George Wright's Blog: Sweden at last

Sweden at last

gwright@kde.org (George Wright) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:48:00 +0100

Today’s been a somewhat hectic day for me; after getting up at 0500 to get to Heathrow by 0700, I managed to get on my 1030 flight to Arlanda and arrive in Stockholm just after 1400. After hopping on a train to Linköping, I was greeted by my contact at Cendio, Peter Åstrand, who has been exceptionally helpful and accommodating with my moving in.

I’m staying in university accommodation which is rather nice; it’s a bit Ikea-y, but not too shabby. There was a particularly bad dead fly infestation in my room but a dustpan and brush seems to have taken care of most of it, and I may have to vacuum around when I can get hold of one. The luxury of an en-suite is always welcome, and I have a 10Mbit/s internet connection which is definitely most welcome!

My room

As for my job out here, I’ll be working on the next release of ThinLinc, Cendio’s flagship remote desktop product. At first I believe I’m mainly doing testing of the upcoming release to ensure it meets quality standards, but Peter is keen for me to dig into the coding side soon.

In my spare time, I decided to bring my bike over and I’ll hopefully spend most of my evenings racing around the roads on it. It really is a delightful little machine. When I’m not on the bike I hope to get some work done on nxcl/qtnx as well.

The bike

"Sweden at last" by Egon Willighagen

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:55:04 +0100

You could consider flying from Stansted to Skavsta… not sure if Stansted is closer to your former UK place, but Skavsta is surely closer to Linköping… Moreover, last time I arrived at Skavsta, in literally 10 minutes I was on the bus to Stockholm… beats the 1.5 hours any time.

"Sweden at last" by George Wright

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:25:01 +0100

I’m storing the bike in the office so locks are a non-issue…

"Sweden at last" by Johan Thelin

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:40:31 +0100

Välkommen! I hope that you will enjoy Sweden. If you plan to visit the w(^Hb)est coast and Gothenburd, do mention it on your blog so that you can meet some fellow hackers there.

"Sweden at last" by Linus

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:43:03 +0100

Välkommen! Try the swedish pizza and don’t leave your bike unlocked.

"Sweden at last" by Kalle

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:40:50 +0100

Welcome to sweden! :)

"Sweden at last" by Loffe

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:53:57 +0100

Be aware of bike thefts. It’s not uncommon i Linköping :( Get a sturdy lock and always attach the bike to something big.

And for all your pizza needs there’s http://onlinepizza.se/Linkoping/

"Sweden at last" by Thomas Lindroth

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:06:54 +0100

Welcome to Linköping.

If you like biking check out http://www.linkoping.se/ahoj There you’ll find some bike maps (cykelkarta to the left) for the city.

"Sweden at last" by Lochball

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:49:12 +0100

Have a try with Swedens’s most popular indoor sport, which is called ‘innebandy’ (floorball). Play with e.g. colleagues somewhere in Linköping and have lots of fun…

http://www.innebandy.se

"Sweden at last" by Peppe Bergqvist

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:56:38 +0100

Welcome to Sweden and Linköping!

My tip is to try the pizza at Mozarella in downtown Linköping ( http://hitta.se/ViewDetailsPink.aspx?vad=mozarella&var=link%f6ping ), really nice pizzas.

If you want to grab lunch some day just send me an email, my job is located close to Cendio in Mjärtdevi.

"Sweden at last" by Mårten Woxberg

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:37:30 +0100

Make sure you try the Pizza of Sandra’s in Ryd! :)