Summer is here!
June 26, 2010 by Gunnar
Summer has finally come to Bekkelaget. Time for home made icecream and chilling in the pool.
På uglejakt i hundremeterskogen
June 19, 2010 by Gunnar
Regn ingen hindring. Hygger oss ute mens mamma er på cruise med jobben
iPad vs. papiravisene
May 16, 2010 by Gunnar
Bilde copyright Esquire
iPad vil aldri kunne erstatte avisene helt. I lengden blir det altfor dyrt å drepe fluer med iPad.
Eventyrstund
April 24, 2010 by Gunnar
Trygt og trivelig å lese eventyr om Putte i armkroken til bestemor.
Saudi Champagne!
April 23, 2010 by Gunnar
It’s friday, it’s spring and it’s about time to wipe the dust off an old favourite – Saudi Champagne!
What you’ll need to serve 6-8:
- 6 lemons
- 2 apples
- 2l chilled quality apple juice
- 1l chilled sparkling water
- 75g caster sugar
- mint leaves
What you’ll do to mix it:
- Juice the lemons.
- Stir the lemon juice in a saucepan over low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Then leave it to cool.
- Cut the apples in small chunks (see picture).
- Mix the apple juice, freshly made lemon syrup, apples and the mint, then add the sparkling water.
- Add ice, serve chilled
For better taste I recommend mixing all the ingredients up to #4 except the sparkling water, leaving the mix in the fridge for at least a couple of hours for the flavours to blend smoothly. This allows the mint taste to properly settle. Ideally leave it overnight, then add sparkling water and ice just before serving. Delicious!
PS. While it’s not keeping quite in the tradition of a true Saudi Champagne, rumour has it that it goes fine with a dash of Gin as well..
Enjoy!
Hello Spring!
April 14, 2010 by Gunnar
Her future so bright she gotta wear shades? 
Spring finally made it to Norway, being most welcome!
Svineprest
March 26, 2010 by Gunnar
Leser i dagens Aftenposten om den svenske presten Lennart Kempe som hetset et 14 år gammelt voldtektsoffer i egen menighet. Det er dessverre med all tydelighet ikke bare den katolske kirken som har monstre i egne rekker.
Denne mannen må da virkelig kvalifisere som en ekte svineprest!
Digital news – the downside
February 13, 2010 by Gunnar
All through 2010 I have avoided printed news alltogether in favour of online news, as part of one of my more experimental new year’s resolutions. I wanted to see benefits and challenges of living a digital yet normal life, and as part of this I’ve shunned printed newspapers, magazines and the likes in favour of targeted news feeds delivered to my eBook reader (for reading while having breakfast and on public transport), to my smartphone and on my laptop.
The Good
The upside is nothing short of fantastic – I’ve set up my newsfeeds from a mix of local, national, international and technical news feeds so that I get only the news that are relevant to me. Thanks to some clever filters, I’ve completely purged celebrity gossip, sports and trivia from my news. Instead I’ve been introduced to interesting in-depth articles from Time Magazine, commentary from Dagsavisen and drooled over new gadgets from Engadget, none of which I would have found had I stayed with only Aftenposten.
The Bad
Until Friday night, I was in online media nirvana. However, half an hour of watching the Skavlan talkshow on NRK changed that ever so slightly. As mentioned before I’m no sports buff, and have thus nuked everything sports related from my news. So while I knew the Olympics were due some time this winter, I didn’t know they started last night until it was brought up on Skavlan.. There I also learned who won the Norwegian Eurovision Song contest a week ago and heard the song for the first time… Clearly, my closest colleagues and friends must share my likes and dislikes, as these things haven’t come up during lunch or small talk. So much for going from a large company with large cantina to a small start-up..
The Verdict
I’ve kept my paper subscription to Aftenposten during my experiment, and starting today I’ve re-included it in my morning breakfast-and-tea-routine. No matter how good e-Ink gets, it can never replace the feeling of enjoying a real newspaper in front of the fireplace. And more importantly, even though I still have no interest of Eurovision Song Contest or the Olympics, I’m still missing out not knowing anything about them…
As always, the best way forward seems to be the middle path.
Bokorm
January 26, 2010 by Gunnar
Leser om Ludde og Hasses togtur. Full fart forover!
Troll i eske
January 14, 2010 by Gunnar
Mens faren leker seg med ny telefon og tester kameraet, leker datteren med emballasjen.
