Trondhjem <3

Trondheim, sett fra Havstein. April 2012

Breathe

Juletreet har fått viagra

Er et pyntet juletre over inngangen

Woosh

Via Autoblog

For lærerene der ute, fra Live Wire Radio.

‘Allure of the mean friend’, et herlig opptak fra This American Life

I grabbed a pinch of salt, put it directly on my tongue, and it tasted—no, felt—like slowly dissolving sand. And just like that my sense of taste was gone.

Om vi måtte velge bort en av sansene våre, så tror jeg de fleste av oss hadde valgt bort smaken.

 ↪ The Atlantic

Jani talks about living in Calalini. Where is Calalini? She leans in to whisper her secret. “Calalini is on the border between this world and my other world.”

Hjerteskjærende.

 ↪ LA Times

She’s the messiest person I’ve ever met in life,” Mr. Davoli said of the woman who never closes the kitchen cabinets and loses her keys regularly. “I have to pick up after her.” But he also has obsessive-compulsive disorder, a common condition for those with Tourette’s, leading to excessive tidiness. “If I didn’t have to pick up her stuff, I’d still have the O.C.D. compulsion and I would end up reorganizing the kitchen cupboard. Her being messy is helpful, in a way, for preserving my sanity.

 ↪ NY Times

Along the way, it’s mentioned that the whole story about eBay being founded to trade Pez dispensers is a myth.

Sånn forresten, det siste jeg kjøpte på eBay fra tre store Star Wars Pez dispensere.

 ↪ 37Signals

According to the calculations of Frey and Stutzer, a person with a one-hour commute has to earn 40 percent more money to be as satisfied with life as someone who walks to the office. The reason long commutes make us so unhappy is that the flow of traffic is inherently unpredictable

Det hjalp å gå fra 30-50 minutters både til og fra jobb, og over til 7-8 minutter med buss til jobb og 30 minutters gåtur hjem.

 ↪ ScienceBlogs

Great interviews of the 20th century.

Mange interessante intervjuer her.

The Blow og sangen ‘Infinity’, hederlig rippet fra Live Wire Radio sin podcast.

Stefan Rudnicki har en veldig behagelig stemme, her et lite klipp fra ‘Legacy of Ashes’.

The cold kiss of gin and warm embrace of whisky.

— Legacy of Ashes, av Tim Weiner