Farewell dear bike engine
Posted on April 19, 2010 - Filed Under Norway | Leave a Comment
Friday my bike engine stopped working. On the way to work with children in the trailer, suddenly everything went black and instead of progress and aid all I got was regenerative braking. The engine settled in the charging mode, so in addition to my own weight, the weight of two kids in the trailer and [...]
The Norwegian elections and the aftermath
Posted on October 9, 2009 - Filed Under Norway | Leave a Comment
The Norwegian election bucked the trend that we are seeing in Europe these days. More and more countries are governed by the Centre-left. It seems like only small countries in the European periphery, like Norway, Portugal and Greece bucks this trend. The election gave the government a slightly smaller majority than last time, however there [...]
The Arctic is heating up
Posted on August 24, 2008 - Filed Under Arctic, Canada, Norway, Russia, USA | 2 Comments
No, I’m not talking about climate change. Even though I obviously could have, the North West passage is open again this year. No, I’m talking about the international scramble to grab land (read sea bottom) in the Arctic. The United Nations Law of the Sea gives all the countries around the Arctic bassin until 2014 [...]