travels, education, rants. If I have nothing to say, I won’t say it.

the show must go on

February 22nd, 2010 | Smithsonian, USA, studies & education, travel | 3 Comments »

The museum of natural history is an endless inspiration: I wish so hard I would have had the time to sit down and draw all those wonderful things.. Read the rest »


day at the museum

February 20th, 2010 | Smithsonian, USA, studies & education, travel | No Comments »

Plans changing, exciting days..

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Washington D.C. revisited

February 17th, 2010 | Smithsonian, USA, studies & education, travel | 1 Comment »

Again; arrived safe and sound. D.C. is still buried under big piles of snow, and it was a close call wether the plane would land at Dulles or not, but a bit of luck there. Read the rest »


Snippets from the US of A

February 5th, 2010 | USA, rants, travel | 2 Comments »

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“America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.”

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home: -15°C / 5°F

January 9th, 2010 | USA, travel | No Comments »

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Cold here. And a hellish journey from Göteborg airport. Read the rest »


in the city of Chicago …

January 5th, 2010 | USA, travel | No Comments »

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Cold, mad & fab Chicago! Read the rest »


Californaey – south, out, about, around and back up

January 2nd, 2010 | USA, travel | No Comments »

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Renting a car for a few days! Good to have own wheels – Read the rest »


Californaey, San Francisco

December 29th, 2009 | USA, travel | 1 Comment »

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Stuck in Santa Rosa – luggage not welcome on the bus, find mysterious, non-existent Greyhound bus stop miles down the road… Not a promising start for out trip south to San Francisco. Read the rest »


Californaey, part I

December 24th, 2009 | USA, travel | No Comments »

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Leaving DC – heading to Californaey

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DC – the end

December 20th, 2009 | USA, nature, travel | No Comments »

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The worst snowstorm in over 70 years, the Washington Post says Read the rest »


Washington DC

December 18th, 2009 | Smithsonian, USA, studies & education, travel | 2 Comments »

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Safe and sound in DC. They let us into the country without a hitch, and first day a resounding success. Utter civility… Read the rest »


Images from Riga

October 22nd, 2009 | Uncategorized, europe, travel | No Comments »

-three days in Riga

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Born in medieval times. the bookbinder, the GPS and the e-book

September 4th, 2009 | books, digital, nature, print, travel | No Comments »

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I study digital media. I was born in the early 70′. I am a dinosaur. My fellow students are 15+ years younger than me – born in another era, on a different planet. We learn roughly the same things from opposite directions; we each hold an end of the stick, so to speak. But we see everything in different shades. Some things comes naturally to me; they are lost. Sometimes the shoe is on the other foot.

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best books – non-fiction

July 28th, 2008 | books, design, fiction, history, humour, journalism, literature, politics, print, travel, typography | 6 Comments »

Some of the best non-fiction books I have read. Some of them are not necessarily well written, and would not win prices for excellent language; at least one of them is actually annoying in that respect, but I have included them because the subject is interesting/important. I am sure I have forgotten some, but there you go. Teflon brain.

the art of looking sideways
The art of looking sideways
Alan Fletcher
This is how it looks like inside my head. It a fountain of musings, facts, the odd, solid, and whimsical. It is design, doodles, unfinished thoughts, images, drawings. It is colours, shapes and wisdom. It is a delight and frustration at the same time – if I could show what goes on in my head, this is pretty much it. Read the rest »


Found

July 9th, 2008 | design, digital, history, humour, satire, travel, trivia | 1 Comment »

Have found some good pictures out there on the big web. I like the genuinely miserable look on the left guys face.

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