Some pictures from the parade through Enköping yesterday. The youngest participant I met was just weeks old, the oldest I talked to was in their 90s.
Magnus Ahlkvist he/him
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Preparations for Enköping Pride in full swing.
On top of the future. Or at least rooftop of Futurium, Berlin. I throw in a picture of my family and a giant mirror cube as well.
Half past midnight in Dalecarlia, Sweden. This is as dark as it gets this time of year and I just love it. (I won’t love it as much in half a year when this is as light as it gets mid day)
Kidney stone treatment today. Got a bus ticket in the bus app, hospital fixed. Pain killers and 45 min treatment and quick xray + ultrasound. Total cost: 260 sek (less than 30 usd). Thank you grandparents and everyone else who fought for this way back then.
Not agreeing with refs, Roller Derby style. Meaning you wait until the end of the jam and then you have a civil discussion about it, where refs and team reps keep their ears open and are open to the possibility they made a mistake.
Turn 50. Get amazing drinks from your friends. This one is a 2008 Diplomatico Single Vintage Rum. Opened it tonight. Probably the best rum I ever had.
Every week, I drive my son to chess practice. They start with game scenarios on a big board and then they play mini tournaments. Sometimes a parent has to fill a slot at a table. I really recommend trying it. It's good for one's self image to play a "brain game" and get crushed by a nine year old.
Last minute preparation for my presentation at SeaQL tomorrow. Got this amazing hat from Tonie and Peter just now.
Trying to get into running again. It ain’t easier this year.
I ended up in Hanau, Germany yesterday. It's a bit surprising really, given that I gave @frankgeisler.bsky.social the wrong pickup location at Frankfurt airport. But he persisted and finally found me and brought me here. Spending the day learning more about SQL 2025 from Magi Naumova.
It’s that day again. A couple days earlier this year than usual.
Suzanne Ahlkvist was born March 13 1950. She has been important to so many people. Daughter, sister, mother, grand mother, great grand mother, friend, neighbour and community leader. She has been my mother for 49 years. Yesterday evening, her body finally gave up after fighting cancer a long time.
Sheffield Wednesday loose 12 points and go into administration. Sounds horrible, right? Yet a lot of fellow supporters are today celebrating. Ticket sales up, merch sales up. That’s how much the fans love the owner…
This isn’t exactly how I wanted this day to start. If I have the recovery key saved in my Microsoft Account? Absolutely not.
Stockholm SQL is born. We will have our inaugural event on November 11 in the B3 office on Wallingatan. RSVP on meetup: www.meetup.com/stockholm-sq... Thanks @dhma.ch for speaking this night!
New Transmokopter SQL AB head quarters. I moved furniture during the weekend, now waiting for ISP to activate my fiber connection.
Oslo is raining on me but it’s OK. Gonna stay inside and heckle @dhma.ch all day anyway.
On the bus to Oslo. We just crossed the border to Norway. No wall. No checkpoint.
Person on the bus (P1) watches videos without earphones. Annoying. Racist person (P2) tells P1 to put earphones on so they won’t have to listen to Arabs in the video. More annoying. P1 responds “they’re not Arabs, they speak Hindi” and keeps watching the video without earphones. We have a winner!
Today’s class is about being a decent person in public spaces. 1. YOUR BAGS DO NOT NEED THEIR OWN SEAT ON THE BUS. 2. WHEN A MOTHER AND HER TODDLER ENTERS THE BUS YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER SEAT NEXT TO SOMEONE ELSE SO THE MOTHER AND THE CHILD CAN SIT TOGETHER.
Working with DR this weekend. Client has corruption. Transaction log backups failed a week before they saw. Can’t take tail log backup of db. Copy of datafile and attach single file shows data wasn’t written to data files for a whole week, only to transaction logs. Yay.
Arrived in Visby, Gotland yesterday. Mandatory ice cream stop in this wonderful garden with a view over Baltic Sea. This week is medieval week in Visby but I stick to my 80s outfit.
No running today. But a lot of walking. Through Stockholm, in the #pride parade. I have been there several times but this was the first year I was IN the parade. Hard to decide on section: ”We march for those who can’t”, ”Proud parents” eg. We decided to join the section with the best music.
