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Pull the plug 26 Jul 2013 | 01:12 pm
Recently, there's a rash of books giving advice on how to achieve the good life. The authors regularly appear on radio, talking about their books. I am still not reading them, but since I have spent a...
D or F? 20 Jul 2013 | 02:39 pm
Some time ago, I assessed a master's thesis at a Norwegian university (I do so regularly, at different universities). It was a half-assed piece of work, and I gave it a low mark, as I should. This did...
Grandmother in the age of the internet 3 Jul 2013 | 07:37 pm
I have been a grandmother for more than 6 months. The girl in question is very much the child of a modern family: the daughter of my daughter's wife, legally my daughter's daughter, emotionally, socia...
More on pink and princesses 12 May 2013 | 02:29 pm
If you have read my blog a bit, you know how I feel about hyperfeminisation, particularly when it happens to little girls. The big Lego-debate can stand in for ever time I have said: Feminine is OK, b...
Teacher evaluations - can we learn from them? 12 May 2013 | 01:22 pm
A quick Facebook comment from a fellow professor made a very good point in a permanently ongoing discussion among teachers: can we learn from student evaluations? His point was that he could very easi...
Pink blogs, money and professionalism 1 Mar 2013 | 05:45 pm
Several of my students have decided to write about fashion blogs and what we in Norway call "pink blogs". In relation to that I want to link to an interesting article that indicates a bit about the ec...
Effort is the real real 24 Jan 2013 | 04:55 pm
By way of a Facebook contact, Jesper Tække, I found this article on what the author calls the IRL fetish. Jenny Davis, one of the editors at Cyborgology, describes the sense of importance that comes w...
Blank books and new years 11 Jan 2013 | 07:13 pm
All who have been around me for a while know about my passion for blank books. I keep buying them, more than I can fill. When a beautiful one snags my gaze, I grab it and bring it with me. Accompanyin...
13th day of Christmas 7 Jan 2013 | 12:19 am
Also known as Epiphany, Three Kings Day, and the night before as the Twelfth Night, the 13th day of Christmas marks the end of the celebrations. Or, as my mother said: "13 dags Knut feier jula ut." I ...
The Hospital: Life in Copenhagen #10 8 Nov 2012 | 09:02 pm
The last 18 months have brought me in closer touch with the Danish medical system than I really wanted, and it's not over yet. I keep haunting the national hospital, Rigshospitalet, which is the main ...
