Panorama of the view from the "Math tower"

The mathematics department resides in the clock tower at KTH. Therefore it's is called the "Math tower" by the students. You have access to a balcony just above the clock and I have been planning on taking a panorama from there. The outcome was not perfect, there are some ugly seams. But they are not that bad. I want a sunny clear day, perhaps in the winter. That might be perfect for a view of Stockholm.

Link to a the larger version (even though you can spot the seams easier).

Link to the larger version.

Panorama of Rynningeviken

Yesterday I took myself time to process one of the panoramas from my trip to Örebro and Lindesberg back in early June. I have gotten a lot better but I still have a lot to learn. I am not at all pleased with the look of a 220 degree panorama. I really should read up on more general info on panoramas before processing the other two panoramas I have from that trip. The outcome is linked below.


(As usual Google won't allow me to upload obscenely large images, so here is a link to the real deal)

In health... and a panorama

Today I felt better, I managed to get some work done and ship a patch to a customer. I also remembered that cjg and I tried to make a 360 degree panorama photo from the KTH clock tower last summer. Eager to try it myself this time with my rather new camera I set off to the tower. It was closed, so I wandered around campus for roughly 2h and the sun was setting. Finally when I walked through one of the computer halls I found a view. The result can be seen below, it's a rather huge picture so I recommend opening it in a separate window. The only editing done, apart from making it a panorama from several smaller pictures, is removing some flaws made by my camera.

(singe Google don't want to host the whole image, here is a link to the real thing)

What you see is, starting from the lower left corner is the Engelbrekt church, the flag of the KTH student union beneath the flag is the one of KTH;s administrative buildings, the tall distant building is "Nyponet" a 21 story building with student apartments, next with a rather tall chimney is what I believe to be an on-campus heating plant and finally the tower of the KTH library (KTHB).

A tutorial on how to make panorama pictures.

A wonderful "Swedish" thing?

I was in town today and bought some things. One of the things I bought was this.

Now, ask yourself. What is it?

The answer is hidden here: It's a multi-purpose pump from France! And YES, I did think twice before purchasing it. cjg pointed out that the designer must have had previous work experience elsewhere, I have no idea what he is implying.

New chair

I have spent some of the money I have earned, I usually save money since I don't know what to spend it on. But a chair, I did need a new one. My old chair was a chair from IKEA which cost about 500 SEK and was more than broken. It made noises and the seat had stopping pouring out. Since I spend a lot of time in front of my computer I decided that this time I would get a decent chair.

A good chair costs money, a lot of money. In Sweden we have a company called Kinnarps, they make chairs for large companies and they make good chairs. Very good chairs. The problem is that they are expensive, about 5'000 SEK and more. Especially if you want one with seat and back moving independently and many other neat features that makes your back go "AHHH!". After trying out a few chairs at their store in Stockholm I ordered one and today I received it. It cost a lot, but it was worth it, well worth it. My back hasn't felt this good for quite some time and I hope for it to last for at least ten years. I recommend Kinnarps, although I think that it was a little bit of trouble ordering, since I don't own a company. If you are looking for money well spent so that your back will survive all that coding, you do want a decent chair.

Now, I have to get back to studying. I have a lot to do, but at least now my back won't hurt after 8h sessions.

An image of it:
http://www.d.kth.se/~ninjin/images/chair.jpg