tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55383424258343303792012-02-16T22:03:45.015+01:00This blog is dedicated to my four months stay in Lund as a visiting PhD to the Forskningspolitiska Institutet.FrankiLundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101802573659934129noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5538342425834330379.post-33600641559589941512008-06-15T22:12:00.003+02:002008-06-15T22:25:16.656+02:00

Many thanks to Olof, Steve and Mats for the fish. It was wonderful to have a taste of Sweden after having spent two weeks already in Holland.This is the last post of this blog. Check it while you can, because it won't be here forever.I've set up a new blog, not dedicated to anything in particular. Just life, research and everything at paperfreenotes.wordpress.com

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When I arrived in Lund and Mats and I stood in front of railway station looking across the street, Mats pointed out the location of two very important stores: a supermarket and the liquor store. He also mentioned the opening hours, which I at that time did not bother to remember. One was easy anyway. Every day from ten to nine. The other, I still don't know by heart, but I think it closes at two

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I have this habit of wanting to have a map of those places that I am visiting a bit longer than a weekend. Since I am staying in Lund for four months it started itching from day three. It appeared that it is quite hard to buy a decent map of Lund. The tourist office is closed during the weekends which is when I am in need of a map the most. So I tried a supermarket, a few book stores, and a

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Last Tuesday, I think I repaired my iBook. The troubles that it had did not reoccur after Tuesday, so I now conclude that the repair was successful. Tuesday, I wasn't so sure and I know the troubles will reoccur. Hopefully, that will not be before the end of my stay in Lund, or, even better, before finishing my thesis. Let me impose the details on you and between the lines relay the story of how

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In order of appearance, these are the buildings that I pass, while walking to my office. I enjoy this every day, except that the white/greyish hospital building is not so enjoyable to look at. The closer I get to the building, the more relatively younger buildings occur. Until last Saturday, I thought my office was at the end of the campus. Boy, that was naive.The pictures' quality is not very

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By the way: the fact that I added this post does not mean my iBook is fixed. I made it Sunday evening and the laptop just happened to work Sunday and Monday during the day. Then I carried it home again and it did not boot after the tenth attempt. So today I'll spend trying to fix it. Hopefully, I will be able to borrow decent soldering equipment.

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As of yesterday afternoon, my iBook G4 laptop is showing problems. It did not want to wake from sleep mode. Yesterday evening it did not want to cold start, but switched on its cooling fan. Second attempt was successful. This morning, it took about eight attempts before it booted. This is not good. It probaly is the dreaded logic board failure that occurred in a number of iBooks. So, if I am not

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Today, Chinese new year started. It is the year of the rat, the first to arrive at Buddha on the other side of the river. Check out the story at BonnieBlueFlag's blogRobin, one of my house mates in Holland, handed me a present just before my train to Lund departed. Today, I was allowed to open it. It is a jade rat amulet for good luck. Thank you, Robin. As you suggested, I'll put it where I need

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I finally finished the post Photos from a walk through town. It looks simple enough huh, just a few photo's and some text. Once you know the tricks, which browser to use and the secrets of the upload order and deleting photos. I'll spare you the details.

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Today, I bought the book 'Svenska för utländska studenter' and it has 'med ljud-cd'. The latter addition convinced me to buy the book. My biggest problem is not reading Swedish, but speaking it and understanding it when somebody else speaks. Swedish looks quite similar to Dutch, but it sounds somewhat different. Of course, other elements that convinced me were the title and the fact that the book

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If you imagine what the land of the blind will look like, one-eye will go mad if you ask me. Or be declared mad, just like I tend not to believe people who claim to see true visions of the future or to be able to speak with the dead. Well, when you look it up - google it or wiki it - others before me have had a similar thought. H.G. Wells for one wrote The Country of the Blind according to this

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There is this cathedral in Lund, called Lunds Domkyrka. It is open for public, it has an interesting clockwork inside and many more things to see. I am not going to explain all that because you can see the wiki page for yourself. Interestingly and not mentioned in the wiki, there is a wooden model of the building inside as well. A note explains that it is there so that the blind can feel what the

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Just a few images from a walk through town.Impressive tree in the middle of the square of Katedralskolan. I would like to see it again in Spring. If you walk through the gate of the Katedralskolan, there is a map of the complex directly left. I find the symbol indicating your position quite friendly. Far better than the avarage cross or arrow.Apartment buildings at Järnåkravägen.And below,

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When I arrived at RPI, there appeared to be a name tag at the door of the office assigned to me. Just as with the apartment the day before, this in itself made me feel very welcome. Where I work in Holland, it may take the faculty ages before somebody has tagged the door.The office was quite empty, but after a few hours, Olof brought in some stuff: Upon my request, I was allowed to open the

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So, Mats showed me the flat that will be my home for the next four monts. I knew it was going to be quite spatious, but still ... . Well, see for yourself.By the way, as you can see this video is on you tube where I created an account FrankiLund and where all video's to appear in this blog can be viewed.

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As agreed, Mats picked me up from the railway station, which ended my one day journey to Lund. Yesterday, the Dutch wheather forecast predicted a storm traveling over and towards Scandinavia, so I had my doubts about the trip. But fortunately it was not much of a storm. No trees on railway tracks, no waves that made me sea sick. One, no two important buildings are located right opposite of the

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