Nyman rides again
Published on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
I’m back. 
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Posts in the "Fun" Category
Summer break
Published on Friday, June 13th, 2008
After a spring filled with varying degrees of turmoil, summer is finally here. And with that, my friends, comes my break from development, blogging and any other computer-related activity.
Memory - an Adobe AIR application
Published on Monday, April 14th, 2008
For some time, I’ve wanted to play around with Adobe AIR and see what it’s like. I’m also a sucker for very simple, yet addictive, games, so now was the time!
Port ASP.NET features to Ruby on Rails
Published on Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Now there’s a plugin available to get the best features of ASP.NET into Ruby on Rails.
Favorite terms about web developers
Published on Friday, April 4th, 2008
A casual gray Friday like this, I was thinking about the best terms about web developers I’ve heard.
Microsoft will use Gecko layout engine in IE 8
Published on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
When I read the news this morning, it blew my mind! Microsoft will use the Gecko layout engine for IE 8.
What’s in a haircut?
Published on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
I’ve always liked hair. Beautiful hair makes people look fantastic, and I think more personality is conveyed through hair than we think.
Customer care, the hard way
Published on Thursday, February 21st, 2008
The other night we had a company meeting outlining our new organization.
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In the line of fire
Published on Monday, February 18th, 2008
I just felt a bit too restrained with Twitter last night to describe what actually went down. So, this will be too personal and perhaps too graphic. Consider yourselves warned…
A CSS class hero
Published on Friday, February 1st, 2008
I thought I’d share a web developer’s rendition of Working Class Hero.
Are you a stealth coder?
Published on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Ever felt that whatever you do, it doesn’t matter? No one notices your work, knows what you do or even knows your name. Then, my friend, you’re a stealth coder.
No sun in Sweden
Published on Friday, January 11th, 2008
Swedish weather tracking company SMHI has released the measured hours of sunlight during December for different parts of Sweden.
World reflections
Published on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
I thought I’d take the time to publish some short reflections on what has happened lately.
Best pictures of me in 2007
Published on Friday, January 4th, 2008
Totally narcissistic, but looking through the pictures from 2007, I found two of my favorites depicting me.
When things stop working, the solution isn’t always obvious
Published on Thursday, December 13th, 2007
When we develop web sites, we stumble across problems, right? And sometimes, just sometimes, we do learn from them and know what to do next time. At other times, though, the problem is something we never would have expected.
@media Ajax - Journeys and stories
Published on Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
I’m just back from @media AJAX, which was a great experience! I thought I’d split up my stories in two posts: this one about the journey and social aspects, and the next one about the presentations. This post will be long enough anyway, so get a drink, lean back, and enjoy the ride.
Twisted Sister live at Solnahallen/Stockholm November 14th 2007
Published on Thursday, November 15th, 2007
As you might have noticed, I love going to concerts and experiencing live music in general. Yesterday was a special night for me, seeing the band which was the first major rock concert I ever attended, play again in Sweden.
IKEA - the home of break-ups
Published on Monday, November 5th, 2007
IKEA, one of the things that Sweden is most well-known for (except for hot blondes and shady movies produced some decades ago…), is so popular (read: at least well-visited) here in Sweden that you cannot believe.
Interesting Google rankings
Published on Thursday, October 25th, 2007
I thought it would be interesting to give some examples of how some terms, from my posts, are ranked in Google; both funny and more serious ones. It seems like I know How to get a good search engine ranking.
Web nerd accessibility humor
Published on Friday, September 28th, 2007
Yesterday, me and Mr. Stenström took the car to a nearby mall to have some lunch.
Two useful phrases
Published on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Just recently I’ve noticed two phrases that can really come in handy when working with other people.
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A weekend and a Monday
Published on Monday, September 17th, 2007
This post might be a bit direct, or too open about my life, so refrain from reading if you don’t want to know (or else you might stop reading what I write altogether). Or maybe it just seems plain boring, and I totally understand you; it does get funnier at the end, though. If you’re not discouraged yet, allow me to describe my last three days.
Choose your screen saver wisely
Published on Friday, September 14th, 2007
Today was my fifth day consulting at a customer’s place, where I’m working side by side with Emil, and something unexpected happen.
Mötley Crüe in Stockholm, June 5th 2007
Published on Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Last night I went to see Mötley Crüe play at the Globe arena in Stockholm (even if you don’t like Mötley Crüe, read on, it might be entertaining anyway ).
The Fucked. store is open - write a slogan to win merchandise
Published on Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
For those of you who don’t know it, I have a somewhat Jekyll/Hyde side to me, and part of the results from that is the web site Fucked. that I run with some friends.
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Henry Rollins in Stockholm, May 2007
Published on Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Yesterday, a gloomy and rainy day in Stockholm, and with the suburb train situation messed up, I felt generally depressed. How to feel better? With some humor and aggression, of course, and what better way to find that than watching Henry Rollins in Stockholm!
What it’s like developing for Internet Explorer
Published on Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Well, I guess the title and the image basically says it all…
Not the Google love I was hoping for
Published on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
You know, we all desire to get a good ranking with Google, right? Well, here’s one search scenario where I’m really proud to get so high up… 
PS. Only reason I found out was going through the stats and actually saw a visitor finding my web site through that… DS.
My first web site
Published on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
I don’t know how many of you who can actually do this, but for fun, I’ve kept the first web site I ever built online, and now I want to share it with you!
Movies that made me gasp
Published on Friday, May 11th, 2007
Yes, apparently it’s casual Friday here today with the topics. Let me be a male pig, just this one time, and just list some of the movies that made me gasp (and some of them were also good movies overall):
A tech conversation…
Published on Monday, February 26th, 2007
When you’re a consultant, you once in a while get to overhear (alright, I’m constantly eavesdropping) some interesting conversations that amuses you. Today’s one: a technical one.
The wrong hole?
Published on Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
This is about a conversation I overheard many many years ago, taking place between a couple of teenage guys. It was about the “wrong hole”…
Firefox, The Little Memory Hog
Published on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Firefox, The Little Memory Hog lived happily together with his family, the Mozillas, in a land far far away. Firefox had now turned 2.0.0.1 and it was time to attend kindergarten.
The cat and the dream
Published on Friday, January 12th, 2007
Ok, this might scare you a little, but I had the weirdest dream just before I woke up this morning. I (don’t?) hope that anyone of you are good at interpreting dreams, so here goes:
Naked coding
Published on Friday, October 27th, 2006
I was thinking about whether to write this post or not, but here it is. I have a confession to make: I have coded naked. No, not at work or amongst other people, so don’t worry…
Career choice - King Arthur or Merlin?
Published on Thursday, October 12th, 2006
If you had to choose between being King Arthur or Merlin, which one would you go for? And why?
How to write a smiley
Published on Monday, October 9th, 2006
Maybe it’s just me, or maybe I share this feeling with other people. What, you ask, what? I can’t stand how people write smilies…
The true meaning of CSS?
Published on Friday, September 1st, 2006
We’ve all thought that CSS is short for Cascading Style Sheets and that’s all it is to it, but apparently that’s far from the truth. The other day I found another meaning, perhaps the true one, that I think applies to me…
Unveiling Fucked.
Published on Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
There’s something I haven’t told you; I’ve even kept a secret, if you will. As you might know, a number of web developer bloggers also create secondary blogs that deal with their other interests; topics such as coffee, wine, food etc seem to be very popular. So, now it’s time for me to reveal my new blog, and it will, hopefully, be nothing like you’ve ever seen!
I’m on Flickr - pros and cons
Published on Thursday, August 24th, 2006
When I first heard about Flickr I liked the idea, but being the rebel I am, I was a bit reluctant to use it since everyone was hyping it so much. However, for those of you that haven’t noticed the little Flickr icon and link I’ve added to this web site: I now have a Flickr Pro account.
During this summer I decided to finally take the plunge, and this post is about what I think is good respectively not-so-good with Flickr.
Apple iPod vs. Origami
Published on Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Soon we may have two new portable media devices: one sleek and sexy, and the other designed by Microsoft.
Funny!
And accurate…
Another superb video, a must see, is If Microsoft designed the iPod.
Nima and Stephan, thank you for writing
Published on Friday, April 7th, 2006
In Stockholm we have two morning papers for free, Metro 
and Stockholm City . Since I have about one hour to commute one-way, reading these really helps to make the journey to my job as pleasant as possible.
What stands out, though, is one columnist from each paper: Nima Daryamadj writing for Stockholm City and Stephan Mendel Enk writing for Metro. Both are very eloquent, and skilled enough writers to throw in just the perfect amount of humor to be entertaining and spellbinding while at the same time driving through very important and serious standpoints. Examples can be found in Nima’s excellent Ska kungen kalla oss â€svennarâ€? and Stephan’s Brottsmoral lär SIG barn i sandlÃ¥dan .
If any of these would ever produce a book with a collection of their columns or something of the like, I’d love to read it (actually, Stephan has previously released the book Den problematiska manligheten if anyone’s interested).
So, Nima or Stephan, thank you!
If any of you ever read this and are in the Stockholm area, please contact me and we’ll do lunch, ok?
Rhetoric class - funny word
Published on Friday, February 24th, 2006
A couple of nights ago, I went to the first out of three sessions dealing with the topic rhetoric. It is something that my employer is kind enough to treat me and my group to, and also something that I’ve always been interested in.
Funny thing happened, though, when the guy presenting said an unexpected word. What did he say? He said:
Fitta
Instead of “Hitta”, which means “Find”.
Why is that funny? Because that word means “pussy” and isn’t really a word one would expect from someone teaching the fine art of rhetoric. At first I thought I was the only one hearing it and that maybe it was only my perverse imagination, but afterwards everyone attending the meeting sneaked up to each other, saying:
Did he really say fitta, or was it just me?
So, I guess no one is perfect…
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Four things
Published on Thursday, January 26th, 2006
I saw this four things meme going around the blogging world but was kind of hoping it would miss me. Just as things seemed to quiet down, though, Roger got me. Make sure to follow the links from this post, some of them are actually interesting!
Here goes:
Four jobs I’ve had in my life
- Working in a gas station
- Packaging trucks for UPS
- Sales man
- Web developer
Four movies I can watch over and over
I love movies, and I also have reviews of some in my movies section. Not sure I would really watch Big Fish over and over, but it’s an amazing movie and everyone should see it.
Four places I have lived
- Bromma, Sweden
- New York City, USA
- Stockholm (Södermalm), Sweden
- Vallentuna, Sweden
Four TV shows I love to watch
Same goes here as for movies; I love watching TV. To be allowed to only pick out only four TV shows is excruciating to me.
Four places I have been on vacation
- Easter Island
- New Zealand
- China
- Mexico
To travel is something fundamental in my life, and I have been to many places. Our longest trip is when Fredrika and I went around the world in 2002 .
Four of my favorite dishes
- Scampi
- Quesadillas (chèvre cheese, jalapenos, honey and prosciutti in a garlic-flavored pita bread, nicely warmed up in a grill frying pan)
- Pizza
- Fish soup with saffron and garlic bread
Four websites I visit daily
Four places I would rather be right now
Since I’ve been to many places, I thought I’d mention four places I haven’t been to but that I really get to visit one day.
- Egypt
- Peru
- Antarctica
- Madagascar
Four bloggers I am tagging
Technically speaking, he hasn’t got a blog (to my knowledge), but I still just have to name him as a runner-up, because I know he would put together an outstanding (and maybe horrifying?) list: Mr. Robert Wellock.
I would actually want to tag each and every one of you kind enough to read my ramblings, so please please feel free to share your four items in any or all of the categories below in a comment!
Top 10 Wackiest Conspiracy Theories
Published on Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
I’m sorry, but I just have to share this amazing list with you: Top 10 Wackiest Conspiracy Theories. I mean, a list with the items mentioned below is just to good to miss!
- Dinosauroid-like Alien Reptiles are dominating the World
- Apollo 11 Moon Landings were faked by NASA
- September 11 was orchestrated by the U. S. government
- Barcodes are really intended to Control people
- Charlemagne never existed, is a fictional character
- The Truth is out there, on Area 51
- Microsoft sends messages on Wingdings Font
- U.S. military caused the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
- The Nazis had a Moon Base
- Kentucky Fried Chicken makes black men impotent
Happy conspiring!
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Owen + Mzee = true!
Published on Thursday, December 29th, 2005
This is just too cute not to write about!
A year after they first met, Owen, the baby hippo that survived last December’s Tsunami, and Mzee, a 130-year-old tortoise are still best pals. They live together at the Haller Park preserve in Mombasa, Kenya.
Read more in Tale of the tortoise and the hippo.
Right out of the paper
Published on Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
I just thought that I’d share some of the things I’ve read in the paper lately… Please have some oversight with my not-so-appropriate comments.
- Want to get rid of your problems?
- Apparently a 54-year old police man started to give indecent proposals to a 27-year old woman he was questioning about an assault case. I just love this sentence he said to her (maybe something I should use more at work… or at home… ;-)):
Do you want to fuck your way out of trouble?
- Practically harmless.
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I saw an ad for how women could get bigger breasts (yes, I’m just a simple man with simple interests) the “natural way”, which apparrently was through some pills and such. But what really got my attention was the slogan they had:
Practically harmless compared to surgery.
The only way I can interpret this is that it’s risky as hell, but there’s at least something out there that’s riskier…
- Look at me!
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The Swedish Migration Board has gotten a lot of criticism lately because they celebrated with champagne and cake after a woman was rejected and not allowed to stay in Sweden. Another story I read this morning was about a supervisor dealing with a blind immigrant that came to their office and needed help with his apartment. Apparently they weren’t getting along in the discussions and had a somewhat heated argument, resulting in the supervisor exclaiming:
Look at me when I’m talking to you!
Tactful. I just love it when the most emphatical and professional people get the most important posts…
The gala premiere of Narnia
Published on Friday, December 16th, 2005
I have never believed that my web development skills would put me on the red carpet, but it came true Wednesday night. I had the immense pleasure of being invited to the gala premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe here in Stockholm.
The reason I was invited is that I’ve become friends with a guy working for the client I’m currently doing some consulting for, and he got invited to it, and in turn invited me. So, a little far-fetched, but then my line of work actually did get me on the red carpet (or, actually, it was white due to the ice theme). A lot of Swedish celebrities were there, and little me.
When I got there, there was a long line of people outside the movie theater Rigoletto. After queuing for a while, we got to the door and got to go through a tunnel of some sorts, totally white and inside of it fake snow fell down on us. Lots of cameras, journalists, interviews; tables filled with wine, just for your pleasure. However, my impression was what some (most?) famous people were rather there to be seen and/or to see a movie for free and get something to drink.
The movie itself was ok. I really liked the first hour or so of it, building up the ambience. But after that, it kind of felt like they rushed through the movie, just crossing things off the list. Some of the digital effects were really spectacular, but one was, for no understandable reason, pretty shabby. So, all in all, definitely worth seeing but not as good as it could’ve been.
Wonder which my next gala premiere will be?
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The secret pocket
Published on Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
This morning it got a lot colder outside; -5 Celsius where I live. Therefore, time to switch to another jacket. The new jacket I wore today has got all these extra pockets and zippers, but only one inside of it. Since I need to stuff my gloves, cap, PDA and iPod in it, I started going through the other pockets, since I was slightly leaning to the left with a lot of things in that inner pocket.
After some searching, while standing on the subway, I found a pocket on the top right hand side. Wise from previous experiences, I know that some of these jackets have zippers like this that you only open up to get some air flow through, i.e. it’s no pocket so things will fall straight through, so I put my hand in to check that it inde ed was a genuine pocket.
However, I felt some kind of lump in it, and with me, curious as hell, I had to pull it out and see what it was. Sometimes I put paper in pockets just in case I ever need some to blow my nose or similar. But what I pulled up, amongst all the people standing around me, was a sock! After some weird glances, I promptly put the sock back into the pocket. I think I’ll go through the pockets within the safety of my home the next time…
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The morning after
Published on Friday, November 11th, 2005
I’m sorry, what’s that, honey? When I need to get up? Well, now I guess. Thanks for reminding me, sunshine!
is how it sounded in my head. But what came out was:
Uuuuggghh… My head.. God, I’m tired… Yeah, yeah, I know I have to get up and go to work… Ooooffff… Slowly, slowly…
The background to this is that we had a Halloween party at my work last night. Since I’ve been working at a customer’s for a number of months now, it was great seeing some old friends in the office, although I didn’t have the time to talk to all I wanted to. I also had an intriguing discussion with a woman I’ve never met before about lesbians, and she told me a fascinating story about one of her female friends. Oh well, this is not the time nor the place to go on about that (maybe girlspoke is rather the place to go for hot stories)…
Naturally, it got a lot later than it should have, and I got home around 1.30. Maybe not too late for some of you, but for me it is. Especially if I have to go to work the day after. So, anyway, I eventually managed to get out of bed and haul my body down to the breakfast table. Once there, my self-pity wasn’t well-met. For some reasons, my girlfriend and my daughter, both having terrible colds, seemed to think that their lack of sleep and being in bad states, was worse than my self inflicted pain.
Just to point this out more clearly, my daughter mustered the little strength she’s got in her body right now (poor thing), to bang things together and throw them really hard on the floor. I guess I deserved it…
Took a quick shower and got on my bike down to the train station. I knew time was sparse when it came to making in time to the train, but it turned out to be worse than that. As I got to the station, the train had just arrived and most people had already gotten on it. Since it was later in the morning than usual and the fact that I’m living in a suburb, means that if I miss a train I have to wait twenty minutes for the next one. Not acceptable.
So I locked my bike, and darted across two lanes of traffic without throwing a single glance in any direction but the train’s. I heard the hissing sound of the doors starting to close, and jumped. I was literally in mid-air when the doors closed behind me. I landed in the train, bounced a little on my shaky feet, and hit a metallic trash can. It gave out a loud ring and everyone in the train turned to look at me. Well, I made the fucking train, didn’t I? 
Once I got to Stockholm, I picked up one of the free morning newspapers that are offered. Its first page headline read:
Every third Swede is home from work today
God, I really should’ve been one of those (it was an article about people that are unemployed). Also, this newspaper has a spot for guest comic strips. The one today, a brand new one, was called Robert’s store. It was about a guy having a record store with all kinds of hard to find records, but apparently, the income from selling them wasn’t sufficient to make ends meet, so he sold second hand porn magazines in the back. Felt like a worthy line of work for someone with my name…
Oh well, I’m glad it’s Friday at least. Have a nice weekend!
