So I've spent the last two and a half weeks as an advance voting official babysitting a ballot box, informing people about the intricate dealings and functions of the Swedish voting system*, and of course receiving the ballots (I still wonder if Sweden is the one single country in the world where the actual voter isn't allowed to personally put the ( Read more... )

Just change "Norwegian" and "Oslo" to "Swedish" and "Stockholm" and you've in these few lines got one of the best analyses of politics around here I think I've seen in quite a while. Of course I'd never find such a text in a Swedish commentary.

"Denn auch sie ist schon seit gefühlten Ewigkeiten im Parlament dabei. Solberg sei eine typisch ( Read more... )

Since taking online tests like this was a common theme of the good old Internet days. Except this one isn't for fun, but actually done in all seriousness as part of an job application. The first time I've been asked to do that. I knew my old habit of wasting time on those online tests would come in handy some day! (Actually, I didn't...)

( This is me )

So another year almost passed by. And if I am to be honest with myself I can't really describe it as anything else than another meh year, with its main contents being the boring rut of neverending search for a job, watching the changing currents of the net churn away on the little popularity my web projects once had (people ought to leave their ( Read more... )

Apparently, I only get job interviews for job positions that are perfect for me in regards of my education. That is of course very logical. Also, apparently my written presentation and CV are awesome (in an application quality aspect, that is) and my interview appearance is great and inspiring. (At least that's what they say, and however weird it ( Read more... )

Being bored again, there was this ad brochure in the mail yesterday about our - apparently awesome - neighbouring country to the south. So now I on a whim decided to do a quick and dirty translation of the interesting parts of it just for spreading the fun.

( Only of interest for the two Poles around, I'd say. And 'interest' may be too much to say in any case. )

Courtesy of my sister, I somehow ended up spending the Saturday in Stockholm watching Inca gold and musical theater. I admit I had my doubts about the idea to go to the capital in January, but it turned out quite good. I got a free day out, and my sister got someone to entertain her son while she and her daughter got shopping time. Less suffering ( Read more... )

Since dzioo for some unfathomable reason wanted to see my family's Christmas gingerbread constructions efforts. (A.k.a. niece and nephew came up with the ideas and then it was up to my mom and me to try to assist in the realization.)

( Christmas cookies time )

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition." - Steve Jobs
But what if my heart says one thing and my intuition another? Which one should I follow then?

( And being random as usual, with no connection to that thought my Apple non-story follows here )

It's ten years on the day today and media is totally steeped in their self-obsession with it. Personally, I must shamefully admit that my main feeling is mostly a "it's been ten years already?" Time goes WAY too fast ( Read more... )