What do you do when you have 30 GoPro cameras and some of the world’s best surfers at your disposal? You duct tape the cameras together to make a huge bullet time rig and throw the surfers in the water, of course!
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When biking to and from work I’m using my beloved Garmin Forerunner 305 to harvest miles. The only real reason for this is to see if I’m able to get more miles under my wheels than I did last year, something that won’t happen this years since the distance to and from work is a lot shorter. I’m not much of a biker, you see. Tried to keep up with Hans Olav once, didn’t really make it.
Anyway. Every now and then I sync the Forerunner with my computer to look at the statistics. Here’s the speed graph from a random trip (click to enlarge).
It’s been a week now since the bomb in downtown Oslo and the massacre at Utøya. You’ve probably heard and seen everything you need and then some on the radio, on TV and on the internet. I won’t add much to it. The name of the man who did this should soon be forgotten, his actions should not.
But there is one thing I think we should consider. We Norwegians have been excellent at padding ourselves on our backs for not calling for revenge, increased security and control, but rather a more open, a more united society. Prime minister Jens Stoltenberg talked about “even more democracy”, whatever that means. But what if all this had not been the work of a single madman? What if he was part of an organization whose members are hard to identify, but easily associated with people you see every day? What if it had been a member of al-Qaeda who parked a Volkswagen Crafter in the government quarter and dressed up like a police officer to gain the trust of the people at Utøya? What would then have been the Norwegian reaction?
And with that question lingering we will now return to our normal programming of occasional incoherent rambling.
I managed a little drink mixing this week, and it resulted in an orange autumn drink. You’d probably agree that it’s quite similar to a Screwball with Vodka, but that was just how things turned out. Here’s what you need to try it yourself:
- 6 cl (2 oz) Vodka
- Lemon
- Lime
- Ice
- Schweppes Orange
And here’s how you go about to mix an Awesome Autumn:
- Fill a long drink glass half way to the top with ice, preferably crushed, but cubes will do.
- Add the juice of 1/4 lemon
- Add the juice of 1/4 lime
- Add the vodka
- Top with Schweppes Orange
- Mix everything together, garnish with a slice of lemon and a slice of lime
I know the picture and the recipe doesn’t quite match, both the garnishing and most of the ice is missing, but it was so hot the ice melted almost immediately. Good times.
Sometimes it happens. You’re having one of those days, but you can’t quite put your finger on why. Whenever that happens to me, I look to this little guy, Emerson, for guidance. Life is full of ups and downs, man!
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