Sweden was the centerpiece of the Colbert Report on June 18. First of all, Stephen continues his campaign to take over the #sweden twitter account. He thinks he can do it better than people who actually live in Sweden: …
Author: George Wood
I was born in California, but have lived in Sweden since 1975, working at Radio Sweden. I spent many years writing and presenting our program for shortwave listeners, “Sweden Calling DXers”. With the gradual phase-out of shortwave in favor of the Internet, I’ve since moved on to being our webmaster. My big claim to web fame has been that I was the first person in Sweden to post a radio program on the Internet, in 1994…the first person in Europe to post a radio program in English.
But no one important wants Greece to leave the euro
Greeks go to the polls this weekend to choose a new parliament. And it seems like the entire world media are calling it a choice between staying in the euro zone and leaving. But I don’t see how the pundits…
New Amelia Peabody book coming
I greatly enjoy the Amelia Peabody books by Elizabeth Peters (the pen name of Egyptologist Barbara Mertz). Starting in the 1890’s, these follow the adventures of the intrepid Amelia and her family solving mysteries while digging in Egypt, through the…
Austerity vs Stimulus – or Hoover vs FDR
Great Depression: Herbert Hoover = Austerity = Loser Franklin Roosevelt = Stimulus = Winner http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/opinion/keynes-was-right.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/opinion/krugman-death-of-a-fairy-tale.html?ref=paulkrugman
Brilliant idea for text editing on the iPad
Without a mouse, selecting before editing is a horrible experience. This video, reposted on The Unofficial Apple Weblog, presents a great improvement: I should add that editing the link in this post on the iPad has been almost impossible,…
The French go to the polls
The French go to the polls to vote for president, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. A polling station at a school in Strasbourg, April 22, 2012. The first round of the presidential elections.
Don’t hold your breathe waiting for Al-Jazeera
When I was in California a month and a half ago I wrote to local cable provider Comcast, asking them to provide Al-Jazeera English. It really seems like some kind of political decision that they don’t want to let in…
Election in France – Battle of the posters
Election in France – Battle of the posters, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. Rival candidates for the French presidency fighting for poster space, Strasbourg, April 16, 2012.
One week to the French elections
In one week people here in France go to the polls in the first round of the presidential election. The two candidates with the most votes will face off in the second round. There’s extensive coverage in the media, and…
Flame wars in the online game community
Over on my blog about Star Wars online games, I’ve been following the current extended outage of Star Wars the Old Republic. This follows an attempted minor fix of a major update that kept the game offline for hours yesterday.…