people that has contributed to my version of the 2006 year, either by being family, friends, worked or studied with me or by just being around with good vibrations (of any kind ;-).

Thinking back at 2006 my thoughts goes back to a few events that I especially enjoyed:

1. The great event the GUADEC conference in Vilanova i la Geltry, Catalonia, Spain - which happened 24-30 June 2006. It was a really great conference with 2 days warm-up, 3 days of conference and 2 days cool-down planned into the programme. The site was complementing the conference by offering a great city next to sandy beaches at the Mediterranean see.

2. The USENIX Technical conference in Boston and the following 2 weeks of traveling around the north-east USA and Ontario Canada area together with my friend Dennis. Thanks to everybody that we met - to the many who hosted and guided us to the most beautiful places in their surroundings.

3. The two summer camps I participated The 7 OpenSource Days camp and the Omø island camp

Thank you everybody for a great 2006. I hope 2007 will be as inspiring for all of us as 2006 was. And I hope to be able to meet many friends and family during 2007. If you are around the Copenhagen area (or Denmark at all) - I hope you will plan with time for seeing me. You all know you are most welcome here.

Kristen.

20061217 My Christmas wish list

Christmas is zooming in on me (too), and I have to consider what Christmas gift wishes I am going to tell people who ask. This is a hard question to answer - for a person who (almost) have everything he need, or just buys things along the needs arise. But here is a few items I would like to have (and did not buy yet):

  • ABBA The Complete Studio Recordings. (CD box set)
  • Kim Larsen & Kjukken: En gammel Hankat. (CD)
  • Table top Egg boiler.

20061215: Diku Christmas dinner.

20061215: Diku Christmas dinner - Main dish is served!
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20061215: Diku Christmas dinner - Main dish is served!
20061215: Diku Christmas dinner - Vue.
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20061215: Diku Christmas dinner - Vue.
20061215: Diku Christmas dinner - Miniature Christmas snow landscape.
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20061215: Diku Christmas dinner - Miniature Christmas snow landscape.

We had the yearly Christmas dinner at diku (CS at University of Copenhagen). A blast of a dinner with snaps, good beer, the traditional "tørstmester" or "T.M.", the usual diku songs, Christmas decorations including Christmas miniature snow landscape, Professor mobiles (tm) and everything what traditions at diku usually (always) brings! It was a great evening! I learned quite a number of new students to know, and met many old friends which i not often meet in the lunch room "kantinen" (K) -- but quite a few of my buddies was unfortunately not attending the event this year.

Unfortunately my "Spiral Nisse hat" disappeared during the last hours of the party. The last time I saw it it was sitting on the head of one of the party angels :-) If anybody sees it somewhere I would really like to have it back. Me with my lost Nisse Hat

The party ended around 4.30 in the morning.

20061213: The Crazy Christmas Cabaret.

Tonight I experienced the famous Crazy Christmas Cabaret, which has been among the Copenhagen show scene since 1982 - this season is the 25th years anniversary. Congratulations from me. Also the Crazy Christmas Cabaret is the only Show in the Copenhagen area that is in English language. (mixed with craziness and some danish phrases). I went together with a good friend and both of us had a really fabulous evening. I had been warned in advance - but I did not at all imagined that craziness could reach the heights they did here! A great tribute from here to the people behind the show - The London Toast Theatre

20061213: The Crazy Christmas Cabaret. Bored of the Rings.
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20061213: The Crazy Christmas Cabaret. Bored of the Rings.


20061212: Visit at BrewPub micro brewery.

I visited the BrewPub in Copenhagen which is a small micro brewery situated a few steps from the city hall of Copenhagen. We got a short tour around the brewery before having dinner at the restaurant in the basement. During the talk about the brewery I learned that today (December 2006) we have 92 breweries in Denmark. Five years ago we only had 6. I can recomment their IPA (Indian Pacific Ale) and their Christmas Ale - Both really terriffic bears.


20061212: Welcome to my new Webpage

Today I started writing my new webpage. The "release" happened 20061217.

My old webpage from back in 1997 has been relocated to http://www.krn.dk/old-index.html.

Written by Kristen Nielsen krn ved krn.dk

Entrance to Legoland California, USA. Dec 2005
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Entrance to Legoland California, USA. Dec 2005
Christmas decoration in Legoland California, USA. Dec. 2005
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Christmas decoration in Legoland California, USA. Dec. 2005
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