Category Archives: In English

At Home by Bill Bryson

Posted on August 22, 2010 by lukas

I was browsing the bookshop in Heathrow, Terminal 3 (almost the only thing worth doing on Heathrow – what you might rightly think is the most horrific airport in the world until you have been to O’Hare) when that feeling … Continue reading →

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Iorich by Steven Brust

Posted on August 13, 2010 by lukas

What is it in the way Steven Brust writes that make it such a thrill for me to read his books? I have tried to figure this out. My best theory to date (as I have said before) is that … Continue reading →

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Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Posted on July 29, 2010 by lukas

I have wanted to read Walden for a long time but I don’t know really why. Probably a result of literature classes in high school, or maybe it was from philosophy. Lately it has been calling out to me more … Continue reading →

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Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne

Posted on July 22, 2010 by lukas

If you thought that a book about bicycling would by default deal with the specifics of riding a bike, or perhaps the mechanical aspects, you should read David Byrne‘s Bicycle Diaries. Indeed Byrne uses his transportation as the seed from … Continue reading →

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Marshall McLuhan by Douglas Coupland

Posted on June 13, 2010 by lukas

Back in 1995-1996, during my first year as a student at Uppsala University, while over at a friend’s place doing calculus assignments conversation strayed away from the integrals to an ad in a newspapers beside us on the table. It … Continue reading →

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Bike build

Posted on June 1, 2010 by lukas

I spent some of my spare time during the spring at the UBC bike kitchen, building a bike from parts. I realized that the bicycle has been my primary vehicle for the last 15 years or so, but that I … Continue reading →

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Computer Game – Digital: A love story

Posted on May 11, 2010 by lukas

I have fond memories of playing computer games on the Amiga 500.  Trying to learn programming all by myself. Nowadays, programming is something  I do daily, but it does not have the same appeal. Gaming I don’t do as often … Continue reading →

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Useful Software: Todoist

Posted on March 12, 2010 by lukas

I have to confess that I am not a typical todo-list person. I wish I was, but as with much else I lack the discipline… even to make todo-lists. I do try however, and I found that a digital version … Continue reading →

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Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine

Posted on February 11, 2010 by lukas

I read Last Chance to See almost 20 years ago. In Swedish. The translation had just arrived to the small library next to my school. As someone who just had gotten his first bite of the Hitchhiker’s, I saw the … Continue reading →

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Useful software: Mendeley

Posted on February 5, 2010 by lukas

First out on my text on useful software then is Mendeley. This is a rather handy application to help organize and manage academic articles and manuscripts. The developers behind Mendeley describes it as itunes for research papers… though I never … Continue reading →

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