Multilingualism

Several months ago I met a guy at work who studies Scandinavistic, and he learned Swedish. Ever since, we’ve met once a month to eat and chat – in Swedish of course. This is fabulous practice for both of us and today I noticed that, five minutes into the conversation, I was even thinking in Swedish! Continue reading

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Duality

It’s weird sometimes.

I sometimes feel like this twenty-something cosmopolitan guy with a sweet girlfriend and a taste for crazy board games, sci-fi movies, and submarine novels. Life is fun.

But I’m also nearing forty, married, a father of a two-year-old, with an old car and a mortgage on a suburban flat, a boring bank employee maintaining IT systems. I’m fine with that too, I like my life.

Why this duality? What does that mean?

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Apple, begone!

I’m pretty sure my next smartphone, tablet, laptop, and desktop won’t be from Apple. My future hardware will be powered either by Android or  by Linux (Ubuntu to be precise). And here’s why. Continue reading

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7 convenient iPhone tweaks

I like my iPhone, but there are some annoying details that Apple doesn’t want users to change. Luckily, this is where jailbreaking comes to the rescue. Here are some Cydia apps that make the iPhone easier to work with.

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Find me on Google+

Google+ is the new social network that everybody is talking about. Well, maybe not everybody but at least the entire tech press. They are limiting the new user registrations for now, but I have gained access and it looks nice! Find me at http://torben.g-b.dk/+

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