The 3LA Podcast Revisited
Recent explorations of lost and found sounds unearthed the audio of a short-lived podcast I produced 10 years ago called The 3LA Podcast. I’ve resurrected the 10 episodes for your archival listening...
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Bad Date Due
At the risk of dipping into a well I’ve visited often: the only pieces of information I need to have on this slip are the title of the book and the date it’s due; everything else just makes it harder...
View ArticleA Sudden Need to Travel
Circumstances have pleasantly conspired to take me to Europe for the next two weeks, something that came together only on Friday last.Everything has come together so well, so quickly, that I’m prompted...
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Airport Waiting Done Right
When you have a layover at an airport en route to somewhere else, my number one recommendation is to leave the airport.You need to have enough time to do this — 3 or 4 hours is the minimum.And...
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Bleary-Eyed Unkempt Swedish Me
I’ve arrived in Malmö, Sweden after an overnight flight to Copenhagen. A little bleary-eyed, but none the worse for wear. I’m waiting for the sister of my Airbnb host to get home from work so that I...
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Garaget
Three years ago, at Alibis for Interaction here in Malmö, I met Andreas Ingefjord, who told me about Garaget, a library, community centre, meeting place, and café he managed the creation of. A 2009...
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"Wenn jemand eine Reise tut, hat er etwas zu erzählen"
I came across this phrase in a city guide to Malmö yesterday in a description of the genesis of The Malmö Festival:Which (proving its point), led me to this Matthias Claudius poem from 1786, which...
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Walking with friends
Postscript: This photo, taken by Olle (who’s in the foreground) got posted here during a demonstration for Olle and Jonas of the system I’ve set up to allow me to email photos to the blog. Alas,...
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IndieWeb in the Sunshine
At the end of an afternoon of wandering around Malmö discussing, among other things, the IndieWeb and its various glories, it seemed vital to place a marker here for the occasion.I began the day with...
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"she can bring the columns back to life with her numerical tenderness"
Play / pauseJavaScript is required.0:000:00volumemenu"she can bring the columns back to life with her numerical tenderness"< previous> nextI have been an unremitting fan of Jane Siberry since...
View Article"untethered to a rhythmic grid of any kind"
Hot on the heels of Jane Siberry’s new album, Brian Eno has a new album too, The Ship (Eno produced tracks on Siberry’s 1993 album When I Was a Boy). I walked around downtown Malmö this afternoon in a...
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Wheelbenches
In the lobby of the Form/Design Center in Malmö, benches that are easy to move.Design | Malmö
View ArticleACK vs. NAK
When we are sending messages — messages of any sort, be they SMS, morse code, messages in a bottle, waving hello across a crowded street — we need a protocol, a set of expectations for how the exchange...
View ArticleTitanic in Malmö C
Play / pauseJavaScript is required.0:000:00volumemenuTitanic in Malmö C< previous> nextI stopped for a snack at Malmö C (the central train station in the city) last night. There’s a piano in the...
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Klubb Bongo
Luisa and Olle are holding their 10th anniversary party in a city-owned hall called Ungdomens hus— Youth House. In a previous incarnation the building was the original home to Klubb Bongo, a music club...
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Of Writhing Snakes and Eagle Oil
What a strange and wonderful ride this unlikely trans-Atlantic friendship with Olle and Luisa has turned out to be.We are eleven years old now; one year after I first met Olle – and before I’d ever...
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Getting a Prepaid SIM at Tegel Airport in Berlin
On previous trips to Berlin I’ve waited until I’ve been set up in the city to search out a SIM for my phone, but for this trip I needed to be SMS-ready soon after landing to arrange for transfer of...
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Create Your Own Watch
Once of the things I love about Berlin is that walking its streets often presents you with such unexpected delightful things in the oddest places. I Like Paper, in Kreuzberg on Reichenberger Strasse,...
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