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self, in oz, 2005, non-academic silly hat
I did a little genealogy research some time ago, and found a distant ancestor named Tore Tinghatt. He apparently acquired the name by turning up at an assembly (Thing) with something peculiar on his head. Challenge accepted.
Right now I am off-line at 30.000 feet, en-route to Australia again, to acquire a silly hat. It will take a while, but if all goes to plan, I will post-grad from RMIT with a few years of research on information architecture and four dimensions, some aussie wine under my vest and a silly hat on my head.
Wish me luck.
The story of how my alma mater, University College Østfold, broke the intellectual property laws, stole my work, refused to pay, notify, credit or apologise.Continue reading “theft. educational kings of incompetence” »
An insane man have placed poison around Oslo, hidden in little piles of sawdust, to murder dogs.
I woke up yesterday, to a flood of warnings on facebook, telling me about this deeply disturbed individual, and that several dogs had already died. Even in my grumpy pre-coffee morning haze, something smelled a little off. Continue reading “the mysterious case of the dead dog” »
Dear Amerikay -
You have some people camping out in your parks and squares. They are not so happy. Your middle classes are becoming the great, unemployed masses. It is quite simple really, it is the rat analogy. Corner a rat, and see what happens. Corner 2000 rats and see what gives. Continue reading “#occupy” »
“Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth...”
Encyclopedia of life is an amazing, insane undertaking. E. O. Wilson did a delightful, rambling TED-talk, and things actually happened. Continue reading “a ux look at (the encyclopedia of) Life” »
If you wish to study a granfalloon, just remove the skin of a toy balloon— Bokonon
Social media. The term is empty, does not have real meaning. It is a trap, a slippery eel. In the undying words of Kurt Vonnegut; it is a granfalloon. Continue reading “the granfalloon of social media” »
I went to a little talk today, held by Mano Mark, senior geo developer at Google, for whoever at the Smithsonian who wanted to come. I learned some interesting things… Continue reading “earth, wind, fire” »
This has puzzled me for a long time:
We invest emotions into massive companies, because they produce our computing tools.
You have the Apple fans and the – until recently slightly guilty – Microsoft followers. The MS crowd seems to have gained some confidence back recently, and they yell as loud as the macApple clan. Continue reading “great expectations, the macApple clan & the MSboys” »
Keep It Simple, Stupid!
Websites. it is everything and nothing. Not everyone needs a website. But by god, how much shite is out there – it is baffling; it begs belief.
Continue reading “KISS websites – drowning in drivel” »
A while ago, I applied for a job as a 3D-assistant. I can do that, I figured. The description of the job and subsequent application went through a large site that deals with everything from selling houses to pencils. And job listings.
I was summoned to the interview, both by phone and an e-mail through finn.no’s system. Continue reading “the interview” »
words on paper; from where no signals reach: Continue reading “out in the woods” »
self, at 21, on Fraser Island, Queensland, Oz
I travelled in South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand back in the dark ages before the internet. I remember my brother told me before I left, that in the future, I could use any computer anywhere in the world to talk to him. Back then I thought, but why would I want to?
Continue reading “travels with/out internet” »
So what was that bachelor thesis all about? I have had that question a few times, and now that I have room to breathe again, I will elaborate.
At the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., they have a programme that’s been going on for a number of years; The Human Origins Program. This is to bring evolution and research out there, mainly via the exhibition Hall of Human Origins. In the US, this is considered politics. I venture to say that in Europe this is considered history. So as the americans need to do sensible research, they also to a certain extent need to step carefully. Interesting, bizarre and a wee bit disturbing to me; this tip-toeing.
Scientists argue. Scientists have specialities, and some are extremely specialised in very detailed, at times small and obscure fields. Sometimes they want to share, sometimes not. Sometimes they dislike other scientists definitions, sometimes the overlap of fields can be enriching or frustrating. They work on projects, and they create the tools they need. It seems that they, for all sorts of reasons, creates their own databases; gather their data and information in forms that suits them best there and then. Not necessarily very sustainable, but if you don’t want to share your findings, well, I suppose you could have it inscribed on scrolls under your bed. Continue reading “bachelor thesis: a walk in the rift valley, four million years ago” »
And so three years ended. Higher education. Just as I got good at playing the game, it is over. It was a mixed kettle; these three years. Most of the courses seemed exciting on paper, and a good handful of them turned out to be dreadful. Pointless. Insulting. Yes, digital media production is a new-ish branch, and my university college a small one, but dmPro is clearly the stepchild of the IT department. A good deal of the lecturers there would rather not have us meddling in their pure, proper information technology. The sign of small minds. Continue reading “the bachelor years” »
Been awfully bad at writing, these last few months, so I start carefully with a font-post. A sans-serif is not just a sans-serif! All the trad ones are there, with some odd ones thrown in for entertaninment. I don’t get a lot of response on the fontthing, but hey – I like it. Which one is the pretty one?
Go oooon – guess!
Continue reading “Pick or guess your favourite font – sansserifs” »
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