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My Move to Sweden in Detail

In Sweden on 15 July 2008 with 2 comments

As blogged by Marie the story is probably more interesting than my short posts about the move.

Spell Checking Follow-Up

In Apple on 15 July 2008 with 1 comment

Seems it’s not all beer and pretzels with my Mac’s spell checking as Mail doesn’t seem to accept cocoAspell’s Icelandic dictionary. In fact I only see the Icelandic one of cocoAspell’s dictionaries but that’s not a real problem. Not now, anyway. TextEdit sees the Icelandic Dictionary and so does MarsEdit, which I’m writing this in, […]

The Woes and Wonders of Spell Checker

In Apple, Tech on 13 July 2008 with 8 comments

Although I can hardly write a sentence of decent Swedish without help I wanted to set up my old PowerBook G4, running Tiger, to do spell checking in Icelandic, English and Swedish. I’ve been using Stafsetning 2004 since it was in closed beta back in 2004 and was mostly satisfied with it.

My biggest problem with […]

Formally Inducted

In Sweden on 13 July 2008 with 5 comments

Last night I was made a Swede at a formal ceremony - well, a sushi dinner - at Marie’s friend Lisa’s place. Of course there was a load of people present although I think the sushi was the main draw and not me. Or maybe it was the constantly appearing cocktails in various bright colours […]

Some Things I’ve Done in Sweden Since Arriving

In Sweden on 9 July 2008 with 4 comments

Listened to a Bellman recital Driven a Bon Jovi special edition Volkswagen Golf (I’m fine now, thank you). Drunk quite a lot (two parties already, I’m fine now, thank you). Seen, and heard, The World’s Loudest Child (she was charming and I think I have tinnitus). Eaten Falukorv (similar to Icelandic kjötbúðingur and good to eat but stay away […]