Friday, September 21, 2007 – 14:45
I have been away from blogging for a few weeks. I passed the the first two math examinations and am therefore finished with my first course at the university. 6 points secured, 294 to go. Several courses have begun the last month. Linear algebra is probably the most interesting math course right now, with a [...]
Thursday, August 30, 2007 – 15:01
*** NOTE: This guide is very outdated and does not work at all any more. The University has redone the whole calendaring system. See my new guide instead. *** Many people at school have asked me about the SMS-reminders I get about upcoming lectures at the university. Fifteen minutes before every lesson, lecture, or any [...]
Saturday, August 25, 2007 – 23:02
The ones who regularly read my blog probably know what “JAS” is by now. It means “killing” other people in a game simular to deathgame, but set at Linköping Institute of Technology is executed as a competition between freshmen at different programs at the school. During lunchtime during the four days from Monday to Thursday [...]
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 – 22:31
Mum sent me my camera data cable via snail mail, so I have finally been able to publish some photos to my homepage. Click here to see all photos. I have selected some below, just click on one of them to for a larger view, and to browse: 36080 The Teknisk Fysik and Elektroteknik (Y-linjen) [...]
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 – 22:26
Day three of JAS. Today we would go on our own, using “civilians” to distract attention. I wore my usual body armour and had a carrot and an apple for weaponry. Unfortunately there had been a mistake in buying weapons (read: fruit) so we did only had one banana for the whole team. I did [...]
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 – 22:02
The JAS mission has continued. We had been refreshing ideas and refining plans for the second day and it started at 12:10 on Tuesday. We had decided to go in smaller groups this time to avoid getting all our group blasted in pieces by one single apple grenade. I and two comrades started in the [...]
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 – 00:02
During the Orientation Week (nolle-p) at larger Swedish universities, students get together in groups and get specific missions to complete before the week is over. It could be anything from being “cheerleaders” when your section competes in one of many competitions (like the “packling”, where you cram in as many freshmen as possible into one [...]
Sunday, August 19, 2007 – 20:17
If anybody reading this blog lives in Linköping or attends the Linköping University and has either a computer cable for the Canon PowerShot G2 or a CompactFlash memory card reader (USB or PCMCIA) I would be overwhelmingly grateful to you if you could borrow it to me for a few hours. I want to be [...]
Thursday, March 15, 2007 – 21:31
So today the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education opened up the doors to apply for university programs starting this fall. Immediately I applied for what I want to study – Teknisk Fysik International at the College of Linköping. Hopefully I will be accepted, I was accepted last year (I declined because of my Elida [...]