I am not sure if this happens in Greece as well, but i was checking today sunrise time for several Swedish cities, and here is what i came across First of all, here is a map of Sweden, so you can refer to the cities Now, let’s check the sunrise time for August 19, 2010: [...]

Nora was roaming the city during the “royal wedding” weekend, and she took some pictures of Stockholm (and some of the royal boats arriving in Stockholm)

Last week, June 23 and 24 OWASP had it’s AppSec Research conference in Stockholm It was my first time attending, and definitely it was a unique experience. Although i would like to make a post about the talks and the people, i am making this one to simple show some pictures from the wonderful after-conference [...]

Sweden has a VAT tax of 25% (for a long time now). Greece, recently updated the VAT from 19% to 21% (well done!) I am no economist but in my book, the following would make sense: If both countries (Greece, Sweden) buy a product from a 3rd country (Japan), the product will be bought at [...]

From my friend’s twitter: Are we winning, or are we winning?

I tried to twit this, but when I pasted the word in Twitter, it exploded. So I will have to do it here For anyone saying that Swedish is a difficult language to learn, here is an example of a simple word. The word is: Nordöstersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmateriel underhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten And according to the dictionary it means: Preparatory [...]

I am sure you have all heard jokes about someone who decided to visit a country for vacation, fell in love with the place and then decided to move there for life… I kinda feel the same when i read: It has been the worst winter in 22 years Source: The local Can we please [...]

Buying Greek coffee at Stockholm (post made for a specific friend)

Stockholm is such a magical and beautiful city. Especially for me, a Greek coming from Athens, Stockholm is like a paradise city. Amazingly large amounts of green, parks and open areas and sea / water / canal view around the city The only problem is that this year, the weather decided that I should not have access [...]

I attended a show by  Henry Rollins last week, and one of the jokes he made, got me thinking how screwed we are (we being Greeks). The joke that Rollins made was something like “you Swedes have such a weird language, that you can learn English while driving”. Although funny, I have to say that Swedish are pretty simply, [...]