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Originally from the UK, I am currently living with Spiderbaby in the sub-arctic city of Umeå in the north of Sweden.

I am very happy that Spiderbaby and I are expecting a baby in mid-July!

Interesting things I read recently:

Were the US population to double, it would still be only one quarter as crowded as Britain.
Source: huffingtonpost

"If someone can work out how to hook up a chocolate bar into a cell phone, that'd be pretty good, because there's about 35 times the energy density in a bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk [than cellphone batteries]". Simon Segars, ARM
Source: The Register.

I am Pavlovs_dog on PSN and would be happy to link up with PS3-owning mobloggers : )

Too Much Information: The first album I ever bought was the Fraggle Rock soundtrack. Pretty cool, eh? I was only 16 : )





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Valborg på campus 2012, Umeå University

A very smokey bonfire this year!

Bunny girl

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Valborg på campus, Umeå.

Eris

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I hadn't actually heard of the Swedish solar system until Mat put me onto it.

Here is Eris, my local planetoid. Personally I think this just goes to show exactly how far away from civilization I live. At least Eris should feel at home here in the cold!

What the hell?

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It's made of milk crates. I think it's "art".

Actually, it's quite cool.
16th Apr 2012, 10:42   | tags:,comments (9)

Too cold for a dip...

Vindeln nature & camp park, Sweden.
16th Apr 2012, 10:40   | tags:,,,comments (1)

A stone coin from Yap!

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An example of the famous stone coins of Yap at the Swedish Mint museum.

See here for more info.

The Gold room

Literally. The middle two pictures are supposed to represent the West and East, respectively. The woman in the middle represents Sweden bringing peace and negotiation to the world.
12th Apr 2012, 13:18   | tags:,,comments (6)

Gliding down the stairs

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The steps of the main staircase are designed to allow women in ballgowns to 'glide' down without looking at their feet.
12th Apr 2012, 13:16   | tags:,,comments (2)