Et annet område i flott område i Trondheim er Solsiden. Dette er et gammelt havneområde på østsiden av Nidelva, og av en rask rundtur, forstår man fort at det bugnet av industri her tidligere. I dag er industrien erstattet med moderne kultur i form av kaféer, restauranter, uteplasser, et stort kjøpesenter i tillegg til en årlig jazzfestival. De rødlige og røffe murbygningene har fått fasadene blandet sammen med glass- og metallkonstruksjoner som gir et hipt og moderne utseende, men uten å gå på bekostning av det maskuline fra tidligere. Navnet «Solsiden» er fortjent. Når sommersola varmer i Trondheim, står den over Solsiden fra morgen til kveld, noe som lokker store mengder mennesker ut på de mange kaféene for å nyte en iskald, duggfrisk pils.

Etter hva jeg har skrevet, bør det ikke komme som noen overraskelse at leilighetene omkring er blant de dyreste i Trondheim. Antar jeg. Som oftest når jeg går tur i området lurer jeg på nettopp dette, og en rask kikk på f.eks. Finn.no gir svaret. Definerer vi Solsiden til å være avgrenset av Dokkgata, vil prisantydningen i skrivende stund ligge på ca. 5,5 millioner. Av de leilighetene listet hos Finn.no, er størrelsen omkring 110 kvm. Dette gir altså en pris/kvm. avrundet til 50.000,-. Kvadratmeterprisen i området rundt, Trondheim Øst, er drøye 32.000,-.

Vi kan med andre ord si at Solsiden/Dokkgata er en lukrativ bebyggelse forbeholdt de med tjukkere lommebok.

(Med forbehold om at utvalget av leiligheter var lite og avrundingene noe grove, men det gir fortsatt et bilde.)

Jeg har lenge lurt på hvorfor fugler, spesielt duer, vugger så kraftig på hodet når de går. Teoriene som har blitt servert har som regel gått på duenes anatomi, og spesielt nevnes det at de er armløse som en mulig grunn. Hvis så var tilfelle, skulle man logisk kunne slutte at alle armløse fuglearter gjør denne bevegelsen med hodet når de går. Slik er det riktig nok ikke, men man regner med at minst 8 av 27 fuglearter innehar denne karakteristiske egenskapen. Det har også blitt foreslått at vuggingen skyldes en kombinasjon av å være armløs i flerspann med noe annet anatomisk, for eksempel tyngdepunkt, beinlengde og plassering av vinger på kroppen. Forklaringen er derimot av optisk karakter.

Hos mennesker og de fleste dyr, beveges øynene ved hjelp av egne muskler. Disse musklene styres både bevisst og underbevisst, slik at du man kan bestemme hva man vil se på, og i tillegg følger øynene automatisk punktet en fokuserer på. Dette kan raskt demonstreres ved to enkle forsøk:

1. Legg merke til hvordan øynene til en person som følger et objekt i bevegelse jevnt dreier med objektets retning. Prøv å gjennomføre samme dreining med øynene igjen, men denne gangen uten en gjenstand å fokusere på. Å oppnå samme jevne bevegelse er nærmest (om ikke helt) umulig.
2. Hold en finger foran øynene dine og rist på hodet fra side til side.  Til tross for den raske bevegelsen, så oppfattes fingeren som ganske tydelig i stedet for uklar og ute av fokus som man kanskje kunne tenke seg. Her er det de ekstraokulære musklene i kombinasjon med balanseorganene i de indre ørene som beveger øynene i motsatt retning av hodebevegelsen, i nøyaktig korrekt grad og hastighet.

Duer, og enkelte andre fuglearter, har derimot øynene montert fast på hver siden av hodet. Dette gjør at de oppnår en utrolig synsvinkel på over 300 grader, men de får også et forvridd bilde av omgivelsene ved bevegelse, såkalte parallaksefeil. Kort fortalt betyr det at objekter som er nært, fremstår som å være i raskere bevegelse enn objekter lengre unna, fuglenes dybdesyn blir ikke korrekt.

Oppsummert; For å oppnå bedre dybdesyn og minske effekten av parallaksefeil, låser duen hodet sitt i posisjon og beveger kroppen etter. Inntil siste øyeblikk før kroppen har “nådd igjen” hodet, skyter duen hodet fram igjen til neste låste posisjon.

En video av det i praksis kan sees her.

Part 1: A simple Hello World application

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package oving1;
 
public class HelloWorld {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println("Hello World!");
	}
}

Part 2: An application that finds the larger of two numbers

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package oving1;
 
public class Larger {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// Takes the first (0) and second (1) command line arguments and compares what number is the largest
		int i = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
		int j = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
		if (i >= j) {
			System.out.println(i);
		} else {
			System.out.println(j);
		}
		/*
		 * Can also be done as an inline if-else:
		 * Basically it says: If i is larger or equal to j, then print i, else print j
		 *  System.out.println(i >= j ? i : j);
		 */
	}
}

Part 3: An application that that sums integers read from System.in

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package oving1;
 
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class Sum {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// Creates a new Scanner object to read input from the user through System.in
		Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
		// Create a new integer to hold our sum
		int sum = 0;
		// Loop through the input until we reach the end of the line
		while (sc.hasNext()) {
			// Try to convert each character in the input to an integer and add it to our sum
			try {
				int n = Integer.parseInt(sc.next());
				sum += n;
			// Catch the exception that occurs if converting is impossible, print what has happened and end the program
			} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
				System.out.println(e.getMessage());
				return;
			}
		}
		// Print the sum
		System.out.println("The sum is: " + sum);
	}
}

Part 4: Finding elements in an array

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package oving1;
 
public class ArrayMethods1 {
	/**
	 * Takes an array and an integer as parameters and returns the index of where the number is *first* found.
	 * Returns -1 if the number is not present.
	 * @param array
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	 * @return
	 */
	public static int indexOf (int[] array, int num) {
		int result = -1;
		// Loop through the array using a for-loop
		for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
			// Set the index and break out of the loop if we've found a match
			if (array[i] == num) {
				result = i;
				break;
			}
		}
		// Return
		return result;
	}
 
	/**
	 * Takes an array and a String-object as parameters and returns the index of the *last* occurence of the given String.
	 * Returns -1 if the String is not present.
	 * @param array
	 * @param text
	 * @return
	 */
	public static int lastIndexOf (String[] array, String text) {
		int result = -1;
		// Loop through the array using a for-loop, starting from the back
		for (int i = array.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
			// Compare each String and break through the loop if we find an occurence
			if (array[i].equals(text)) {
				result = i;
				break;
			}
		}
		// Return
		return result;
	}
 
	/**
	 * Takes an array of integers as the first parameter and an integer as the second.
	 * The method searches through the array starting at the index given as the second paramter and returns the index of the lowest value.
	 * @param array
	 * @param startIndex
	 * @return
	 */
	public static int indexOfSmallest (int[] array, int startIndex) {
		// Return -1 if the start index is greater than the total number of elements in the array
		if (startIndex >= array.length) return -1;
		// Set the first value
		int result = startIndex;
		// Search through the array starting at startIndex and get the index of the lowest value
		for (int i = startIndex; i < array.length; i++) {
			if (array[result] > array[i]) result = i;
		}
		// Return
		return result;
	}
}

Closing comments:
That’s the solution for exercise 1. It might be hard to follow without the more concrete assignment descriptions for each part, but I hope the learning curve hasn’t been too steep and that you’ve learned something useful out of these four snippets. It should give you an idea of how what Java syntax looks like, and we’ve also scratched the surface of four important tools of Java:

• The while-loop
• The for-loop
• Arrays
• Simple logic (if-then-else)

Hopefully, I’ll have exercise 2 drafted in the near future. Good luck further!

Prerequsities

The class operates with the students using the Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers (Ganymede, SR2) and a plugin for Eclipse called JExercise. JExercise is an in-house developed plugin from NTNU which runs through your code by using tests that checks the output of your source and gives you a score based on these results.

Get started

• Download and install the Eclipse version mentioned above, then download JExercise and a preconfigured worspace called ovinger.
• Install JExercise by extracting dropins.zip into the root of your Eclipse folder.
• Import the preconfigured workspace by right-clicking in the Package view to the left in your Eclipse IDE, select Import…, choose Archive File in the new dialog, browse to the folder where ovingsprosjekt.zip is stored and finish importing by clicking Finish.

If everything worked out well, you should have a browseable tree view to the left in your Eclipse IDE with ovinger as the topmost folder.

Good luck further, and I’ll have the first exercise ready soon.

Apparently, I thought I had too much money when I went shopping for a player. As you might’ve guessed, I wound up with Samsung’s YP-T9 model, the version with 2 GB, which is fairly expensive. When I bought it the price was around 1000 NOK, about 125€ with todays currency. To my defense, the player had close to brilliant specifications;

• Bluetooth
• FM Radio
• Played MPEG4
• Supported MP3, WMA, OGG
• Only 49 grams of weight

Among other features. In addition, it claimed to be able to play for 30 hours without recharging. I haven’t done any serious testing on this, but I’m willing to vouch for it not being far from the truth. With all of these positive features, one would think the T9 and me would be a match made in heaven.

Wrong! I hated it. So much. It would hang constantly, and particurlarly in the least convenient situations, for instance when you have a three hour bus ride to tackle. A typical scenario would be the player leading me on, fooling me to think this would be a painless trip where I could just stare out the window with some lovely tunes by The Hellacopters in my ears, and suddenly just cut all cords and flood my head with a loud “DRRRRRRDRRRRR” sound. I really have no idea how to describe it. It was horrible, absolute pain. What this basically meant was that Samsung’s tiny model flagship was useless for a good 24 hours, untill it had no “DRRRRR” left because of a flat battery. I badly wanted a new one, but I couldn’t afford another because of the price on the T9. I was at the boiling point constantly when using it, and when the wire to my headset would get tied up everywhere I’d go, even though the player had nothing to do with it, it was like pooring petrol on an already well burning fire.

Then came the 10 days that would be the start of a new and improved relationship between us. My troop, together with several other divisions of the Norwegian army, were going on a 10 day military exercise in northern Norway. It would mean snow everywhere, -20 to -30 degrees Celsius all the time and not much sleep. I wasn’t looking forward to it. Naturally I brought the T9 with me. I won’t elaborate what we did on this trip, but I’ll say it wasn’t anything like I had imagined, mainly because I have never slept so much in my entire life, or been so cold, but also because the player didn’t hang once. I had music the whole exercise. Our relationship had been rejoiced, and I was a happy owner again. A couple of crashes through the rest of my military career tried our arrangement some, but after the latest firmware update, the 1.80, it has been rock solid.

Then I was caught in a few days of grief. I was on my way into Oslo for my last week of work when I couldn’t find the T9 anywhere. I remembered having carried it in a pair of pants, now set for washing. I feared the worst. At the end of the week, my suspicion was confirmed. I had sponsored a free trip around a hoola-hoop carusell called a washing machine for my player. Desperatly I tried booting it, but to no avail. For a couple of days it laid there, and everytime I went past I was reminded of my doing. Then as a last resort I remembered a similar situation from an earlier event in my life, meaning I’ve nearly destroyed electronic devices with with water before. If you must know, I lost my previous mobile phone in the toilet when drunk, while talking on it, as I was peeing. Now it only works if I plug it to a charger, making it less mobile and just a phone I’ve urined on, rather than a mobile phone I’ve urined on.

So I remembered how vivid this previous device became when I charged it some, and figured I would try the same trick now. To my surprise and joy, it worked (also when not charging)! It’s as good as new, and in addition it smells of fresh summer and clean clothes.

So here’s an updated feature list of the “Too tough to die YP-T9″ MP3 player:

• Bluetooth
• FM Radio
• Plays MPEG4
• Support for MP3, WMA, OGG
• Only 49 grams of weight
• 30 hours of playback
• Survives 6 months of military abuse
• Capable of operation after visiting temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius
• Has no problem tackling a couple of rounds in a washing machine

You fix this issue by typing opera:config in the address bar, search for Core X Fonts, and uncheck the setting. Restart Opera and you should see your fonts have been drawn smooth and nice.

Prerequisities

In order to run World of Warcraft, you need ensure your configuration has the proper functions enabled. Check this by running:

glxinfo | grep rendering

Your output should look like this:

[lars@localhost ~]$ glxinfo | grep rendering

direct rendering: Yes

You also need to install Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator), “Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix”. Do this either by running rpmdrake or using urpmi in the terminal:

urpmi wine

This will install Wine and a couple of required libraries. Before continuing, you need to run winecfg atleast once in order for it to set up your hard drives and create the .wine folder. Do so by running:

winecfg

in a terminal window.

Installing World of Warcraft

If you already have World of Warcraft installed from a previous or multi boot Windows installation, you can skip this step, unless you want a separate version of the game for Linux.

There’s a few different ways of doing this. I’ll describe one where you copy the contents of your CD set to hard drive beforehand.

Create a directory for your installation data and copy all of the files from the first CD. For the remaining 4, you just need the Installer Tome #.mpq files. Start the installation by browsing to your newly created directory in a terminal and run:

cd your/wow/cd/set/directory

wine "Installer.exe"

Note you might get a few graphical glitches during the installation, and it might appear to freeze for five minutes or so. Just have patience and see it through.

Installing World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

Redo the steps above for the expansion CD set, but copy the contents to a different directory.

cd your/tbc/cd/set/directory

wine "Installer.exe"

Configuration

If you’re installing this on the Asus M50Sa, your need for configuration shouldn’t differ much from mine, but for the sake of keeping it slightly more general, I’ll mention some extras.

Should you be really lucky, you might already be able to run World of Warcraft. Try it by either double clicking the desktop icon, if you’ve gone by the installation, or run:

wine "Drive letter:\path\to\your\World of Warcraft\Executable\"

in a terminal window. By default, its path would be the same as in Windows: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Wow.exe.

However, most people get lesser performance by running it using D3D, as you would out of the box like this, if being able to run it at all. On my notebook things were looking good until it crashed after loading the in-game contents. The solution is to run World of Warcraft in OpenGL mode.

Locate your Config.wtf. The default location, if you installed from scratch, is /home/your-username/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/Config.wtf. Note that you’ll be editing the same file as you would use in Windows if you share the installation between the two operating systems. Making a backup so you don’t ruin the previous configuration is advised. Add the following line to Config.wtf:

SET gxApi "opengl"

If graphical glitches occur or the game still crashes, add or edit these lines as well:

SET ffxDeath "0"

SET ffxGlow "0"

If you experience a black login screen, missing models and graphics when now running the game, as I did, try disabling M2Shaders like so:

SET  M2UseShaders "0"

With these changes to Config.wtf, I was able to run the game smoothly. The only problem was a completely white minimap. I haven’t figured out what the cause of this is yet. I’ve also been unable to get any sound working. Been fiddling with the Sound options in winecfg, but to no avail. Also tried these settings in Config.wtf:

SET Sound_SoundOutputSystem "1"

SET Sound_SoundBufferSize "150"

If anyone has any hints or tips, please drop off a comment or message letting me know.

Update:

Seems I really do have sound, but I’m unable to share the mixer device between applications. This basically means I can’t listen to music while playing, or use Ventrilo or any other VoIP program. I’ll have to look into to this later on. And I also noticed that the minimap glitch only occurs when visiting A’dal‘s room in Shattrath and while being in Undercity.

Update #2:

I’ve managed to get World of Warcraft (read: Wine) to run with PulseAudio and thus able to have sounds both in the game and from any other program using PA, at the same time. It took some configuration, which I’m too tired to explain at the moment, but I’ll post an article explaining the method later in the coming week.

The minimap bug I mentioned is also a bit more invasive than I thought. The minimap gets colored completely white in all major cities, as well as inside caves and such. However, veins, quest items and its likings are displayed. In addition to this, from time to time, items, as you loot them, displays a wrong icon and I’ve also seen a couple of buffs have the same glitch. Nothing that can’t be ignored, but just mentioning it so you won’t get surprised.

Transparent Konsole

Click to boot straight into Windows Vista

Amarok communicating with the media shortcuts

Setting volume via media shortcuts

Showing off Compiz Fusion with a transparent cube

ALT+TAB through active programs

These shots should inspire you to see if you can get your M50-model Asus, or any other manufacturer, up and running with Linux.

Around the time the switch was made, I was a fairly eager gamer and also wanted something that could tackle Funcom’s latest project; Age of Conan. Of  course I didn’t expect my purchase to run the game at the highest possible settings, but I was confident it would deliver the performance I sought. And it does. I do not regret my choice one second, however, I’ve grown tired of gaming and that basically means the M50Sa sports a fairly higher specification than I currently need. My lack of interest in games also meant this was a good time to toss out the bundled Windows Vista and replace it with a good Linux distribution. Now, I don’t consider myself a Linux savvy person. Although I’ve made the switch from Windows several times and feel confident in my knowledge of the basics, I still wanted an easy to use distribution with as little need for extra configuration as possible. A couple of days before I decided to give Linux another shot, an article at the Norwegian technology site Hardware.no saw the light of day. It praised Mandriva for its ease of use, claiming it surpassed even Ubuntu in that particular area. With this at the back of my head, the choice was made. Besides, I’ve always been a sucker for KDE (and their fourth major release looked too slick to ignore with the new Plasma interface).

I’m not going to dig deep into the basic installation procedure of Mandriva since it’s pretty self-explanatory and straight-forward, but there’s a couple of things I had to prepare and decide before making the step onto the Linux platform I’d like to mention. Earlier in the article I might have seemed pretty determined to get rid of Windows all together, but I wasn’t. Even though my lust for games had been dampened, the possibility of it returning was always there. I’m completely aware that Linux has matured a lot as a platform for games and often Windows based games can be played through different solutions like Wine or Cedega, however, I couldn’t rid the idea that such games ultimately performs better on their native operating system. A dual boot system became the solution.

Partitioning

Depending on how you’ve already partitioned your hard drive, just use the values that fit your system and needs, the best. From before I had something not too far from this:

• 7 GB for partition for Asus rescue
• 80 GB for Windows Vista (I know it’s huge. When I got the notebook it was twice the size and Windows’ built-in solution wouldn’t allow me to make it any smaller)
• 233 GB for junk

Using Paragon Partition Manager I resized the largest partition to allow 35 GB for Mandriva, making the unpartitioned space available right after the Windows partition to get Linux as early in the partition table as possible. That basically left me with:

• 7 GB for Asus rescue
• 80 GB for Windows Vista
• 7 GB mounted for /
• 4,5 GB swap
• 23,5 mounted for /home
• Remaining space for junk

I allowed myself to be pretty generous since there’s 320 GB available to divide. On a side note, the quite greedy Windows Vista has taken hold of 45 GB of the 80 I left for it. The reason I used software from Paragon was that all my partitions were NTFS and I’ve had good results with resizing such partitions earlier with said program. The mounting and dividing of unpartitioned space was done early during the Mandriva installation. When partitioning, take a note of which device is the one holding your Windows installation (if you’re planning on running a dual boot system). Later when setting up GRUB (the boot loader), you’ll need to know this or else you’ll risk telling GRUB to boot the wrong partition.

Selecting installation medium

I wound up with installing from the Mandriva i586 Live CD for various reasons. One of the decisive factors was the ability seeing it running properly on my computer before even having it installed. Being a Live CD means it will boot the operating system from the CD and have it up and running without ever touching your hard drive. In addition, the CD is three to four times as small as the other options (not counting the mini-discs) and it contained proprietary drivers for the graphics adapter. Although the open-source drivers are great, the closed nature of the proprietary ones, allow them to squeeze just a little bit more performance out of the card.

Note that by using the Live CD, you will lose 64 bit support.

Post-installation

As mentioned earlier, I won’t be doing the core installation step-by-step, or the basic post-installation options. Set up your system the way you like it, though make sure you set a strong password for the root account.

There are, however, a couple of things not as easy to figure out. One of the first things I noticed was the two thirds of my memory not being there. Apparently, Mandriva Linux doesn’t ship with a kernel that supports amounts over 1 GB. The less easy way to fix this is to download the kernel headers of the one you’re running, fix what’s necessary, compile it and make the rest of the changes so your system boots the newly compiled one. This also allows you to disable support for hardware you don’t have, making your system use less memory. The second option, and what I did, is to use Rpmdrake and download and install a precompiled kernel. Either use the Rpmdrake GUI or go by the terminal:

urpmi kernel-laptop-latest

This package also includes asus-laptop needed for ACPI events and different shortcut keys on the M50Sa, and the installation edits all necessary files.

What I also discovered after installing, and perhaps when I ran the Live CD to test also, was how dark my screen seemed. This is because of the light sensor. It’ physically situated to the left of the hard drive LED, and if you cover it, you should notice the LCD panel getting slightly darker. You fix this by turning it off as root:

echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ls_switch

You can also have it enabled and adjust the light sensor level like this:

echo INT > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ls_level

Replace INT with a value between 0 and 10. Any higher than 10 and you’ll get an uncomfortably bright screen. If you can’t find the paths mentioned above, make sure Asus Laptop Extras are enabled in the kernel and running properly. Run:

 modinfo asus-laptop

as root. You should get an output similar to:

[root@localhost ~]# modinfo asus-laptop

filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.24.5-laptop-2mnb/kernel/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.ko.gz

license:        GPL

description:    Asus Laptop Support

author:         Julien Lerouge, Karol Kozimor, Corentin Chary

alias:          acpi*:ATK0100:*

depends:        led-class

vermagic:       2.6.24.5-laptop-2mnb SMP mod_unload 686

parm:           wapf:WAPF value (uint)

If not, double check it by browsing to the directory holding your kernel source (usually /usr/src/linux-*) and type

make menuconfig

Browse to Device drivers/Misc devices and enable Asus Laptop Extras, either as a module (M) or compiled into the kernel (*).

The problem when setting values for ls_switch and ls_level is that they are only saved for the current session, meaning each time you reboot, you’ll have to set your desired values again. Either create a small script that runs everytime you start, or use an already created piece of software to do this. The script doesn’t have to be more than:

#!/bin/sh

 echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ls_switch

Remember to make it executable:

chmod +x filename

Personally, I wound up with Lapsus. This nifty little kicker applet is able to save your settings, as well as it contains a number of other features pretty handy with Asus models. Note that currently it doesn’t run well, if at all, with KDE 4. I was able to compile it under KDE 4, but since it’s made for a 3-series kicker, its uses are limited.

Closing comments

What surprised me when installing Mandriva was how good the hardware was functioning straight after installing. Although I haven’t got all features up and running as of now, I’m very pleased with what I’ve got. Earlier in this post I mentioned I was drooling for KDE 4, however, I wound up with KDE 3.5.9. I think KDE’s latest major needs to mature a bit before really replacing earlier versions.

I would also recommend reading Paul Weiss’ blogpost concerning Asus M50Sv on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy. It’s basically the same laptop, though with a graphics adapter from Nvidia, and most of what he writes applies to Mandriva as well.

Enjoy your new Linux system, and don’t be afraid to ask questions regarding the installation itself or the notebook.

I’ve tried using it for writing purposes earlier, but to no avail. I spent the foregoing year in the Norwegian army, and the plan during that stay was to make a diary-like recording of the experience and publish it here. I managed to post one incomplete item before it stranded.
Needless to say my attempt didn’t bathe in hits. In fact, the few times I noticed “someone” had been there was when my blog software sent e-mails telling me spam robots were trying to make comments. If you do a Google search for “Likegyldig.net” you might still find the remains of it.

To try and counter what happened last time, I’ve come up with some topics I’d like to write about the next couple of days/weeks. Although I’m a 100% sure on what will be the main theme, it’ll probably get a heavy amount of technology and computer related articles. I would also like to have some of my friends write for me. Two of them just graduated this summer, one with a bachelor in occupational therapy (link is in Norwegian) and the other with the same degree in political science. I know both are very knowledgeable in their fields. A couple of articles from these two would be greatly appreciated and really make this site reach a broader audience and enrich its contents.

I’ll keep it at that for now as I’ve been slightly hungover for two days now and thus grown quite hungry. Apparantly, that unables me to think.