Kari & Dines' Diary: 2008-...: Trivia &c.

Fredsvej 11, DK-2840 Holte, Danmark

E-Mail: kari.skallerud.bjorner@gmail.com, bjorner@gmail.com, URL: www.imm.dtu.dk/~db

Started on Sunday, June 1, 2008, Revised October 4, 2008

2008
2009

This diary was started on Sunday, June 1, 2008.

2008

January

Trivia:
- Tue., Jan. 8: Caroline
- Fri., Jan. 11: Caroline
- Mon., Jan. 14: Caroline
- Tue., Jan. 15: P&Q Ladies
- Sat., Jan. 19: Charlotte, 11 am
- Mon., Jan. 21: "Bestå" Bookcases, IKEA, for P&Q Boutique
- Tue., Jan. 22: P&Q Ladies
- Tue., Jan. 29: P&Q Ladies; Peter Johansen 70'th anniv. dinner
- Thu., Jan. 31: Dinner guests: Saalbach, Sætter, 2*Lilleør

February

Kari's February:
- Fri., Feb. 1: Maureen
- Tue., Feb. 5: P&Q Ladies: 10:00-13:00
- Wed., Feb. 6: IWCC P&Q Ladies: 11:00-14:00
- Tue., Feb. 12: P&Q Ladies: 10:00-13:00
- Tue., Feb. 19: P&Q Ladies: 10:00-13:00
- Wed., Feb. 20: IWCC P&Q Ladies: 11:00-14:00
- Tue., Feb. 26: P&Q Ladies: 10:00-13:00
Dines' US West Coast Trip:
- Wed., Feb. 6: DB flight via München to SFO
  Fetched by Peggy and Peter Stark
- Thu., Feb. 7: Visits: Lucas' and Alice Kinberg
  At Lucas' DB picked-up Barbara's Car, lent to me for the threee weeks !
- Fri., Feb. 8: Visit to SFO and Berkeley: Petko and Zaneva
  Lotfi Zadeh, Lunch at UC Berkeley, met Dick Karp et al.
- Sat., Feb. 9: With Alice to Montebello Ridge, the Ridge Vineyards, met Sue and Steve
  Alice brought picnic basket and I bought the wines
- Sun., Feb. 10: From Peter and Peggy over to Tove and Roberto
  Dinner with them and Stark's "downtown" Campden
- Mon., Feb. 11: Lucas', dinner with Tove and Sven-Erik in Saratoga
- Tue., Feb. 12: Lunch at MS Silicon Valley with Leslie
  Dinner with Nitza and Zohar
- Wed., Feb. 13: Lunch and Seminar at SRI Intl.
- Thu., Feb. 14: San Jose to Hearst Castle
- Fri., Feb. 15: Hearst Castle to Santa Barbara: Barbara and Greg
  Lunch on the boardwalk
- Sat., Feb. 16: Santa Barbara to Pasadena: Klaus Havelund
  French dinner around the corner
- Sun., Feb. 17: John Paul Getty: Malibu Villa and downtown LA
  Late lunch on Pasadena main street
- Mon., Feb. 18: Pasadena to Santa Barbara
  Saw the Mission, walked in the botanical gardens
- Tue., Feb. 19: Santa Barbara to San Jose: The Lucas'
- Wed., Feb. 20: With Alice to Halfmoon Bay, lunch at Ritz-Carlton
- Thu., Feb. 21: Lunch with Bill H. Smith, SF, said hello to Brenda at Saks' Firth Ave.
- Fri., Feb. 22: Lunch at Sam's Grill with Ivar Jakobson
  Bought books at Border's on Union Square
- Sat., Feb. 23: Flight: San Jose to Seattle Tacoma, dinner with N+B+M+K+J
- Sun., Feb. 24: Around the Seattle Bay all 6, lunch in a Norwegian fishing village
- Mon., Feb. 25: Seminar and all day at MSR, dinner with Yuru Gurevich
- Tue., Feb. 26: Flight: Seattle Tacoma to San Jose
- Wed., Feb. 27: With Alice to Carmel, 17 Mile Drive and Monterey
- Thu., Feb. 28: Flight: SFO via FaM to CPH

March

Trivia:
- Thu., March 20: Maunday Thursday: Ca.+Ca.+Ka. to Hälsingborg
- Tue., March 25: Køge
- Wed., March 26: Started writing my next book !
  Software Engineering: The Triptych Approach Text and Slides
- Thu., March 27: IWCC Lunch
- Sat., March 29: Fuglevad Mølle: De Grønne Quiltere
  Sales exhibition of P&Q Fabrics, The Green Quilters, Fuglevad Watermill

April

Trivia:
- Thu., April 3: P&Q set-up in Ny Holte Church's Meeting Rooms
- Sun., April 6: P&Q Vernissage, Ny Holte Church's Meeting Rooms
  11:00-13:00, some 25 guests !
- Tue., April 8: Ladies P&Q at Ny Holte Church's Meeting Rooms
- Sat., April 12: Bodil and Katrine from Seattle
- Thu.-Sat., April 17-18-19: Bodil and Katrine: Fredsvej
- Tue., April 22: Ladies P&Q at Ny Holte Church's Meeting Rooms
Heidelberg:
- Wed., April 23: DB took train to Heidelberg via Hamburg and Mannheim.
  Dinner with Ingeborg Meyer, Hans Wössner and Ronan Nugent, past and present Springer people.
- Thu., April 24: Academia Europaea Nominations Committee meeting:
  DB got 10 candidates for AE membership accepted for the AE Informatics Section.
  Aternoon visit to Springer.
  Dinner with AE Council etc.
- Fri., April 25: AE Council meeting at Villa Bosch.
  DB: afternoon walks in Heidelberg.
- Sat., April 26: DB took train to Copenhagen via Mannheim and Hamburg.
- Trivia:
- Sat., April 26 - Thu., May 1: Judith Führinger and Wolfgang Bekic: Fredsvej

May

Trivia:
- Wed., May 7: [Sun] Ladies P&Q: Japanese Folding Technique
Our Warszawa Tour:
- Thu., May 8: [Sun] SAS to Warsaw. Fetched by Andrzej
  Visit that day to Blikle bakery in Vilanow
  and to many Blikle outlets in Warsaw
  Rossine Opera in Chambar Operal Hall in evening
- Fri., May 9: [Sun] Train at 7:00 am to Krakov, lunch and
  walks around town, evening: Warsaw Philharmonic
- Sat., May 10: [Sun] Car to Kazimierz, stroll around tow, lunch
  Evening: Rossini's Barber of Sevilla, Main Opera
- Sun., May 11: [Sun] Visit to Lucas family in Konstantia
  Late return flight, home at midnight
Wed.-Fri., May 14-16: [Sun] Thorben Mabeck here:
- Wed., May 14: [Sun] Arrival 1:00 pm, lunch, walk in forest
- Thu., May 15: [Sun] Visit to DTU, to Anita Grønbæk's Shop
  Dinner for her and Thorben
- Fri., May 16: [Sun] Early lunch and TM on to Holte Station by 1:00 pm
Trivia:
- Sat., May 17: [Sun] Gülay and Ole Guldberg for Lunch
  Decision made on visit to them and Andalucia, Sept.22-Oct.2
- Wed., May 28: [Sun] Take-down of P&Q at Ny Holte Church's Meeting Rooms
- Fri., May 30: [Sun] Gunnel fetched at Kastrup by DB.
  Lunch at Slotskælderen Gitte Kik.
  Dines writing on paper for Willem-Paul de Roever Festschrift.
  Dinner at home with Dorthe and Hjejl.
- Sat., May 31: [Sun] Kari and Gunnel at Runde Haver, Nærum
  at Næsseslottet for painting exhibition
  and subsequent walk around Næsset, Store Kalv and Coninck Gaarden.
  Dines writing on paper for Willem-Paul de Roever Festschrift.

The sunniest May in modern times !

June

Trivia:
- Sun., June 1: [Sun] Kari and Gunnel: North Sealand excursion:
  Fredensborg castle, Skipperkroen, Nivaagaard Museum, Rungstedlund.
  Dines writing on paper for Willem-Paul de Roever Festschrift.
  Sunshine from clear sky and warmest day of year so far !
- Mon., June 2: [Sun]
  - Fredsvej 11: The Garden
    - So far, this year, Kari + Dines have worked our garden
    - See the result by clicking photos from our garden
    - Four Saturdays now we have had help from Arthur, an MSc student at DTU
  - Fredsvej 11: Kari's P&Q Boutique
    - Kari has spent a long time this winter and spring
    - organising her three P&Q rooms:
    - the large "family-room"-like workshop cum classroom
      with shelves and shelves of fabrics for her own work
      and with table space for her Tuesday noon-time ladies "classes'';
    - the triangular workshop/sewing room with "zillions" of
      needles, scissors, rulers, cutting boards, sewing machines, threads, etc.;
    - and her boutique with shelves upon shelves of fabrics for sale !
    - See her boutique by clicking Kari's P&Q Fabrics
  - Fredsvej 11: Ground Floor Plan of our House
    - On the floor plan below you'l find Kari's rooms
    - and our two guest rooms, north/eastern triangular rooms.
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- Mon., June 2: [Sun] Discussion of WPdR Festschrift paper with Asger Air
- Tue.-Wed., June 3-4: [Sun] Finalising lecture plans for Austria
- Thu., June 5: [Sun] Invitation to lecture in Saarbrücken, March 2009
  Garden work. Worked on Willem-Paul de Rover Festschrift paper
  K+C+C swim in Furesø, first this year
  C&C&C to Kidney and pork BBQ, rice and two Lambruscos: one pink, one red !
- Fri., June 6: Possibility of Tokyo Lectures, 2009, Prof. Tetsuo Tamai
  C&C: Rosenborg Castle
- Sat., June 7: Garden work, work on WPdR Festschrift paper, C&C: 5:30 pm - Sunday 9:30 am !
- Sun., June 8: Family: C&C&C + K+D: Terrace Breakfast, garden work, work on WPdR Festschrift paper
  Fetched Cliff 16:35 at Kastrup, BBQ + Salmon etc.
- Mon., June 9: Rcvd. final Galois section input from Asger Eir
  Work on WPdR Festschrift paper
London:
- Thu., June 26: DB early morning SAS flight to London.
  Previously scheduled seminar at Imperial cancelled
  Lunch: Bentley's
  Book-hunting at Folio Society: Montaigne's Essays etc.
  Dinner at Italian Rest. Manicomio with DB's cousin Lise B. Graves.
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  My hotel: The LimeTree Hotel
- Fri., June 27: Extraordinary AE Council Meeting: 11:30 am - 3:30 pm at The Royal Institution
  Dinner: Bellamy's.
- Sat., June 28:
  Book-hunting: C.S.Lewis etc.; Lunch: Simpson's-in-the-Strand
  Evening SAS return flight to Copenhagen.

July

Willem-Paul de Roever Festschrift, Kiel, Germany:
- Thu., July 3: Kari + Dines motoring to Kiel
  Staying at Annemarie + Hans Langmaack
- Fri., July 4: am+pm Festschrift colloquium
  Evening dinner at Steigenberger Conti Hansa hotel
- Sat., July 5: Excursion to Lübeck, Lunch at Rest.: Schiffergesellschaft
  Coffee at Cafe Niederegger
- Sun., July 6: Brunch: Forstbaumschule
  Kari + Dines motoring back to Holte
Tue., July 8: Coby and Bill Roscoe for Lunch
Wed., July 9: DB bought a Batavus bicycle, 8 gear, lovely bike.
Thu., July 10: DB bought Sony DVD recorder 650 and Sony 32" 4500 flat TV
Fish dinner at our neighbours: Lise and Bendt Zinck
Fri., July 11: DB for MR scanning, Hvidovre Hospital, 9:15 am
E-mail from Miss Nureen Das, Isaacson/Miller, re: UofI/UC.
Wed., July 16: Oest family for dinner: Mariolka, Adam and Ole
July 11-17: Email, LoI, and Phone contact with Miss Nureen Das, Isaacson/Miller, re: UofI/UC.
Fri., July 18: Dinner at Rosa and Poul Bryld's
Sat.-Wed., July 19-23: DB transferred 20 files of 12,000 photos to the new Sony TV + DVD recorder set up.
Now we can sit in our cocktail ``corner'' and see a silent movie of photos pass revue, 10 secs./photo, from
Singapore, Sumatra, New Zealand and Australia, Burma, Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Vietnam, Austria, South Tirol (Italy), etc.
Sun., July 20: Fetched Charlotte from Airport, home after 2 weeks in China with Wei Wei.
Camilla and Caroline are still there, now with grandparents in Wuhan - for three more weeks.
Sat.-Wed., July 19-23: Many movies have been recorded on the Sony DVD recorder hard disk: Hercule Poirot, Bunuel, James Bond (!), etc.!
Have yet to see the Bond movies!
Thu.-Sun., July 24-27: Visit of Kari's sister Anne-Dagny.
AD's friend, Thor Øy, here Sat.-Sun.
Charlotte here for BBQ dinner Sat.

August

Fri.-Sun., August 1-3: Visit of Kari's Friend since the 1950s: Bodil Hoem.
Charlotte here for BBQ dinners Fri. and Sat.
Wed., Aug. 6: Email: Miss Nureen Das, Isaacson/Miller, re: UofI/UC.
Thu., Aug. 7: Dines submitted his Dr.Techn. thesis.
Thu., Aug. 7: Dines Container report to Rector, DTU.
Mon., Aug. 11: Camilla and Caroline home from China, SAS, CPH 18:40
Fri., Aug. 15: Lunch at Guldberg's, Amerika Plads, Copenhagen
Sun., Aug. 17: Lise B [Hendil] Graves, Aase Strømstad, and Charlotte w. family for lunch 12:30

September

England: London and Liverpool:
- Mon., Sept. 15: DB flight to London
  DB at Workshop on the Verified Software Repository, London
  Dinner at Italian restaurtant next to The Royal Opera, Covent Garden
- Tue., Sept. 16: DB at ABZ conference, London
  Dinner at IET, Say Place
- Wedn., Sept. 17: Virgin Train, Euston - Liverpool Lime St.,
  AE/IS Symposium: Grand Challenges of Unvonventional Computing
- Thu., Sept. 18: DB at AE Council Meeting, AE/IS Members Mtg., AE AGM
- Fri.-Sat., Sept. 19-20: DB at AE Annual Conference
- Sun., Sept. 21: DB train to London and return flight to CPH
Spain: Andalusia: 22 Sept. - 2 Oct.
- Mon., Sept. 22: Kari + Dine with SAS/Spanair to Malaga. Fetched by Guldbergs.
- Tue., Sept. 23: Staying with the Guldbergs at Marbella.
- Wed., Sept. 24: Motoring with the Guldbergs via Algeciras and Cadiz to Jerez de la Frontera (JdlF).
- Thu., Sept. 25: Sightseeing: Bodegas and Horses, in JdlF.
- Fri., Sept. 26: Bus to Sevilla: 12:30-14:00,
  Lunch on Plaza Santa Cruz
- Sat., Sept. 27: Sightseeing in Sevilla: Alcazar, Cathedral, etc.
- Sun., Sept. 28: Bus to Granada: 11:00-14:00, Lunch at Alhmabra, Parador
- Mon., Sept. 29: Sightseeing: Alhambra and Granada
- Tue., Sept. 30: Bus to Marbella: 9:00-11:40, fetched by the Guldbergs

October

Spain: Andalusia (Continued): - 2 Oct.
- Wed., Oct. 1: All day excursion with the Guldbergs to Ronda
- Thu., Oct. 2: Kari + Dines return SAS/Spanair flight: Malaga - Copenhagen
Sat., 4 Oct.: DB's Birthday, party with 7 guests
Sun., 5 Oct.: Charlotte, Camilla and caroline for breakfast
Kari's US Trip:
- Sun.-Fri., 24-31 Oct.: Kari's US Trip:
  Seattle, Houston and SF Bay Area - until 16 Nov.
  - Fri., 24 Oct.: CPH-SEA
  - Sat.-Tue., 25-28 Oct.: Woodinville
  - Wed.-Fri., 29-31 Oct.: SEA-Houston-San Jose: Houston Quilt Show
Dines: Lectures at Techn. Univ. Graz:
- Mon.-Wed.: DB drining to Graz
- Thu.-Fri., Oct. 30-31: Lecture preparation at TUGraz.

November

Kari:
- Fri.-Tue., 31 Oct. - 4 Nov.: Kari at Peggy & Peters' and at Wove & Roberto
- Wed., 5 Nov.: San Jose - SEA
- Wed.-Sun., 5-16 Nov.: Woodinville
- Sun., 16 Nov.: SEA - CPH
- Wed., 19 Nov.: Kari - Quilt seminar in Ølstykke
- Fri., 28 Nov.: Kari: CPH - Vienna
Dines: Lectures at Techn. Univ. Graz [Continued] :
- Mon.-Wed., Nov. 3-7: Lectures 1-5 at TUGraz.
- Mon.-Fri., Nov. 10-14: Lectures 6-10 at TUGraz.
- Mon.-Fri., Nov. 17-21: Lectures 11-15 at TUGraz.
- Fri., Nov. 21: DB to Vienna
- Sat.-Fri., Nov. 22-28: DB to Japan
  - Sat.-Sun.: 22-23: Vienna - Tokyo
  - Sun.-Mon., 23-24: Tokyo, IHJ
  - Mon.-Thu., 24-27: Kanazawa, JAIST
  - Thu.-Fri.,27-28: Tokyo, IHJ
  - Fri., 28: Tokyo - Vienna
Kari & Dines: Austria
- Fri., Nov. 28: Kari to join Dines in Vienna
- Mon.-Fri., Nov. 24-28: Lectures 16-17 at TUGraz.
- Sat.-Sun., Nov. 29-30: Kari + Dines: Vienna via Burgenland to Graz

December

Austria: Lectures at Techn. Univ. Graz [Continued] :
- Tue., Dec. 2: Exam
- Fri., Dec. 5: Grades
- Sat.-Sun., Dec. 13-14: Kari + Dines:
  Graz via Burgenland to Vienna
- Mon.-Sun., Dec. 15-19: Kari + Dines:
  Home from Austria via Czech Republic and Germany

2009

February

Sun.-Wed., Feb. 1-25: Lectures at Politecnico di Milano

March

Sun.-Tue., March 1-31: Lectures at Saarland University

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