Day 6

Running a bit late. Quick Skype with Jodie this morning then out the door. Made it to the bus stop on time but bus 10 minutes late. Not a big deal though, don’t have to clock in at the office (although on an interesting side-note, everyone else at Entrance Systems does – including IT).

Spent the morning responding to emails. Received a 1st draft of the article about me that’s going on the local Intranet. Reworked it and sent it back, along with a photo for the article. It should be online tomorrow (unless something more newsworthy happens!).

Niklas offsite until after lunch at a Gartner seminar. Spent some time with Jan, who gave me an overview of their Password Manager software. They use a product by ManageEngine – web console with SQL back end. It’s a bit slower than our system, but is much more powerful. Can be very granular with access rights, it logs all activity so you can see who’s accessed what passwords etc.

Beef stroganoff with rice for lunch, another winner. Made plans to go down to Malmo next Saturday (13th) and get shown around by Jan. After lunch I resolved some outstanding issues, sent some emails then home time.

Spent 20 minutes in the supermarket trying to decide what to cook for dinner. Gave up, decided to give the local take aways a go. Took a walk and found what looked to be a poor man’s McDonalds.

The place was called ‘Sibylla’ and kind of felt like I had come straight out of communist Russia. After checking the menu out for about 5 minutes I settled on a ‘Super Meal’ (burger, chips and a drink). Let’s just say it wasn’t the greatest dining experience ever – the meat was pretty gross and the patty was about half an inch bigger than the bun. I will say the combination of tomato sauce, mustard and what looked to be big mac sauce saved the day. I probably would have stopped eating after one bite had the sauce not tasted so good. The chips were cold and the coke, well okay, the coke was fine. The old grumpy lady behind the counter waggled her finger at me when I took a photo – wonder what they were trying to hide?

NOTE: In fairness, I looked up Sibylla when I got home and found that they use a combination of beef and pork in their meat (not that uncommon in Sweden, you can buy this blend in the mince meat section of the supermarket). Might have been why the meat tasted a bit tough, it kind of was a bit like eating sausage…

One more day till the weekend!