Look at the northern lights @jtsveigdalen.bsky.social and I saw last night. Disclaimer: this picture was taken with a 5 second exposure time. To the bare eye, only the green flowing waves were visible, but the long exposure time caught some other interesting colors too. 😀

Happy to tell all of you that know @jtsveigdalen.bsky.social , that her operation today went fine. 😀 I'm visiting her now, and she's in good mood and bi pain. This is the view from her room at the hospital, btw. 😀

Last week, I drove the 535i up to its winter storage location, and on the way up there, I took the back roads. And along these roads I know that there are some good scenery. And that day, with the skies and the background, I took what I believe to be the best picture I've ever taken of the 535i.

I remember some years ago when I saw a little insect on my wall. I thought it had a weird shape, so I took a picture and magnified it. And it had arms with pincers, just like a tiny scorpion. 🦂 But it didn't have the tail. Turns out this is a pseudo scorpion. Never seen one since. #pseudoscorpions

So I watched a YouTube video the other day about some specific events that took place from 1958 to 1962. And I've realized that AI and autogenerated narrator voices on YouTube videos has become good. So good that I didn't even catch that this was an artificial voice until the voice said: 1/

My mom (85 year old) has a laptop for her internet bank. She knows nothing about computing, so I've given her step by step instructions on how to turn on the computer, open a window, pay bills, and turn it back off. So when everything work fine, she does it just fine. But the other day she called 1/

I just got an email from eBay with congratulations for being a member for 22 years. Meaning that I've been on eBay longer than I've been married to @jtsveigdalen.bsky.social 😮 That can't be right, I thought. But when I started thinking back, I realized the first thing I bought was a 1/

Time for a new post! The season is on, so I have more stuff to post. 😀 Last weekend, @jtsveigdalen.bsky.social and I went to Denmark for the annual KOED Open House event. Lots of fun was had. We got to see some nice danish BMWs and in the evening there was a party with free beer in the workshop. 🥳

Look at what my wife made us for dinner! 😀 I stated that this was a 9 out of 10, but upon question what could have it better, I had no good answer. 😄 Which kinda made it a 10. @jtsveigdalen.bsky.social makes some great stuff in her kitchen. 🥰

Not cars this time, but home remodeling projects. I'm putting laminate flooring in my office, in style with the rest of the upstairs in our house. I cut the first row, so that I could use spare bits from last project for the last row.

Rear and front view cameras was a rare and expensive retrofit on the BMW E39. By using some OEM parts, and some aftermarket parts, like a Siemens LOGO! PLC, I've made my own rear and front camera system. Unfortunately there was never any buttons for the E39/38 models with a camera symbol on them. 1/

What's this.. Two of our Chromecasts stopped working. After it happened the second time, I knew it was a bigger issue, and turns out that it was. Shame on Google. Luckily I've found a workaround for Android, let me know if you want the details.

I put in laundry today, and the laundry machine said "Software Update" I clicked Ok, and the machine blacked out and a progress bar appeared. After a while it was done and turned back on. So I'll check the clothes carefully, and I'll be disappointed if they're not cleaner now than they used to be. 😄

Here is another shot from my trip to #Nürburgring back in 2018, and this picture clearly shows @jtsveigdalen.bsky.social actually being in the car. I'm hoping for another visit, maybe in 2026.

I read a lot about North Sea disasters, and on a couple of pictures I've recognized a ship, Seaway Falcon. This was a so called DSV (Diving Support Vessel) built in 1975, owned by Stolt-Nielsen Seways. The first picture I've found is from by Norsk Oljemuseum, which shows Seaway Falcon at the 1/

I've just watched a documentary about the sinking of the cruise ship Oceanos in 1991. The crew left the ship, and eventually it was the ship's magician and guitarist that sent a Mayday and got the last 200+ pssengers rescued. If you didn't know this story was true, you wouldn't believe it. 🤔😄

Happy New Year to all of you. 💥😀 Years ago I took a picture like this of my old 523i M-Sport, so after 7 years of ownership, it was time to take one of the 535i as well. 😄 I also see that my halo LEDs is color wise a pretty good match with the 8000K HID bulbs.

Last year I finally got a hold of something I've been after for years; the M-Audio subwoofers for the rear shelf. These are 10" units, and they are run off of the OEM DSP amplifier. My 535i didn't have DSP from factory, so I've gone the route with Intravee, Alpine PXA-H100 DSP, two aftermarket /1

The highlight of all the road trips I've done with the 535i through the years: down to Nürburgring and then south to München, and on to Asphaltfieber. I got one lap at the Ring, and despite not going race speed, it was entertaining. Plus I got some good pics to buy afterwards. 😀 This was in 2018 /1

So I was sure the hedgehog (HVAC blower fan FSU) on my daily driver E39 520i was bad. But it turned out that it was the fan that was bad, apparently stuck. Both FSUs I tried just got very hot immediately, and the fan didn't move. 😥 So it seems like I have a dash-out job in front of me this winter.

So I've been annoyed by how hot it is and an apparent lack of airflow and air exchange in the apartment that I rent. I thought it was a summer issue, but it's still that way despite becoming colder outside. So I opened up the ventilation box, and kinda figured out why this was. 😅 I think this /1

I found this label on a wall on a walkway not far from where I live. It makes me wonder if this is simply a person with this name that's been there, or if this is a tribute to Ulrike Meinhof we know from Rote Arme Fraktion. I'm interested in history and know a lot about this militant group, what /1

Another special car with an interesting story that I got to see in real life recently, is the Mercedes CLR. This was a race car prototype built for the 1999 season, and Mercedes entered the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans with 3 CLRs. Number 4, 5 and 6. With a 5.7 liter V8 pushing 600 HP, the 900 kilo 1/

These last days I've watched a real crime show from 3 years back, and was really fascinated by how the private investigator (ex-cop) from the program solved a 49 year old cold case. In 1972, a man and his car disappeared totally. During a stay at a friend's house, the 62 year old guy got up /1

After having lived in our rural house for 12 years, and experienced 12 years with 1) Only slow mobile internet. 2) ADSL way too far from the central we finally got fiber last year. And now @jtsveigdalen.bsky.social bought a set of routers that can finally utilize the potential of our connection.

I'm a locomotive engineer by occupation, and last night there was a fire inside a train tunnel which stopped all train traffic in this area today. This afternoon I sent @jtsveigdalen.bsky.social a link to a video about the Chernobyl SKALA computer, and a little later I sent along a picture from 1/

So I keep my 535i stored during the winter, from October to April. It's parked in a friend's garage, so I went to check on it yesterday, and the outside temperature was so good that I even fired it up one last time this year. I also installed a heat shield that I've bought for the ABS/DSC unit. 1/

Last weekend I got to see the E31 M8 in real life. This 1992 prototype was hidden away by BMW for years after the M8 project was scrapped, but some years ago it was brought back out. It has the V12 S70/1 engine, making 650HP at 7500 rpm and capable of over 300 km/h. No compromises were made, so 1/

Cars is my big hobby, and this is my E39 535i. I've had 5 E39s, and owned this car for 7 years. I've done a few modifications, while also trying to keep it OEM looking. I like to call the upgrades OEM+, as in using BMW parts and accessories. #BMWE39 #E39 #535i