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Entries Tagged as 'Sweden'
Cyber-homeless
January 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Sweden, Travel
Due to the arrival of visiting relatives, I had to move out of the place I’ve been staying for the last week or so. I was planning on staying at the local hostel, but neglected to make a reservation. I sort of figured, “Who the heck goes to Malmö in January?” and assumed getting a […]
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Electrohype
January 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Sweden, Tech-art
Yesterday I went to see this art exhibition, Electrohype, here in Malmö. Billed as “the fifth biennial for computer based and technological art,” only a few of the exhibits really fit what I would consider “computer based” but most of them were pretty interesting regardless.
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Swedish government gives money to Young Pirates
January 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Free software, Sweden
One cool thing about Sweden is that it has relatively strong legal protections for freedom of speech and online privacy, especially by European standards. As a result, it’s something of a hotspot for peer-to-peer file sharing and copyright infringement. The other day, I slept in the same basement as one of the Pirate Bay admins. […]
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Meanwhile in another blog…
March 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Shameless link-bait, Sweden
I’ve posted an interview I did with one of the Swedish hackers in Malmö a few weeks ago. I was surprised at how demanding transcription is—trying to type quickly enough to keep up with the recording, while still inserting the correct punctuation to make it readable. The word count balloons quickly, too. The formal interview […]
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