Palle Frid Svensson

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Palle Frid Svensson — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:10:47 +0000

Went to the cinema Biopalatset tonight and watched “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”. It’s a very well done agent movie based on the book with same title (written by John Le Carré). The movie is written by David Brain and directed by Tomas Alfredson. It takes place in the early 1970s during the Cold War and is about the British Intelligence (MI6 – Control) and an operation in Budapest, Hungary that goes badly wrong. The operation was an attempt to find out who the possible mole (Russian agent) in the Control is. Smiley, is asked to investigate who the mole is…

I highly recommend you to watch this movie as it’s very well done. It’s more of a drama movie than an action one (thus, not a James Bond type of movie), and you have to remember all the details throughout the movie to get the full picture.

Paintball with the BPOS team

Palle Frid Svensson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:58:16 +0000

Today, I tried out Paintball for the first time.
Three team collegues from the VCC BPOS Admin team, and one other collegue joined up for the afterwork paintball battle.
We tried the new indoor arena in Gothenburg city, near central station, called Paintball Dreams.
We shoot with rubber bullets called Reballs.
It was really fun!!!

Next time, we will try out the Paintball Dreams outdoor military arena in Borås.

Squats – 107.5 Kg

Palle Frid Svensson — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:44:37 +0000

Went to the gym very tired tonight after work. Took a Pripps Energy drink to get some energy.

The legs exercises went out very well:

Squat: 45.5 * 20 / 107.5 * 9 / 107.5 * 8 / 107.5 * 7

Superset:
Leg Extension: 103.5 * 12 / 107.5 * 9
Dumbell Walking Lunge: +12,5 /+12,5

Squat Jumps: 9 / 9 / 8

Yay! They’re here! Facebook moo.com business cards has arrived

Palle Frid Svensson — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:17:28 +0000

Yay! They’re here!!! My free Facebook moo.com business cards has arrived I ordered them last Thursday, so it was a very quick handling for beeing a free order (even free delivery handling). Also great print and paper quality! Take action and order yours too

Annika Lidne – Interview with the Flattr CEO Linus Olsson

Palle Frid Svensson — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:17:26 +0000

Annika Lidne, who owns Disruptive Media, also have a blog called Swedish Startup Sessions, where she interview Swedish Startup entrepreneurs.

Today, she interviewed the Flattr CEO Linus Olsson.

Flattr! is a startup founded by Peter Sunde (co-founder of The Pirate Bay) and Linus Olsson, 2010.

The original idea by Peter Sunde, was a way to reward free content sharing.

Passed the magical 100 Kg Squats border

Palle Frid Svensson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:02:27 +0000

Today, I was really tired due to some nights with sleep outages.

I took a Celsius drink together with my Hamp protein/L-Glutamin shake at work during the afternoon.

I was near falling asleep at the bus from the work to gym, so I decided to buy a Pripps Energy drink and a Brämhults Blueberry and Raspberry Smoothie before going to the gym.

The extra energy boosted my results:

Squat: 100 * 8 / 100 * 9 / 100 * 7

Superset:
Leg Extension: 96,5 * 10 / 96.5 * 11 / 96.5 * 7
Dumbell Walking Lunge: +8 /+8 / +8

Squat Jumps: 12 / 12 / 8

Bench Press: 60 * 8 / 62.5 * 8 / 65 * 4

Lying Dumbbell Chest Flies: 17.5 * 8 / 17.5 * 8 / 17.5 * 7

Shoulder Flies: Dropset: 12.5 * 7 + 6 * 8 / 12.5 * 5 + 6 * 9

Reversed Flies: 4 * 10 / 6 * 7 / 4 * 8

Recovery day – sore quadriceps

Palle Frid Svensson — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:46:20 +0000

Today my Quadriceps is really really sore after the tough leg workout with my personal trainer yesterday.
It was long time ago I felt this sore and I almost couldn’t move myself today, but it indicates that I should have some great results of the training and a litle rest… No pain no gain

I will rest my body today and tomorrow to recover, eat a lot of protein, and hopefully I will have even better results next week =)

Legs, chest and shoulder weight training with PT Effie Tagaras

Palle Frid Svensson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:16:09 +0000

Today I had a really great weight training with my personal trainer Effie Tagaras.
Before excersise, I took a Celsius Orange drink.
For the legs, we did Back Barbell Squats, super sets of Leg Extension and Dumbell Walking Lunge, as well as Squat Jumps.

For the chest and shoulders, we did super sets of Bench Press and Shoulder Flies, as well as Standing Cable Chest Flies and Lying Dumbbell Reverse flies.

After the exercise, I was completely emptied of all energy resources and almost couldn’t walk home. I took a protein drink including hamp protein (never tried before, but tasted great), soy protein, L-Glutamate and 7-Keto.

I really appreciate that Effie is so great at coaching me beyond the limits of my mind!!

Results:

Squat: 97.5 * 6 / 97.5 * 7 / 97.5 * 8

Superset:
Leg Extension: 94,5 * 10 / 94.5 * 8 / 94.5 * 7
Dumbell Walking Lunge: +6 /+6 / +6

Squat Jumps: 10 / 10 / 10
Superset:
Bench Press: 60 * 9 / 60 * 9 / 60 * 9
Shoulder Flies: 10 * 7 / 8 * 9 / 8 * 7

Standing Cable Chest Flies: 36 *7 / 36 * 7 / 36 * 5

Reversed Flies: 6 * 7 / 6 * 7 / 4 * 10

Nameday of January 3: Jennifer (as in Jennifer Peterson aka Cuppa Countess)

Palle Frid Svensson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:34:45 +0000

Today, we celebrate the nameday of Jennifer with a salute to the tea entrepreneur Jennifer Peterson (aka Cuppa Countess).
A Oolong tea blend will be named after Jennifer by 365Teas.com.

Nameday of January 2: Carl (as in Carl Von Linné or Carl Linnaeus)

Palle Frid Svensson — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:51:23 +0000

Today, I am celebrating the contributions of Carl Von Linné with a nameday and a special tea blend.
Linné tried to import and grow Camellia Sinensis (Chinese tea plant) in Sweden, but never succeeded.