The Secret Swede

Not a week goes by without new allegations and threats against Google from German officials. Recently there were reports of federal and state officials debating to make the usage of Google Analytics illegal because of fears that Google might create detailed user profiles based on users’ interests. This would consequently impose fines on websites using (…)

During the Christmas holidays I had the chance to finally cross off a few things on my to-do list. One major item was to take care of the ol’ blog. I started with replacing the Mandigo theme with the simpler Nautica which I came across a while back. What I like about the Nautica theme for (…)

Here are my favourite songs of 2009: Tracklisting: 1 Bricks And Mortar /Editors 2 Only If You Run /Julian Plenti 3 My Will Is Good /Port O’Brien 4 Two Weeks /Grizzly Bear 5 It Don’t Move Me /Peter Bjorn and John 6 Daniel /Bat for Lashes 7 11th Dimension /Julian Casablancas 8 Hard Times /Patrick Wolf (…)

Update 30/5: You can find photos from this concert here: my photos, voss and Readheadwalking, all on Flickr. After his debut on Irish soil in Whelans in December last year, the Swedish king of Indie pop, Jens Lekman, is returning to Dublin, this time with full band to play the Village venue on Sunday 25 May. (…)

It has gone 22 years since the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm. Palme is one of the most well-known Swedish politicians of our time due to his fierce opposition to American foreign policies and his assassination on 28 February 1986. United States recalled its Ambassador to Sweden in February 1968 in protest (…)