what are you doing?
this is a now page. if you have your own site, you should make one too!
my life is often busy, and i've been somewhat secretive when sharing details with family and friends. i thought this would be a great way to keep everyone updated on what i'm currently doing. i'll do my best to keep this page updated with any new happenings. thank you, Phillip Ridlen, for inspiring me with your now page!
this is what i'm doing as of January 27 2026
‣ see what i have been up to previously
life 🌟
to start off the year, i had a big party in my new apartment. over 30 of my friends came and i had a blast. some people stayed until 6 a.m. the morning after the party, which is a good sign to me. i am really happy and feel so lucky to have my friends in my life. i also went to Green Bay, Wisconsin, for a week to visit a friend and her husband. it was the first time the three of us met in real life, and we got along really well. i stayed at a hotel not far from where they live. it really struck me how fucked you are if you do not have a car in the US, especially when it is snowy and cold (it was −18°C at one point, and the trees were “exploding”). the sidewalks were not even cleared of snow, and everything was so far apart. there was not really a downtown area, apart from two roads, but those roads did have a lot going on. i went to bars, restaurants, museums and hung out with my friends. i also lost my rings in the US, which is unfortunate… anyway, on the flight home from Detroit, i sat next to a priest, and we talked for most of the seven-hour flight. it was an interesting experience. i also ran into jeb at arlanda when i got back to sweden, haha.
work 💼
Opera Software
for work, i have mostly been dealing with issues related to the card stack. i have also looked into some KYC stuff. aside from that, i have been on vacation and have just started working on resolving card stack issues again.
organizations 🏢
LiTHe Hax
we have started planning our upcoming CTF in LiTHe Hax. we also had a company event at Phem, where we held a mini CTF with a steganography theme. after that, we had dinner at the local restaurant Dahlboms, which was really nice actually. as usual, we have a lot on our plate and are planning multiple events in parallel at the moment.
LiTHanian
in LiTHanian, we have started writing articles for issue #1. this is going to be a spicy issue in terms of content. we are also having a team-building session soon where we are going to paint and sip, it will be fun!
hobbies ⚙️
programming
when it comes to programming, i have been doing a bunch of things, mostly related to the website. i have reorganized everything and developed some tooling to make development and maintenance easier and more efficient. for example, i wrote a script for archiving old now pages. i have also added a notes section to my explore page. i have been wanting to do this for quite some time, as i often want to share things and write smaller snippets of text without turning them into full blog posts. now, i think i might share things more frequently there. i have also started working on a new programming language, just for fun.
photography
some photos from Green Bay!
music
now playing ↗
byas of writing this, i have listened to 2507 songs this month, averaging 92 per day. my top artist has been Dan Mangan, and the top album has been Soft Rock by Andreas Mattsson. the most played song has been “Släppa nu” by Gigal. my biggest listening day was january 4, with 270 songs, and the last track i played was “Everything Is Peaceful Love” by Bon Iver.
this section was inspired by bella lewriting
i have been writing a lot lately, mostly journaling, but also notes and blog posts. nothing new to share here, though.
reading
i finished reading one book during my US trip, “Radikalt Lagom”, which was actually written by my exes dad. i have been wanting to read it for quite some time, and it was a really interesting book. now, i am reading two books in parallel, “Överlevarna” by Alex Schulman and “Folk med ångest” by Fredrik Backman.
expert progress 🎓
the concept of reaching 10,000 hours to become a professional or an expert in a field is derived from Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers: The Story of Success". gladwell popularized the idea that achieving a high level of proficiency in any field typically requires about 10,000 hours of dedicated practice. this notion is based on the research of psychologist Anders Ericsson, who studied the practice habits of elite performers in various domains.