image – Thomas Carrington / /blog Mon, 25 Dec 2023 21:13:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 4274030 /2023/12/25/2066/ /2023/12/25/2066/#respond Mon, 25 Dec 2023 21:13:56 +0000 /?p=2066

I never got to meet my grandmother (on my mother’s side). She died long before I was born. Recently, I found this picture of her. When the photograph was taken in 1933, she would have been exactly the same age as my daughter is today, 15, although she looks older. This photograph is 90 years old, but to me, it feels almost eerily contemporary. I am glad I found it.

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Good morning! Below -20 C (-4 F) today.

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This morning.

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The Covid-19 mRNA vaccine (David Goodsell)

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The concert yesterday started a little differently.

]]> /2020/01/22/1862/feed/ 0 1862 /2020/01/15/1824/ /2020/01/15/1824/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:14:56 +0000 /?p=1824 This Striking Image of the Moon Is a Combination of 100,000 Photos

Andrew mccarthy moon 01

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Happy Christmas from a white-ish Falun, Sweden.

]]> /2019/12/25/1812/feed/ 0 1812 /2019/12/17/1797/ /2019/12/17/1797/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:34:04 +0000 /2019/12/17/1797/ 44,000 Year-Old Cave Painting in Indonesia Is World’s Oldest Figurative Art

]]> /2019/12/17/1797/feed/ 0 1797 /2019/09/22/1758/ /2019/09/22/1758/#respond Sun, 22 Sep 2019 20:21:18 +0000 /?p=1758 Nevermind

Nevermind

]]> /2019/09/22/1758/feed/ 0 1758 /2019/08/25/1750/ /2019/08/25/1750/#respond Sat, 24 Aug 2019 21:51:28 +0000 /?p=1750 Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever 'Selfie' (1839)

The First Ever ‘Selfie’ (1839).

]]> /2019/08/25/1750/feed/ 0 1750 /2019/06/17/1730/ /2019/06/17/1730/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:11:04 +0000 /?p=1730 Where we are
Loren Roberts for The Planetary Society after a concept by Olaf Frohn WHERE WE ARE ON 1 JULY 2019 From the July Solstice issue of The Planetary Report. Source: http://www.planetary.org/explore/the-planetary-report/where-we-are-spacecraft-locator-july-2019.html
]]> /2019/06/17/1730/feed/ 0 1730 /2019/01/08/1662/ /2019/01/08/1662/#respond Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:10:08 +0000 /?p=1662 When I listen to music.

Listening Clock

Courtesy of last.fm.

]]> /2019/01/08/1662/feed/ 0 1662 /2018/10/30/1623/ /2018/10/30/1623/#respond Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:25:55 +0000 /?p=1623 Allt är inte tillåtet

…men en del är?

]]> /2018/10/30/1623/feed/ 0 1623 /2018/10/07/1619/ Sun, 07 Oct 2018 12:56:00 +0000 /?p=1619 Swish introducerades 2012.

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“The cartogram is made up of squares, each of which represents half a million people of a country’s population. The 11.5 million Belgians are represented by 23 squares; the 49.5 million Colombians are represented by 99 squares; the 1.415 billion people in China are represented by 2830 squares; and this year’s entire world population of 7.633 billion people is represented by the total sum of 15,266 squares.“

]]> /2018/09/26/1607/feed/ 0 1607 /2018/09/22/1602/ Sat, 22 Sep 2018 18:35:54 +0000 /?p=1602 Another day in Uppsala.

]]> 1602 Flygdag i Uppsala /2018/08/26/1554/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:04:55 +0000 /?p=1554 I lördags besökte vi flygdagen som anordnades på Ärna. Jag kan inte påstå att jag är speciellt intresserad av militärflyg men visst är det lite spännande att se de mest extrema av maskiner uppträda. För mig var det här också något av en nostalgitripp. Jag har nämligen varit på en flygdag i Uppsala förut. När flygflottiljen F 16 i Uppsala år 1993 fyllde 50 år ordnades även då en flygdag. Jag gjorde samtidigt värnplikten på I 13 i Falun och vi kallades in för att förstärka säkerheten. Om vi verkligen gjorde det är en annan fråga. Det jag minns tydligast är att vi gick patrull mitt i natten längs flygfältets avspärrning, utan utrustning för mörkerseende och utan månsken. Vi såg förstås ingenting. Jag har heller inget minne av att ha sett några flygplan i luften. Kanske åkte vi hem innan själva flygdagen startade.

Enligt programmet skulle två JAS 39 Gripen i vilket fall ha flugit men om de verkligen gjorde det är tveksamt eftersom planet, tidigare samma månad, kraschat på Långholmen i Stockholm under Vattenfestivalen – den andra kraschen med detta då nya flygplan. I år flög dock flera Gripenplan utan problem, trots att även denna flygdag föregicks av en JAS-krasch, den här gången dock varken på grund av maskin- eller handhavandefel. Den skyldige var nu istället en större fågel.

]]> 1554 /2018/08/15/1546/ Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:20:14 +0000 /?p=1546 Två mil till norska gränsen men ok, här tar jag all täckning jag kan få.

]]> 1546 The 2013 MacBook Air was a good deal /2018/08/12/the-2013-macbook-air-was-a-good-deal/ /2018/08/12/the-2013-macbook-air-was-a-good-deal/#respond Sun, 12 Aug 2018 21:26:42 +0000 /?p=1538 Alternative title: Macs have become expensive.

Apparently, I double processor speed (well, cores at least), RAM, and disk space every time I buy a new computer. The 2010 MacBook Air I could “double” after less that 3 years for half the price it will cost me to double the 2013 MacBook Air with the computer I buy now (in 2018). Granted, I get a larger and better display in almost the same form factor. This may be worth paying for. But paying for Touch Bar and Touch ID seems like a waste. To get down to the same monthly cost for this year’s computer as for the MacBook Air I have had since 2013, I will have to keep it for 10 years.

MacBook Pro 2018

August 2018

MacBook Pro 13-inch
Processor: 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8 GHz
Memory: 16 GB 2133 Ipddr3
Drive: 512 GB Flash Storage
+ Retina display with True Tone
+ Touch Bar and Touch ID
Price: 25,695 SEK
Monthly cost:
3 yr: 714 SEK
5 yr: 428 SEK
10 yr: 214 SEK

MacBook Air 2010/2013

July 2013

MacBook Air 11-inch (mid 2013)
Processor: 1,7 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3,3 GHz
Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
Drive: 256 GB Flash Storage
Price: 13,454 SEK
Monthly cost: 221 SEK

November 2010

MacBook Air 11-inch (late 2010)
Processor: 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Drive: 128 GB Flash Storage
Price 13,655 SEK
Monthly cost: 414 SEK

(VAT included in all prices)

]]> /2018/08/12/the-2013-macbook-air-was-a-good-deal/feed/ 0 1538 /2018/07/14/1509/ Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:47:28 +0000 /?p=1509 Home again. On the way home we flew over the North sea oil fields. Two observations: (1) the oil rigs look tiny from the air but (2) there were so many more of them than I would ever have expected.

]]> 1509 /2018/07/10/1512/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:50:48 +0000 /?p=1512 Meet Adam “the author of Moral sentiments and Wealth of nations”. In that order!

]]> 1512 /2018/07/10/1506/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:18:50 +0000 /?p=1506 On my way to Edinburgh and the IPA conference.

]]> 1506 /2018/07/05/1503/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:58:24 +0000 /?p=1503 Dalkarlskärret.

]]> 1503 /2018/06/22/1489/ Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:27:36 +0000 /?p=1489 Midsummer night colours.

]]> 1489 /2018/05/12/1468/ Sat, 12 May 2018 21:25:13 +0000 /?p=1468 Vår i Värmland.

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