Friday, February 17, 2006
Some friends and I here in Norway have been having an ongoing discussion about the melting of the glaciers at the poles. I guess when you live this far north, it’s just something you think about. Well researchers are now saying that the change is accelerating drastically. Right and University of Kansas scientist Pannir Kanagaratnam, [...]
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
It seems the MacBook will actually be shipping with even more power than originally thought. They’ve decided to ship the system with a 2.0 GHz processor (instead of the 1.83GHz). You don’t think this was planned from the beginning do you? Apple is one of the kings of beating customer expectations. Look out for April [...]
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Seems that staffers on Capitol Hill have been modifying pages in Wikipedia to make themselves look better. The Wikipedia community has picked up on this and managed to even trace the edits back to the senator’s offices. link
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Weekend in Tromsø, originally uploaded by Shad Reynolds. Spent this past weekend in Tromsø, Norway with Manue, Mamiko, Sul & Anthony. A great weekend. For those not familiar with Tromsø, it’s sometimes called the “Paris of the North”. It’s just above the arctic circle and home to the worlds northernmost brewery (Mack).
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
A great essay on how to do what you love (or love what you do). A must read for anyone that hates getting up every morning to go to “work”. link
Just got to Tromsø. Check your map, it’s WAY up there. Above the arctic circle. I can now say that I’ve seen the Northern Lights. Photos to follow (hopefully).
Thursday, February 2, 2006
Aker Brygge at sunset, originally uploaded by manueb. One of Manue’s, beautiful sunset over frozen Oslofjord.