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Tag: Sweden

  • Having a “FIKA”! It’s been too long

    Fika is both a Swedish verb and noun (pronounced “fee-ka”) that roughly means “to drink coffee/tea/squash,” usually accompanied by something sweet.[1]  Full Definition I’m not sure what happened but the other day I have a few minutes to kill while waiting for a meeting early in the morning near the little coffee cafe on campus at Clark University.  I quickly had a flashback…

  • Hiplok: A Wearable Bike Lock Thats Not Just For Tattooed Hipsters

    My issue of the week has been my lock.  I have a $10 Bell lock that is less than a year old but is already a huge pain in the ass.  A while back I posted about how I couldn’t avoid getting grease and dirt all over myself and I have figured out why, my…

  • Sperm: hobby vs. lifestyle? Lifestyle always wins!

    About a month ago while I was studying business in Northern Europe at a university in Sweden, I was able to track down a custom bike in Copenhagen Denmark that had been intriguing my for weeks and it produced some rather memorable posts for CarFreeBrad.com.  The now infamous “Sperm Bike”! To explain, my father has…