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The new iMac finally gave me enough power (and storage 😉 ) to start managing my iLife the way I wanted to for years. With iLife I don’t refer to ‘My Life’, but to Apple’s iLife suite which contains various software applications for organizing, editing, and publishing photos (iPhoto), movies (iMovie), and music (iTunes).

It is incredible how much music, photos and movies one collects over the years (side note; realizing that the digital age really just began, a better way to manage all this is highly needed 😉 ). I am only halfway in adding my complete music collection into iTunes and already have over 11,000 songs in close to 700 albums and well over 30 days of continuous music playback; in total of more than 80GB, and counting.

The situation is more or less the same as far as my photos are concerned; a little over half of them are in iPhoto at the moment (though not fully organized yet) and already there are close to 15,000 photos in…oof!

It takes a bit of time to organize one’s iLife, yet it is worth it…if only for backup purposes, quite vital for photos, and especially for a parent! 😉

Btw. is anyone familiar with Apple’s Aperture, would using that instead of iPhoto ease up my photo management?

Ralph Waldo Emerson: “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

I am pretty sure everyone has heard of the word ‘karma‘, though I am not too sure if everyone knows what it exactly means…

The definition on merriam-webster.com: “the force generated by a person’s actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person’s next existence.”.

The picture below is another way to explain it…hehe, indeed a picture is worth a thousand words! 😉

Frank Herbert: “Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty.”

Let’s say you are 13 years old, you have an angelic voice and participate in X-Factor USA…this audition and her outstanding performances in the rounds after made her runner-up in the X-Factor competition!

Carly Rose Sonenclar…what a talent, WoW!

Many more clips can be found here, fantastic!

Norman Vincent Peale: “Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.”

I *love* to be active in nature and having Norwegian nature all around me there are loads of opportunities to do this, even year-round. Currently I am enjoying the (cross country) skiing season (only when the sun is out though 😉 ), and I expect the mountain bike season to start very soon; the snow melts like crazy with the temperatures these past days (5C in the shade, and blue skies making it extremely nice in the sun).

I went for my third skiing trip in 5 days today, actually my first one without Misha…haha, a whole different experience to ski without the sled (‘pulk‘), both are great though!

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William Arthur Ward:

“Do more than belong: participate.
Do more than care: help.
Do more than believe: practice.
Do more than be fair: be kind.
Do more than forgive: forget.
Do more than dream: work.”

Brian Jud: “Focus on results rather than on how you spend your time. Distinguish between time utilization and time management.”

Eric Schmidt: “Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids. Even if it’s a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new, meet someone new and make a difference.”

Today is my first day of unemployment (this ain’t no April Fools day  joke 😉 ) officially at least, as I have not been working since my resignation in December. oof, these first three months have been flying by (amazing that I ever have had the time to work at all 😉 ) and new opportunities are on the horizon. I am thrilled to see what life will be like in the (near) future! For the moment though I am enjoying the time off and am a happy ‘Koos Werkeloos’, in a way similar yet very different than it was back in 2007.

For y’all non-dutchies; ‘Koos Werkeloos’ is a dutch song by ‘Klein Orkest‘ (The Small Orchestra) describing a guy called Koos, being happily unemployed (‘werkeloos’) and criticizing society who is telling him what he should be doing. 😉

The lyrics:

Klein Orkest – Koos Werkeloos

Mijn naam is Koos en ik ben werkeloos
De mensen zeggen ga toch werken Koos
Nou ik wil er best wel tegenaan
Maar dan wel een leuke baan
Want anders hoeft het niet van Koos

Laat Koos maar vissen aan de waterkant
Mij niet gezien achter de lopende band
En Koos gaat ook geen vakken vullen
Zeker om de zak te vullen van de fabrikant

Refrein:
Werkeloos, laat mij voorlopig lekker wer-keloos
Al dat gezeur van ga toch werken Koos
Koos werkeloos

M’n zwager Jan die spreekt er schande van
Die zegt van Koos gebruik je handen man
Maar hij werkt met z’n ellebogen
Heeft z’n schapen op het droge
Nou verbrand maar Jan

Die politieke Haagse maffia
Die blijft maar korten op de minima
Nou laat ze zelf maar betalen
Want bij Koos valt niets te halen
Sorry dat ik besta

Refrein

Kijk je hoort vaak zeggen waar moet dat heen
Straks doen computers al het werk alleen
Maar mensen het gaat toch prima zo
Gratis vrije tijd cadeau
En dat is voor Koos geen probleem