Stockholm Stroll
Another picture from my trip to Stockholm. I was wandering the streets close to the hotel where there was a house on the ridge. I had been playing with the 50mm f1.2 lens. I saw the couple walking...
View ArticleTrain Over Water
As I was strolling along the water there was a train crossing on the bridge and I liked the look of the reflection on the water along with the angle the train crossed the water. I love going to new...
View ArticleStairs Down
I enjoy taking pictures of stairways. This is my second one from Stockholm and I still have another 3 or 4 that have potential. And look, this one isn’t in black and white. The buildings to the side...
View ArticleCandle Contribution
And we are still in Stockholm … One evening Joe, myself and Paul from the Dice office visited the Mead Hall, Sjätte Tunnan, in the Old City district. This subterranean hall had a music stage, low...
View ArticleStockholm Street
It has bikes, people shopping, posters, 7-11 and men with “European man-bags”. While touring Stockholm I suddenly realised. “Holy crap there are a lot of 7-Elevens in this city !”. And Google would...
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Neil Gaiman in Berkeley
On Monday 27th of June I dragged Mrs. Kaadian, kicking and screaming, over to Berkeley to see the indomitable Mr. Neil Gaiman as he promoted the 10th Anniversary Edition of American Gods with a book...
View ArticleStockholm at Night 1
I’m back in Stockholm for a wee bit. For the first week I walked to and from my apartment. The walk is very pretty, through parks, along water-fronts, past historic buildings, across railway bridges,...
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Selective Colorings
Recently I had the pleasure of doing wine tasting in Sanoma with Mrs Kaadian and some of her friends. We visited 4 vineyards in Sanoma County, bought wine at 3 of them and had a smashing time. You...
View ArticleOne about video games …
[This is in reply to a newspaper article criticizing games as the cause of death of a young man from deep vein thrombosis, after a marathon 12hour gaming session.] TIMES RECORD The poor young-man died...
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A Walk to the Office
This post is a little bit different. It’s a travelogue, of sorts, documenting the daily commute I made from my apartment in the Kungsholmen district to the office at Dice. There will be a companion...
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Going the Other Way
The other day I wrote a mini-travelogue detailing my walk from my apartment to the office. You can see it here. This is part 2, going back from the office to the apartment, through Stockholm at 3am on...
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Stockholm Side Streets
As I was walking home one night, passing through the old-City with its small side streets and cobblestone roads, old church in the background, I thought, “these look very cool !”. So I tried taking...
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3 Different Views of Engelbrektskyrkan Church
Today I dragged poor Mrs. Kaadian across Stockholm to the Scandinavian Photo store in Kungsholm. I wanted to buy a new tripod. I already have 2 very good tripods. Unfortunately one is in Arizona, in...
View ArticleHötorget Wet Steps
Last Sunday, Mrs Kaadian was not in the mood to go for a walk in the driech and dreary Stockholm rain. But I, emboldened by our stroll the previous day from Gamla Stan to the house, decided to retread...
View ArticleA Watched Pot
The apartment that Mrs. Kaadian and I are staying in was already furnished. Very tastefully done. We do not however have an electric kettle. What we do have is what looks like a cast-iron kettle. It...
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A comparison in 3 parts
As Mrs. Kaadian and I were walking through Gamla Stan in the drizzle, she spotted this cool opening with a small courtyard and a door in the distance. Very neat looking. I too took a picture. The...
View ArticleI’m on a boat! (1 of 6)
On Saturday Mrs. Kaadian and our good friend Daryl did one of *the* things you have to do when you visit Stockholm. We got on a boat ! In our case we boarded the Cinderella line for a tour around the...
View ArticleI’m on a boat! (2 of 6)
Second in the set from out boat trip around the archipelago. It had to be black and white. No scenery, no sailboats (trust me those are to come) Just the texture of the foam as it bubbles up in the...
View ArticleI’m on a boat! (3 of 6)
More from our day out on the Cinderella II as we toured the archipelago around Stockholm. There were so many sail boats about ! I was also quite worried because a lot of vessels seemed to be content to...
View ArticleI’m on a boat! (4 of 6)
Still on the boat ! I liked this one as it was a view of Stockholm from the water that I wouldn’t normally get to see. It was a little hazy as we returned to Stockholm but it was nice to see the city...
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