swedish to me: Archive

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Aug 12th

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Spring in Hamburg →

May 5th

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Realm of Is

Dec 31st

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“Long underwear. Every day.”

Dec 31st

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How to Christmas

Choose one or more of the following styles and install in several or all windows of domicile, office, etc. a.b.c.d. e.f.g.h. You may install one or more of the following, as an alternative. (See above note regarding placement and quantity.) i.j.k. Lights will be lit during all waking hours, including sunrise to sunset (1000-1500). Participation is mandatory. Non-participation may result in...

Dec 26th

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Dec 24th

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 22nd

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Last week with Ulf, near Sälen, about halfway ¨up¨ Sweden, and 25 kilometers from the Norwegian border, I finally experienced real Scandinavian snow (and put the Sorels and skis to good use). It was spectacular.

Dec 22nd

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Dec 13th

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That's noble

One of my great pleasures of the last couple months (besides saying, “President-elect Obama,” over and over) has been watching Paul Krugman call out George Bush and George Will on their bullshit with — oooh! — true facts, all the while teaching us something about how economies really operate. You mean, free market forces aren’t the holy writ!?! Another great...

Dec 8th

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Dec 8th

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Real Conceptual Couture →

On my design blog, I report on the punk princess dresses of Copenhagen-based designer, Anne Damgaard, winner of the Nordic Award in Textiles for 2008…

Dec 5th

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Local delicacy

Sweden is generally rather clean and fresh in character and smell. Pine-scented forests, crisp Baltic and Nordic sea breezes, and the cosy-spicy aroma of baking pepparkakor (ginger cookies), are just a few typically Swedish things. Yet, two of Sweden’s oddest national dishes have a horrible stench: surströmming (literally, rotten fermented herring) and Gothenburg metal (a.k.a. Melodic...

Dec 4th

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Dec 2nd

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Dec 1st

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Sexy Scandal-navia →

An article in yesterday’s New York Times asks, what’s so sexy about Scandinavians?

Nov 27th

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Nov 27th

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Something to be thankful for… anti-folk...

Nov 27th

Ay ay ay!

julie911: President Elect Obama gives his 3rd news conference in 3 days to reassure nervous consumers and financial markets that “help is on the way” for the economy, while the actual President, pardons a turkey.

Nov 27th

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Nov 23rd

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Nov 23rd

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Nov 19th

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Nov 16th

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Nov 13th

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Nov 12th

Nov 10th

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Nov 10th

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Here’s the awesome djurpark in Göteborg’s Slottsskogen, where I got to rub shoulders with a certain very cool mountain sheep. It seems like every city park in Sweden has its own spacious djurpark — a sort of petting zoo featuring domestic and “heirloom-domestic” species (as opposed to exotic species) in an environment that approximates a cozy Dolittle ranch on the...

Nov 10th

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10 of Obama's campaign promises that concern the...

Reduce the US’s carbon emissions 80% by 2050 and play a strong positive role in negotiating a binding global treaty to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol. Withdraw all combat troops from Iraq within 16 months and keep no permanent bases in the country. Establish a clear goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons across the globe Close the Guantanamo Bay detention center Double US aid to...

Nov 6th

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Happy Birthday from Sweden!

In today’s mail I received a kind offer from the Swedish government for a gynecologic exam on my birthday! Actually, it wasn’t an offer per se, but a notice to be there (for my surprise?) at 8:00 a.m. on November 17th. I never told Sweden that I’d like to be probed with a vaginal speculum for my birthday. How did Sweden ever guess?! It was just my second piece of official...

Nov 5th

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Nov 5th

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“Yesterday’s election was a civil rights, human rights, and environmental...”

– me

Nov 5th

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Nov 5th

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Nov 3rd

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Nov 3rd

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Oct 29th

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Oct 28th

'Time to toss out' Swedish for Immigrants →

Front page headline in The Local on the day I signed up for Swedish for Immigrants (Svenska för Invandrare - SFI).

Oct 28th

3D Printing and the Factory of the Future →

From my design blog, featuring more ridiculous cool Finnish design, etc.

Oct 26th

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A fascinating TED lecture by Sweden’s Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, on how good design will liberate data, so that data can run free and save lives… he says it much better than I’m doing. Just watch it. It’s awesome.

Oct 21st

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