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  <description>Bjarni R. Einarsson's blog (all).</description>
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   <title>Birthday, dating, apartment, ...</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/05/02/</link>
   <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;On Monday I went on a date! It was fun... somewhat new territory for me
though, Icelanders do not really go on dates much. I counted on my
American blood to guide me and it went quite well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On Tuesday I celebrated my birthday with a good party. It was a nice mix
of family, Pirates and old friends, I had a great time and I think
everyone else did as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wednesday was dedicated to being hung over and cleaning house, then in
the evening I showed the Barónsstígur apartment to some potential
tenants - and made a short video on my phone for one who was abroad.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;May as well share it here: &lt;a href="/misc/2013-04-01_Tour.mp4"&gt;A tour of my apartment&lt;/a&gt;
(18MB, plays in VLC)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Today I am showing off the apartment to more people and getting back
into my PageKite groove.  This afternoon there is a meeting with Pirates
and this evening, another casual date.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow, PageKite work and a party with Pirates in the evening.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Saturday, an AcroYoga workshop.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Keeping busy!&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>Birthday dinner</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/28/</link>
   <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Time to go visit my parents and have an early birthday dinner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And play with my nephews.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And not worry about politics... much. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>Lögbrot á kjörfundi</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/27/</link>
   <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;img align=right width=250 src='http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/27/today.jpg'&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Í gær gerðist ég lögbrjótur, alveg óvart: ég birti mynd af atkvæðinu
mínu á Facebook.  Þetta var ekki hugsað sem uppreisn, heldur var þetta
bara viðbragð við merkilegu augnabliki - &lt;strong&gt;ég kaus sjálfan mig!&lt;/strong&gt;  Ég
hef aldrei áður og mun hugsanlega aldrei aftur geta kosið sjálfan mig.
Ég vildi deila augnablikinu með fólkinu mínu.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Svo var mér bent á að þetta væri ólöglegt.  Í fyrstu yppti ég bara
öxlum; hvað með það?  Það er fullt af asnalegum lögum til, hvaða máli
skiptir ein skitin mynd af kjörseðli?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;En ég faldi færsluna samt skömmu síðar, þegar ég komst næst í net.
Fór á kosningavöku, fagnaði og reyndi að halda í bjartsýnina þó að
RÚV sýndi Pírata með undir 5% fylgi alla nóttina.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Í morgun vaknaði ég við þær fréttir að við hefðum fengið 5,1% greiddra
atkvæða og þrír Píratar væru að fara á þing, meðal annars Helgi Hrafn
sem er oddviti á mínum lista.  Ég er þá vara-varaþingmaður?  Magnað.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Svo fór ég að hugsa um þessa mynd. Ég er það mikill efahyggjumaður og
anarkisti í mér, að mér finnst ekkert endilega rangt að gera hluti sem
eru bannaðir. En stundum eru hlutir bannaðir af því þeir eru rangir og
eftir nokkra umhugsun áttaði ég mig á því að svo er í þessu tilfelli.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Það er mikilvægt að fólk sýni ekki öðrum atkvæðin sín, þetta er ekki
einkamál hvers og eins.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Leynd atkvæðisins er ein mikilvægasta stoð lýðræðisins. Án leyndar gætu
atvinnuveitendur kúgað starfsfólk sitt til að kjósa "rétt" eða foreldrar
skipað börnum sínum fyrir. Án leyndarinnar er hægt að ráða úrslutum
kosninga með ofbeldi eða kúgun eða mútum. Þetta skiptir öllu máli.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ég vil því biðjast afsökunar á að hafa birt atkvæði mitt í gær.  Ef ég
verð sektaður fyrir það þá mun ég ekkert malda í móinn, gretti mig bara
og borga.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;En ég ætla samt að birta mynd af kjörseðlinum og fanga augnablikið: því
ég er á honum og það er mjög merkilegt!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Dagsett 27. en skrifað daginn eftir. Afþvíbara.)&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>Parliamentary review: Alþingisrýnir</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/26/</link>
   <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;img align=right width=250 src='http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/26/today.jpg'&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My sprint for the local Pirate Party officially ended yesterday, when we
launched the "&lt;a href="http://r.piratar.is/"&gt;Alþingisrýnir&lt;/a&gt;", a tool for
reviewing the votes cast by members of parliaments.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It launched yesterday on the 1st day of summer, and was very well
received - over 2000 Facebook "likes" in one day and five or six
articles in the mainstream Icelandic media discussing the information
revealed.  All positive press and attention for the Pirate Party, which
will hopefully help us tomorrow on election day. Score!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow I will go and vote for myself! I am on the ballot, which is
weird and exciting. Albeit only in 3rd place, which makes it highly
unlikely I will end up in parliament, but there is a slight chance I
might end up being a deputy. Which would be weird but interesting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the evening, there will of course be a party... ;-)&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>Pilla!</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/21/</link>
   <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Today I changed the messages sent by &lt;a href="http://www.p.molar.is/"&gt;the pill reminder&lt;/a&gt;,
so they advertise the &lt;a href="http://www.piratar.is/"&gt;Icelandic Pirate party&lt;/a&gt; and
remind people to not just take their pills, but also to go vote.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elections are in a week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Crazy.&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>Vitastígur 14A</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/19/</link>
   <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Today I signed a contract to buy the top floor apartment at Vitastígur 14A.
I payed lots of money. I plan to move in on the 1st of June and will make
the final payment and receive the deed on July 1st.  All pretty awesome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I plan to rent out Barónsstígur, and posted the following status on Facebook
to get the word out:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Jæja, ég skrifaði undir kaupsamning í dag og er því orðinn fasteignamógúll
fyrir fertugt! :-P Nú þarf eitthvað mikið að gerast til að fyriræltanir
mínar, að flytja á Vitastíg í byrjun júní næstkomandi, verði ekki að
veruleika. Húrra!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Þetta þýðir að ég stefni að því að leigja út risíbúðina mína á
Barónsstíg 39, frá 5. júní eða þar um bil. Ef þið þekkið fólk í íbúðaleit,
þá má benda þeim á að hafa samband við mig. Ég mun að vísu hafa takmarkaðan
tíma til að sinna þessu fram að kosningum, en það sakar ekki að byrja að láta
þetta spyrjast. Netfangið mitt er bre@klaki.net, vil helst ekki fá símtöl
vegna íbúðarinnar að svo stöddu.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fyrir þá sem ekki þekkja til, er þetta tæplega 80fm risíbúð (4. hæð, engin
lyfta) með þægilegu eldhúsi, borðstofu, stofu og tveimur svefnherbergjum.
Svefnherbergin eru undir súð (og teljast því varla með í fermetratölunni),
en hitt ekki. Plastparket er á öllum gólfum, nema klósett og bað (sitt
hvort herbergið) eru flísalögð í stíl og mikið uppgerð (nýtt klósett s.l.
sumar, nýtt stórt hornbaðkar frá 2006). Þvottahús í sameign, rúmgóð geymsla
í kjallaranum. Geggjað útsýni út um eldhúsgluggann, smá afgirtur
garðblettur á bakvið. Einhver húsgögn geta mögulega fylgt, eftir
samkomulagi, annars fara hlutir í nytjagám Sorpu.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Þetta er fullkomin staðsetning fyrir unga fjölskyldu: leikskóli fyrir utan,
Sundhöllin og Austurbæjarskóli hinumegin við götuna, Bónus á Laugaveginum
innan þægilegs göngufæris, fimm mínútna labb á Hlemm.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Leiga er umsemjanleg, ég á enn eftir að reikna út nákvæmlega hvað ég þarf
til að áætlanir mínar gangi upp, en ég hef meiri áhuga á góðum og skilvísum
langtímaleigjendum heldur en að hámarka gróða.&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>Skegg</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/16/</link>
   <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Á ég að raka þetta af eða snyrta það eða láta það vaxa?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hvað er líklegast til að leiða til þess að ég giftist og eignist tvö
börn og vinni í lottói?&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>On the ballot</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/14/</link>
   <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;img align=right width=250 src='http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/04/14/today.jpg'&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is now official, I will be on the ballot for the next parliamentary
elections in Iceland.  The &lt;a href="http://www.piratar.is"&gt;Icelandic Pirate party&lt;/a&gt;
has met all the requirements and will be running in all six constituencies.
I am 3rd in Reykjavik North, which realistically means there is a low to
moderate chance I will end up being a "deputy" or backup for Helgi Hrafn
who is number one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think I would like that, it would be quite interesting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The pirates have been taking up most of my time for the last couple of
weeks, meetings and road trips, lots of commenting on Facebook and lots
of time in etherpad hammering out policies for the party.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it is fun, but a lot of the time it's just work. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In other news, the loan I need to buy Vitastígur will probably clear on
Wednesday, and I will officially buy the apartment the day after. Once
the paperwork is all signed, I will officially start looking for folks
to rent Barónsstígur.  The current plan is to move into my new digs
in the first half of June.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Exciting!&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>Loans, Rannís, Pirates, Love, Planning</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/03/13/</link>
   <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Today I got a phone call - my loan application for the Vitastígur
apartment was approved!  The remaining financial juggling should be
relatively straighforward.  This is &lt;em&gt;awesome&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am at home today with a sore throat, trying to make progress on the
final report to Rannís about the PageKite project.  I hate writing
reports.  But when I get it done, I will get the final 1 million ISK of
grant money (and won't have to give the other 9 back), which will of
course be very nice.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yesterday (well, after midnight two days ago) it became clear that I
will be on the ballot for the Icelandic Pirate Party in the Reykjavik
North constituancy.  I am 3rd on the ballot, which is high enough to be
worth bragging about, but low enough that there is very little risk I
will actually end up in parliament.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm single.  For a while there I was hoping not to be, but I am and it
sucks.  As always, the world is full of interesting ladies, but it is
going to take me a little while to get my head in the right place to
give them the attention they deserve.  So, casual encounters it is!
Maybe I should start accepting couch-surfers...  :-P&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also did some PageKite planning and growth measurements.  Forecasts
based on the last 5 months' growth rate put me in safe paycheck land by
the end of November.  I like growth.  And paychecks.&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>Vitastígur!</title>
   <link>http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2013/03/10/</link>
   <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;My offer on the apartment on Vitastígur was accepted!  Now I just need
to sort out the loans, wait a couple of months, and the place will be
mine.  All miiiine!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The last few days have been raaather drunken.  I wasn't too bad last
night, was in bed soon after one, but the two nights before were a
bit much, a weird combination of celebrating and keeping myself
distracted.&lt;/p&gt;
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