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
Tag: Sweden
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
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Three books about being Swedish
In this post I talk about three books that made my world larger in the last six months. They each give an account of what it means to be Swedish.
Review: Outside the Box
In which I review of the book Outside the Box by Magnus Seter, about how Swedish publishers became major players in the niche market of tabletop roleplaying games.
Churches of Gotland
What if you could pick up a card game on the ferry to Gotland, learn and play it in fifteen minutes, and have so much fun that you decided to go back and buy a second copy?
Baltic Days at the National Maritime Museum
The weekend of September 28-29th Sweden celebrated Baltic Days. We attended at the National Maritime Museum in Stockholm Sunday. Which for some reason I had not visited yet. Baltic Days is an annual event for the Swedish-Baltic culture that developed not least after tens of thousands of Balts fled to Sweden at the end of … Continue reading Baltic Days at the National Maritime Museum
Church of Saint Botvid
The 12th century Church of Saint Botvid lies prominently next to the freeway leading southwest from Stockholm. It’s the oldest church in the region and has been under restoration for quite some time. Work has now finished on the outside while still ongoing inside. One sunny morning after dropping kids off to school I stopped … Continue reading Church of Saint Botvid
PNG is not GIF
Restrictions spur creativity. Perception shapes reality. Or why you don't want to get on the wrong side of your users. In the early days of the internet, GIF was the prevailing file format for website graphics. While JPEG is great for compressing photos, GIF (Graphical Image File) is a lossless encoding that works great when … Continue reading PNG is not GIF
Gripsholm, Mariefred and Taxinge
A little hour west of Stockholm lies the small-town Mariefred with the royal palace and museum Gripsholm Castle. Built by Gustav Vasa to fortify his power, later kings favoured Gripsholm as well, not least Gustav III who added a theatre to entertain himself and his court. Today the scenic castle is a popular destination both … Continue reading Gripsholm, Mariefred and Taxinge