Author: Bo Stahlbrandt

Modern C++ books

In my never ending quest of total meters of bookshelves expanded, I have ordered two, relatively recently published books on C++, namely Embracing Modern C++ Safely By John Lakos, Vittorio Romeo, Rostislav Khlebnikov and Alisdair Meredith (Dec 2021), Addison Wesley…

Retro-Cottage in Lower Tatras

Our charming retro-cottage in the beautiful Slovak mountains, built back in 1947 by a relative coming back from Canada to Slovakia, is available to rent for weekends and longer stays. We have been working on and off on “Dvor Hrivko”…

Velvia film

Image: An apple tree. November 1999. Nikon F5 and Nikkor AF 80-200mm/2,8D hand held at close to 200mm. Fujichrome Velvia Velvia is a great film. I’ve just recently started to use it, though I am already quite impressed. You don’t…

Unternehmen Moewe

Image: Agent “Vera” and her two male companions training a landing September 1940 outside of the Norwegian coast using a Heinkel He 115 and a rubber dinghy. Picture allegedly taken by one of the instructors. It is not directly related…

He-115 information

Image: HE 115 from the Finish Airforce. From Viimeinen partio Kannaksella, written by Esa Anttala. See also wikipedia’s entry on the HE 115 He 115 seaplane was a robust, multi-purpose seaplane. It was a two motor, three-seated middle winged metal…

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