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Archive for April, 2007

Saturday, April 28th 2007

Qwest and Static IP’s

Most ISP’s don’t offer static IP’s on their residential accounts since they don’t want users to run servers over their internet connection. If they do offer static IP’s they only do so on their business accounts which generally means higher price for slower service. After doing some research, I found that Qwest DSL offers static […]

Thursday, April 12th 2007

Swedish Citizenship

After a few emails to the General Consulate of Sweden, I’ve confirmed what I suspected. I still have Swedish citizenship. I haven’t been back to Sweden since I moved here about 20 years ago when I was just 4 years old. Other than a few words, I really don’t know Swedish anymore. But this definitely […]

Sunday, April 8th 2007

Indonesia: Jakarta

Finally back to writing again. Now for part two of my Indonesia trip, Jakarta. I spent most of my time while in Indonesia in Jakarta. Its an interesting city, take old, new, rich, and poor, put it into a blender and you get Jakarta. The city has 12-13 million people, making it the largest city […]