Mika Saastamoinen
mikashki.bsky.social
Mika Saastamoinen
@mikashki.bsky.social
IT pro, interests XR, gadgets, science, new tech, AI, foresight, innovation. Helsinki, Finland. Elsewhere mstdn miksi@techhub.social & @akindofmika on X
'Tis the #Blueberry Season for free picking. The forest gnome approves. 😉 Although the current heat wave in Finland makes this a hot and sweaty activity right now... 🥵
July 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Yes, these are the droids we are looking for. 😁 Last summer we got a cheap second-hand mowerbot and in mid-May we left it working at the summer cabin, and now that we went there for the 1st time since May, we find the lawn nearly like a golf green, instead of the overgrown jungle it's usually been
June 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It's back! With a slight change of wording... #oopsie
🙄
April 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
ChatGPT's new image generator capability is damn good from what I've tried myself and seen posts from others.

Here's me and the kids on a ski lift in February, in Minecraft, Fortnite, Halo and Ghibli anime styles.😅 All from the same original photo, with simple text prompts.
March 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Visited the Helsinki Auto Show today. Lots of interesting new electric vehicles on display. The only ICE vehicle we looked at was a small RV and even that was a plugin hybrid. 🤓 But there's just no way we'll go back to ICE cars anymore (we've had an EV for 3 years)
March 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Saturday 3d-printing exercise, an adapter for a larger roll of toilet paper... 😅 Sometimes a 3d-printer at home is quite handy.
March 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Price of electricity in Finland today, by the hour, if you have commodity exchange priced electricity contract. Additional transfer fees and taxes apply, but the energy cost is practically zero. 👀 This even when a major nuclear plant is offline for maintenance.
March 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Oh nice, OpenAI #Sora just dropped in EU too. A lone astronaut on Mars looks pretty ok, took a few prompts and remixes to get it more or less what I wanted. Probably need to practice more with it...
February 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The perfect winter sports day today, brilliant sunshine, cloudless blue sky, pure white fresh snows, and cross-country skiing through it all. Glorious 🤩 Colors of 🇫🇮
February 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Looking in the opposite direction I spy Orion hiding behind a cloud 🤩
February 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Big Dipper and the northern lights in the dark night sky, taken on a frozen lake. Mobile phone photo, but not too bad.
February 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yeah, I feel for you, the Space Vizzion concept was my dream EV as well, but now in its id.7 form it's somewhat too expensive and not as exciting as the concept. Other EV wagons (yes, we have several, but) are either too small or even more expensive. 😋 Now driving an SUV which looks kinda wagon-ish:
January 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This hasn't gotten old yet. 👀Nice catch of the Superheavy booster at the launch tower successfully for the second time, just a few minutes after it launched from the same tower. Wow. Too bad the Starship vehicle blew up this time, new version still has some things to iron out.
January 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Wow, the moon, almost full 🌕, is bright tonight on this cold cloudless night.
January 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#3dprinted table lamp, #UFO style using blue and transparent PLA, in five parts. fun for the weekend... 🤓
January 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Shopping with the doggo. 😅

(The supermarket has a couple of shopping carts specifically reserved and equipped for pet transport. Much better than leaving the dog outside on a leash...)
December 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Cool idea. Someone has created a xmas advent calendar with numbered lights in the windows of a building.
December 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Anyone in #Helsinki for the #Slush2024 startup event today and tomorrow? You're in luck, you're getting the authentic slush experience this time. 😅 10cm/4in of fresh snow and raining all night, the perfect recipe for the excuisite slush experience.
November 20, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Blue moment before sunrise this morning, while walking the doggo
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM