I've read a lot of books about Swedish immigrants coming to the US in recent years, so I thought I would describe some of them, and how their perspectives differ, and bring up how the American Girl series about the Swedish girl, Kerstin, seems to clearly cannibalize from a previous book. Utvandrarna/The Emigrants, Vilhelm Moberg… Continue reading Books about Swedish immigrants to the US
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A mysterious book fight: who is she talking about?
I have checked out some of the books by Lola Akinmade. She lives in Stockholm, and she writes a blog. In December last year, she wrote the following on a post: The nosy part of my really wants to know who she is talking about. So she's saying that another popular book used 11 similar… Continue reading A mysterious book fight: who is she talking about?
Every Living Thing
I read this long long book. It's about Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist. At least half the book is about him. The other half is about another scientist at the same time, a French man called Buffon. (An unfortunate name, huh? Even worse, Buffon is not his original name, it was a name he picked… Continue reading Every Living Thing
My girl Alexa
I was waiting to see if we were all going to get pulverized into dust. Now that we live to see another day, here's Alexa: Alexa This is from way back when, before google or whoever named their voice thing Alexa. Way back, I made some videos about Alexa. In this one, she's singing with… Continue reading My girl Alexa
Earth geographic data into Blender
There's lots of ways of getting Earth geographic data into Blender, and I really love all of them. It's so fun to create 3D worlds in Blender: A 3D replica of the Swedish mountains in Blender This particular mountain scene I got through this technique wherein you can get the data that you see on… Continue reading Earth geographic data into Blender
Storytelling tip: matching animations to lyrics
I am in the midst of making a series of animations set to songs, here, and midway, I figured out something important. The song has a lyric about reading a book, so I made an animated book, with things coming out of the book. When the second page starts turning, the sparkly heart that came… Continue reading Storytelling tip: matching animations to lyrics
New animation about Sweden
This is my first animation about Sweden in three years, almost. There's a few more I want to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZ75CWvEss&pp=0gcJCa4KAYcqIYzv
Making snow in Blender
I made a couple of videos with snow in Blender (in this one below, the snow starts about 10 seconds in): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5hsBUlBYBv8 To make the snow, I am using the particle systems in Blender to release the snow. I have an emitter over my scene: Blender log cabin in the snow scene. The red arrow… Continue reading Making snow in Blender
Swedish books at a small library
The libraries at a library system in a moderately populated county in North Carolina: you might not expect there to be lots of Swedish books there, but there are. I mean, random little books everywhere you look: An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed An Elderly Lady Must… Continue reading Swedish books at a small library
The Nansen Factor
I found this book "The Nansen Factor" at the library and immediately picked it up. First, because the pattern of the flowers on the front reminded me of Sweden. Second, I thought it might refer to Dr. Nansen, the Norwegian sailor who tried to get to the North Pole in 1893 (I was right about… Continue reading The Nansen Factor
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