Category: Writing

Analog or digital? Stavanger hosts a tall ship festival every now and then, bringing majestic sail ships from around the world. Steamboats, though? Not so much. That’s why the Fjordsteam Festival was such a treat this year, filling the city harbor with historic steamers. What a stroll – you could explore ship cabins and even…

Computers are the windows allowing us to transcend between physical and digital. For years, our laptops and phones have dominated this realm. Let’s not forget tablets – the prodigal son that showed so much promise, but never truly delivered. The iPad launched in 2010 with hopes it would become the new work device for everyone.…

ROVs – remotely operated vehicles – are a huge part of the offshore and industrial world, yet remain practically unknown outside of it. Today, out at sea, hundreds of these remotely controlled robots are at work – inspecting pipelines, installing subsea engineering structures, cleaning offshore platforms, and maintaining mooring lines. The underwater engineering installations they…

You can still visit the Titanic today, even though it sank. And I don’t mean diving down in a carbon-fiber capsule steered with a Logitech gamepad. There’s a simpler way. In Bloomsbury, London, stands the Kimpton Fitzroy hotel – formerly the Hotel Russell. Built in 1898, and still operating. A little worn, sure. But who…

I used to play Monkey Island as a kid. And I don’t mean casually – I played the hell out of it. Back then, point-and-click adventure games weren’t just a genre – they were a phenomenon. Full Throttle, Space Quest, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit the Road, The Dig. I played them…

Back at the Agenda Conference in Kongsberg for the second year in a row! This time, I had the privilege of joining a panel on “EU Code of Conduct for Responsible XR Technologies,” moderated by Rigmor Baraas from the University of South-Eastern Norway. It’s a definitely an interesting topic to explore, whether we are close…

Disclaimer: I’ve written this since I’m sometimes asked for travel recommendations in Norway. This post presents a very narrow view onto what Norway has to offer, and does not serve as a comprehensive or objective travel guide. Bergen is Norway’s second-largest city, with a historic center recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of…

Disclaimer: I’ve written this since I’m sometimes asked for travel recommendations in Norway. This post presents a very narrow view onto what Norway has to offer, and does not serve as a comprehensive or objective travel guide. The energy capital of Norway, doing oil, doing gas, and now even renewables. What used to be a…

Disclaimer: I’ve written this since I’m sometimes asked for travel recommendations in Norway. This post presents a very narrow view onto what Norway has to offer, and does not serve as a comprehensive or objective travel guide. The capital of Norway, and also country’s largest city with 700,000 inhabitants. The city was called Christiania prior…

The year 2022 was extraordinary. I was in for quite some twists and turns.Of all my experiences that year, one stood above the rest — I had the opportunity to participate in a parabolic flight aboard a zero-gravity airplane. There I was, on the 22nd of November, floating in the cabin of the Airbus A310…