In addition to me scouting office spaces, this also happened today: Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s address to the nation regarding Sweden’s NATO membership. 200 years of military non-alignment comes to an end.

I swung by Science Park Towers today to scope out a potential office space. Ended up passing on the offer, but it was a tough call. The view of the city from the 12th floor is absolutely stunning. 🤩 Maybe someday…

Three modern geometric high-rise buildings towering over a traditional red brick building.

Reality (2023) is a film about Reality, the American intelligence leaker, based on the FBI’s interrogation of her in reality. You should definitely watch it! 🍿

Still from the film, a close-up of a young woman, Sydney Sweeney, with a concerned expression looking off camera, with blurred figures in the background of a dimly lit room.

Phew. 😮‍💨 Update on apps distributed in the European Union:

Previously, Apple announced plans to remove the Home Screen web apps capability in the EU as part of our efforts to comply with the DMA. … We have received requests to continue to offer support for Home Screen web apps in iOS, therefore we will continue to offer the existing Home Screen web apps capability in the EU. … [Developers and users] can expect the return of the existing functionality for Home Screen web apps with the availability of iOS 17.4 in early March.

Underbart citat från Skatteverkets nyhetsflöde:

Det finns inga särskilda regler för den som är född på skottdagen, säger Vjera Catovic som arbetar som verksamhetsutvecklare inom folkbokföringen på Skatteverket. Hon berättar att de som är födda den 29 februari oavsett blir ett år äldre för varje år som går. Trots att födelsedatumet inte finns med i kalendern annat än vart fjärde år.

Va skönt. Grattis alla 6 670 personer som fyllde år igår! 🥳

Japanese horror movie night, Creepy, with wine and pizza. Again.

A person holding a bottle of Valpolicella Ripasso red wine against a white wall.

Hörde du? Ett nytt avsnitt av Hej (resten av) internet! landade precis i din poddmaskin. Den här gången pratar Sanna och jag, bland annat, om mystisk, porrig Harry Potter-fanfiktion och ett nördigt, hemligt sällskap. Lyssna på Flödesdyk och fanfic. 🎙️

How cozy is Frills’ website? Super-duper-mega cozy! (via localghost.dev)

The video above shows the mouse cursor moving around Frills’ site, leaving a trail of colorful confetti.

Long overdue, I finally came around to updating my now page. 👀 Phew! Here, a list of words teasing at what you’ll find there: sabbatical, open web, Strümke, movies.

Then

Updated from my home in Jönköping.

🏖️ Sanna is on a sabbatical. While it’s mostly her thing, I get a lot of fun out from that as well. Thanks to my work being flexible, I can tag along for a few of her adventures. We’ve spent some time in the cabin, planning a trip to Copenhagen in March, and have a couple of concerts and stand-up nights booked already.

🌐 About my work, I absolutely love how the open web is going through somewhat of a renaissance right now. People are blogging, getting into personal websites, and experimenting with AT Protocol, ActivityPub, and alternative search engines. I want to marinate in all that as much as possible, so I’m delighted I’ve gotten the opportunity to work on a few projects with Manton and team over at Micro.blog.

🤖 As for LLMs… I still think a lot about safe, responsible, human-first AI. Smaller, more niche and locally run models are the most interesting ones, to me. Reading Simon Willison is a fantastic way to keep up. Prof. Emily M. Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna do a hell of a job criticizing the current artificial intelligence hype. Tune in to their podcast, Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000.

📚 If you’re only going to read one book about AI, you should grab Maskiner som tänker, by Inga Strümke. I’ve been on a reading streak for a while now. Mostly speculative fiction.

A book with the title Maskiner som tänker by Inga Strümke resting on a wooden surface.

🍿 But also, movies! We’ve caught countless good ones lately, both at the theater and at home. Past Lives, Poor Things, Dream Scenario, Killer of the Flower Moon, Society of the Snow, The Leftovers, Anatomy of a Fall, Saltburn, The Boy and the Heron, and so on…

(This page is inspired by Derek Sivers’s now page idea. You should make one, too.)

Generative video is getting better with OpenAI’s Sora. Impressive and uncanny af. 🫠

The video above shows an older woman smiling with a birthday cake in front of her, surrounded by people who are celebrating. But, some things are off. Hands melt together, candles have double and triple flames, and an overall eerie vibe lingers over the scene.

Sanna made a new batch of ginger shots today. Yum! 🤤 Sliced oranges, blood oranges, lemons, and a ginger on a cutting board with a juicer.

I’ve been more or less stuck in bed with the flu since Saturday. 🤧 With a foggy brain and eyes averse to light, audiobooks and podcasts have been my sole source of input and my output has been close to zero. Today, I’m finally feeling roughly like myself again. Phew!

After Sanna has retired for the night, I usually tend to the fire for a few hours longer. When the flames hunger for more fuel, I grab the basket and make my way to the woodshed while gazing up at the night sky. 🌌

Star-filled night sky with a snow-covered evergreen tree in the foreground.

Lots of great advice from Rebecca. 🙃 (via kottke.org)

Nothing exists but social media. No one does anything offline. So the entire measure of someone’s commitment is how much they post about their commitment. Never mind if the noble cause is their day job, the thing they donate to extensively, the volunteer work they do; only the racket made online matters. Let the beginning and the end of thy commitment be the noise you make about that commitment (and others’ lack of commitment), and make it loud.

Went for a short walk after breakfast. A light breeze and −7 ℃ – pretty close to perfect. ❄️

A snow-covered landscape with a wooden pier leading out onto the frozen surface, under a blue sky with fluffy clouds.

Spending a few days working and chilling at the cabin. I took this photo just before grabbing the snow shovel to clear a path for the car to reach the charging point. It was quite a workout. When I came back inside, Sanna had already lit the fire and greeted me with a cup of coffee. 🥰

Snow-covered landscape with footprints leading to the cabin at sunset.

Loney Dear 🎵 is in town this Friday, and I had no idea until now. Sold out. 😩

Loney Dear + Cantus Domus - Ignorant Boy, Beautiful Girl - Live @ Haldern 2016 (Rockpalast Version)

I’m not in the least surprised people are using their Vision Pro headsets while driving. Even less so that they are in a Cybertruck. 😅

we really in the end times

The video shows a person “driving” a Tesla Cybertruck while using an Apple Vision Pro headset.

I love the prompt for Glitch’s February code jam: Welcome to my blog. They are also starting a blogroll and everyone is welcome. 🥰

We’re celebrating individual expression through the age-old medium of blogging. Start a blog, make a fan page about your favorite blog or platform, whatever the prompt awakens inside of you!