Watched: Tripping with Nils Frahm (2020) 🍿
Genius. Pure genius. Like a contemporary Jan Johansson. It’s the third time I’ve watched this performance, and it won’t be the last.
Went to a photo booth to get my picture taken for my driver’s license renewal. Someone had left their photos behind, like a scene from Amélie. 📸
Finished reading: The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter 📚
Yet another great Robert Hunter story. I’ve never read a series before where every single book is this good, exciting, and unpredictable. Fantastic!
A good example of how much we love to fika here in Sweden. My favorite café is now selling cinnamon bun beanies.
Listening to: Stand Back by Kite 🎵
The Swedish band Kite is one of my absolute favorite discoveries in recent years. I love both their sound and their lyrics, and I often recognize myself in their words. That sense of recognition is usually what connects me to a song or an artist.
My brother (yes, I’ve told him to move to Micro.blog) has been using AI to colorize old photos. I think the results are great. He keeps the original black and white as the “real photo” and the AI version as a fun extra. It’s him and me in the shot, somewhere in the 70s.
I spotted a demonstration outside the café window today. Ran out and snapped this shot.
I’ve done a complete redesign of the Blogging Tips & Tools page. It’s been on my to-do list for a long time, and with Bear’s downtime today, I finally decided to get to work. Hope you like it!
The upside of downtime — a positive take on the current technical issues with the Bear blogging platform.
Bear is down for some custom domains, including mine. I’ll take it as a sign that running two blogs was the right choice 😊
My latest Bear experiment: a custom search feature for my blog page. There’s an official version, but I decided to take it a step further, making descriptions searchable and highlighting the searched term. You can even link directly to a search.
Watched: A House of Dynamite (2025) 🍿
I really liked it. It was well-made and had almost a documentary feel. If you enjoyed Kathryn Bigelow’s other films, like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, you’ll probably like this one too.
Time for some transcenDental meditation. Getting to the root of things, one tooth at a time. Drilling deep into my thoughts, finding that inner wisdom tooth. Ommm… my gums! 🧘🦷
Listening to: The End by Mammoth 🎵
Just discovered this great track after listening to an interesting interview with the man behind Mammoth, Wolfgang Van Halen.
One last Micro Bear update for today: I added a Videos page and decided to separate movies and shows on the Status page. Also made a few style tweaks for the Extra page.
I was greeted by an explosion of autumn colors at one of my jobs today. 🍁
I’ve updated the Postroll on my Bear blog. It now uses my Micro.blog bookmarks instead of Raindrops, and I’ve also added a search feature.
Listening to: Wasted Years by Iron Maiden 🎵
I was in my teens when this song came out. I’d just started playing the drums and thought the drumming on this track was so cool (still do). Later, when I saw them crash a playback performance on German TV, I knew they were the coolest band in the world.
Watched: The Perfect Neighbor (2025) 🍿
A crazy and tragic story. One of those times you wish it were fiction and not a documentary. Still, definitely worth watching.
Out with some friends at this cool burger joint tonight. Went to the bathroom and discovered a tiny Smurf village under the floor. Kinda glad I didn’t order the blue cheese burger.