Jacken’s Blog

Entries from December 2004

Göteborg

December 9th, 2004 · No Comments

Tomorrow I’ll be going to Göteborg with the family. Time to live in a hotel. And how I love that. I’ll try to get up out of bed early saturday morning and do a walkabout taking some pictures. Hopefully I get to sleep. Last night I didn’t sleep one second. Total uptime 36 hours. I [...]

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Tags: Life and times of Jacken

Outlaws

December 8th, 2004 · No Comments

This weekend I went over to the biker club Outlaws MC Sweden for a photo shoot. An old friend of mine who is a member wanted some pictures of his bike. They have a great club house, with place for working on your bike, a place to sleep and a well stocked bar. I got [...]

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Tags: Life and times of Jacken

The studio man

December 7th, 2004 · 2 Comments

I couldn’t resist any more so I borrowed money and got me a studio flash system. It’s two used Bowens Esprit 500 WATT/sec flashes that came with a softbox, umbrellas, honeycombs, snoots and a bag full of other stuff. I’ve been trying them out today and I’m pleased so far. I will really try to [...]

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Tags: Life and times of Jacken · Photography

Native AbiWord for Mac OS X

December 5th, 2004 · 3 Comments

Version 2.2 of the cross platform word processor program AbiWord has been released. And there is now a native version for Mac OS X! This is great news. And it’s free. I downloaded it and have taken it for a spin. Found a lot to like, and some small bugs that will probably be [...]

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Tags: Technical stuff

Garden State

December 1st, 2004 · 1 Comment

I finally checked out the film Garden State. It’s about this guy who is a struggling actor in Hollywood. After his mother dies he returns to his hometown, get together with his friends, meets a girl etc etc. And I really like it. Great movie. Recommended.

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Tags: Movies