The Baltics by train
The Baltics by train: A slow family journey across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Three cities, three countries, and one gentle-paced summer journey by train and foot. The Baltics by train follows our family of four from Tallinn to Vilnius to Riga, exploring local rhythms, encounters with strangers, vegan meals, and rainy morning runs. The interactive story unfolds across a map—each tag offering a small piece of lived experience stitched together through transit, texture, and mood.
Building a Civic-Scale Threat Monitoring Tool — With No-Code + AI + Coffee
What started as a simple thought — "How do I assess the actual threat level in these current geopolitically unstable times?" — quickly evolved into a deeply practical project: a lightweight threat assessment tool that mixes geopolitics, civic awareness, and a bit of creative automation. It's almost entirely built with free tools (except for ChatGPT Plus, which I used to support the co-coding and planning stages), minimal code, and a real sense of urgency.
GenAI and the Degradation of Human Virtues?
What does generative AI reflect back at us—and what might it be hollowing out? This longform essay weaves personal experience, theory, and ethical reflection to explore AI literacy, human virtue, and the role of moral imagination. Concludes with the Human–AI Covenant.
Santa Fe
Perheemme, joka koostuu kahdesta aikuisesta ja kahdesta teinistä, lähti Helsingistä autolla Rukalle viettämään uuttavuotta. Matkaa kertyy reilu 800 kilometriä halki Suomen lumisten maisemien. Reissumme tarjosi täydellisen tilaisuuden ottaa kaiken irti Hyundai Santa Fe 2025 Plug-In Hybrid Calligraphy -mallista vaativissa olosuhteissa. Kuinka tämä huippumoderni ja ylellinen auto kaikkine herkkuineen selvisi talven haasteista, mukaan lukien –27°C pakkaset? Seuraavassa kokemuksemme Santa Fen kanssa talvikeleissä.
Saarten10
On August 3, 2024 vegaanijuoksijat ry (vegan runners club) organised their annual running happening Saarten10, now for the second time on the island called Vartiosaari in the Eastern part of the Helsinki archipelago. Enjoy some views of the event - the images are in random order.
Midjourney –cref
--cref, anyone? well, this is not the name of a new programming language, instead it is a new parameter to be used in Midjourney, the generative AI text to image (T2I) tool. Read to learn about this new holy grail of consistent character creation tool.
Disturbed
Disturbed, the photographs are from Ruisrock 2009 in Turku, Finland. The venue was in Ruissalo.
Aleksandria
View 24 photographs that made it to the final round before choosing the 18 that are now as acoustic panels on the walls of the Learning Centre Aleksandria, University of Helsinki.
virtual tour home tour
Need some interior and exterior photographs of your home, house, estate for a virtual tour? Look no further. Here is a virtual tour of an apartment I created for a client.
Immortal
Immortal, the photos are from two different gigs: Tuska Festival 2007 and Tuska Festival 2009 in Helsinki, Finland. The venue was Kaisaniemi Park.
Saarten10 – 2023
On August 5, 2023 vegaanijuoksijat ry (vegan runners club) organised their annual running happening Saarten10, this year on the island called Vartiosaari in the Eastern part of the Helsinki archipelago. Below are some photos from the run, a video will follow later.
AI – combining Midjourney and GPT4
Have you heard of Code Interpreter a functionality in GPT-4? For instance it lets you upload files to OpenAI's ChatGPT and do ground-breaking things with the file or its data. A next step in how to utilise GPT-4, the paid version of ChatGPT. Let me show you.
Greek tragedy going multimodal
An oracle’s whisper sets desire loose. Two friends ensnared grapple against themselves to grasp it, finding truth where always was in a tale bridging the Greek and Now.
Aurinkolahti 4K
First days of what could be described as summer feelings in Vuosaari, Helsinki. A few views around the already iconic beach called Aurinkolahti, 2023.
Atlas and Hyperion
The highrises of Delfiinikortteli in Vuosaari under construction in a gloomy and eerie mood.
Suomenlinna
We were back on Suomenlinna. What interesting place to stay over night! These two photographs are just teasers.
Views from a morning run in Rome
Check out some views of sunny Rome from one of my morning runs. I set out from Piazza Trilussa in the Trastevere neighbourhood, running along the banks of the Tevere, passing the Circo Massimo, and circling around the Colosseum. I made a pit stop at the Giardina degli Aranci on Aventinus hill to take in the magnificent views before returning to my starting point. All in all, it was a fantastic run, made even better by the extraordinary nice weather for late December.
rakenteilla
Siltasaari elokuussa 2022. Ilmakuvia kauppahallin alueelta ja rakenteilla olevasta Kruunusillat-raitiotiestä.
Perseids 12.8.2021
Perseids 12.8.2021. Viime yönä paikallista aikaa oli erinomainen mahdollisuus nähdä tähdenlentoja, sillä on Perseidin tähdenlentoparven aika. Kuvasin alla olevan kaksiosaisen pätkän GoPro 9:llä NightLapse tilalla parvekkeeltamme.
Näkymiä
Joitakin otoksia kävelylenkiltä Vuosaaren huipun alueella ja sieltä avautuvista näkymistä, 8.8.2021.
Polkujuoksu Mustavuori 10k
Tällä sivulla voit tutustua polkujuoksulenkkiin (10km) Vuosaaren Mustavuoressa.
Kiilopää 2021
Kiilopää on Suomen Lapissa sijaitseva tunturi, mutta myös Suomen ladun ja polun omistama palvelukeskus, johon kuuluu mm. päärakennus ravintoloineen ja erilaisia majoitusvaihtoehtoja - aivan tunturin juurella.
Protected: Tucson
Näkemyksiä Tucson 1.6 T-GDi, Plug-in Hybrid 4WD:stä viikonlopun ajan testin perusteella.
Etelä-Vuosaaren yllä
Näkymiä Etelä-Vuosaaresta, mm. Port of Helsinki, Uutelan kanava, Aurinkolahti, tulevaa Delfiinikorttelia, Columbus, Cirrus ja Kallahdeniemi - 24.5.2021.
Finnish tango
In 2005 I was the local guide to a Swiss documentary team who were spending a week in Finland in order to cover the phenomenon called Finnish tango! Among other places we visited the annual Tangofestival which I went back to quite a few times. Here is the first of my upcoming series on Finnish tango.
itämerellä
Offshore, a few glimpses from my walk on the Baltic Sea, which in early 2021 froze, just off Vuosaari, Helsinki.
i20 – mukiin menevä menopeli
"Ihan kiva auto"
lasten suusta sen kuulee.
En omista autoa, joten kuvaukseni ja mahdolliset oivallukseni saattavat vaikuttaa nykyajan autoilijasta oudoilta, jopa itsestään selviltä. Muistan, että koin samaa kun viimeksi koeajoin autoa ja kirjoitin autoilukokemuksestani, silloin ajoin sähköautolla Helsingistä Lappiin ja takaisin...
Vuosaari landfill
Views from running up and down Vuosaari landfill on a snow less Sunday while Helsinki braces itself for storm Dennis.
sunrise at Uutela
The following takes are from this morning, January 2 2020, taken in Uutela, Vuosaari situated in east Helsinki.
Retkipäivä – guided walking tour in Meri-Rastila
The guided walking tour in the woods of Meri-Rastila was a part of the Retkipäivä happening which took place on the Rastila camping ground. September 1st, 2019.
Sinne ja takaisin – sähköautollakin pääsee
Matkasuunnitelmani piti ja itse matka Lapin Juoksenkiin onnistui kaikin puolin. Sähköauto edustaa nykyaikaa ja Konalla ajaminen oli minulle kuin kurkistus tulevaisuuteen. Lue lisää Swim the Arctic Circle -kisastani ja miten sähköauto rullaa Suomen teillä.
Kokemuksia ja matkasuunnitelma – Kona electric
1700 kilometriä sähköautolla 60 tunnissa. Siinä lopputulos, jos kaikki menee suunnitelmani mukaan. Lähtökohta on seuraava. Osallistun uintikisaan Juoksengissa, jonne on matkaa kotoani Helsingistä reilu 840 km. Auto on Hyundain Kona EV, jonka olen saanut Hyundailta käyttööni reissua varten. Kirjoittaja on Sasa Tkalcan, keski-ikää lähestyvä kestävyysurheilija.
Kalasatama back again
From time to time I revisit the area of Kalasatama, Helsinki which is undergoing heavy reshaping and rebuilding, taken on June 16, 2019.
Kontula electronic 2019
Kontula electronic 2019, Helsinki. The festival kicked off with a gig in the metro from Tapiola to Kontula on Friday May 17. Here are a few select takes from Friday's metro trip and Kontula.
JA SITTEN UIMAAN
Kuinka päädyin vuoden urheilulliseen 2019 haasteeseeni ja alkava matkani sen toteuttamiseksi.
on a Monday
Helsinki from below 150 meters, this afternoon I visited midtown and Hakaniemi, Helsinki.
Kalasatama
Kalasatama the former harbour area now heavily re-built and turned into a liveable neighbourhood, Helsinki.
project Alps
First it was an idea or rather a simple joke which at some point - once you repeat it enough times - becomes something you cannot back off anymore.
Everything by my side
Everything by my side by Fernando Rubio in Helsinki hosted by Helsinki Festival.
beetroot brownies
This recipe is a variation. Inspiration is taken from the vegan cookbook Vegaanin keittiössä by @chocochilinet.
Wedding in May
When you are alone for days or weeks at a time, you eventually become drawn to people. Talking to randos is the norm. I’ll never forget the conversation with the aquarium fisherman, forest ranger, and women at the Thai market. It’s refreshing to compare notes on life with people from vastly different backgrounds.