This summer I have spent lot of time playing Player Unknown’s Battleground also known as “PUBG”. Mostly I am playing this game via the app/smartphone version. One aspect that the game is often presented and identified by is the K6-3 Russian made helmet that in the game is called “the Spetsznas helmet” or “Lvl.3 helmet”Continue reading “PUBG-helmet”
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Swedish Military Binoculars
As a military historian, I am used to reading different books reflecting on various topics and time periods. This summer I read a book that I find as very unique due to its unusual topic — binoculars. As a former military officer and optical enthusiast, Robert Forslund wrote a book in 2009 called “Swedish Military Binoculars”. TheContinue reading “Swedish Military Binoculars”
Ledger Nano S
One month ago I and my colleague Arjan van Eersel from Sonemas participated in CoinList + Tezos hackathon with our idea of global public infrastructure. As thanks for participation, every hackathon participant was offered a Nano S Ledger for crypto-wallets. This is the first one I am using so it is going to be interestingContinue reading “Ledger Nano S”
Whose Bosnia?
Recently I read the book “Whose Bosnia? Nationalism and Political Imagination in the Balkans, 1840–1914” by historian Edin Hajdarpasic. The book is mainly about the implementation of the ideas of early nationalism in Europe during 19th century and how nationalist movements took place within Bosnia during the time when that area of Balkan was partContinue reading “Whose Bosnia?”
Greetings from Arholma
At the moment I am spending time at Arholma. This is my favorite island in Stockholm’s arhicpelago and I worked here during three seasons as a guide at Battery Arholma. Arholma is a place where I can find more peace and focus. Here, I can do both work and vacation without noting the difference betweenContinue reading “Greetings from Arholma”
The S-Tank
Stockholm 2020-05-18 Yesterday I passed by the Army Museum in Stockholm. One of the main exhibitions that are outdoor is the “S-tank”, officially called Stridsvagn-103 (Tank 103). The S-tank was famous for its “unique” or “strange” design. Military or tank experts had disagreements regarding its status because not all experts could agree if S-103 evenContinue reading “The S-Tank”
European Bildung Day 2020
Last weekend I participated at the European Bildung Day Online conference. The original idea was to have a physical conference in Copenhagen. During the 2-day conference, there were several discussions about the meaning of Bildung how it could be implemented in practice. The meaning of Bildung, which is a German word, can be described withContinue reading “European Bildung Day 2020”
“Openess is our strength”
Recently, liberal and optimist intellectual Johan Norberg published a short book on Swedish “Viruset och världen: Är det nu globaliseringen dör?” (The virus and the world: Is it now that globalization dies?” The book contains many references to arguments and proofs made by several academics and researchers raging from various fields of science and researchContinue reading ““Openess is our strength””
The Global Hack
2020-04-10 Stockholm and Antananarivo At the moment I am participating at The Global Hack hackathon with the focus on the Corona pandemic crisis. The main goal of the hackathon is that people from around the world can create solutions by ideas, projects and cooperation. Topics for the hackathon are several: governance, health, economy, etc. ThereContinue reading “The Global Hack”
Symbols of change – or not
Stockholm 2020-03-30 Recently I was going through my photos from childhood. I came to react strongly on the following photo due to the memory of my interests for history and social science. The photo is from the beginning from the 2000s, maybe 2002. It was taken in Bosnia, in the town of Teslic. I amContinue reading “Symbols of change – or not”
