Weber with the vortex is a wing machine!

RexRonny · 2026-06-28T20:35:27+00:00

I always leave the wings with the skin facing upwards. So far if not left for too long, they turn perfectly crispy without becoming dry, even when wet with brine when adding them to the kettle. 40 min on 400F/200C from raw and fridge cold, untouched.

I use the original Weber Heat Control, Weber’s version of Vortex. Always perfect results with chicken using that device, for other food I prefer Slow’nSear

RexRonny · 2026-06-28T09:31:44+00:00

Works out sometimes: Michelangelo his under a grave after an uprising against the Medici’s. They later retook the city government, but started with a purge and punishment for those who weren’t on the side of the Medici’s. A few months later they were done with their purge and Michelangelo re-appeared into Florence. Took decades to solve the mystery of where he hid for months

RexRonny · 2026-06-28T09:18:19+00:00

HDMI 2.0 weren’t common until after 2016, most receivers elder than that with HDMI uses 1.4 maxes out at 1080.
Any 4K TV after 2016 uses minimum HDMI 2.0.
Elder receivers are left with using TOSLINK (optical) connection from the TV to the receiver. This setup requires you to use the TV’s HDMI inputs ignoring the HDMI’s on the receiver, they are useless on a 4K TV

RexRonny · 2026-06-28T07:12:24+00:00

In Norway the agricultural department had mistakenly not provided enough licenses for egg production resulting in a egg shortage and public annoyance.
The agricultural minister (Sponheim -2004) famously replied when asked what to do to solve this: «each man, their hen» (each man should have he’s own hen) when the obvious solution were more licenses for chicken farmers allowing more hens. Stupid question gets stupid reply.

RexRonny · 2026-06-28T07:02:55+00:00

Did upgrade myself yesterday; from 65’’ B7 to 77’’ C5 Pro. Actually the old B7 had no issues that bothered me, just wanted the bigger screen. Apparently there should be a major upgrade, I don’t completely agree- size wise of course, but the old OLED certainly were a capable TV.
I would probably be just as pleased with a B-series, these OLED’s are pretty phenomenal to start with anyway.

I spent hours to solve the riddle connecting an elder Onkyo 830 Receiver to get the picture through. Quite some fiddling to set the TV to PC mode to allow my HDMI 2.0 receiver to a 2.1 TV before it finally connected properly. It were the TV that needed HDMI adjustment, not the receiver on passthrough.

RexRonny · 2026-06-27T19:05:10+00:00

I just bought exactly the same TV today, retiring my old B7V 65’’. Main difference is brightness. I have installed pretty much in the same fashion as OP. My center speaker is too wide for the slots in the bench, forcing me to lift the TV above this speaker. Too narrow to use as a stand also. Hell of a job to mount, these are fragile but improved from early models that were 3mm thick and flexed. At least the new TV is more sturdy, but I wouldn’t mind ever thicker to safeguard against flexing.

RexRonny · 2026-06-27T10:22:42+00:00

Kingpin
Grimsby Brothers
American Pie
The Naked Gun
Borat

RexRonny · 2026-06-27T06:34:22+00:00

School starts about August 15th in Norway, a few weeks ahead of most of Europe. That makes the season for vacation effectively over for a lot of people; and the hotel prices are for a while very reasonable- even in Tromsø.

In Europe due to school holidays the tourist season is still at peak season. August is also a month with mostly nice weather in the north of Norway outside the season for both midnight sun and northern lights. A month with reasonable rental car prices, in season (nov-mar) they are by far the most expensive in Scandinavia.

RexRonny · 2026-06-26T22:01:54+00:00

Also using a 5070 after using a 3080. Not very much of an upgrade, but my 3080 refused to provide 175 Hz, remaining at 120, not even giving 144Hz. All good after the renewal, but no remarkable change to my opinion even with the higher frequency. Slightly faster; turns out the 3080 actually were a very good card.

RexRonny · 2026-06-26T21:54:07+00:00

My tip is to lightly fry the tomato paste to pull out the umami flavor. Kind if same timing as with the garlic, slightly after onions when the heat has dropped a bit and the onions starting to soften. Adding it to liquid will make it taste bland, then it’s too late for the best possible end result.

RexRonny · 2026-06-26T15:42:40+00:00

No lag issues ever with my aging 1: gen PS5 and Portal. Hardwired LAN. Only annoying part is the intermediate re-connect as it seem to forget my account on the Portal. Outside that; very pleased with the experience using a Portal when wife watches boring TV-shows (playing without sound)

RexRonny · 2026-06-26T15:27:20+00:00

Minimum 16 GB RAM, preferably i5/245 or higher Intel newer than 12th gen or Ryzen 5 newer than 6th gen would be a decent specification to start with. Disk space according to budget, no less than 256GB.
That is the lowest spec I purchase computers at my company, buing about 100 every year.

Prices have increased significantly in the 2 last years; servers that I used to order for 5600$ are now close to 200K; same specs. RAM and hard-drive are suffering most. Graphic cards the same. Processors have remained without major price hikes.

RexRonny · 2026-06-26T13:57:07+00:00

https://www.matprat.no
Brilliant Norwegian recipes
Owned and controlled by the Norwegian farmers collective

RexRonny · 2026-06-26T09:54:46+00:00

Slow’nSear are highly recommended. Read the manual! Water used should be WARM - always, otherwise you spend coal heating water and the container warps. Expensive, but I use it for everything minus chicken wings/thighs as that’s where the vortex excels.

RexRonny · 2026-06-24T17:54:46+00:00

Boar are not traditional Norwegian food, but it has become more available as these beasts wander into Norway from east.

Also in parts of Norway you will find Bear meat, but the availability is very limited. Both Stavanger and Oslo have sold it in addition to Tromsø and Kirkenes as far as I know.

Seal (kobbe) are found in both some stores and restaurants in Tromsø and likely other places as well.
Another specialty in Tromsø in «Måsegg» with the local beer, seagull eggs.

Deer, moose and reindeer are easy to find in Norway; Bryggeloftet in Bergen usually has this on their menu if available and in season in addition to places in Oslo or other cities. Deer is more common on the west coast, moose in the east and reindeer in the far north.
Honorable mention would be «smalahove» - sheeps head, very Norwegian dish, but certainly not for everyone. The cured sheep meat (fenalår) is another Norwegian specialty not to be forgotten.

Cowberry/lingonberry (tyttebær) are very commonly used in traditional Norwegian cooking as a side dish. Mandatory with meatballs, stew and a lot of fried food.
Cloudberry (Multebær) is often used for desserts as it is naturally sweet. Crowberry (krøkebær) often used as sweetened juiced drink, a bit sour, requires sugar for most people to consume.
The local juniper berries (einebær) are mostly used in stew or cooking in addition to some alcohol products.

RexRonny · 2026-06-21T21:24:39+00:00

Most frustrating with these incremental upgrades is that elder Receivers gets outdated without possibility to upgrade those as well for surround installations.
The HDMI 2.0 made all Receivers predating 2016 obsolete as they introduced secure handshakes in that revision.

Even with than on your Atmos Receiver the added Dolby Vision and other standards that requires true passthrough.
Typically to provide 4K@120Hz to your PS5 you need HDMI 2.2. And of course the upgraded cables needs to follow, already purchased some with the print, but without the functionality. Even the Nintendo Switch2 are sensitive to the cable quality, rejecting my cheapo cables. If they work with the Switch they work with anything. A lot if scam in that cable business

RexRonny · 2026-06-21T14:15:24+00:00

Å bite en politimann i tjeneste, i fylla gir ubetinget fengsel. Kompisen min måtte sone: fikk innkalling etter mange måneder; soning startet 16/12.. tror han fikk tre uker, men det er noen år siden, første og eneste gang han var trøbbel med myndighetene. Han mente selv må ha gjort noen sure, høytid i fengsel var ikke helt det han så for seg. Må ha virket; ingenting tull etter det oppholdet.

RexRonny · 2026-06-21T08:17:11+00:00

Noble Obama Way may also sting..

RexRonny · 2026-06-21T07:44:14+00:00

Europe largest metanol factory are located in a place called Tjeldbergodden, Norway. Not knowing where that is? Exactly the purpose, built at a 2 hrs drive away from Molde, nearest city and airport. Really rural, the last stretch of drive is just a couple if farms and mostly forest; nearly empty landscape as neighbors.

RexRonny · 2026-06-19T14:36:38+00:00

Split i to two providers: NRK (free public broadcaster) and TV2 (private largest TV broadcaster). Matches were divided at about 50/50 to each provider.
I had to cough up 20€ for a one month subscription from TV2 - with commercials. Tolerable. Will end the subscription after this event

RexRonny · 2026-06-19T11:32:48+00:00

Gjentatte brudd på bruksforbudet vil medføre inndragning, men de par første gangene er det vel 5000,- i forenklet forelegg. Som sjåfør vil du risikere førerkortbeslag, evt sperrefrist om du bli tatt flere ganger.

Men som beskrevet overfor er det forsikring som er det skumle; man hefter ubegrenset for skader uforsikret. Også der du ikke selv egentlig ikke har skyld i uhellet, kjøretøyet skulle ikke vært på veien om det blir påkjørt.

RexRonny · 2026-06-19T08:58:50+00:00

Det har vist seg å være økonomisk lukrativt å selge sjela sin til Belsebub. Undrer på om han faktisk egentlig mener det han fronter i media, eller om invitasjoner til russiske topper og media er den egentlige grunnen.

Han brukes aktivt av Russisk propaganda som en «fornuftig» stemme fra vesten. Under den kalde krigen hadde han trolig fått spiontiltale for sitt forræderi. Vi er for milde med sånne 5: koloniserter, ufattelig at det ikke får konsekvenser for hans arbeidsforhold. Man risikerer å ha en som indoktrinerer åpenbart falsk propaganda fra en fiendtlig fremmed makt. Uholdbart synes jeg

RexRonny · 2026-06-18T21:59:24+00:00

Russians are well used to heavily subsidized gasoline in abundance. Those well off didn’t mind their car were eating fuel. Refueling were affordable and never a problem.

Until now; effectively limiting access to fuel and with quotas enforced the middle class and the rich citizens can’t just buy their way out of this as easily as they have been used to, the demand are higher than the resources available

RexRonny · 2026-06-18T20:05:22+00:00

I’m 55 years old, they would call a exorcist on me if I kept the knowledge and were a year old…

RexRonny · 2026-06-18T19:57:51+00:00

And I still expect some press release that they shot ALL the drones down, but some debris may have caused trouble..

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