Documentary: Jonathan Renouf: The Lost World of Lake Vostok (U.K. 2000) A documentary made for the British Horizon series of programs that began in 1964. Lake Vostok is a vast body of water underneath central Antarctica. It derives its name from the Russian Vostok base built on the ice on Continue Reading
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Antarctic Research Blog #86 – Megastructures: South Pole Super Station
Documentary: Megastructures: South Pole Super Station (U.S.A. 2007) This is an episode of the National Geographic Channel documentary series Megastructures, about huge construction projects. This time, the project is the new South Pole station that’ll replace the old geodesic dome. Some of the old explorers would probably have a heart Continue Reading
Roolipelaaja #19 is at the printers!
The nineteenth issue of Roolipelaaja, the roleplaying magazine I edit, is at the printers. It’s my tenth issue, and the first this year.
Antarctic Research Blog #85 – Where Hell Freezes Over
Non-fiction: David A. Kearns: Where Hell Freezes Over (Thomas Dunne Books, 2005) During a U.S. Navy surveying operation in Antarctica soon after the end of WWII, an airplane crashes onto the coast. The survivors wait for two weeks before they’re rescued, all badly wounded except one. It’s a dramatic story, Continue Reading
I am a reference
I recently wrote a small piece about the Christian guitar game Guitar Praise for NYT-liite. While I was googling myself, I discovered that I’d been cited as a source in the Finnish language Wikipedia article about the game. I also discovered that the Wikipedia article about the game was really Continue Reading
Antarctic Research Blog #84 – With Byrd at the South Pole
Documentary: With Byrd at the South Pole (U.S.A. 1930) This is a documentary shot during Richard Byrd’s First Antarctic Expedition, 1928-1930. Of the early Antarctic documentaries, this has the best images in the sense that the cameramen were able to shoot more than before, although they were not as artistically Continue Reading
Murmeli pitää lupauksensa (The Marmot keeps his promise)
Murmeli pitää lupauksensa (The Marmot keeps his promise) 02:00, photo composite, 2008 I made this short as a Christmas present for my wife.
Lautapeleistä Hesariin
Kirjoitin lautapeleistä Helsingin Sanomiin artikkelikokonaisuuden, joka julkaistiin 19.12.2008. Pääjuttu käsitteli pelisuunnittelija Kimmo Sorsamoa ja hänen julkaisematonta peliään Maximus. Vieressä oli boksi suomalaisen pelijulkaisun klassikoista. Lisäksi mukana oli arvostelut kolmesta kotimaisesta pelistä, Zanziarista, Bilekuosista ja The Clubista.
Antarctic Research Blog #83 – The Birth of the People’s Republic of Antarctica
John Calvin Batchelor: the Birth of the People’s Republic of Antarctica (The Dial Press, 1983) This is one of the strangest Antarctic novels I’ve yet to read. It’s about the son of an American draft dodger and a Swedish witch, called Grim Fiddle. It begins in Sweden, soon the stage Continue Reading
I, a Muse
I recently wrote an article for City with Maria Pettersson about pheromones you can buy in sex shops. I just found out that a website called paivanbiisi.com has recorded a song about our article. This is the first time anything I’ve written or made has been inspiration for song.