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KISTA SOCIALS meetup at new Scandic Victoria Tower Pub and Restaurant. Some nice gadgets was presented.

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FOUR DAYS OF GAMING at the consumer oriented game industry trade fair at Kista Convention and Conference Center in Kista Science City in Stockholm West. Nintendo, EA, Sony and all the rest where represented. Learn more at Gamex website

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G R E A T · B O O K · sale in Sweden right now. I try to keep the language skills up. I bought an English Chinese Dictionary on a flee market. Fika is a swedish world meaning sitting down having a cup of coffee or tea with a cake. translated to chinese 咖啡
You could also make a cup of indian Chai, tea with much milk and spices. The site Chow seems to be a nice source for the food addict. In the tea you can have some rock candy. I use to go a small food store in Kista where they sell this interesting crystals of suger.

Today I started to be followed by finest.se. This is a site for great and famous people in Stockholm. Well they have told me at work that one part of my work is to make my little science city as popular as Stureplan. It's like Swedens Hackescher Markt. The new Digital Art and Culture Center will open it's door in March and a new digital culture house with different stages will be built soon.
To come back on topics, books, iPod Touch, the device that could be used for eBook-reading, is very popular by adolocents and kids according to a study published by Machable this week. So, teachers leave the kids alone!, With the gadgets, as they read.

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C H R I S T M A S lights at the Järva peoples park culture farm by Kista.

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T O · S T O C K H O L M · first time ever. World’s biggest LAN-party normaly located to Elmia in Jönköping, is on tour and will attending the Technical Museum in Stockholm in the Winter Vaccation week from 21 Februrary.

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K I S T A · S C I E N C E · C I T Y · Today 11 December Dogge Dogelito, frontman of leading swedish Rapper group The Latin Kings lectured at Kista Scince Tower’s Conferance Centre on Labor politics and integration in the swedish society.

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W H A T ’ S · T H E · D I R E C T I O N · of the current IT-industrial development in Stockholm and Kista Science City? What has the future in store? The IT-sector is not as hard affected by the down turn as other more traditional industry sectors. The near future will possibly present a slow recovery. Software competences are attractive as specialists in general. More information on studies and analytical work on the IT-industry and further discussion, please contacting me by mail tomers66(at)yahoo.se

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(Kiss at Södermalm Thu 29 May) Category: Music

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R I G H T · N O W · 5-6.30 PM Eric Singer (d) and Tommy Twayer (g) from rockband Kiss are at 4 Sound Music Store in Stockholm at Folkkungagatan. Go there and have their signature. Tomorow Kiss on their great Alive 35 tour in Europe will play at Stockholm Stadion. Eric Singer also plays with Alice Cooper as in this fun video from 2007.

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B I G · E V E N T · W I T H · D I C E · May 22 05.30 PM at SoStockholm Kungsträdgården. Per Strömbäck from Dataspelsbranchen.se Björn Norberg from MejanLabs and Peter Henriksson HR manager at Dice. Food and drinks and discussions.

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J O S H · K L E I N · down to the left held an most entertaining keynote speach on Swedish Institute of Computer Science Day 2008 in Electrum at Kista Science City, Stockholm, Sweden. Josh lectured on training of crows and cats, his work as SF author etc. Other lecturer talked over the development of intilligent lighting and displays in public places.
Transcripts form all lectures could be asked for by a comment or email.
SICS day info

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T H E · J O N S H U L T · F A M I L Y · A L B U M : V O L U M E · 1 · release party and concert in the dungons of Kaffegillet Trångsund 4, Old Town Stockholm, Sunday March 31 01.00 PM. 8:14 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit -

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M A T T I A S · M I K S C H E · it-entrepreneur, founder of Boxman, ZTV, e*Trade Sweden etc. lectured about his recent company Stardoll at Excitera Enterprice Forum, arranged by KTH Royal Institute of Tech, at World Trade Center Stockholm Thursday 6 March.

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T H E · R E C O N S T R U C T E D · skyskraper in 29 floors at Sodermalm, Stockholm was finished 20 September and is now housing students and a flashy shopping mall in the lower levels which focuses on lifestyle, sport, fashion and media with 30 stores (10 media/IT and 6 sport shops). 600 students will live there togheter with 7.000 sqm office space with top modern IT-solutions for businesses. The owner is Svebo, Swedens biggest housing company owned by Stockholm City and head quarters in Vixton / Vallingby. Per Ahrbom, A&P Arkitektkontor is the assigned architect.

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V I S I T E D · the ecconomy fair in Stockholm International Trade Fairs district in Alvsjo, Stockholm South. Presentations by Cisco, Bank 2, Roda Education, Norstedts, and serveral small business in the Victoria Hall.