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Spelling in English

Sorry for this, but I've noticed lately that one thing I learned in the army has been very useful when moving to the US. And that is using the NATO Spelling Alphabet . The last years before the move the Swedish army started to use NATO standards for call Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2009 7:21 AM by cellfish | 0 Comments
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PAL to NTCS converter

Finding a good PAL to NTCS converter turned out to be harder than expected. I needed something for my Wii, DVD player and digital video camera. And also something that would work with the TV I got. Turned out I had to dig a little bit more into my pocket Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:55 PM by cellfish | 0 Comments
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Cash register feature

A funny thing I've experienced here in the US is how the cash register systems at Fred Meyer and QFC (two large food store chains which apparently have the same owner). Most stores have offers where you get a discount when you buy more than one item ( Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 19, 2009 7:42 PM by cellfish | 0 Comments
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The amazing auto woman

For the first time in my life I've bought a car without the feeling of getting ripped off by the car dealer. I'm not particulary interested in cars and especially not in how they work and what makes a car better than another. I select car purly on feeling. Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:45 PM by cellfish | 0 Comments
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Getting a drivers license in the US

Getting a drivers license in the US is not the same thing as in Sweden. First of all the booklet you can read to study is much shorter. At least in state Washington. The written test is 25 multiple choice questions and you need 20 correct answers. Since Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:45 PM by cellfish | 2 Comments
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Mobile phone costs in the US

So today I finally got my mobile phone service set up. And how mobile services are billed in the US is quite different than how it works in Sweden. The basic rule in Sweden is that if you do not make the call, you don't pay. That is, you pay nothing to Read More...
Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 9:21 PM by cellfish | 3 Comments
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Relocation trip

The relocation trip was interesting. Half an hour before we were scheduled to land in Amsterdam we got redirected to Brussels due to this . A quarter of an hour later we started to descend fast in order to land at Amsterdam after all. So we made our connection Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:51 PM by cellfish | 0 Comments
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Open Space Party

Yesterday a number of my friends had organized a " reunion farewell party ". Reunion since many of the guys had not seen each other for several years. Preparing for the party we had a lot of discussions on what would happen because we expected it to get Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 22, 2009 10:02 PM by cellfish | 2 Comments
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Taks boards in real life

Relocating half the way around the world takes some planning. As usual when we have a lot of stuff that needs to be done, me and my wife use Post-Its (in this case super sticky sortable cards) and write down every task that needs to be done. Generally Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:21 AM by cellfish | 1 Comments
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Expensive fraud prevention fee

When you apply for a US Visa you have to pay a fee of $131 per applicant. Depending on type of visa you might also have to pay a $500 fraud prevention fee. I paid all this in advance and went happy to the US embassy this morning. It was pretty cold so Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:44 PM by cellfish | 2 Comments
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Yet Another Tale from an Interview

There seems to be a lot of myths around the interview procedure at Microsoft. I had my interview a little more than a year ago and coming from Sweden it was a big difference to have the interview in the US. The interview is (as described in the myths) Read More...
Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 8:15 PM by cellfish | 1 Comments
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