Monday, February 22, 2010
Epost från Lichenologisten
"The Lichenologist has increased its Impact Factor for the fifth consecutive year. At 1.279*, this represents an impressive 44% increase on the 2007 figure of 0.887*."
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
OS och så'nt
Jag har en idé om att skriva om CV (curriculum vitae, "course of life"). En CV är, ungefär, en översikt över en persons kvalifikationer och "livs-karriär". Men jag har börjat fundera på om man inte kunde skriva en översikt över saker som man kan och/eller har gjort, som är roliga eller som man känner var bra att lära sig och kunna (om än inte alltid så nyttiga för ens karriär eller för samhället)! Till exempel, att kunna läsa - det står ju ingenstans på CV:n att jag kan läsa och att jag lärde mig det cirka 1972! Funderar på att skriva en CV över bra saker i mitt liv.
Hästar i Flyinge (maj 2009).
Friday, February 19, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Det ljusnar
Det börjar ljusna redan runt klockan åtta! Det går mot vår! Om 7 dagar har snön legat rekordlänge i Bergen. Ok, låt det bli rekord, och töa efteråt! Jag har fått nog nu...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Monday, February 08, 2010
En fin måndag
...och en fin födelsedag! Mycket att göra på jobbet, då går tiden fort! Men fick en tur ut i solen, för vi skulle upp till Realfagbygget och hämta några saker. Pizza och ett glas rödvin med min käre på Pastacentralen. Sedan hem och nu väntar jag på att han kommer hem från styrelsemötet i frimärkeklubben. Jag har köpt en bukett tulpaner och två fastlagsbullar, nam! 100% MYS!
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Lathund
Här är en lathund för svenska militära svarsmärken! Jag har inte testat den, men den ser bra ut!
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Edinburgh 2010
Ok, so the IAL conference in 2008 didn't quite meet my expectations. But we must always look ahead: A couple of days ago, I registered for IMC9 in Edinburgh, and I think it's going to be great! I already have the financing, since I have some funding left from the 30.000 NOK that BIO gave me after the received the two awards for the BIO300 course; the 'Uglepris' and the national 'Utdanningskvalitetsprisen'! Feels GREAT!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Kalifornien 2008
Jag medger att trippen till Kalifornien inte helt motsvarade mina förväntningar. Ok ok ok... Jag hade en bild av Monterey (från 1993) och att konferensen skulle innebära långa soliga dagar och långa mörka kvällar med brasor på stranden och Stilla havets brus. Fast de hade varnat för den kyliga California-luften. Men den minns jag inte alls från fältresan 1993. Då var jag 25, när H och jag reste 2008 var jag 40; det kan ju inverka på mina upplevelser. Och den irriterande jet-lagen... Höga förväntningar hade jag också. Jag var inte förberedd på att den delen av Kalifornien som vi kom till var så konservativ, att polisen rensade stranden 22-23 varje kväll och att konferens-stället också tyckte att klockan tio dags att sova! Alldeles för liten tid att njuta Kaliforniskt vin, men H och jag lärde oss att ta ett litet glas till lunch för att kompensera, HAHA!!!
Men vi hade en hel del fina upplevelser! Till exempel: "Met Timdal and Haugan at a restaurant at night, a ’project’ I never thought would work out, however, I must learn to trust Blom as a project leader! Observed blue heron (Ardea herodias) on our way back to the hotel." Och att H hittade Xanthoria pollinarioides på den första lokalen vi stannade för att kika efter arten!
Men vi hade en hel del fina upplevelser! Till exempel: "Met Timdal and Haugan at a restaurant at night, a ’project’ I never thought would work out, however, I must learn to trust Blom as a project leader! Observed blue heron (Ardea herodias) on our way back to the hotel." Och att H hittade Xanthoria pollinarioides på den första lokalen vi stannade för att kika efter arten!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Ett år i tjänst
Sunday, January 24, 2010
En lång dikt
Hittade precis mina anteckningar från 2008, och tycker att det ser ut som en dikt. Den kan ju till exempel heta:
"Ode till Amerika-resan" (eller nå't s'ånt)!?:
SAN FRANSISCO (”The City”)
Some things that we observed that are mentioned in tourist guides:
- Embarcadero
- the Transamerica Pyramid
- Alcatraz
- City Lights Bookstore
- Fisherman’s Wharf
- Pier 39 (incl. Sea lions)
- Columbus Ave.
- Coit Tower
- Chinatown / Financial District
MONTEREY
Some things that we observed that are mentioned in tourist guides:
- Sensory Garden
- Cannery Row
- Fisherman’s Wharf (incl. Sea lions)
USA trip; 9-21 juli 2008-08-03
Wednesday, 9
Wake up at 04.05. Flight (KLM 1184) from Flesland at 06.10... It was 1 hour late out from Schiphol due to a flat tire. A beautiful morning and I lost my camera.
Landed at SFO around 14.15 local time. AVIS rental car: Chevy Classic, Malibu.
Best Western Coyote Point Inn (San Mateo)
The pizza in San Mateo was good, however, I was too jetlagged to appreciate it.
Thursday, 10
Morning stroll in the area
BART train from SFO to San Fransisco
Nice walk from Embarcadero to Fisherman’s Wharf
Had a nice lunch
Sea lions at Pier 39, but not very many (as in 1993)
Lots of haze, we just barely saw Alcatraz
Hotel shuttle back from SFO
Saw humming bird outside the hotel room window
Dinner and a good red wine at a nice restaurant in San Mateo, jazz trio (took a cab!)
Friday, 11
Route 92 west to Hwy 1 at Half Moon Bay
Sea access by the golf course provided us with the first observation of Xanthoria pollinariodes Lindblom & D.M. Wright, on a planted Lonicera by the fence!
More stops on the journey south, no more sightings of X. pollinarioides
Late lunch in Santa Cruz at a micro brewery, very homey
Had booking at Best Western at Ocean Street (internet from Coyote Point) – big room!
Explored the town
Dinner at Hindquarters restaurant with huge portions of meat and cole slaw and really good wine a short stroll from the hotel!
Saturday 12
Hwy 1 to Monterey
First stop Moss Landing (a well known spot for bird watchers) with X. pollinarioides (the only observation that day)
Monterey: good parking by Fisherman’s Wharf and a slightly touristic, but good lunch
Sea lions, Cannery Row, and the free bus back
Old town
Drove out to Best Western Monarhc Inn in Pacific Grove and got a nice and quiet room
Walk down to Asilomar and to the beach, a bit longer than we expected, but exciting (black tail deer, Moneterey pine, X. parietina at the cemetery, etc)
Dinner at Indian restaurant in Oliver St., very nice
Sunday, 13
Met the bryologists at Asilomar for the day excursion to Nisene Marks State Park (secondary redwood forest)
Short stop in Moss Landing on the return, but we didn’t see the sea otter
Registration for IAL6, Asilomar Conference center
We got a nice big room (1007) in house Manzanita, North Woods
Right after dinner was the welcome reception with lots of nice things to eat (and drink!)…
Monday, 14
Introduction to IAL6 (the Programme is found here, so I won’t og into details)
Poster was up one day (only): Lindblom & Søchting: Xanthomendoza borealis – a bipolar lichen species
Tuesday, 15
H and I skipped the morning session and drove into Pacific Grove/ Asilomar to fill gas (met a biologist in a Volvo), shop and drink coffee (espresso and cappuccino!)
Best session: Systematics and Phylogeny
Wednesday, 16
Best lecture: Lutzoni
Evening: British Lichen Society reception
IAL banquet was nice, but ended before 22
Post-party with the Oslo people and Iceland and some bottles of good Californian wine…
Thursday, 17
Printzen and Lindblom session at 16.00-17.30: Between Individuals and Species: Population Genetics of Lichens
But before that I had a quiet moment in our room. The humming bird appeared outside our window.
Night: IAL business meeting. I surrendered at 22.00 and rounded off the day with a couple of glasses of good Californian wine with Ekman and Blom and, finally, Printzen
Friday, 18
Haugan, Blom, and I drove into Pacific Grove/ Asilomar to have coffee and buy smoke
The Save Mart was big and nice
Stopped by Asilomar State Beach to look at a X. candelaria s lat
Best lecture: TGA Green
Closing reception between 20.00 and 22.00
Nice walk with Haugan back to our lodgings and exciting observations of the ’Night Police’ of Asilomar…
Saturday, 19
Leave the room and pack the car
Two sessions before lunch
Drove north and stopped at Moss Landing
Found a Comfort Inn in Santa Cruz without much ado, nice and relatively quiet
Saw an American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) (?)
Met Timdal and Haugan at a restaurant at night, a ’project’ I never thought would work out, however, I must learn to trust Blom as a project leader!
Observed blue heron on our way back to the hotel
Sunday, 20
Hwy 1 and 92 north in haze and light rain, same route back to SFO
Everything went smoothly and the flight back to Europe was on time
Monday, 21
Rain in Amsterdam
Tired
The flight to Bergen Flesland was delayed ½ hour
Met Sætersdal on his way back from conference in Tennessee!
Splendid weather in Bergen – good to be home
Had a pizza and managed to stay up until 22.30!
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"Ode till Amerika-resan" (eller nå't s'ånt)!?:
SAN FRANSISCO (”The City”)
Some things that we observed that are mentioned in tourist guides:
- Embarcadero
- the Transamerica Pyramid
- Alcatraz
- City Lights Bookstore
- Fisherman’s Wharf
- Pier 39 (incl. Sea lions)
- Columbus Ave.
- Coit Tower
- Chinatown / Financial District
MONTEREY
Some things that we observed that are mentioned in tourist guides:
- Sensory Garden
- Cannery Row
- Fisherman’s Wharf (incl. Sea lions)
USA trip; 9-21 juli 2008-08-03
Wednesday, 9
Wake up at 04.05. Flight (KLM 1184) from Flesland at 06.10... It was 1 hour late out from Schiphol due to a flat tire. A beautiful morning and I lost my camera.
Landed at SFO around 14.15 local time. AVIS rental car: Chevy Classic, Malibu.
Best Western Coyote Point Inn (San Mateo)
The pizza in San Mateo was good, however, I was too jetlagged to appreciate it.
Thursday, 10
Morning stroll in the area
BART train from SFO to San Fransisco
Nice walk from Embarcadero to Fisherman’s Wharf
Had a nice lunch
Sea lions at Pier 39, but not very many (as in 1993)
Lots of haze, we just barely saw Alcatraz
Hotel shuttle back from SFO
Saw humming bird outside the hotel room window
Dinner and a good red wine at a nice restaurant in San Mateo, jazz trio (took a cab!)
Friday, 11
Route 92 west to Hwy 1 at Half Moon Bay
Sea access by the golf course provided us with the first observation of Xanthoria pollinariodes Lindblom & D.M. Wright, on a planted Lonicera by the fence!
More stops on the journey south, no more sightings of X. pollinarioides
Late lunch in Santa Cruz at a micro brewery, very homey
Had booking at Best Western at Ocean Street (internet from Coyote Point) – big room!
Explored the town
Dinner at Hindquarters restaurant with huge portions of meat and cole slaw and really good wine a short stroll from the hotel!
Saturday 12
Hwy 1 to Monterey
First stop Moss Landing (a well known spot for bird watchers) with X. pollinarioides (the only observation that day)
Monterey: good parking by Fisherman’s Wharf and a slightly touristic, but good lunch
Sea lions, Cannery Row, and the free bus back
Old town
Drove out to Best Western Monarhc Inn in Pacific Grove and got a nice and quiet room
Walk down to Asilomar and to the beach, a bit longer than we expected, but exciting (black tail deer, Moneterey pine, X. parietina at the cemetery, etc)
Dinner at Indian restaurant in Oliver St., very nice
Sunday, 13
Met the bryologists at Asilomar for the day excursion to Nisene Marks State Park (secondary redwood forest)
Short stop in Moss Landing on the return, but we didn’t see the sea otter
Registration for IAL6, Asilomar Conference center
We got a nice big room (1007) in house Manzanita, North Woods
Right after dinner was the welcome reception with lots of nice things to eat (and drink!)…
Monday, 14
Introduction to IAL6 (the Programme is found here, so I won’t og into details)
Poster was up one day (only): Lindblom & Søchting: Xanthomendoza borealis – a bipolar lichen species
Tuesday, 15
H and I skipped the morning session and drove into Pacific Grove/ Asilomar to fill gas (met a biologist in a Volvo), shop and drink coffee (espresso and cappuccino!)
Best session: Systematics and Phylogeny
Wednesday, 16
Best lecture: Lutzoni
Evening: British Lichen Society reception
IAL banquet was nice, but ended before 22
Post-party with the Oslo people and Iceland and some bottles of good Californian wine…
Thursday, 17
Printzen and Lindblom session at 16.00-17.30: Between Individuals and Species: Population Genetics of Lichens
But before that I had a quiet moment in our room. The humming bird appeared outside our window.
Night: IAL business meeting. I surrendered at 22.00 and rounded off the day with a couple of glasses of good Californian wine with Ekman and Blom and, finally, Printzen
Friday, 18
Haugan, Blom, and I drove into Pacific Grove/ Asilomar to have coffee and buy smoke
The Save Mart was big and nice
Stopped by Asilomar State Beach to look at a X. candelaria s lat
Best lecture: TGA Green
Closing reception between 20.00 and 22.00
Nice walk with Haugan back to our lodgings and exciting observations of the ’Night Police’ of Asilomar…
Saturday, 19
Leave the room and pack the car
Two sessions before lunch
Drove north and stopped at Moss Landing
Found a Comfort Inn in Santa Cruz without much ado, nice and relatively quiet
Saw an American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) (?)
Met Timdal and Haugan at a restaurant at night, a ’project’ I never thought would work out, however, I must learn to trust Blom as a project leader!
Observed blue heron on our way back to the hotel
Sunday, 20
Hwy 1 and 92 north in haze and light rain, same route back to SFO
Everything went smoothly and the flight back to Europe was on time
Monday, 21
Rain in Amsterdam
Tired
The flight to Bergen Flesland was delayed ½ hour
Met Sætersdal on his way back from conference in Tennessee!
Splendid weather in Bergen – good to be home
Had a pizza and managed to stay up until 22.30!
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Fredag kväll
Stillhet, tack. Eftertanke. Tacksamhet för en bra vecka och en speciellt bra fredag. Lite trött, nej, mycket trött. Imorgon ska jag skärpa mig och skriva om allmötet på museet i onsdags, och den mysiga eftermiddagen efteråt.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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