Chinese terracotta soldiers, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. An exhibition of Chinese terracotta tomb warriors from the Qi and Han periods went on display at Stockholm’s Museum of National Antiquity August 28. There are ten of the larger than lifesize warriors…
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.
Little Venice in Colmar, Alsace
Sound and light show at Strasbourg Cathedral
Sound and light show at Strasbourg Cathedral, originally uploaded by radiowood2000.
The line waiting to buy the iPhone 4
…outside the Telia store, Fältöversten, Stockholm, 8:30 AM, July 30, 2010,
More California Poppies in Sweden
Gotta Be Careful What You Post Online If You’re a Journalist
From the BBC: CNN has sacked a veteran Middle East editor after she wrote on Twitter that she “respected” a late senior Lebanese cleric said to have inspired Hezbollah. A CNN official said Octavia Nasr was leaving the US TV…
Who Wants an IPhone 3G
While other operators seem to trying to unload the iPhone 3GS, now that the iPhone 4 is happening, Telia is behaving weirdly. It seems like they are giving an iPhone 3G with a pay-as-you-go subscription. But who on Earth would…
Getting into eReading
Reading books and magazines on an ebook reader seems to be an acquired skill. I bought the Kindle version of “WordPress for Dummies” to help restart my blog (would have bought the iBook version but Amazon will take my kronor…
Writing a blog
So my blog is up and running again at RadioWood.com, and hopefully copies of posts will now appear on Facebook and Twitter. Sadly, in upgrading to a modern version of WordPress, the entire old database was deleted, so this is…
Poppies in Sweden 2010
Poppies in Sweden 2010, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. Last year’s bumper crop sowed so many seeds it looks like they’re here to stay!