I was having a conversation with a friend today about the economics of art and the potential cost of purchasing an idea. It got me thinking, what are some other things relatively cheap to create but expensive to purchase?

Last night was the fourth semi-final of the Norwegian Eurovision national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that automatically qualify for the grand final.

Last night four songs from Western Norway competed for a spot in the grand final:

Magnus Bokn - Over The Sea

Oda Loves You - Love Who We Love

Nordic Tenors - In This Special Place

Hege Bjerk - Pang

The qualifier was Magnus Bokn with his song Over The Sea, which will face 9 other songs in the grand final on the 15th of February. One of the automatic qualifiers were also presented during the show:

Ulrikke Brandstorp - Attention

Previous semi-finals:

Semi-final 1 (Southern Norway) - songs and results

Semi-final 2 (Eastern Norway) - songs and results

Semi-final 3 (Middle Norway) - songs and results

As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!

I might've missed something, but why did the Financials block disappear from the main page? And the numbers on the financials page are zero.

Also, while we're at it, there should probably be a “Financials” link in the footer.

I've realized over the past few hours that I've spent an absurd amount of money relative to my income over the last few days, and I think that starting to budget would probably be a very good thing for me. Does anyone know of any good tools for keeping and managing a personal budget?

Looking to pick up a domain name for a personal site and was wondering if anyone could recommend a good registrar. The whole domain name industry always feels more than a bit shady, so I'm wary of most of the providers.

'Cosmonauts' is a 9-track concept album about coming together through the hard times when you feel most alone and pushing each other to achieve things you couldn't otherwise do individually. When you reach it, you'll feel a grand sense of euphoria.

• On Bandcamp.
• On DistroKid (contains Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play, Tidal and iHeartRadio links).

A few weeks ago an announcement video was also posted, a 1:30 minute mix of a few songs on the album.