http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php My life on both sides of the globe... Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:50:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Finally starting to see some good results from the ongoing renovations of our new apartment so I thought it was time to put some photos up to show the progress. There are still lots of work before everything is the way we would like it but at least the main ... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2009/10/08/apartment-photos/ Bec and I have just decided that this years holiday will be a trip back to Sweden so Bec (hopefully) can experience some great Swedish summer with nice warm days and long light evenings. The plan is a three week trip at the last week of July and first two ... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2009/04/02/sweden-again/ The last month or so I've spent some time creating a website for work, and it's finally finished enough to be "live" on the internet. It turned out alright and as time goes it will gradually get upgraded with more pictures and info. Have a look at it if you ... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2009/04/02/new-website-for-work/ The last few days here in Melbourne have been pretty crazy. There has, for the the first time since weather information was first recorded in 1855, been three consecutive days of temperatures over 43'C. On top of that there has been numerous power outages around town as the power grid ... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2009/02/01/i-survived-the-heat/ Well it's been a very long time since anything happened here... Just had a really nice week off work over Christmas. Christofer and Beatrice, two of my really good friends from Sweden were here for 5 days. We had a nice day at Healesville Sanctuary checking out all the native animals, ... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2008/12/28/christmas-times/ I've just put some photos up from our trip to Byron Bay and I noticed that Flickr (the online photo application I use) now also supports videos, so I have uploaded some videos from Bec's and my honeymoon in Africa as well... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2008/07/05/new-photos-and-videos/ We had a great week in Byron Bay, we stayed in a cabin at Belongil Beachouse mostly just relaxing and enjoying a week away. I went surfing every day with the last two being the best, and it was great to swap the 13'C water in Victoria to the 21'C ... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2008/07/04/visa-papers-and-surfing/ Tomorrow morning Bec and I are heading off to Byron bay for a weeks holiday, I've just finished packing (11 o'clock the night before) and the alarm goes of at 5 tomorrow morning. It will be great to go away for a week and just take it easy, we haven't ... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2008/06/08/of-to-byron-bay/ Today I finally had a chance to test out my new kite. On Thursday i went down and pumped up the 14m on the beach but there wasn't much wind. I managed to launch it with some help and by running upwind at the same time, and once in the ... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2008/05/17/a-very-cold-first-test-of-my-new-kites/ Today I got the delivery of my two new kites from wind-x. I ordered a 14m and a 10m, the 14 is going to be my light wind kite and the 10 is planned to replace my old 12m crossbow. They are the new Ultra-flat design developed by the Legaignoux ... http://www.jakobfalkbring.com/index.php/2008/05/12/my-new-kites-wind-x-monsoonz/