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Google Maps Trondheim

Erlend Aakre — Sat, 07 May 2011 12:49:43 +0000

Two days ago something WONDERFUL happened:

These old horrible dark, depressing winter air photos of Trondheim got replaced by new high resolution summer-time ones

Before:

After:

Why do I care you might ask?

Because I love maps, and I spend an unhealthy amount of time at Google maps =)

Google also finally got street view coverage to Tiller (the souther part of Trondheim where I live). I can even see my motorcycle parked outside:

Too cold.. Time to move

Erlend Aakre — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:33:17 +0000

Norway sucks, It’s way to cold and it’s only practical to drive a motorcycle for 6 months at a time

I therefor propose this plan to move Norway to a better location, I might seem like lots of work, but if everyone pitch in I’m sure we could move it before next summer.

Suggestion 1:

By using some leftover parts of Finnmark, we could fit perfectly as Portugal’s new neighbor, and the Bay of Biscay would make an excellent lake. This option is also the easiest since we don’t have to move Norway very far.

Suggestion 2:

Putting Norway just outside California might be a good location, and a bridge between Trondheim and Los Angeles would make for a nice 4 hour car trip.. But we would have to move Norway around Cape Horn, so it would be a lot more work than moving to Portugal.. But it would probably be worth it.

It’s super ultra weasel happy summer bading time!!

Erlend Aakre — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:16:40 +0000

Holy crap, it’s like 30 degrees outside.. And we all know what that means?
Well at least I do.. It means the apartment will smell like wet weasels.

For those of you who have never experienced the smell of a soaking wet Mustelidae or other small carnivorous mammal, it smells GREAT! It’s like a party in your nose, and everyone is invited.

We bought this sandbox/mini pool from Toys’R'Us last year, and have been using it as a sandbox for the ferrets for a while, however the last months it’s been filled with blankets, tubes, toys and stuff.

We had a plastic pool before, however we we’re afraid to use it at our new place as it is not hard plastic like the new one..
Even at our old place using the pool was not for the faint of heart, seeing that at any second the pool could have a IMMINENT STRUCTURAL FAILURE which would result in about 100 liters of water exploring every square cm of our relatively small apartment. But now that we actually own the apartment and have hardwood floors, it’s better to stay on the safe side.

Even Buffy, who never even tried bathing before jumped right in and had a great time