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    Addiction

    By Viggen,

    An addiction is a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity.
     
    By that definition i am addicted to the internet,
     
    ..due to overload at work i can not log on to the net every day and it sucks, on an emotional and practical level...
    ...how did we manage without it before? (yeah i know we just were more outside sniffing fresh air, engange in recreational activities under something called sunlight and were talking with humans face to face)
     
    If there is something called heaven and paradise it better have an internet connection, cause being without one for just a couple of days already seems aweful, never mind eternetiy...
  2. Viggen
    Something to ponder about...
     
    ...let`s say you want to leave a message to the people in the year 4000. You could write that message onto a USB Memory Stick or a DVD or on a Hard Drive or on a piece of paper. What is your guess what the chances are that (assuming the sealed box would be found and all 4 are in good condition) archaeologists would be able to identify all 4 pieces as some form of a message?
     
    I have a hunch that the archaeologists of the 5th Millenium will have a very hard time to figure out what the heck the USB Memory Stick, the HD and the DVD actually is. Maybe a "gift to the gods?" some sort of jewelry? a primitive craft device? Now assuming there is an experimental archaeologist that thinks that this could be some sort of data storage device. How will he get to the information? I mean i have some floppy disks lying around and have no way of actually getting to this information, first i dont have a floppy drive anymore and second, those operating systems of today kinda dont like old stuff, and when i talk about old stuff i am talking of 10 years maximum, nevermind 2000 years....
     
     
    If the archaeologist of the year 4000 sees the piece of paper, chances are, he will grab it and starts to decipher the writing, right?
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    Now that i got my message out that i will no longer accept the mediocre financial state of mine, i would like to share the how i will do it!
     
    First things first!
     
    One needs a goal, without a goal nothing will work, let a couple of people run in a circle without a goal or purpose, they will eventually loose interest and stop - draw a line (finish) and everything changes! The moment there is a goal, one can plan! So that was my first piece of work, having a goal. At first i was thinking of 1.000.000 million euro, but soon realized that this was not really something my little mind could grasp. I needed something more visual. So i redefined my goal. I would start treating myself as a company, Viggen Inc. if you like, and my goal is to make it a successfull company. So in order to run a company one needs a budget, so i started one, for the first time, and it was not a pretty picture. I spend way too much money on stuff that is not making Viggen Inc. productive or successful. I could locate several areas were i was spending money without thought.
     
    Crap;
    Basically every evening when i got home late from work, i past by the petrol station that is just a few meters away from my home, and bought sandwiches, snacks, cool drinks, etc... EVERY DAY!
    I cut those expenses completely, i havent been to the petrol station in over a month!
     
    Car;
    I go to work now with my bicycle, with the bike i only need 5 minutes to work, so please dont ask me why i havent done it before, i dont know...
     
    at work;
    evey day i went to a restaurant in our mall, and every day i was drinking a cool drink with it, most of the time a coffee afterwards, i cut this completely, drive with the bike home and eat at home
     
    other stuff;
    I do the washing, the ironing, the cleaning, myself, i bought a hair clipper to do my hairs myself (guess thats an advantage for men), no more hairdressers, i buy food once a week with a list, i visit my mother every sunday now (she really cookes good, and she is very happy to see me, she always complained i visit her not enough, low and behold the 5 miles she lives away i go by bike and not with the car, even more saving, so the sunday gets me a free meal, good karma with mum and some exercise)...
     
    ...as you can see i am not a cheap talker on this issue, i mean it! I do not accept money that could work for me wasted on stuff that gives me short time pleasures at best!
     
    ...more to follow
     
    your "soon to be" very wealthy viggen
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    I am doing great, much better then expected and at a much faster rate. (Just got an 20% increase)!!!
     
    I decided that I need some extra Karma , and joined the World Vision Sponsorship, thats 30 Euro a month to support a child in need! This is such a wonderful organization and if you read up on how much my (your) 30 Euro per month can change a whole families life, it makes one really humble. I could choose the gender (I have choosen a girl) the age (below 7 years) and the country (mozambique). Soon i will get per post a folder with all the infos of the little girl i am going to support now. I keep you guys up to date!
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    Tudo Bem?

    By Viggen,

    ...to combine the need to learn portuguese with making my blog more active, i will keep this as a diary of my progress, (well we will see about that progress part)...
     
    ....as it happens Transparent Language gave away free downloadable language course in exchange of writing about the experience, so here i am busy downloading a 330 MB file, its a bit slow for my liking (just under 200kb/s) but hey, its a free download. There is also an option to download an Ipod version, (dont have one, so skip that). All in all i am rather excited, i should have started learning portuguese long ago...
     
    I keep you up to date...
     
     
    p.s. they even have a Latin course available....
  9. Viggen
    (In case you wondered; i am checking my weight every morning just after i get up, before i have eaten or before i had something to drink.) I lost again a pleasing amount of weight, since my last entry (0.4 kilograms = 0.881849049 pounds). Although i had some chocolate attackes i managed to continue to loose weight, mostly because of a technique called Intermittent fasting, i skipped dinner twice the last few days and it really gives you a boost in weight loss. I thought it will be difficult but it wasnt at all, whenever i felt hungry i drank water or started to exercise. This is a really great tool to have more control. It looks like i might break the 110 kilograms = 242.508488 pounds barrier before June ends!
  10. Viggen
    ...i am way behind my target but at least i am still loosing weight, for some reason my metabolism has slowed down tremendously and no matter how little i eat or how much i exercise i dont loose weight in a rate that i would expect....
     
    in the meantime some food for thoughts, excellent video about why the NON FAT craze that started in the seventies made us all fatter...
     


     
     
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    Google Loves Your Blog!

    By Viggen,

    We only have the Blogs up for a couple of weeks and Google already indexing and ranking it pretty nicely!
     
    Some examples;
     
    Ursus`Blog with the search phrase Another Day In Customer Service 1st!!!!! out of 90 million
     
    Primus Pilus`Blog with the search phrase A Cold in September 1st!!! out of 70 Million!!!!!!!!
     
    Pompeius Magnus Blog with the search phrase Latin Language Education 7th out of 27.3 million!!!
     
    Maximus' Blog with the search phrase Maximus' Blog is 4th out of 600.00!
     
    Zekes Blog with the search phrase Zeke
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    Where Are People From?

    By Viggen,

    To give you some insight from where visitors to UNRV.com are coming from, here some stats...
     
    United States 60%
    UK 16%
    Canada 6%
    Australia 4%
     
    From all the USA visitors are..
    10% from California, 9% from NY State, 5% from Pennsylvania, 5% from Virginia, 5% from Texas, 5% from Florida and 4.5% from New Jersey....
     
     
    Some exotic places we had visitors from the last couple of days are....
    Tanzania, Sudan, Malawi, Cayman Islands, Uganda, Palestinian Territory, Syrian Arab Republic, Vietnam and Guam....
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    Subfora

    By Viggen,

    Now that we have our first subforum, i would like to know what other topics could we make into a subfora? Keep in mind that it should be related to the parent forum and of course the main forum should be busy enough to support a split into a more specific niche...
     
    cheers
    viggen
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    Comcast...

    By Viggen,

    ...has the biggest share of all network providers that visit Unrv.com
     
     
    followed by
     
    SBC Internet Services
    Verizon Internet Services
    Road Runner
    America Online
    Cox Communications
    BellSouth.net
    British Telecommunications
    NTL Internet
    Charter Communications
     
    It seems there is no world giant in the Internet Service Providers industry, Comcast the Nr.1 (at Unrv) is used by just over 7%...
  17. Viggen
    OMG, I am a prophet! As you can see on my previous post before the world cup, i did predict that New Zealand will loose against the french and that South Africa is going to be the next World Champion, (thats what happend) you may say Nostradamus to me!
     
    What a defensive master piece of the Springboks, and what a disaster from the english site to try (first half) to make that a kicking game, when the whole world knows the line out is Springbok-Territory!
     
    A very tense, defensive game on both sites.
    Not a pretty game, but what the heck, the Boks are world champions again Yipeeeeeee
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    Life Ball in Vienna

    By Viggen,

    The Vienna Life Ball, Europe's most colourful charity event will take place again tomorrow. This is the craziest, sexiest, strangest ball you will ever see. It started as an AIDS Charity Event, and exploded into a fashion extravaganza that you dont see on the catwalks of Paris, Milan or New York. Unlike the Vienna Opera Ball who is the most glamarous event in Europe, the Life ball is the most colorful one. There is a huge catwalk for the first part of the event, were outside of the Vienna city hall a massive show with free entrance for anyone takes place, and behold, no unknown little designer present their glitzy stuff, no the big ones, from Thierry Mugler to Jean-Paul Gaultier, from Vivienne Westwood to Versace, each year one can present their craziest outfits. This year its the lingerie gods of AGENT PROVOCATEUR`s turn.
     
    This ball is not only the biggest charity event in Europe but also a gathering of stars and starlets of the crazy sort. If you like outrageous fancy dress costumes, this is the place to be!
  20. Viggen
    During my current adventure to become filthy rich, i read lots of books on how to become just that. Those are financial books, self help books, books to get things done, books on making your life filled with purpose, and almost in all of them is at least one quote of Marcus Aurelius...
     
    ...for example;
     
    Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
     
    Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
     
    Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
     
    Each day provides its own gifts.
     
    Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
     
    He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
     
    It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
     
    Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
     
    The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
     
    Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
     
    You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
     
    ...and i could go on for a long time...
     
    For me, the most important piece of wisdom from Marcus Aurelius is however;
    Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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    White Men Can Jump

    By Viggen,

    I just watched today europe`s biggest TV Show Wetten, dass..? (which would translate into something like Wanna Bet..?). This show is one of the few i really like to watch on a regular base (its usually about 6 times a year), it has the
    , and some really funny moments on german TV.  
    Todays venue for the show was the Coliseum in Mallorca, which is a wonderful setting to begin with, the next great thing was swiss Michelle Hunziker, a beautiful women that seems to be not only pretty but also has this feel good laugh and fun person to be around. (italians should know her well she hosts there a show). Finally, eventually it has been proven, white men can jump!
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    Open Air Hockey

    By Viggen,

    This saturday i went to the first open air hockey game in austria (since well the old days), it took place in the soccer stadium of Klagenfurt in front of a capacity crowd of 30.500.
    It was magic, i never expected it to be so good. The atmosphere, the view, the game (my team won).
     

     
    You know, in my province hockey rulez, not soccer but hockey, always has been, so it was no surprise that despite the currently two worst teams in our league playing,tickets were sold out within 4 hours, and according to officials 90.000 requests for tickets came in....
     
    I upload some more photos tonight...
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    One Handed

    By Viggen,

    Itching on my left index finger, scratching it, next day waking up with swollen finger plus blood infection ---> Result; doctor cut it open, giving me a huge bandage, getting sick leave and unable to do the simplest tasks without needing endless time...
     

  24. Viggen
    Kraftwerk are one of the most influential bands of the past 35 years. Without them, dance music as we know it today might never have existed. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western Classical style of harmony, with a minimalistic and strictly electronic instrumentation. The group's simplified lyrics are at times sung through a vocoder or generated by computer-speech software. Kraftwerk were one of the first groups to popularize electronic music and are considered pioneers in the field. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Kraftwerk's distinctive sound was revolutionary, and has had a lasting effect across many genres of modern music...
     
    Autobahn 1975 via BBC

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuEo5IdVUvU
  25. Viggen
    This is hard, much much harder than i thought. I fear with age the ability to loose weight fast disappears....
     
    I tried really hard with exercise and not eating too much, despite all my efforts for a long time i was stuck at around the same weight level. It was as if my body pulled a switch and decided to not loose any weight anymore. Only a few days ago this "threshold" seems to have been broken through and i finally have a new weight to announce, slow very slow but nevertheless the pounds are melting...
     
    i keep you up to date...
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