An Old Person’s Guide to Writing Async Jobs with Google Cloud Platform (+Slack!)

It’s clear to me that…

In Sweden: Money without Cash

I haven’t bought anything with cash in Sweden in well over a year. I’ve barely even touched cash since I got the kids bank accounts so I could pay their allowances from my phone. I’ve been holding the same lonely 20kr bill in wallet for month and months, which is sort of a…

Odes to Sweden, Part I: Youth Sports

If I could be a kid again, I’d almost definitely do it in Sweden.

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Reflections on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017

It is definitely true that the Holocaust should never be allowed to happen again, and we should agree that the slaughtering of Jews is a bad thing and should be prevented should the possibility or reality arise.

Bernie, Hillary, the Primary, and the Jews

In the debate, on national TV, Bernie had apparently said…

Winter is Coming: Bike Commuting in Stockholm

An exploration of what it takes to ride more or less comfortably through the wet and cold and dark and snow that is Stockholm winter.

Welcome to Sweden

A little bit less than 3 months ago, I moved to Sweden, along with my family, all of us heading to a country known in the US, if it’s known at all, for long winters, extreme day lengths, and for being a bogeyman of something described as ‘socialism’, which conjures up a combination of laziness…