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Category: media

  • theft. educational kings of incompetence

    theft. educational kings of incompetence

    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.

  • the mysterious case of the dead dog

    the mysterious case of the dead dog

    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.

  • earth, wind, fire

    earth, wind, fire

    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…

  • the interview

    the interview

    A job interview in Oslo, that goes rather badly. How it turns out that the pro’s are not so pro, and how it is impossible to say ‘sorry’.

  • out in the woods

    out in the woods

    Alone in the woods, without internet, mobile coverage. What the mind does, when prevented from flitting, and chopping wood and dealing with one task at a time is the only option.

  • travels with/out internet

    travels with/out internet

    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?

  • bachelor thesis: a walk in the rift valley, four million years ago

    bachelor thesis: a walk in the rift valley, four million years ago

    Bachelor Thesis: The Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program Database: Relating scientific data through time and space. Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. Lars Bjørkevoll, Audun Hodnefjell, Bente Halvorsen

  • the bachelor years

    the bachelor years

    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…