RSS

My name is Fredrik Bränström and I fight entropy with varying furiosity. At present, I'm a student and a web developer.

I spend my free time reading good non-fiction books, writing foxy code (mostly Ruby and Javascript), watching good TV and dreaming about the future.

I'm also on Twitter, Facebook, Shelfari and everywhere else.

Archive

Sep
15th
Tue
permalink
“Some people go into science thinking they might help save the world. Norm’s your proof that it’s possible.” Norman Borlaug: the man who fed the world

“Some people go into science thinking they might help save the world. Norm’s your proof that it’s possible.” Norman Borlaug: the man who fed the world

Mar
2nd
Mon
permalink
What we call “natural” is simply the result of whatever set of rules nature has followed in fashioning our observable reality.
— Syd Mead on Cyborg Theory [Wikipedia]
Mar
1st
Sun
permalink

The loss of this man’s consciousness to the world is a tragedy to say the least.

Feb
23rd
Mon
permalink
Make changes based on your strongest opportunities, not your most convenient ones.
— MegaTokyo
Feb
17th
Tue
permalink
Kring förbjudna tankar ligger det en hund begraven. Iakttag vaksamhet; någon försöker stänga av dig.
— Johan Sundström om tabu och sedvänja
Feb
8th
Sun
permalink
  • Fredrik: Har du märkt att man kan tumklicka submit-knappar?
  • Fredrik: I Safari.
  • Malesca: tumklicka?
  • Fredrik: mittenklick
  • Fredrik: tredje knappen
  • Malesca: Har ingen tredje knapp :p
  • Fredrik: :p
  • Fredrik: Skyll dig själv då.
  • Malesca: Jag har en knapp, like Jobs intended!
  • Fredrik: Hahaha.
  • Fredrik: Har du bara en snopp också?
  • Fredrik: Undermåligt.
permalink
Earth is like an unread book, but unread books can only entice people who are literate.
— Wired: A Simple Plan to ID Every Creature on Earth
Feb
7th
Sat
permalink
Our four demonic cats, hiding in the stairwell

Our four demonic cats, hiding in the stairwell

Jan
23rd
Fri
permalink
Christopher Alexander foresaw a time when, after having reinternalized these human pattern languages, we would no longer need, or even see, the patterns, but instead see reality directly, as other animals do; a time when we would live so close to our hearts, that language would no longer be necessary, and we would create from a void, naturally; a time when human architecture would be just like the rest of the natural world, an endless play of repetition and variety; a time when human architecture would not divide the spheres of human existence, but reunite them. The hearts of the previous generation of architects were closed to his vision; perhaps the next generation of architects will heed his call.
— The Timeless Way of Building
Jan
14th
Wed
permalink