Archive for 2016
The year we fuck Mother Nature by passing the 400ppm carbon dioxide threshold.
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In which this fucking year finally comes to a fucking end. Giving way for something new, something better.
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In which I try my hand at dating apps and see what it’s like dating for people in the 21st century.
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In which the Eriksson family wish you all a Merry Christmas with the annual season’s greetings.
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In this month’s triple issue of Keeping Up With the Erikssons: My previous accessibility article finds an online home, I refuse to celebrate my birthday, fucking Brexit, I party with old friends in Finland, we visit a wild animal park, I complete my first 5K and we finally find a new home in Cambridge.
Jingoistic June, Justifiable July and Accepting August, Issue 06-08/16
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In which I write the hardest entry to date.
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In which I apologise for the lack of entries but make no effort to remedy it.
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In this month’s issue of Keeping Up With the Erikssons: I’m forced to get a new phone, attend the 43rd Cambridge Beer Festival, sign up for my first 5K run and completely fail my monthly challenge.
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In which I finally figure out a way of explaining my job to people who do not work with computers every day.
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In this month’s issue of Keeping Up With the Erikssons: I continue commuting, eat more Joylent, Lucien and I go watch the next Marvel film (no spoilers, promise), I look back at this month’s challenge and invite you to join this month’s challenge.
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In which I speak in English. But also think in English. Look I’m doing it right now.
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In which I learn the dark art of commuting and why many people seem to hate it so much.
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In which I talk about the experience of suddenly finding myself hunting for another job and all of its vices.
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In this month’s issue of Keeping Up With the Erikssons: I get sick, more tattoos, another job, we celebrate Easter and I move on from this month’s challenge to the next.
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In which I talk about the pest infestation we had and how it helped open my eyes to what women and marginalised people go through every day.
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In which Present Carlos, again, has to pay the price of Past Carlos’ mistakes. This time, in the form of shoes.
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In which it’s time for the customary Eriksson family Easter greeting.
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In which I talk about all the tattoos I have, how I got them and what they mean.
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In which I sell my soul to create a title of a sensational or provocative nature, whose main purpose is to attract attention and draw visitors to a particular web page.
Can You Handle Knowing This 1 Incredibly Hyperbolic Thing? You Won’t Believe What Happens Next!
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In which I talk about the fact that we don’t have access to digital broadcasting signals.
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In which we take a real close look at Zodiac signs, their meanings and most importantly, their true meaning.
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In which I try to publish more entries as part of my monthly challenges.
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In this month’s late and short issue of Keeping Up With the Erikssons: We have a really shitty month.
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In which I live on Joylent, the meal replacement beverage, for a week, keeping a day-by-day account of the experience.
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In which I recommend Copywriting by Mark Shaw. It’s a great book on the art of writing great copy, with plenty of practical exercises for you to do.
Copywriting: Successful Writing for Design, Advertising and Marketing
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In this month’s issue of Keeping Up With the Erikssons: We get some well earned R&R, I’m fed up with Fallout 4 and I finish this month’s challenge by getting a head start on next month’s challenge; Reading.
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In which I don’t make any new year’s resolutions but endeavour to make some changes anyway, in the form of monthly challenges.
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In which Death reminds all us about our fragile human-condition and I decide to make plans for my eventual demise.
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In which I finish migrating all the entries from 2009 and realise how shit most of them are.