March 2010
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August 2009
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Peter Gabriel and the Polar Music Prize →
Peter Gabriel is one of this year’s winners of the Polar Music Prize, which was presented today at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. In honor of the occasion, here’s a video of Peter Gabriel…
"I had a blog for a while, but..." →
July 2009
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"Mannahatta": what Manhattan was like in 1609 →
Fun, interactive map simulation of what Manhattan was like before the city existed.
For comparison, in 1609, Stockholm had a population of just under 10,000, and basically occupied only the small island now known as Gamla Stan (Old Town). Gamla Stan is about 5 square km, while Manhattan is about 60 square km.
Amazon sneaking into people's homes... →
Wow. This just shows what’s so horribly wrong about the Kindle business model.
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WatchThis animation does a good job of explaining why the Appalachian Mountains, and the Scandinavian Mountains, are so much softer than, say, the American Cordillera (which includes the Andes, the Sierras, and even that mountainous peninsula on Antarctica).
The “Taconic Orogeny”, which happens basically at 0:04 seconds (400 million years ago), forms the mountains that later become the...
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Maktub: Five →
“New wave soul” band Maktub is making its new album available for you-name-the-price, Radiohead-style. This is well worth the effort to download.
Route for This Year’s Hike →
This year’s backpacking objective. The blue line is the route, the yellow line is the Norway-Sweden border.
The route starts and ends on the Norwegian side at Sulitjelma, then takes…
Your U.S. Senator from Illinois…er, I mean... →
Woo hoo! Liberal policy-wonk with a sense of humor and a funny face Al Franken will be sworn in today! Finally he’s in the real Senate — not just on TV.
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June 2009
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WatchStockholms Akademiska Orkestern, featuring Christopher Sander (or is it the other way around?)