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CVG09
Since it's getting to be that time: Happy CONvergence to all of you who will be attending! (I'll try not to spend too much of my weekend jealously wishing I could be there...) -
Sending folks elsewhere again...
So, yeah, I've been quiet here lately, as seems to be usual. Largely because, about a month ago, I set up three new blogs at ( Read more... ) -
Stockholm Syndrome (Daily Show version)
For those who haven't seen it, the Daily Show has recently run a two-part documentary on the horrors that have plagued my life for the last four months ( Read more... ) -
MarsCon!
So it appears to be that time of year again... To all who are attending, have a great time, and then have a little extra fun for me, since I can't be there to have it myself ( Read more... ) -
They're not throwing me back!
Today is the day that my original Swedish residence permit expires ( Read more... ) -
Not that it's surprising, but...
"On the eve of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, a new Gallup Poll shows that only 39% of Americans say they "believe in the theory of evolution," while a quarter say they do not believe in the theory, and another 36% don't have an opinion either way.Read more... ) -
No lines, plenty of waiting
I have been remiss in posting here to keep you all updated on life in Sweden. Can I blame it on having just started another blog? The other one is for my company, so it's focused on business and software development rather than more personal topics, but you can check it out at http://nomadnetinc.com/blog/ if you think such things might interest ( Read more... ) -
The Obama Inauguration...
...at nearly 1500 megapixels (or 59,783 X 24,658 resolution, for those of us who are more traditionally-minded). Very cool. Kinda like all those movies where they start out with a photo of Manhattan and zoom in, then "enhance" it until you can spot the wart on the bad guy's nose, except it's real.
How I Made a 1,474-Megapixel Photo During ( Read more... ) -
Numero ergo sum
I've been telling people that I expected to get my personnummer sometime this week and, just as I was starting to thing I'd probably been wrong, it arrived in today's mail. So I now exist in the eyes of the Swedish government ( Read more... ) -
Mistaken identities
While I was in the Twin Cities, I was semi-active in a couple of the meetup groups from meetup.com. When I moved, they were among the sites that I updated my location with (primarily so that they would stop sending me notices about new groups forming in Minneapolis). So, inevitably, I was notified of a "Lund Expat Meetup Group" which was having ( Read more... )