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…since I first got my iPhone. Switching from a Sony Ericsson C905. I had a feeling I was gonna regret it, though. The C905 has such an awesome camera, and OK functions otherwise. I was scared that the iPhone wouldn’t impress me as much as I had hoped, and that switching to a more expensive plan would be a bad move.

So far though, I can’t say I’ve experienced either of the above. Simply because the iPhone is amazing. No other phone comes close to being as innovative, extensible and plain impressive as the iPhone does, not even close. First of all, it does, well, everything. I now have Facebook, Twitter, MSN, Gmail, Safari, Bejeweled, heck, even Fourtrack for recording my piano sessions. And as if I couldn’t be more impressed: the headphone jack even works as a mic input, and lets me record in amazing sound quality if I use my studio mic. The built-in speaker is a lot better than on other phones, and I could actually read in bed with music playing without getting the feeling that I was stuck in a tin can.

And then I discovered the more advanced functions. How you can press the power and home buttons at the same time, and it’ll screenshot. How you can actually make a frozen program quit, just by pressing the home button for 6 seconds. And a ton of other minor, yet incredible functions. There’s so much right about the iPhone. How amazingly reactive the display is (the HTC Touch Diamond doesn’t even come close to touching the iPhone in that sense). How smooth the visual effects are. How easy the on-screen keyboard is to use. And so on. And so on.

I will admit, however, some things aren’t in place. One upside is that with the next software version, we get Copy-Cut-Paste and MMS, two things I personally feel should be part of any smartphone. Or any mobile phone, actually. Another thing I miss about it is the ability to get custom ringtones and alarm tones. I wanna use Radiohead’s Everything In Its Right Place as my ringtone, but since the iPhone apparently can’t give me that, I’m stuck with this plain old ringtone instead. I don’t mind too much, but it’s one of the minor things I miss.

All in all: one week, and I’m still amazed. There doesn’t seem to be anything the iPhone CAN’T do, and with the new software version, things are bound to get even better. I’m looking forward to that.

All of a sudden, I get what the hype is all about.

This is just a test to be honest. I got this WP app for my iPhone so I’m just making sure everything is working.

Btw, iPhones are awesome, more than I imagined.

OK, I know, long time no post. Sorry about that, just had a lot to do.

So, what can I say? I’ve finished up at the gas station for good. Buhbye. And I got myself a new job. Project-to-project for now, but I’m happy to be a part of Z-It Productions, where I’ll be doing design stuff related to websites. I’m looking forward to starting up, and I’m happy that the guys in the team are dedicated and true to their line of work. Devoted indeed.

And while we are on the subject, I made the current design in Artisteer. I know, it’s WYSIWYG, and I know, I have no control over the actual code, but I thought I might give it a roll. And you know something, this program is damn good. It’s a breeze to use, simple to understand, and the fact that you can style Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla? Gawd, it’s good. Highly recommended to download and test, even if you are a seasoned pro within the field.

OK, so what else is new? I got myself an iPhone. Yes, new phone again, I know. But still, it’s awesome. It really is. I’ve also started being more active on Twitter. Here is my Twitter for those who are interested. Facebook, meh, I don’t like the new design either. I didn’t get tickets for Michael Jackson either. I didn’t work as hard as I could have for them though. But I am going to Jean Michel Jarre’s concert in May! And that, ladies and gents, will be nothing short of awesome.

And you know what else is awesome?

Vintage living room 1

Vintage living room 2

Vintage iPhone

The Diana+ Instant Back, which prints polaroids instead of 120mm film. I’m in love, again. Can the guys at lomography.com BE more awesome? A must-have if you own a Diana+ or Diana F+.

Inside BETT09, London, UK

And it was pretty magnificent, le’mme tell ya. We primarily went to London to attend BETT, an exhibition about technology and education. We left Norway last Tuesday, early in the afternoon, and spent nearly a week in British territory. And what have I learned? Well. British supermarkets are weird. British taxis are weird. British chips are nice. British beds are meh. British people are in general nice.

And what else? Well, I bought a ton of DVDs, a pair of Crocs (I still can’t believe they actually make them in size 12), and some other minor stuff. I took a lot of photos, will post more once I can be assed resizing them.

We had dinner at a fantastic restaurant one of the nights we were there; wonderful locale, great food, great waiters, and the dessert was to die for. I had the fruit composition, and got two scoops of the best ice cream I’ve ever had as well as a ton of various fruits and berries. Yum.

Oh, and I raided the Adobe stand at the exhibition. Yeah, they had these badges, each one resembled an Adobe program icon, they had one for Photoshop, one for Indesign and so on. I think I stopped by there like 8 times to actually steal one of every kind. My bag is now full of Adobe badges.

I feel like such a geek.

I made the switch back to Wordpress. I haven’t really tried 2.7 until now, and I gotta say, I love everything about it. The update feature, the new dashboard, the new cool functons, everything. And it looks so good too. Amazing stuff by the Wordpress team. And I also decided to write in English this time, for the convenience of my American/British/Australian buddies. I know Roffles is gonna love this.

So what’s this blog gonna be about? I guess my life, graphics, web-related stuff, tech stuff… Pretty much what all my blogs have been about earlier. But hey, new Wordpress! Can’t beat that.

I promise to blog more now. Really, I do.