words aren't everything — they aren't even enough
Someone (not a Norwegian) told me (a Norwegian) that mass shootings are far worse in Norway than in the States. They backed their claim with the statistics linked below[1], where Norway outranks USA by a factor of 21 (1.888 against 0.089 dead per million people, respectively). So, any claim that Norway is a safer country... Continue Reading →
When everything goes digital, I think that it is books and vinyl records that I will miss the most. How do we make things last, make our knowledge and our works of fiction more durable than ourselves? The more advanced the technology we use for information storage, the more difficult for future generations of researchers... Continue Reading →
I'm not taking pictures of you. (I was trying to frame a shot, and then she came at me, shouting, from what for lack of a better term I shall call left field, although it was from the right.) “I said don't take pictures of me!” I'm not. I wasn't aiming at you at all.... Continue Reading →
June 11, 2004 Here the photographer was photographing the photographing photographer's photographing mother photographing the photographing photographer. It's a bit like when you set up two mirrors facing each other; you get an infinite series of reflections, bouncing back and forth at the speed of something really fast. The only true difference is grammar. Well,... Continue Reading →
Flying with Microsoft Flight Simulator, even for just a handful of hours, has taught me an immense lot about all the things and even more things that I didn't know about flying planes (and, presumably, such as but not limited to, helicopters, hot air balloons, autogyros, zeppelins, early 21st century hover-converted DeLoreans, UFOs and actual... Continue Reading →
You may have noticed that if you want to crop your photo to a specific pixel size, Lightroom doesn't really let you do that, or at least it doesn't make it easy. And if like me you've asked around, you've likely had people tell you all the reasons why you shouldn't do that, or even... Continue Reading →
Update: Had myself a booster on January 3rd, and we went for Moderna this time. As before, no noticeable signs of side effects, so after the mandatory 20 minute wait after the needle thing, I left the premises just as wobbly-legged and dazed and not even remotely dead or dying as usual. Sorted! Got my... Continue Reading →
I sometimes get excited about the smallest things, and quite frankly there are few things smaller to get excited about than a tiny black dot drifting across a small orange circle. I've been excited about this particular tiny black dot drifting across that particular small orange circle twice. The first time was seventeen years ago... Continue Reading →
“People who haven't been sick all year are willing to get sick from a shot to feel protected from something that hasn't made them sick all year??”Seen on antivaxxer poster.(Image excluded so as to not trigger filters.) But will I get the shot? You're damn right I will! However I am well aware that my... Continue Reading →
Åsgårdstrand, Norway. There once were three girls on that pier. Three girls, and they called the pier a bridge, and a guy called Edvard came and painted them, and they called the painting “The Girls on the Bridge”. You may have heard about them. They had packed up and left by the time I got... Continue Reading →
After almost two weeks with us, and at an estimated age of three, we found we couldn't keep the little great tit indoors anymore.
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As the most recent instalment in the ongoing series “Look What The Cat Dragged In”, this is a different bird from that which I posted earlier (on Instagram, with video on YouTube). Whereas we did manage to find the home of the previous one (and we hope very much that it's doing well), this one... Continue Reading →
There was a Black Lives Matter protest at the Parliament building --- Stortinget --- in Oslo on June 5th, this Friday last, which I rather unexpectedly found myself participating in. Having come into town for errands, I had no clue beforehand that anything was going on, and got caught up in the crowd on my... Continue Reading →
Radiant fantasies, colours of magic, wickerworks of wind and water vapour and whatnot, and you have yourself a sky full of wonder.
Innocent, but annoying, and should be easier to fix than it is. Important: Please read the disclaimer section at the end before you attempt to do any of the things described in this article. The problem Every time I start my computer, I get the annoying error message "Windows could not connect to all network... Continue Reading →
That hour, when the evening light of the approaching sunset fills the sky, and the world is floating in a lake of shadow. Headed for the place between the blue and gold, where the road goes on forever, into a brief but endless moment as it slowly fades to grey. A friend recently lost her... Continue Reading →
Click on the image to view larger version on Flickr. El Teide, Tenerife, 2004. As far as I can recall, this is the highest I've ever been without the aid of an actual airplane, and definitely the first and so far only time I've ever been in or on a volcano. The peak, which towers... Continue Reading →
Edit: Although initially the solution described below seemed to work, the problem reappeared in less than a week. However this time it seems to come and go, as opposed to not working at all. Your experience may vary. I use iCloud Drive on a Windows 10 computer, and it worked well until recently when all... Continue Reading →
The ancient druids would have been beside themselves with excitement! Found the original on the webs but in awful condition. Located a better resolution and less mangled original image (still uncredited), reworked the text (top half), added some of my own (bottom half), and, well, in the words of Goldblum, there it is! Personally I... Continue Reading →
Random sighting of two ancient communication enclosures in Manchester, England, shortly prior to the Great Continental Exodus of the early Third Millennium, CE. Click to view larger version on Flickr ~ · ~“That belongs in a museum!”— Dr. Henry Jones, Jr.~ · ~ The apparent likeness to similarly sized and shaped portable enclosures for personal... Continue Reading →
by CMDR inshadowz The game Elite:Dangerous makes for particularly amazing screenshots, and I take a large number of such myself. The only problem is, the images are often heavily distorted, just like wide angle photographs tend to be, and if you're anything like me then you get somewhat annoyed by this. Fortunately there are ways... Continue Reading →
Older photo from the back archives. Click image for a larger view on Flickr.com “I … was … here.” A temporary signature, on a slightly less temporary canvas, by a temporary being, in a slightly less temporary world. None of this is permanent. Photography is about capturing moments, as, if or when they happen. Mostly... Continue Reading →
Click the image to view larger version on Flickr. Lysaker Station. “I'm going towards the light!” Just to get on the train, mind you. It's not like my life is passing before my eyes, it's just that I prefer if my train doesn't. Originally intended for black and white, but I included a colour version... Continue Reading →
*stares in Crow* Click on the image to see bigger version on Flickr. I somehow get the feeling that this bird disapproves of something I've done. Like, taking his picture, or posting him on the Interwebs without first asking him for permission. Or for just being there to be looked disapprovingly at. There's nothing quite... Continue Reading →
You may click images to see larger versions on Flickr. Also on Instagram, Flickr, Facebook. Someone said something about turtles … and I don't get it. These two should probably get a room, though. Seriously, they were kissing the place up, like, really totally crazy. Also I did both a colour and a black and... Continue Reading →
inshadowz: out of context 