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Winter lights
Winter lights
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The lights in the trees in central Uppsala are really nice this year
Skating tour
Skating tour
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Quick lunch lap. 5cm ice. Nice.
Skating tour
Skating tour
Originally uploaded by carrickg.
Quick lunch lap. 5cm ice. Nice.
Old slides
When I was staying with the parents over Christmas I got my dad's slide scanner working and scanned a few of the millions of slides that my dad has taken over the years. Found some good ones of me and my sister from when we were wee. It takes a while to scan each one, so it would be impossible to scan them all.
Are you digging that top?
and this one too? no wonder I have bad eyesight now.
Here I have the blond hair to fit in in Sweden :-)
hey, those curtains are back in fashion now...
Back in the freezer
Back in the freezer
Originally uploaded by carrickg.
Back home from warm and wet Scotland (relatively) to cold and dry
Sweden. Had a great time meeting up with family and old friends.
We also seem to have left something behind, Elsa. Keeping my mum and
dad busy no doubt, and distressingly she doesn't seem to be missing us
at all. Ungrateful little...
book review
Dan Simmons: Ilium (Gollancz S.F.)
A pretty good science fiction take on Homer's Iliad. Definitely worth a read. (****)- Edmund Cooper: Overman Culture (Coronet Books)
Good read, good ideas, read it if you can. (****) John Meaney: Paradox
This was my first book by John Meaney and for most of the book I was pretty happy. It had a lot of interesting ideas about the structure of society and new types of technology. The biggest problem for me was that some of these could have used a lot more fleshing out. I had the feeling that somehow all these things would become clearer as the plot progressed but unfortunately that didnt happen. Still an enjoyable read by a new (to me) author. (***)Iain M. Banks: Feersum Endjinn
I am a big fan of Iain M Banks and this was the first of his books that I read. Its a pretty unique story and the scale of the environment is a good new slant. When you start reading it takes a bit of time to get used to the parts that are written phonetically. But its worth sticking with it and after a while you almost dont notice :-) (*****)Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon
This is a great book, especially if your even the smallest bit a geek. A good mix of face and fiction that is also humorous. Its not very often you get a blend of those that are as good as this. Big thumbs up. (*****)
