Gizmodo: Norway

A Lamp Named Moo, the Song Johnny Cash Should Have Sung

AddyDugdale — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:50:00 EDT

There are a few reasons why I find myself strangely attracted to Moo. It's made by a Norwegian company called Northern Exposure. You can mount on both inside and outside walls. It reminds me of my brother, whose nickname is Moose. Light-up antlers, baby (although the designers could have put a bit more light at the tips, really). It's just a lot less messy than going hunting in the snow. [Dezeen]

Weird Combo of the Day: Free iPod Nano With Twelve-Pack of Caulk

Jason Chen — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:50:00 EDT

Oh, caulk! Is there anything you can't do? Not only do you allow us to plug up holes by squirting your oozing, white fluid-like substance all over the place, but you come in a long and pleasing missile shape. And if you get too difficult to clean up after using, all we have to do is cut off a bit of the tip! How convenient. And now you even come with a free iPod nano if we buy 12 of you? C'mon! How can we not love caulk? [Found in Egersund Norway thanks to Erlend]

Norwegian Ski Hotel Placed Right On The Slopes

Adrian Covert — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:45:08 EST

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.io9 found this great concept by Danish design architects BIG which places a hotel against the side of a mountain with the idea that hotel patrons can finish off a ski or snowboard run by riding directly to their floor. The hotel looks absolutely epic, and I like the way the wavy lines of the hotel match the tracks left on snow by skis and snowboards. [BIG via io9]

Bicycle Lift: A Video

Jason Chen — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:30:37 EDT

In case that gallery we posted yesterday about the bicycle lift in Trondheim Norway wasn't enough to give you the idea, here's a video of it. The lift actually moves a lot faster than we thought it would, carrying passengers up this pretty damn steep hill since 1993. So the lift's more out of necessity than out of laziness.

Seriously, we'd love to see these installed in cities over here. – Jason Chen

Thanks Per!

iTunes Declared Illegal in Norway

www.gizmodo.com — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:17:23 EST

After filing an initial complaint back in June 2006, the Norwegian Consumer Council has deemed Fairplay (iTunes DRM) illegal in Norway with the possibility of France and Germany following suit. Evidently the Norse people aren't too happy about the fact that Apple's DRM technology restricts files downloaded from the iTunes store from being played only on iPod and not other music players. They feel consumers who have lawfully obtained these files are being negatively affected by these anti-piracy measures. Juicy, riveting legal details in the link below. –Dana Bushman

Norway declares iTunes Illegal [BuzzBums]