Christoffer Osland

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  • Norway

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    Ok, I’m going to post some amazing footage from my country & the city I live in. I’m not the one who has made these, but they serve as an amazing advertisement for Norway as a tourist-destination. You could say they caught my attention. 🙂 Norway in a nutshell (timelapse) NORWAY – A Time-Lapse Adventure…

  • Shiba Inu puppies

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    I am so happy to own a pair of female Shiba Inus. (Yes, the doge meme breed.) Both are with puppies at the time. Thought I would share some photos. This is the third time they’re having puppies, and belong to Kennel Enerhaugen. Several of their “children” have won awards, which is kind of fun. Last…

  • Iced lemon tea

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    If you are like me, and appreciate cold & sweet substances during the summer heat, I recommend making your own iced tea. The way I like my ice-tea is without too much bitterness, but with some character (f. ex. added taste of lemon or herbs). That way it is not just cold green tea that…

  • That annoying whistle sound

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    I have a Native Ultimate 14,5ft tandem fishing kayak. One of the first things I noticed when transporting it, was the oh-not-so-flattering sounds when driving faster then 50 km/h (approx 30 mph). At first, i thought it was the sound of the air going between the kayak and the top of my car. (note: i…

  • In the banking & technology business?

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    Ok, if you – like me are in the combined banking & information technology sectors, you might find this weblog interesting. I must say I liked his series about the “semantic layer” between your data warehouse & end users. This is a topic I have spent some time on in periods the last couple of…

  • How to make a consistent aeropress coffee

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    Ever since i got myself an Aeropress for making coffee, I have tried different ways of brewing the best coffee. Small variance make a rather big impact on the result you get, when using the Aeropress. For a long time, I had to “water out” the coffee after pressing it. More often then not, I…

  • Corrupted file names?

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    If you, like me are from some country where we use characters outside your average ascii-spectrum, you might have some filenames with your local chars in them. Now, in a perfect world, this might not be a problem, because all your computers, external hard drive and the NAS has the same encoding, so this works…

  • Autumn in Bergen

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    After I bought the Photomatix HDR plugin for Aperture, I’ve been trying to make time for an evening outside, shooting some more images with high dynamic range. Here are some pictures i shot during last “photowalk”.   I am still not completely satisfied with the results. As you might know, there are many factors influencing…

  • New attempt at HDR photographing

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    I’ve never been a fan of instagram-effects on photos taken on a device with 0,5mm image sensor. However high quality HDR photos has always amazed me. I’ve tried before, but even with hours spent in Adobe Photoshop, I could not get the image to POP. I don’t normally use Photoshop, and think it is a to “big” tool…

  • Lemonade!

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    Ok, so I’ll try to do this in english, and see how it goes. This summer, I’ve used some time experimenting with lemons and fruits, and how to make a really tasty drink for the warm summer days. This is what i found: My Lemonade recipe: 5-7 decent size lemons (not the teeny-tiny ones) 3 dl…