Monthly Archives: September 2008

We were downtown on Sunday and I made the mistake of passing by the International street market which was at Sergels Torg this weekend. We got stuck there for about an hour while Maria went around each stall and tasted … Continue reading →

Tonight we’re going to see Coldplay at Globen. I almost saw them once before, back in March 2000 at the Venue, a small gig club in Edinburgh which holds about 150 and is now an office. Me and Colin went … Continue reading →

Was away fishing with Carlo and Johan on Sunday, just north of Norrtälje about 1 hour drive from Stockholm. It was perfect weather for fishing and I was quite confident of catching a seatrout, but it wasn’t to be… We … Continue reading →

Today saw the election of Iain Gray as leader of the labour group of MSPs. He started by saying that… “We don’t need a first minister whose pride is putting people down. Scotland needs a first minister whose passion is … Continue reading →

This is genius… Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind … Continue reading →

The big news last week in the world of t’Internet was Google’s launch of the Chrome browser. I thought I would take it for a test spin… First thing to note is that if it wasn’t launched by Google, no-one … Continue reading →

Just got an email from a producer at SVT (Sweden’s answer to the BBC) asking if I would like to apply to go on the Swedish version of Dragons Den, which will start soon. Should I go for it, or … Continue reading →

Quarter past midnight and I’ve just finished watching the semifinal of the US Open tennis over the Internet. After the disappointment of yesterdays football result we got some good news for Scotland with Andy Murray going through to tomorrows final. … Continue reading →

I used to think Swedish was hard and English was easy. Now I’m not so sure… Swedish: Tre häxor tittar på tre Swatch-klockor. Vilken häxa tittar på vilken Swatch-klocka? English: Three witches watch three Swatch watches. Which witch watch which … Continue reading →

In the third and final installment of our thrilling series on my trip to Norway, we find out what we did on the Saturday. Did we survive, or am I writing this from beyond the grave? Read on to find … Continue reading →