On a warm summer day in 1975 I saw daylight for the first time. I lived together with my family in Oslo until I finished high school in spring 1995. I moved on to Stavanger and Bergen, setting of for adventures in The royal Norwegian navy. After a year full of adventures I moved on to Kristiansand, the sunny capital of the southern coast.
During the days I lived i Kristiansand I worked in the postal service. At this time the italian movie Il Postino became popular in Norway. Il Postino means "the postman" in italian. From those days on I used the nick
ilpostino on the web. To me, this could not become a better nick to use on the web being a movie-interested postman.
I lived in Kristiansand for 3 years. Among other things I studied economics, mathematics and informatics at Agder College. During that period of time I also discovered the web and all its facilities. I moved back to Oslo and have lived here ever since. Well, I have lived in Bærum (just outside Oslo) for about two years as well. I sincerely miss Kristiansand and hope I can move back sometime in the future.
After working two years in a hardware-store in Oslo I thought it was about time to move on in my life. I decided to go back to school and I where studying for another three years. These studies where also related to computers. I had some hard time to get some computer related work, but I finally did. Currently I am working in the goverment administration and this is a place I find interesting to work at.
At my spare time I keep up the knowledge I have when it comes to computering. I am also spending allot of time (and money) on movie theaters. My record at the moment is 50 movies in the movie theaters within a year. Most of my time I am spending either at work, in the swimming pool, in a movie theater or in front of my computer. Well - as long as I am not doing anything else like traveling.
I guess I am one of those people who are somewhat quiet. I think I am looked upon as nice but perhaps a little too naive sometimes. I am also very patient and like to teach new things to others at the same time as I look at life as a continual learning process. I'm also pretty handy and has among other things, rebuilt a part of an apartment and build two bridges. I am satisfied when I get to use both mind and body.
In life there are certain rules I try to follow. Most of these are (of course) taken from Star Wars philosophy and Master Yoda. I have gathered some of this ethics at my ethics-page.
I am a gentle soul, with good intentions toward everyone. Selfless and kind, I have great faith in people. Sometimes this faith can lead to disappointment in the long run but I am always trying to look upon things in a positive way. No matter what, I deal with everything in a calm and balanced way. I am a seeker of wisdom and a life long learner looking for purpose and meaning in my surroundings. I am a great thinker and communicator, but not always a doer.
I am not good at describing myself and I guess I am one of those who would rather be experienced than writing a lot about themselves. On my homepage I am trying to present a glimpse of who I am and what I am preoccupied with. I am pretty interested in movies and I often get requests from friends and relatives about what's worth seeing. I am also chronically addicted to music and have it with me all the time. A couple of years ago I startet to travel the world and the seven seas. I like to travel and experience new people and cultures but I am unfortunately not as good at connecting to new people after my brother died as I once used to be. I imagine some people get the impression that I am a bit uninterested in getting to know them or that I am superficial but this is something I try to do something about. I guess I am one of those quiet persons. I often get feedback that I am kind (maybe a little too nice at times), patient and good at teaching things. I worked for two hardware stores for 7 years before I started working with IT and I like to build things and use my hands.
On this site I have been gathering some information about me and my interest. This range from what I do in my spare time to the ethics I try to follow in life even if it is not always easy. Much of this philosophy is derived from Zen Budhismen and I usually say I'm with Budhist than Christian. Although, I hope to get married in a church when I find my princess. I have also published some of my poetry and my experiences on some of my travels. You will also find an introduction to some of the most popular scripting-languages.
Some time ago I bought myself two digital cameras, Canon Powershot G9 and Pentax K20d, hopefully to learn how to be a good photographer.
Here is a list of my Pentax K20 and accessories. It takes a lot of practice but hopefully I will get there sometime. I have uploaded some of my pictures to
pentaxianer.no.
I am really nerdy on certain things and was in the first episode of season 2 of
Heia Tufte a couple of years ago. It turned out I was too good at football so they turned me down for rest of the series.
My name is Einar. Einar is an old and popular Norse name deeply connected to the einherjar, the fallen warriors living in Valhalla (Mythical home of the Norse Gods); meanings of the name: magnificent, unique warrior, one who fights alone, one man army and/or leader. In Norse religion the einherjar were spirits of warriors who had died bravely in battle. The name is Old Norse for "one-army-ers" (Singular would be einheri and the etymology may be from a Common Germanic aina-harj-arja). It is often interpreted as "outstanding fighter", but might also signify "those who are all [now] in one army", because when alive on earth they were in many armies and bands, but now they are all in the Army of the Dead.
