36 9 today, thanks to everyone that has sent a card or sms especially the friends with whom I haven’t been in touch with recently.
I’ve started my new course at the university again learning Finnish, trying to do some basic following of the Finnish Media so below is a kind of part Linkdump part commentary on whats out there.
A couple of daily free papers you get on your commute are uutislehti100 and metro (which you can download in pdf [...]
My Friend Nick O’Neill just won the 2007 BD/Zumtobal photography competition with the entry above. You have to take the photos with a disposable camera and then send it in o the organisers before its developed, the results can be great. There were some other good photos there too so its worth checking out all [...]
I’m changing the theme of lewism because I wanted a change and to freshen up the look of the site a bit having been using the fauna theme since I moved to wordpress. Also I want to be able to change the look of the site a little bit easier and that means using the [...]
I am going to Copenhagen on an office trip in a few weeks time. Lots of Architectural sightseeing to do and maybe just walking round the city enjoying the atmosphere.
So I’ve been doing a bit of research and have to say that CopenhagenX is easily the best Architectural website for any city I have yet [...]
I don’t often write about food but I would like to more. I was back in Edinburgh over Easter and my brother cooked us all something called Shish Barak a dish from Lebanon. The recipe comes from the excellent book Arabesque by Claudia Roden. Much to my surprise there is even a Lebanese restaurant in [...]
If Scotland beat on Georgia at Hampden Park this Saturday they will become Football World Champions at least according to the Unofficial Football Championships. The UFWC is based on a knock out system like that of boxing where the holder keeps the title until beaten. Current holders are Georgia but Scoland can become Champions for [...]
When I recently wrote about the three English language magazines from Finland, the ovi got in touch so I thought I’d write something for them seeing as I read their site quite often and it is nice to be able to contribute something however small and badly written. See my first article there, hopefully there [...]
I just noticed a new English language magazine now publishing here in and about Finland called freemagazine. So that makes three publications by my count (the ovi is pdf of website ony at the moment I think). The three are Six degrees the ovi freemagazine. All worth a checking out.
Update: Free magazine has [...]
I got a Canon 400D digital slr camera yesterday (Rebel XTI in the US) so now I can shoot some proper digital photos, except here it comes in all the Scandinavian languages that means no English. Luckily i’m on this new fangled interweb thingy and can find it quite easily. Nice digital slr introduction here.
(excellent photo of centre of Tampere by vanikat)
Last weekend we went to Tampere and I had a quick guided driving tour of the city at night although I couldn’t afford any time for a closer look. I like the feel of the city, it seems to be thriving and well worth a visit. Reima [...]
Hah! Lifes a bitch so why not write a song about it and form a choir watch the Helsinki Complaints choir. (via swissmiss)
