<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263440833821166704</id><updated>2009-12-12T20:42:49.032-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Runic Ramblings</title><subtitle type='html'>Thoughts from the Viking to your Liking....</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default?orderby=updated'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Viking to your Liking</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263440833821166704.post-5323547652647842139</id><published>2009-08-11T22:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T22:46:34.792-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Follow me on &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Norse_Code_Tech" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3263440833821166704-5323547652647842139?l=norsecodetech.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/feeds/5323547652647842139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3263440833821166704&amp;postID=5323547652647842139' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/5323547652647842139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/5323547652647842139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/2009/08/follow-me-on-twitter-httptwitter.html' title=''/><author><name>The Viking to your Liking</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10713656441026098642'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263440833821166704.post-6790604235552212365</id><published>2009-01-27T18:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T18:59:13.715-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Facebook Page</title><content type='html'>Been on voyage. Check out the Facebook link&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; "&gt;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Comox-BC/Norse-Code-Technologies/25054666815&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3263440833821166704-6790604235552212365?l=norsecodetech.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/feeds/6790604235552212365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3263440833821166704&amp;postID=6790604235552212365' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/6790604235552212365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/6790604235552212365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/2009/01/facebook-page.html' title='Facebook Page'/><author><name>The Viking to your Liking</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10713656441026098642'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263440833821166704.post-3195250419447588265</id><published>2008-02-29T11:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-29T11:40:36.848-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Viking Code</title><content type='html'>1. Look for Opportunities&lt;div&gt;2. Make Winners&lt;div&gt;3. Be Brave&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Give Advice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Think Constructively&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Take On Responsibility&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Look Ahead&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Settle on Education and Research&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Oppose Envy and Indolence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10. Start Now&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3263440833821166704-3195250419447588265?l=norsecodetech.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/feeds/3195250419447588265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3263440833821166704&amp;postID=3195250419447588265' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/3195250419447588265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/3195250419447588265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/2008/02/viking-code.html' title='The Viking Code'/><author><name>The Viking to your Liking</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10713656441026098642'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263440833821166704.post-8696801847865861472</id><published>2008-02-27T20:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T20:14:52.958-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beowulf movie</title><content type='html'>Got my copy of "Beowulf" today. Looking forward to the animation style that is supposed to rival "Polar Express". Extra visceral, though.&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have a copy of "Beowulf and Grendel" from 2 years back...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3263440833821166704-8696801847865861472?l=norsecodetech.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/feeds/8696801847865861472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3263440833821166704&amp;postID=8696801847865861472' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/8696801847865861472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/8696801847865861472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/2008/02/beowulf-movie.html' title='Beowulf movie'/><author><name>The Viking to your Liking</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10713656441026098642'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263440833821166704.post-5224707363344298914</id><published>2008-02-09T09:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T10:36:40.162-08:00</updated><title type='text'>You Might Be A Viking If... Quiz</title><content type='html'>This has been around quite awhile and worth including.&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1.) You get home for dinner, what do you prefer to eat?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   a) A bag of snacks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;b) Bread with cheese &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;c) Raw meat of a polar bear &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2.) Someone calls your sister "reindeerface", how do you react?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;a) You agree &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;b) You punch him &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;c) You kill him &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3.) Your wife walks around in your pants. Do you:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  a) follow her lead and wear one of her dresses?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  b) demand for her to give you your pants back?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  c) divorce her &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4.) How do you like to bathe?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;a) in a hot foam bath &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;b) a cold shower &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;c) let the dirt run off your body while in a sauna, then go for a roll in the snow afterwards &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5.) What is your favorite hobby?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;a) reading books &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  b) listening to great stories, tales of viking battles and adventures &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  c) fighting and wrestling until you are exhausted &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6.) You are invited to a wedding, how long do you enjoy the party afterwards?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  a) one hour &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  b) one day &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  c) a month &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7.) You go to a party and drink some ale. When do you think you've drank too much?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   a) midnight&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   b) when you are drunk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   c) when you pass out&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8.) What is the best thing about horses?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   a) to ride off into nature&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   b) horse races/racing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   c) training the horses to battle each other to the death&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9.) What would you wear to battle?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   a) a suit of armour and a bullet proof vest&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   b) a suit of armour and a helmet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   c) nothing but a small piece of leather that would inspire you with the strength of the animal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.) What would you use as an alternative to toilet paper?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   a) yesterday's newspaper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   b) moss&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   c) nothing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Total your answers, giving yourself 1 point for each "a", 2 points for each "b", and 3 points for each "c".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;25-30 points = You are a Saga Viking!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;20-24 points = Never fear, there is a bench in Valhalla with your name on it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15-19 points = You might make an Ok Viking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10-14 points = Perhaps the Viking life is not for you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 - 9 points = Viking, Hel! You'd better pick up a rapier, wear lace, and drench yourself in French perfume!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3263440833821166704-5224707363344298914?l=norsecodetech.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/feeds/5224707363344298914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3263440833821166704&amp;postID=5224707363344298914' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/5224707363344298914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/5224707363344298914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/2008/02/you-might-be-viking-if-quiz.html' title='You Might Be A Viking If... Quiz'/><author><name>The Viking to your Liking</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10713656441026098642'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263440833821166704.post-6989759789351885674</id><published>2008-02-08T12:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T22:53:15.250-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Diary (with apologies to Moody Blues)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;What a day it's been! Dear Diary. It's been just like a dream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Woke up too late, wasn't where I should've been. For goodness sake, what's happening to me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Write lightly,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yours Truly&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dear Diary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was cold outside my door. So many people by the score. Rushin' around so senselessly. They don't notice there's people like me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Write lightly,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yours Truly&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dear Diary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They don't know what they're playing, no, they've no way of knowing what the game is. Still they carry on doin' what they can outside me and politely.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dear Diary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's over. Will tomorrow be the same? I know that they're really not to blame. If they weren't so blind, then truly they'd see there's a much better way for them to be inside me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yours truly,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dear Diary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dear Diary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was cold today but the sun came out later, so I went out and strolled about lookin' at the shops. Didn't really see anything I liked, so I didn't buy anything. Oh, now I know! I posted a letter; been quite a nice day. Somebody exploded an H-bomb today but it wasn't anyone I knew...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3263440833821166704-6989759789351885674?l=norsecodetech.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/feeds/6989759789351885674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3263440833821166704&amp;postID=6989759789351885674' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/6989759789351885674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/6989759789351885674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/2008/02/dear-diary-with-apologies-to-moody.html' title='Dear Diary (with apologies to Moody Blues)'/><author><name>The Viking to your Liking</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10713656441026098642'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263440833821166704.post-2690461215219584271</id><published>2008-02-07T17:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T17:41:20.795-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sails are Set</title><content type='html'>Hi reader! Crew's fed. Sails are set. Ready to embark on Runic Ramblings. Here is where you'll find thoughts, ideas, experiences, articles and other stuff.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3263440833821166704-2690461215219584271?l=norsecodetech.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/feeds/2690461215219584271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3263440833821166704&amp;postID=2690461215219584271' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/2690461215219584271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3263440833821166704/posts/default/2690461215219584271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://norsecodetech.blogspot.com/2008/02/sails-are-set.html' title='Sails are Set'/><author><name>The Viking to your Liking</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10713656441026098642'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>