Lop Buri, Thailand Nov 2007

Well this blog thing is really not something I do much... But this one I had to blog. I was on a day trip to Lop Buri south of Bangkok. There they don't have signes to tempt people to stop for a snack or food. They have living people that in a way dance you to stop. They in fact dance you all the way to the parking spot. Even more fantastic at night time when they also use pocket lights as an effect.

The bombs has arrived!!!

At last, after 3 weeks with back and forth and the strangest customer support ever, they arrived. My 2 InPhase 1F capacitors. I thought they would be small, but they're NOT! They are big, heavy and look as bombs. My girlfriend got a bit scared... he-he.

Summer time an vacation...?!

It's summer and for most of the people in Norway, vacation time. But for me, 5 days of vacation and 5 days free from my shift work went to keep a little company running. It belongs to a freiend and previously working buddy. He had to go to a wedding and a media/ phone convention in Singapore, so to keep the business running I steped in.
But there have been time for some short trips around the country. First we went to Måløy, an island close just south of Vestkapp. I have a lot of relatives there and it's been far too long since I last visited them. The trip from Oslo we drove up to Gjøvik and then headed for Fagernes. From Fagernes we drove up to Beitostølen where we found a very nice camping hut for the night. We also had the chance to meet my cusine which lives there. We then drove on to Lom and Strynefjellet. At Grotli we got out of the regular route and went the old road to the glacier and Strynefjellet Summer Ski center. Check out http://www.strynefjellet.com/. From there the route went down to Stryn and out to Måløy.
In Måløy they had summerfestival. Not any big happenig, but there were som fun park carousels for the kids and a party tent for the adults, none we felt the urge to visit. Next day we headed out to Kråkenes fyr, an old lighthouse on the tip of the island. Here Jotun test their new painting against hard weather conditions. Pictures and informations is found at http://www.fyr.no/fyra/krakenes/krakenes3.html. I guess the pictures there tell how extreme the weather can be. Unfortunatly it was sun and quite nice when we visited the lighthouse. So we drove back to Refviksanden, probably one of the nicest beachs in Norway, to swim. It only became wading. The water was far to cold for any swimming :(
The trip home become far longer than planed. We drove to Hellesylt and went with the sightseeing fery through Geiranger. A trip I never done before. A guide for Geiranger you can find at http://www.visitnorddal.com/destinasjon/ From there we drove to Eidsdalen. A new fery over the fjord. Suddenly I see a sign to Tafjord, and some strange connection in my head say this is the place that is called Thaifjord, from the about 80 thai women who have married norwegian men. So we had drive by and look... To my huge dissapointment there were not a single sign of thai girls or women. I then thougt the story was fiction. Later I got to know it was not Tafjord that had become the nick Thaifjord, but Tresfjord, not very far from Tafjord. Well, the trip went on through Isterdalen and up to the top of Trollstigen, the path of the trolls, he-he. We drove down Trollstigen... very slowly, cause my old Saab don't have the best breaks in the world. They tend to get very hot on long downhill climbing. We had some breathtaking views. Cause of all the raining theis summer the waterfalls were as in the springtime. After Trollstigen we went on to see Trollveggen. In lack of avalible, good and reasonable sleping places, we then drove all the way through Gudbrandsdalen to Oslo.

My car roof is done

I promised to come back with some pictures of my car and the roof. Here they are, and I'm very pleased over the result. When I chose the color of the fabric I didn't think of the white color of all the fitings.

As you can see, everything got very smooth and nice. It's not like X-Zibit's Pimp my ride, but now I'm not embarrased to give my friends a ride anymore. I will say the project was successful.
I understand that there was a reason why the roof earlier was white and not black. It has got quite a bit more hot inside now. It's not a big problem, cause it's rarely too hot in Norway anyway. As you can see at this picture, I used the same fabric on everything. I hate when it looks like a puzzle of random colors. I have already started on a new project. I will try to make a mid woofer in the front middle compartment. It will be a vented little box of about 9 litres. The woofer will be a P.Audio TS-6. Pictures will come

The roof project.

Here are some pictures of my project... It took me some more time than I had expected. So it's still not finished, but I am pleased of it so far. After cleaning the pressed paperboard for sponge, at least the sponge that was possible to remove, I gave everything a treatment with polyester. I thought it may make the roof a bit stiffer and also give the new glue some resonable chance to get a grip. I hope it also will prevent the "good" sponge to roten. But it made some difficulties too. Everything got very hard, and I have to do some work to make everything smooth and nice before I attach the new carpet. I want this to look nice. I want it to be professional. As you can see, there are some sponge left. I have to sander a bit to make it smooth, or use some kind of filler. I go for the sander first, and then we see... I also repair some damages. You can see at the top.


I use a special kind of glue to attach the new carpet. I have used it once before and was very pleased of the the quality of it. So Comet glue on spray are highly recomanded. It have been prevously used to glue rubber finish onto some home made speakers. Yes rubber finnish. You may ask why, but the quality of rubber is great. For sound it makes some great work against resonance in the cabinet, wich was the main reason of the use. It also add some rough look of the speakers. Too bad i didn't do the preparing work too well. The speaker are now in my basement striped of rubber. I tell you, cleaning the rubber for glue was a painful timeconsupted prosess I hope to avoid in the future. I rather buy new rubber next time.

My Girlfriend

I'm in...

This is my second blog. I have one at typepad.com also, but that one is not free, so I guess I will end my accout there after the 30 days free of trial. Well I'm almost sure, cause I don't know yet if I will find out how to post my stuff here throug my mobile phone. If I find out, my typepad blog will be a history. I still have 28 days left to find out. Anyway, 2 blogs are too much for me. There is really not that much happening in my life... But here I am, and hopefully I will be updateing this blog frequently.