http://danmichael.heggoe.net Skriblerier, lurerier, filosofier og surrerier Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:04:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The next big thing..? Very eco-friendly: The creator is unknown.. http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/07/cycling-on-the-lawn/ We arrived Cape Town one week ago after 18 hours in the air / on airports (yeah, I did pay the carbon tax). We started by a short two-day "holiday" on Cape Standard, a very charming hotel in Green Point. A five-minute walk lead us the fantastic coast of Cape ... http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/07/first-week-in-cape-town/ I got sick on Thursday and the cough is making it difficult both to sleep and attending lectures. And my voice sounds like it belongs to a 80 year old man. Conventional cough medicine is probably not more effective than placebo. But there is a much better solution... theobromine, found ... http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/07/cough-medicine-or-chocolate/ I've been thinking about writing about this case for a long time. Obiora died in 2006 when the Norwegian police tried to arrest him. Obiora was unarmed, and the involved police officers have been criticized for using unnecessary violence. As a side note, they have had in total 14 violence-related ... http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/07/the-obiora-case/ Photochemistry, the interaction between molecules and light (or electromagnetic radiation), can be quite spectacular. One example is luminescent compounds. Another is so-called photocromic reactions, which can be described as a reversible change of colour upon exposure to light. A neat example of such a reaction was just published in Org. ... http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/07/photocromic-reactions/ I normally prefer organic products, not because I'm so worried about food additives or ionizing radiation, but because of the potentially environmentally harmful synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides used in conventional agriculture. But sometimes the marketing depts go too far. Like when they promote 100 % chemical free compost. Unfortunately, ... http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/03/its-all-chemistry/ It was Maria who suggested going on an easter-trip to St. Peterburg. As I have been longing for visiting Russia and for using my very limited Russian language knowledge, I found that a great idea. To travel to Russia you still need a VISA and to get this you actually ... http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/03/hello-st-petersburg/ When I see ads like this I'm glad I live in Norway after all: There is also a hilarious parody around. But wait, is the White House the only place the phone is calling at night..? It's also calling at the lab... http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/03/answer-that-phone/ by:Larm (directly translated as city noise) was arranged in Oslo last weekend. With around 190 concerts in 3 days the biggest challenge was of course to choose where to go. Some quite different highlights were Bladed, Haddy N'jie, Alog, Wild Birds and Peace Drums, Susanna, Binärpilot, Casiokids and Sunjammer, who've ... http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/02/noise-in-the-city/ I found this wonderful interpretation of a benzene ring from Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments on Carbon-based Curiosities: The monkeys are carbon and the bananas hydrogen. The monkeys who hold both feet of another monkey represents double bonds. http://danmichael.heggoe.net/2008/02/monkey-ring/