Tuesday, July 6

100 years and then some

100 years of history - or a hundred years since the team of professor Gabriel Gustafson dug up the Oseberg vikingship - built around 820, they golden age of viking exploration. A stunning view if you visit Oslo [facts]


Swedish dead
They are re-investigating parts of the material collected during the investigation of the Palme-murder (Swedish primeminister at the time, back in 1986) - new advances in DNA methods are giving them new hope, as the case is "cold" (no culprit convicted) Bring to mind the Discovery Shop and their DNA for kids kit - and of course C.S.I - television at its finest? Good stories, slightly expanding characters and just a tiny bit of moral imperatives; "remind me not to do drugs". The first game is a bit fun, at least a social activity and tv-aternative. You get to try for yourself, but you don't really need to think too much.



...and the sun pops out from a cloud - time to move on...