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Daily: 1008 – train station
Two new stations were built this summer for the commuter train system, one at Stockholm City and one at Odenplan. The one at Odenplan replaces Karlberg which is the station I used to commute to, so I...
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Daily: 1118 – gifts under tree
Trying to fit all the gifts under the tree. (Which is already shedding needles like crazy.)
View Article2017 in review
Life changes: Changed jobs. Left ReQtest, which had changed beyond recognition during the past year, and joined tretton37 as a consultant. Started playing Pokemon Go. Which is definitely not in the...
View ArticleVårtakjämning
The day has come (and passed) when the sun actually reaches our kitchen window over the neighbours’ house in the afternoon. It still went behind the roof last weekend but above it today so the turning...
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Daily: 1159 – truffle
I am a sweet snob. I find most candy – and biscuits and cakes – not worth eating. Good quality dark chocolate is one notable exception – in the shape of both bars and truffles/pralines (the Belgian...
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Daily: 1190 – snowdrops
Our garden is still covered by a good 15 cm of snow with no signs of spring, but the first snowdrops are out at Spånga Torg. It’s fascinating that they can feel spring in the earth, despite the snow...
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From awareness to panic but little action
This day ten years ago I noted that people were starting to pay attention to global warming. Ten years later we’ve gone from attention to climate anxiety. Tens of thousands of fruit bats dropped dead...
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Daily: 1788 – Christmas party
The company Christmas party this year took place at Såstaholm. It’s a place with a story, and the theatre theme ran strong through the entire interior. There were posters, photos, rooms named after...
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Daily: 1827 – embroidery
I’ve started on the embroidery on my skirt-to-be and it is coming along nicely.
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Daily: 1839 – humble brushes
At some point, a box of Humble toothbrushes somehow turned up in the house. I’m sure I didn’t buy them. But here they are, so I thought I’d try them. After decades of smooth plastic toothbrushes in my...
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Daily: 1937 – drawing
Adrian is discovering the wonderful world of image editing. He knows that photos can be “photoshopped” and has seen enough examples online. Today he discovered how that actually works. One of the...
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Daily: 2005 – rainbow
My brother spent the day with us. We don’t visit each other often – he doesn’t travel much and doesn’t like entertaining people at his home, so I usually see him at the usual holidays. We missed him...
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Chaotic egg storage
(Source: XKCD.) The strategy here labelled “chaotic neutral” is exactly what a half-full egg carton looks like, if I’m the one to make it half full. In my mind this is clearly the best layout: the...
View ArticleDaily: 2572 – a day in the office
I spent the whole day at the Urb-it office, much of it in meetings or informal chats. It was all useful and enjoyable and interesting, but by the end of the day I was completely done in. I’m not used...
View Article2022 in review
January was still very much about covid, but life started getting back to normal in February. We were even able to go on a ski trip in Branäs (Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4.) In March, when the pandemic...
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Daily: 2931 – pink
We don’t pay much attention to Valentine’s day, but Ingrid bought a bouquet of pink and red roses, and I made pink pancakes.
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Daily: 3128 – chocolate
Two expensive, high-end bars of dark milk chocolate. Very different on the outside – and very different on the inside. Friis Holm Tobago dark milk is (still) creamy and smooth, with its sweetness and...
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Daily: 3156 – the grays are taking over
Getting out of the supermarket today, it struck me how gray the parking lot was. There was a single car that was not white/gray/black, out of twenty-odd cars in total. Even red cars are gone. A few...
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Daily: 3264 – locker
My locker, at work. On the outside: two magnets to identify the locker as mine. One with a fun photo taken when I joined tretton37; one a quick chain-stitched embroidered patch. On the inside:...
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