LinCon 2025 is May 29 to June 1 in Linköping, Sweden. This year I offer three events: Death of Rapacus, The City and Gotlandia. Registration is open.
Category: Sweden
To live in Sweden
Going to the office
I’ve started a new job. While I have the option of hybrid work, I am working full time from the office, five days per week. Going to the office is fantastic for onboarding. Onboarding is stressful Onboarding is stressful. You have so many assumptions about how things are and what you will be doing for … Continue reading Going to the office
House on the Hill
The abandoned house on the hill is a popular horror trope. Intrepid investigators of the supernatural enters the house on a moonless night. Do they find what they are looking for? Will they live to tell the tale? House on the Hill. I found an abandoned house on a hill this week. I didn’t enter. … Continue reading House on the Hill
Four books that broadened my horizon recently
Reading books on paper is a great way to get away from bite size snippets of the internet age. Information moves so fast on social media and news aggregators that you rarely get enough context to understand the background and get wiser on why something happened. And it’s only getting worse. We are caught in … Continue reading Four books that broadened my horizon recently
It is all about money
The Economic Museum of Stockholm opened in June 2024. Sponsored by Swedish bank Swedbank, it tells the story of money. Before known as The Royal Collection of Coins, the museum took a name change and moved premises after a major scandal a decade ago. It is now in the same building as the Historical Museum … Continue reading It is all about money
A new hobby (story time)
I have a new hobby. I collect stories. Stories that the American people tell amongst themselves, about their leaders, about their regime. I don’t have that many yet, but I do have one. Not the Nine O'Clock News Someone made the mistake to post a review of Tesla model last week. It hit a zillion … Continue reading A new hobby (story time)
Malmö and back again
I grabbed a chance opportunity for a quick visit to Malmö. A friend is moving south and I offered to make him company on the long drive from Stockholm. I suggested a stop at the Rök runestone between Linköping and Jönköping. A short detour from E4, the free standing stone features the longest known runic … Continue reading Malmö and back again
New Year at the End of the World
We spent the week over New Year in Trosa south of Stockholm. Trosa is a scenic small town in the southern end of the Stockholm Archipelago, located where a river runs into the Baltic Sea. Because the town lies at the end of a long road and you have to drive back the same way … Continue reading New Year at the End of the World
Gotlandia: How to make money II
Gotlandia is my boardgame under development about sheep, pirates, and overly embellished churches. Players trade resources for silver in Visby, so the game needs a decent amount of tokens to represent silver coins. So far I have made do with coins printed and glued on cardboard then cut with scissors. Cutting circles in heavy cardboard … Continue reading Gotlandia: How to make money II
I blog therefore I am
Two recent events triggered me to reflect on how I use social media. In this post I recap my history of social media use, present my current choice, and conclude with why social media are here to stay and why they are so hard to get right.