Modern tomato

5 Oct 20195 Oct 2019

Just thought I'd give you a heads-up: This will be the last post on this blog for a while. Social media will stay active. Alex “Tomatoes can be such a…

Photographing the sunset

7 Sep 20195 Aug 2019

There are moments you treasure for the rest of your life. When I sat there the other day, at that little place I once facetiously called the least spectacular beach…

Blue water, blue sky

3 Aug 201924 Jun 2019

Living close to Norway’s longest, finest beach does have its perks. For one, I can stand in the water, hands in the pockets of my khaki shorts, pondering life, the…

Blubbering gold

29 Jun 20192 Jul 2019

No, these waters were not the home of The Lulling Lullaby. No, not at all. Its narrow, rather smallish deck had but one cabin in the back, its high-rising rump…

The indignation of a dog

1 Jun 20192 Jun 2019

As the elderly gentle-dog and his betrothed lady-dog sauntered down the idyllic forest promenade, belligerently (but elegantly!) lamenting the state of things, they experienced the sudden sensation of having to…

Applied science

4 May 20194 May 2019

The gust slapped Anthony right in the face. He took a moment to shake it off before continuing to fiddle with the small propeller in his hand. He had to…

Below the surface of the flat earth: Clarke’s laws

6 Apr 20195 Mar 2019

This is an Oppenheimer-style science centre. In fact, it is my Oppenheimer-style science centre. Well, not mine, of course; and there are elements to it that are not quite like…

Coffee zombie

2 Mar 20193 Mar 2019

I love the coffee mug in my office. It looks like it has come from space, all stars and stuff on it. I took it and prepared to stand up.…

Project’s paying – a message from the sensei

2 Feb 20192 Feb 2019

- Are they always like this? I asked my prof. - Yes. he said. They know that government-funded projects pay. Nobody here uses their own money. It was my first…