The name:
Kvesting is a bilingual play on words, including a short form.
For those that are familiar with fantasy games like World of Warcraft, you are also familiar with the word quest.
The Free Dictionary define quest as:
quest (kwĕst)In World of Warcraft a quest is most often synonymous with going out into the world and killing a certain number of creatures or enemies, or maybe gathering a certain number of an object which, most often, is obtained by looting the cadavers of creatures or enemies you have just killed.
n.
1. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
2. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat: the quest for the Holy Grail.
3. Archaic
a. An inquest.
b. A jury appointed to take part in an inquest.
v.intr. quest·ed, quest·ing, quests
1. To search for something: quested for knowledge.
2. To go on a quest.
3. To search for game or bay when sighting game, as a hound.
The Free Dictionary define the Norwegian word kveste as:
kveste ('kʋestə)
verb transitiv
grievously harm, mutilate (i.e. in an accident)
Considering the fairly similar pronounciation of these words, and the fairly similar meaning of these words, at least with respect to World of Warcraft, my buddies and me ended up going kvesting when we played.
In addition the Norwegian short form for engineer, ing, has been incorporated into the kvest. Thus the name of this blog is self explaining. I am on a quest (kvest) to learn new stuff and I am a mechanical engineer (ing).
Kvesting is a blog where I am going to post anything that makes me geek out. When I post something new, it will be as a new blog post with tags, but I will also put it into pages for easier navigation. Things that geek me out are science, engineering, education, books, DIY, health and nature.
In addition the Norwegian short form for engineer, ing, has been incorporated into the kvest. Thus the name of this blog is self explaining. I am on a quest (kvest) to learn new stuff and I am a mechanical engineer (ing).
Kvesting is a blog where I am going to post anything that makes me geek out. When I post something new, it will be as a new blog post with tags, but I will also put it into pages for easier navigation. Things that geek me out are science, engineering, education, books, DIY, health and nature.
The original plan was to keep it Norwegian only, but now I see that it will be better to do it primarily in English, but with Norwegian translations linked into the posts and pages.
Myself:
Born in 1985 and raised with a mullet and MacGyver on TV. The mullet disappeared and I chose a vocational education and got a certificate of apprenticeship as a bodywork mechanic. With long hair I tried some different educations and jobs, until I ended up with a beard, a wife and children.
In 2011 I began studying mechanical engineering at the University College Stord/Haugesund and ran another blog where I posted all of my lecture notes. In a way, that blog is the predecessor of this one. In 2014 I finished my bachelor degree and started working for Imenco AS designing subsea equipment for the oil and gas industry. In 2016 I started lecturing at the University College Stord/Haugesund in the courses Mechanical Design and Thermodynamics.
Inspired by people like Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day and Derek Muller from Veritasium I want to pass on knowledge in this blog, both practical and theoretical knowledge, to anyone that wants to learn. Actually the idea is to let you, the readers, share in my own learning process, letting us learn together, whether it be practical DIY stuff or more theoretical musings.
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