Skrifr\u00e6\u00f0i l\u00fdkur<\/b>
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\u00cd dag fyllti \u00e9g \u00fat s\u00ed\u00f0ustu ey\u00f0ubl\u00f6\u00f0in sem \u00e9g \u00fearf a\u00f0 fylla \u00fat \u00fear til vi\u00f0 f\u00f6rum til \u00cdslands. \u00dea\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0asta \u00e1 listanum var a\u00f0 skrifa til IIE sem er stofnunin sem “s\u00e9r um” mig og mitt landvistarleyfi fyrir h\u00f6nd Fulbright. Annars vegar \u00feurfti \u00e9g a\u00f0 fylla \u00fat \u00e1rlega sk\u00fdrslu um hva\u00f0 \u00e9g var a\u00f0 gera s\u00ed\u00f0asta \u00e1ri\u00f0 og s\u00ed\u00f0an tilkynna \u00feeim a\u00f0 \u00e9g s\u00e9 “a\u00f0 fara” og fylla \u00fat “final report”. M\u00e1li\u00f0 er sem sagt a\u00f0 \u00e9g er a\u00f0 f\u00e6ra mig fr\u00e1 Fulbright landvistarleyfi yfir \u00e1 Stanford landvistarleyfi sem \u00e9g get gert \u00fev\u00ed \u00e9g f\u00e6 Mastersgr\u00e1\u00f0una \u00ed sumar og er \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 byrja \u00e1 n\u00fdju “pr\u00f3grammi”, \u00fe.e. doktornum.<\/p>\n
\u00c1st\u00e6\u00f0an fyrir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00e9g er a\u00f0 skipta um “sponsor” (eins og \u00fea\u00f0 heitir) er a\u00f0 Stanford gefur m\u00e9r landvistarleyfi til 5 \u00e1ra (til \u00e1rsins 2007, sem er frekar “scary”!) \u00ed sta\u00f0inn fyrir a\u00f0 f\u00e1 eitt \u00e1r \u00ed einu fr\u00e1 Fulbright. Aflei\u00f0ingin af Fulbright kerfinu er \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 Finnur hefur bara fengi\u00f0 atvinnuleyfi \u00ed nokkra m\u00e1nu\u00f0i \u00ed einu \u00fev\u00ed hann f\u00e6r atvinnuleyfi \u00ed jafn langan t\u00edma a\u00f0 \u00e9g er me\u00f0 landvistarleyfi og \u00fea\u00f0 tekur INS alltaf 5 m\u00e1nu\u00f0i a\u00f0 afgrei\u00f0a vinnuleyfisums\u00f3knina!<\/p>\n
Sem sagt, vonin er s\u00fa a\u00f0 Finnur f\u00e1i n\u00fana atvinnuleyfi sem gildir \u00ed heilt \u00e1r (\u00fea\u00f0 mun vera h\u00e1marki\u00f0) og \u00feannig \u00e6tti skriffinskan \u00ed okkar l\u00edfi og stressi\u00f0 yfir atvinnuleyfinu a\u00f0 minnka. E\u00f0a \u00fea\u00f0 vona \u00e9g amk! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Annars var dagurinn atbur\u00f0asnau\u00f0ur… nei reyndar! Klukkan 6:10 \u00ed morgun hringdi s\u00edminn og \u00fea\u00f0 reyndist vera Fluglei\u00f0askrifstofan \u00ed Bretlandi \u00fear sem \u00e9g keypti mi\u00f0ana til \u00cdslands. \u00deeir voru a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 f\u00e1 American Express korti\u00f0 mitt til a\u00f0 virka en \u00fea\u00f0 gekk ekki. \u00c9g gaf \u00feeim \u00fev\u00ed upp \u00edslenska Eurocard korti\u00f0 mitt og sag\u00f0i bless. S\u00ed\u00f0an hringdi \u00e9g \u00ed American Express. \u00dear kom \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 “www.cheaptickets.com<\/a>” var a\u00f0 rukka mig tvisvar fyrir Bretlandsfer\u00f0ina og var \u00fev\u00ed b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00feurrka upp heimildina m\u00edna! \u00c9g hringdi \u00ed CheapTickets og bei\u00f0 eftir a\u00f0 f\u00e1 samband \u00ed 20 e\u00f0a 30 m\u00edn\u00fatur. \u00cd lj\u00f3s kom a\u00f0 \u00e9g haf\u00f0i fari\u00f0 \u00ed gegnum p\u00f6ntunarferli\u00f0 tvisvar… nema hva\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00ed fyrra skipti\u00f0 kom upp villa sem ger\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 verkum a\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00feurfti a\u00f0 endurtaka leikinn. Eftir a\u00f0 \u00e9g keypti mi\u00f0ana \u00ed tilraun tv\u00f6 \u00fe\u00e1 var CheapTickets enn\u00fe\u00e1 me\u00f0 peninga \u00e1 “hold” \u00far fyrri tilrauninni og \u00fear af lei\u00f0andi var heimildin m\u00edn b\u00fain! Sem betur fer t\u00f3kst a\u00f0 laga \u00feetta og \u00e9g f\u00f3r aftur \u00ed r\u00fami\u00f0 um h\u00e1lf \u00e1tta leyti\u00f0 og svaf til um n\u00edu. S\u00ed\u00f0an f\u00f3r \u00e9g \u00ed sk\u00f3lann og vann sm\u00e1 fyrir proffann minn \u00ed fyrsta skipti\u00f0 \u00ed tv\u00e6r vikur…<\/p>\n Og j\u00e1 – \u00e9g er a\u00f0 taka k\u00fars sem heitir “Signal Processing Methods in Musical Acoustics<\/a>“. \u00cd honum \u00fearf \u00e9g a\u00f0 forrita \u00ed C++ sem \u00e9g hef ekki gert s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00ed T\u00f6lvunarfr\u00e6\u00f0i II \u00e1ri\u00f0 1997. \u00dear af lei\u00f0andi er greyi\u00f0 Finnur b\u00fainn a\u00f0 vaka me\u00f0 m\u00e9r til klukkan 2 um n\u00f3ttina \u00ferj\u00e1r n\u00e6tur \u00ed r\u00f6\u00f0 og hj\u00e1lpa\u00f0 m\u00e9r a\u00f0 gera fyrstu tv\u00f6 verkefnin. \u00cd g\u00e6rkv\u00f6ldi t\u00f3kst okkur lokins a\u00f0 f\u00e1 “Lab #2” til a\u00f0 virka og \u00fea\u00f0 var mikil gle\u00f0i. N\u00fa er bara a\u00f0 gera restina af “l\u00f6bbunum”! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" F\u00f6studagur 19. apr\u00edl 2002 Skrifr\u00e6\u00f0i l\u00fdkur \u00cd dag fyllti \u00e9g \u00fat s\u00ed\u00f0ustu ey\u00f0ubl\u00f6\u00f0in sem \u00e9g \u00fearf a\u00f0 fylla \u00fat \u00fear til vi\u00f0 f\u00f6rum til \u00cdslands. \u00dea\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0asta \u00e1 listanum var a\u00f0 skrifa til IIE sem er stofnunin sem “s\u00e9r um” mig og mitt landvistarleyfi fyrir h\u00f6nd Fulbright. Annars vegar \u00feurfti \u00e9g a\u00f0 fylla \u00fat \u00e1rlegaRead more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}