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I like to read. So I'll share some of my thoughts about some of the books I've read.

The Official Roald Dahl Day (and Google has a Roald Dahl logo)

One of my favourite writers, Roald Dahl, was born in Wales on September 13, 1916. His parents were Norwegian, but he never lived in Norway. He did come here on vacation, though. Even though he is one of my favourites, I didn't really know that it Read More

posted 13-09-2007 03:13 by kaisa | (Comments Off)
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Review of “Institutionalized” by Fred Smith and Joe Schmoe

Some months ago I got a nice surprise from blogging about books. A few weeks earlier I’d blogged about Lucy Kellaway’s “Who moved my blackberry?”. A representative of Blood & Treasure publishers had found my review, and sent me an e-mail asking Read More

posted 05-06-2006 10:22 by kaisa | (Comments Off)
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"Anansi boys" by Neil Gaiman

The first stories I read by Neil Gaiman were the Sandman stories (graphic novels). Then I read "Good Omens" (with Terry Pratchett as co-author). Last year Bernt bought "American Gods" and "Stardust", and I was hooked on Read More

posted 31-01-2006 11:14 by kaisa | (Comments Off)
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Who moved my "Who moved my Blackberry"?

On our last trip to London, I bought a book called "Who moved my Blackberry?" at Heathrow. It's written by Lucy Kellaway, who writes for The Financial Times. It's built up based on the e-mail outbox of Martin Lukes, Sales Manager at a-b glöbâl. Read More

posted 01-01-2006 10:40 by kaisa | 1 Comments
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Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince

Finally, the 6th Harry Potter book is here. :) I'm half way through it, even if it's more than 24 hours since I bought it. It's good, I want to read it in a slow pace, a few chapters at the time, even if it really is a page turner! Like the previous Read More

posted 17-07-2005 10:17 by kaisa | (Comments Off)
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I need a book about Reporting Services

So, I've figured out the basics of Reporting Services - I think. Now I need to learn a lot more. I need to learn how to optimize reports. How to make reports run faster. How to set up a proper snapshot. Figure out when to use Filtering and when to use Read More

posted 16-12-2004 03:58 by kaisa | 1 Comments
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