I have read Metro 2034, the follow-up to Metro 2033. One character from the first book is one of the main ones in this. The main protagonist in Metro 2033 does not appear in 2034, unless the shortly mentioned person with the same name, actually is the same character. This book is not as surprising …
The other day I made Swedish Yule bread ("vörtbröd"). I call it Yule bread since in Swedish we say "Jul" for the holiday. Even Christians call it "Jul". There is no literally corresponding Swedish term to "Christmas". The term, if not the tradition, is readily usable by all: atheists and non-atheists of all colours. Except …
Every year (at this very date) there are the Nobel Prize festivities. The ceremony, and the feast later in evening, are rather illustrious. The prize is handed over by the King of Sweden. That reminds me of the old joke: "will you please step forward and recieve the hands of His Majesty the King". The …
Har du bara råkat höra något om Bradley Manning på sistone? Gratulerar! Han var nyligen i en domstol, där han beskrev hur han blivit behandlad. Det har ju talats länge om tortyr, eller tortyrliknande förhållanden, för honom. Nu har vi fått svart på vitt. Hur mycket har det uppmärksammats i media? Inte mycket i USA, …
I always put away the garden furniture in autumn, but for some reason, or no reason, two of them were left outdoors this year. It has been snowing heavily since yesterday, and this evening, nature (together with my slacking) has created this (almost) stilleben: Could be used as a image of climate change…
I read another Russian sci-fi recommended to me by the younger generation. It’s been quite much reading of modern Russians for me lately, such as Nick Perumov. Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Metro 2033 is his first novel, originally published on the web for free (as in beer). I have read the official Swedish translation, …
If this is your first visit to my blog, you may want to read about my distro-hopping. Caution: This review is short as the drive I had installed it on was acutely needed for other stuff. So I used Deepin for only a few days on and off. "Review" is an exaggeration, the follow is …
When I was making dinner, by necessity, the Cajsa Warg principle had to be applied again. I really had only one thing to make a decent dinner from: frozen pieces of salmon. Yeah I know, a rather boring form of salmon, but good to have when living in the countryside, the shop is far away, …
One of the more famous creators in free culture is Nina Paley. In my humble opinion, she is brilliant. She recently published some new Mimi and Eunice cartoons. Here is one: <img src="http://mimiandeunice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ME_530_Sorry-640×199.png" alt=""Eunice says to Mimi: I am sorry you make me so passive-aggressive" /> Source. I thought that was mind-bogglingly hilarious. Then I …
Nota bene: Denna post hade först titlen "Perkele polis", men jag har 29 nov. ändrat den för den blev lite missvisande. Finsk polis stormar in och beslagtar nioårings laptop. Detta efter att hennes pappa vägrat betala 600 Euro till maffian, förlåt, insamlingsorganisationen ska de vara. Insamlingsorganisation ("collecting society") har ju klang av euphemism. Så man …
Ja, vad ska man säga om hela soppan runt Thomas Quick/Sture Bergwall? Jag har läst Hannes Råstams Fallet Thomas Quick – Att skapa en seriemördare. Det är svårt att tro att så många domar varit fel. Vad som gör det möjligt är att de handlar om samma person. Det är ju inte ens säkert att …
I just finished Piknik na obochine (1972) by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. I read the Swedish version Picknick vid vägkanten (transl. Kjell Rhenström). The English title is Roadside Picnic. My sci-fi reading has over the years been rather limited, so I hadn’t even heard of the brothers. The book is very good. It is truly …