New layout!

Right... Initially this was going to be an all Norwegian blog. But since I have a lot of English speaking contacts, and now I have a whole class of Nigerian students, I figured it was time to re-think the whole blog.

So... From now on the primary language is English, with Norwegian translations linked with (Norsk) at the top of the post. And a new layout. With all the lecture stuff I will be posting along with everything else, I figured it would be rather messy to keep the "KVEST!" system I originally had. So I have re-vamped the pages into the following layout:

Top navigation bar:

Home - where the blog post are located, and anything substantial that is added will have its own blog post.

About - where you can read about the name "Kvesting" and about myself, as well as find links to me on social media.

Science & Engineering - where I will try to place all of my sciency geeking, except that which is directly tied to the next category.

Education - where I will place everything connected to me being a teacher, as well as any courses (online or in the flesh) that I undertake.

Books - where I will recommend books I have read or heard, and any other literature related stuff.

DIY - where I will post all of my DIY projects.

Other geekiness - where everything else ends up: health, training, kids, nature etc.

Right hand side:

Here you can subscribe to the RSS and/or mail feed. You can follow me on Google+ and read my tweets. And at the bottom you have the tags and blog archive.

About the blog name

(Norsk)

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)
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.

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.

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.

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.