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Category: Smithsonian

  • 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…

  • back to squirrels & bones

    back to squirrels & bones

    Back in DC. Back to the bones, the squirrels and the schnapps.

  • 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

  • wildlife, geeklife

    wildlife, geeklife

    Work work – no time to sightseeing or go arty photographing. Little snippets, though.

  • days

    days

    Warmer days in D.C.

  • relatives and ancestors

    relatives and ancestors

    australopithecus africanus, approx. 2.5 million years old

  • computers & bones

    computers & bones

    Back at the smithsonian institution, national museum of natural history in Washington D.C. In the anthro department we are again getting back to work among skeletons, sculls, dust and wonderful people.

  • lost in transition

    lost in transition

    Attempting to get from Oslo to Washington DC turned out to be troublesome this time: stuck in Oslo for nine hours, hotel in Newark for a few hours sleep. A cranky, knackered team got there in the end though. I hate transportation.

  • – au revoir, D.C.

    – au revoir, D.C.

    D.C. is a strange city; it feels like a bubble. It is a smallish, administrative city in a very very large and powerful country. It is rather anonymous. It seems, in this city of administration, power and museums, people live here for a few years, and it gives the city a neutral feel. I am…

  • last days

    last days

    the last days. heading home soon, from our little jaunt that got an unexpected two weeks extension. Good work done, fine people all around.

  • catch of the day

    catch of the day

    took a couple of hours off work, and went to the eastern marked. Colour, air. air & space.

  • the dead, the food & the living

    the dead, the food & the living

    Fine days, hard work. I am getting a blister on my neck from the chain for the ID card. I guess that means we’ve been here a while.

  • shelter from the storm

    shelter from the storm

    One of the boys ended up in hospital for a few days, and everything stopped for 48 hours or so. We had a glimpse into the health care system here, and it was – retrospectively – interesting. .

  • squirrels & nuts

    squirrels & nuts

    Squirrels are the best pea-brains I know of. Oportunistic, curious, adaptable; and wonderfully forgetful. It always makes me smile when passing a tree, rock or building, with a little tree growing out of it. Forgotten nuts moves nature around. .

  • the show must go on

    the show must go on

    The museum of natural history is an endless inspiration: I wish so hard I would have had the time to sit down and draw all those wonderful things..

  • day at the museum

    day at the museum

    Plans changing, exciting days..

  • Washington D.C. revisited

    Washington D.C. revisited

    Again; arrived safe and sound. D.C. is still buried under big piles of snow, and it was a close call wether the plane would land at Dulles or not, but a bit of luck there.

  • Washington DC

    Washington DC

    Safe and sound in DC. They let us into the country without a hitch, and first day a resounding success. Utter civility…