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My thoughts on all the nominees for the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Here are my thoughts about the six novels nominated for a Hugo Award in 2024, along with some general reflections. Just like last year, few of the nominees this year impressed me, but there were some bright spots!
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My thoughts on all the nominees for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Here are my thoughts about the six novels nominated for a Hugo Award in 2023, along with some general reflections. The nominees this year were, in my opinion, weaker than usual, with only two books being actually good.
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My thoughts on all the nominees for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Here are my thoughts about the six novels nominated for a Hugo Award in 2022, along with some general reflections. The nominees for 2022 were on average as good as in 2021, but with fewer nominees standing out as either terrible or brilliant.
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Running 2500 kilometres in 50 weeks: 老驥伏櫪，志在两千五百里
I ran 2500 kilometres in 50 weeks in 2022. In this article, I share some memorable moments and interesting insights, with some photos I’ve snapped along the road.
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My thoughts on all the nominees for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel
I present my thoughts on the six novels nominated for a Hugo Award in 2021, along with some general thoughts and reflections. The nominees for 2021 were considerably better than in 2020, and I found it difficult to choose a winner!
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My thoughts on all the nominees for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel
I present my thoughts on the six novels nominated for a Hugo Award in 2020, along with some general thoughts and reflections. I don’t think the right book won, but I do understand why people like it. What I don’t understand is what people see in the book that placed second. On average, I think…
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I wrote an article for language teachers about listening comprehension
The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) has now published an article I’ve written about listening comprehension in second language acquisition and teaching, along with accompanying professional development activities for teachers. It’s part of a bigger module focusing on receptive skills in “the Language Leap” (Språksprånget), a professional development project aimed at foreign language teachers…
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Handstand challenge 2020
This summer, I challenged myself to record at least one handstand per day for 100 days. My personal best before the challenge started was around 1:30, so I’m obviously not new to handstands, but that record was set years ago. I was curious to see how much progress I could make by doing at least…
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A new blog, a new beginning
I have been blogging since 2004 and have written a total of maybe 2,000 articles online in various shapes and forms. Yet this is, at the moment of writing, the only article on this website. This is, in other words, a new beginning for me in terms of blogging. I already have an outlet in…
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A guide to Carcassonne strategy: The basics
This article is meant to lay the groundwork for how to master the board game Carcassonne (Wikipedia). I do not intend to explain the rules of the game and I assume that the reader is familiar with the basic mechanics of the rules. If need be, I will refer to a specific rule to prove…