http://www.afoto.com/wordpress Virtual (mis-) adventures in arctic Norway Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:28:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a short video commemorating a daring venture. In the summer of '59 the Vardonian City Band went on a spontaneous mission of friendship to Murmansk. It was decided that getting visas and STUFF would take too long, so they just cast loose . . . Despite the chilly political ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=220 Hello from Vardø! This image should float to the right side of the text. Here they are: æøå ÆØÅ Then with h3 formatting.. æøå ÆØÅ Æda Østfor Måne. Da va da. http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=218 Writing on the Phenom Express here again, wondering if things will work wirelessly. This may, or may not be the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead pictured. http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=213 Click for full size It's been ages since the last entry here. Time to let the World know I'm still kicking So here we are, my crab and I on the Barents Sea. Long time no fishing. Last time I hugged a KingCrab was ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=193 Click for full size Since my flight from Lithuania got in to Oslo airport at midnight, and today's leg to Alta takes off at nine, I decided to camp in the nice and dry cave close to the checkin counter. I could tell I was back in Norway ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=190 Click for full size It has been four years since I was here. At that time too it was a night's stopover, heading east. There is something undeniably mysterious about the pines swimming in the thick grey mist outside- and ever so peaceful. The trip from Vardø¸ to ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=189 Click to see full size It has been a long day`s trip for Hilde. From Volda to Vardø. It is time to enjoy a fresh local cod, and hit the sack. http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=188 2007.06.07: torsdag 20:58:52 Click to see full size Here we go again with the Phenom, the Nikon Coolpix 950, and the old Siemens ME 45. The laptop displaying the Wordpress blog is attached, it should float to the right side of the column. The original is shot at 1024 ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=173 Click to see at full size The sun is out, it looks like spring finally got up even here.So, it is time to get out and away from the computer, right? Wrong. I have this old Windows CE machine: the faithful LG Phenom Express. It has travelled far ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=136 Just testing submission by email and cron. This might work for dispatching from the field, over a mobile phone, or using a PPC. Since my ISP, Prohosting, does not offer `cron', I have to make do with a workaround. This means the intervals between grabbing the ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=82 A year ago I was riding the Molotoff along the northern shores of Turkey. The western half is by far the most charming. http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=63 From the land of song Ula in winter. Pauliai, Dzukia. http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=62 I wonder if the crone will get this by itself, automatically. This is being sent over pop3 e-mail. It can be handy when there is not an internet cafe close. One can post from a mobile phone this way. Here is a photo, a very long photo of Steilneset: Click for full length if you ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=59 Half an hour ago it was delightful sunshine, and now this: a no-holds-barred arctic blizzard, the sort of thing Jack London does so well. It does not appear to be very photogenic. I opened my window, took three quick shots and stitched them with iSeemedia's "Photovista". The resulting image is just a bluish blur. ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=43 Today the cannons went off at the old fort to salute the sun. Twice they fired as the sun cleared the watery horizon to the south. It is sunny and clear, hardly a cloud in the sky, perfect day for a stroll. I noticed that a number of ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=40 Here they are, the magnificient mermaids of Vardø.(click for full size) They like to go swimming in the icy seas every other week-or-so, and it's a MUST to go for a dip when the sun is on its lowest, turning around to come back up. That's today, at 7:35PM ... http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=39 We pulled the nets from the lake that morning. (click to see full size) The fishing was good, and Mamertas is a masterful chef. Sometimes I miss my friends in sweet little Lithuania. http://www.afoto.com/wordpress/?p=36