I should be setting up everything in the new office today, wiring and getting stuff in place. Well, I’m not, due to a broken elevator in the building I’m moving from. That means I’ve lost today as a work day, basically, and I’m bound to loose tomorrow as well, at the very least.

That’s not good for productivity, or my economy for that matter. Better get on the phone and start harassing the building’s owner. Again and again.

It’s already having consequences, this stint. BloggerTalks is not back on track today, I don’t want to commit before I’m properly setup, and I’ll have to reschedule client work, push it forward until Wednesday, tentatively.

My March 2008 goals, however, are still working out for now. I managed to close (more or less) on of the four client designs I was about to, will write more on that one later on, and that’s nice. Another one is in the coding phase, and the other two are awaiting feedback. And I did get two new photo sets from my Japan trip up on Flickr, now just to scan through everything to see if there’s anything else I should upload, or call it quits.

Ah well. Better do what I can, and not just whine about it.

I’ve uploaded two new sets of photos from my trip to Japan: Osaka jyou and Senrioka. Check them out if you will.

I realize that this post is a little late, but I figured I’d try a new way to put some healthy (as opposed to evil) pressure on myself, with public goals. So here they are, my goals for March 2008!

• Finish and deliver four (4) client designs!
• Reach beta for version 2.0 of my Swedish blog network template.
• Closed beta for the Notes Blog theme. I’ll be offering it to a select few bloggers, to see how it fares.
• Get BloggerTalks up to speed after my moving the office this weekend.
• Publish part 1 in The Green Knight short story over at OrnTales.com.
• Move the office!
• Move my home! Oh, I already did that…
• Get the last photos from Japan up on my Flickr account.
• Deliver the last freelance articles from my trip to Japan.

As you can see, I have a few things to do this week. It’s not as bad as it looks though, since I’ve planned ahead and everything.

Oh, and I have to plan April as well. That’s going to be an interesting month…

Just a few days before I go back home to Sweden now. About time I listed the best food this country has to offer, right? More

Yesterday I installed the Ubuntu Linux distribution on my Kohjinsha. Spent an hour trying to get it to boot correctly from an USB stick, then gave up and bought an external DVD, which worked right away. So now it’s running Ubuntu, boots up at 10 seconds or so (to login screen), and is way faster than Vista Home which was on it from the start. More

I’m sitting in the familiar chair in front of my three TFT screens, behind my desk. Back in Sweden again, after a horrible day of traveling (I won’t fly intercontinental in economy class again), and a good night’s sleep in a room beyond 5 degrees Celsius. It feels good, albeit a little weird, since I was in Japan long enough to get into an everyday routine. More

Not everything was good in Japan, some things were weird, others disturbing, and so on. As it is with every culture, be it your own or not. More

I’ve uploaded a bunch of new photos from Japan, and also reorganized a bit in my sets. Check out my Flickr page for the latest, and the Japan collection for a set list.

Observant tdhedengren.com readers have seen this text in the footer already:

the tdhedengren theme is based on the notes blog theme and powered by wordpress

What is the Notes Blog theme then, and why didn’t I design a theme myself, being a designer and all? Well, that’s just the thing: I did. The Notes Blog theme is a project in the works, I’ve mentioned it in passing before. This blog is running on a modified version of it. More

I’ve published another four photo sets from Japan to my Flickr account:

• Kyoto, Japan
• Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto, Japan
• Central Osaka, Japan
• DenDen Town in Osaka, Japan

Had to upgrade to pro for this to work. Lots of photos… Anyway, follow my Japan 2008 collection for the latest from my trip to Japan!