My mother just invited herself. She is coming up April 19-23. Easter time. Oh well….
Training Bicycle
I just got back from this years first bicycle training. I cycled about 10 Km (my cycle computer has ran out of batteries during the winter) to Lulsundet and back. Puuuh.
Media Technology handout
Just added a handout (2 page powerpoint) about my research group, Media Technology to my presentations page.
Webtip: Sony Screenblast
Sony Media has created a really cool site for sharing live material (audio and video) over the Web called Screenblast. Check it out! Imagine combining this with a scalable distribution and one cool online TV channel (Jeremiah are you reading? ;-).
On the subject of video on line I just found some links about Video Blogs. Why limit ourselves to only text? I have a camera in front of me all day anyhow? You don’t want to see me? Tough luck!
Webtip: Swedish News Online
Looking for news? Annoyed with all the pages that take ages to load? Check out news.nu!
Quicken
After 2 years break, Johanna got our Quicken database up and running again so now we know how much money we have. This for both good and bad as it shows how much several of stock-funds have decreased in value 🙁 The worst is now worth 12.5% of the money we put in 🙁
Ring Found!
Johanna (my wife) found my missing wedding ring (see “No wedding ring :-(“). It actually was on the floor in the kitchen. Don’t know how I could miss it yesterday!
The combination of spring, bikes and ice is not the best :-(
The spring has finally reached Luleå and two days ago I brought out my recumbent, a HP Velotechnik Spirit. Last night it got a bit cold and on my way to the University today I fell, ouch. There was a large ice patch behind the D-house. I was really careful when I left the home but after 2 minutes I had forgotten about that and was thinking about other issues instead. Oh well, one cannot be deterred by some ice and the sun is shining so here I come 🙂
More pictures from last summer…
GeoURL
Just found the GeoURL concept and I just had to add it to my site. It maps web sites from cyberspace into meatspace so you can find out if you have any “neighbours” 🙂 Initially I mixed up the longitude and latitude so I ended up outside Bombay, and then outside San Juan but I got it right in the end (I think :-).
“Sällskapsresan” aka The Charter Trip
I just saw the movie Sällskapsresan aka The Charter Trip. This is one of the best Swedish movies ever made but if you are not a Swede you would probably not get the humor 🙂 If you haven’t seen it, see it, if you have see it again! I must have seen it at least 10 times and it only gets better each time 🙂 Plot summary from IMDB:
“Stig-Helmer Olsson isn’t the fashionable, jet-set type, but for the first time in his life, he’s gonna travel abroad. He takes a trip to the Canary Islands over the christmas. Before leaving, his doctor asks him to bring a package to a friend of his. Without Stig-Helmer knowing it, the package contains 50,000 SEK, which of course is illegal to take out of the country. However, Stig-Helmer’s bag with the package disappears at the airport. Dr. Levander’s friend believes that Stig-Helmer has stolen the money and is anxious to get them back.”