Shady business
The most pleasant way to travel to and from Bergen from Flekke (where I live) is to take the fast boat. This is not only the most comfortable alternative but has the best views and free internet. As...
Jetset
I was sitting on the airplane coming back from a workshop in Kazakhstan and got to thinking about the lights. There are a lot of lights in a plane and the must consume a fair amount of electrical energy...
Glass balls
I was in Bergen the other day with some time to spare so was wandering aimlessly and caught sight of the girl in the picture. I'm not a big city person so maybe this is old hat, but I haven't seen this...
wireless electricity at Riga airport
The point is that although there are many options for free wireless internet there aren't any for wireless power which is why am having to sit on the floor by the plug socket as I while away 10 hours...
Schedules
Its raining again so I'm spending more time inside than I would like to be. Actually today I spent most of the time outside washing the walls of our house. I don't remember ever washing the walls of a...
Sand castles
Last weekend I went surfing with my son to a beach called Hodevik on the west coast of Norway. The waves weren't so big so we spent quite a bit of time sat on the beach waiting for the tide to change...
Breaking the rules
Thanks to John McMurtry for passing on this clip about the physics in animations. Looks like we are all teaching these budding animators the wrong thing, so what sort of physics are they learning. I think...
Need 4 speed
I've seen a lot of these wing suit clips on youtube but this one just blew me away. First they fly under some electricity wires then between a cliff and a tree but the gorge has to take the biscuit. It...
A fridge too far
Today I went to a funeral at the local church and forgot my reading glasses which meant I couldn't read the words to any of the hymns. This is particularly problematic living in Norway since all the hymns...
Ghost stories
I was on my way out to the rope slide with a group of students and some children from our campschool (It's a major part of our CAS program) when another student called my name and came running over....