Another day, another press conference on coronavirus from Sweden. They had 2510 cases in Sweden at this point, and 42 deaths. There were about 375,000 cases worldwide. The press conference started with the national epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, who I think was more interested in talking about the USA than anything else. He says: the US… Continue reading Sweden coronavirus press conference, March 25, 2020
On this day, they had 4028 confirmed cases. There were 715,000 cases globally. These pictures come from SVT, I think that stands for Svensk TV (Swedish TV). Disclaimer: My Swedish is not 100%. Here was the lady who was the main anchor, and beside her is one of the sign-language workers. And here was their… Continue reading Sweden coronavirus press conference, March 30, 2020
My Application I applied two years ago and my application didn’t move on to the semi-finals. As a favor to you just starting your application, let’s go through mine to see where you can do better. My application Here's the summary of my proposal: "I will undertake a series of animated film projects at schools… Continue reading My best tips for your Fulbright-National Geographic Application!
I think they are most usually 100% fake. I just read a blog post with 50 tips for living your best life. At one point, he (or she?) advises us to: decide your goals for the next five years, and then achieve them in 2 years! And just a little bit later, his next tip… Continue reading No need to listen to “life wisdom” advice
This was the day after the attack, so August 11. I think I first read this article on the BBC: Norwegian shooting probed as terror attack. I think what stands out in the article is if you scroll down to almost the bottom, and it starts talking about reactions from Norway's Muslims: The shooting has… Continue reading Compare: how different countries reported on the Oslo mosque shooting
After our fellowship was done, we were all flown back to D.C., and we had a "poster fair". All of us fellows who had been placed at newsrooms pasted and arranged our articles on posters, and then we had some very nice and supportive guests tell us what a good job we had all done.… Continue reading How the WIRED summer went
All the Swedish things you can find in Berkeley, California: 1. Bokmärken: Bokmärken are little pictures that little kids collect. They're like stickers, without the sticky part on the back. They can be flowers, or maybe toys, animals, angels, and during Christmas you can get Santa Claus ones. If you're lucky, you can find glitter… Continue reading Sweden in Berkeley
It's my last few days here, and I'm interviewing Arabs. I'd had the idea for a while - to write a story about a science and technology show that airs on the BBC Arabic. It's called 4 Tech, and I've watched it a whole bunch, and I think I probably blogged about it some, back… Continue reading Interviewing Arabs
It's been fun people-watching all the tourists around San Francisco. There's not many around WIRED's office in the financial district, but once you go towards the wharf and the water and the Golden Gate Bridge, they're everywhere. I think the most I've seen is Germans. Sometimes you're walking along, and you just go from one… Continue reading All the tourists in San Francisco
This article was going to be a triumph for me, for many different reasons. First, because it was about Sweden, pretty much. Second, because all the instagram/twitter/blog/facebook stalking I've done over the years came into handy. No one can say all of that was a waste of time any more. I went from a random… Continue reading Third article for WIRED
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