There was a bit of trouble in Husby last week in Stockholm. Reports of the police shooting a guy who had threatened them with a machete lead to what are being termed as riots. Now its true some cars and buildings got burned, and that some bad stuff did happen but the media seems a little out of control. I know people who are within 5 minutes walk of Husby and they were not even aware of the trouble. The riots seem to be a group of kids protesting in isolated pockets. And the guy that got shot just seems to have been an excuse for some vandalism.

I cant blame the Swedish media for getting a bit excited – nothing ever really happens in Stockholm, so a couple of kids toasting marshmallows over a burning car must seem a great opportunity to them. I was rather surprised to see its getting some global coverage now, and that one or two places are issuing travel alerts for people travelling to Stockholm – to my mind this is crazy and blown all out of proportion.

I kind of laugh at the thought of all these kids setting fire to their own homes in protest, and ending up living in burned shells – and i have to ask where the hell are the parents, and what does this say about their upbringing?

This is for glen – who is a cat lover, and can probably relate to this picture!

This year has definitely been a bit weird for me – work has been a bit unpredictable for reasons i cant go into, it was looking for a while as if i was going to have to completely move away from SharePoint or change jobs, and i considered both because a new management structure left me (and them) with no real idea of what was going on.

It impacted my drive and motivation. My SharePoint Blog has been static because of it and I’ve been considering just joining the technet bloggers and becoming an MVP, but at the moment i just don’t know if i will find the time.

Health and fitness also suffered a major blow in the last few weeks – now work is starting to get more busy I’ve not been finding time for the gym and its impacted my running schedule this week – add to that the fact that i found out how to make marshmallow- and its really ridiculously easy to do – takes about 30 mins, and you end up with awesome marshmallows as a result.

Ive also just not found time to blog.

Now work is getting more busy and my billable time is back up to an acceptable level i can start to feel a bit more comfortable, and start to get control of this sliding situation. Today I am back on track!

I really liked Halo 4 – was totally immersive game play, stunning graphics and a great storyline, it was really awesome, until that is after about 7 hours of coop play I completed the game! Don't get me wrong, multiplayer first person shooters are fun but I couldn't help but feel a bit let down by how short the co-operative play was. Maybe my expectations were a bit high; co-op in the first 3 games were significantly longer. Is this a sign of the way society goes? Focus on the violence and forget about telling a story? You see the same tendencies in the movies….

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