In the first in an occasional series of ‘linked links’ and by way of tribute to Merlin Mann’s 5ives here are some great stories from the English version of Aftenposten, Norway’s ‘leading quality daily’ that I’ve bookmarked at del.icio.us* recently.
(I’m half-Norwegian, so I enjoy keeping up-to-date with what’s happening in the ‘motherland’, but it’s a great feed nevertheless.)
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Giant boulder closes highway
- A boulder weighing roughly 50 tons has shut down highway 715, one of the traffic arteries to Trondheim.
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Aker river runs white
- A mishap involving the delivery of paint in downtown Oslo on Friday left the River Aker colored an eerie shade of white. (Picture)
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Tarantula no toy
- An escaped tarantula wandered around a shopping center for at least two weeks before shocked employees finally reacted.
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One shot, two moose
- A hunter in Troms in northern Norway could not believe his eyes when he saw the result of a single shot.
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Carnivorous lizard in toilet
- A three-year-old boy got the fright of his life on a trip to the toilet. (Picture)
More 
del.icio.us bookmarks.
(*apart from the impossible url, the other problem with del.icio.us is that you can’t use the name as a verb, in the same way that you can google, skype or digg something or someone: surely a prerequisite for any ‘Web 2.0′ service)
Let’s make it six: here’s a story about a Norwegian restaurant that’s decided to serve crow, which – apparently – “is incredibly good. It tastes like chicken with a hint of game. And it is safe to eat“. And in other news, over in neighbouring Sweden a couple of drunken moose have been causing havoc at a retirement home. This seems to be an ongoing problem with the wildlife in Sweden: earlier a suspected bird flu-infected seagull was found to be drunk.