No Added Salt

This is me. Too often.

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:02:00 +0000

Pay attention please google. Your new bar is far too big and clunky and just yuck. What was wrong with the old one?!

Air Traffic Chief game

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:33:00 +0000

Insanely addictive. Guide each plane to the runway without causing any mid-air collisions.

Tower Blaster

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:31:00 +0000

Not really a blasting-type game. More a strategy game where you and the Vikings try to be the fastest to stack blocks in order. Probably one of my favourite flash-type games :)

Adventures in MS Word

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:03:00 +0000

There is something rather surreal about "learning" MS Word in a language you don't understand.I'm sitting in class and bored. In our first computer lesson (in which several students were unable to...

Perspective

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:13:00 +0000

Today I started at a new school. I was terrified and really didn't want to go. Everyone else has been there for six months and are great friends, so I'm the outsider and feeling really self-conscious...

I Dared.

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Sat, 07 May 2011 10:13:00 +0000

I've finally released my manuscript on Authonomy. This is a pretty light read (definitely not the most fabulous literary work I am capable of). It's simply the retelling of life working in aged...

Observation for May - 22 months in

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:25:00 +0000

I'm starting to notice something which appears to be a trend. It's interesting that I didn't notice it until recently - perhaps it's just that it takes a while for any foreigner in Finland to...

Sima (Mead, Finnish-Style)

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:14:00 +0000

(I posted this a year ago - but it's worth posting again!) Sima (pronounced like Sim-ah) is traditionally made in Finland for May Day celebrations, called Vappu. It's rather different to the...

Eleni's Stumbling Block

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:53:00 +0000

I think, when you write a book, you're supposed to have an outline of the plot done in a certain formulaic way. You have your beginning, where the characters are built, and then something happens to...

Life Lessons (Fiction Challenge)

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:58:00 +0000

cross-posted to Her Beauty And Her Terror - the week's challenge was a piece of fiction, any length, genre or form, which had to contain the words 'vessel', 'extinguish' and 'market'. Emma wasn't...

Dear Amazon: You're a Let-Down.

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:34:00 +0000

This weeks' research has led me to discover a few things. Firstly, I don't do enough Finnish study. But secondly, Amazon is a big, fat, outdated disappointment. Kindle, you too. Let's imagine I had...

erk

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:52:00 +0000

Feeling uncomfortable about the chapter draft below. I don't like the c-word (in fact I don't like gratuitous use of swear words in ANY novel when they don't serve a purpose). I'm feeling the need to...

New Book Draft, Chapter 1

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:34:00 +0000

(random notes: this section is supposed to tell you the basics about Eleni's home life and something of the culture she lives in. I am *really* quite curious to hear from readers how effective that...

typety type type type

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:24:00 +0000

I have another blog which has sat around for a while as nothing else but a placeholder. It was used a few times for editorials and ads, but I suppose it should now be put to some use. I've been...

Four corners of a 60-minute current affair today, tonight, tomorrow and next week

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:55:00 +0000

cross-posted to Her Beauty And Her Terror Oh how the answer could be so simple... or so dreadfully complicated, depending on whom you ask. Let's get one thing straight: When it comes to commerical...

I heart the bus

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:53:00 +0000

cross-posted to Her Beauty And Her Terror I just spent a very relaxing 20 minutes travelling across town, on the metro from Helsinki's central train station. The metro was a two minute walk from...

The Payment Rant...

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:51:00 +0000

cross-posted to Her Beauty And Her Terror In Australia I was "one of those" annoying smug bitches who didn't carry cash ANYWHERE. All my bills were paid online. AND I'll have you know they were...

It's Sunday ALREADY.

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:41:00 +0000

Well technically we're only a few hours in, but anyway - as usual, my piece in the group blog is due in a day's time and I haven't a clue what to write. Funny, I had no problem putting together three...

Wouldn't it be nice...

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:36:00 +0000

...to have a MEMORY, that is? I just *know* I used something very effective to force this page to dance with Google to get pages indexed (quickly, and effectively, I might add, since it's appearing...

Group Blogging

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:40:00 +0000

So it's my turn to choose the topic this week... and I'm absolutely flummoxed. There are things to write about (of course), but I'd quite like to come up with an idea that might elicit contributions...

Sexuality - Choice or Hardwired?

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:02:00 +0000

cross-posted to Her Beauty And Her Terror One or the other. Is it actually this simple? I'm not so sure. There's evidence for both sides of the debate, and that's even if we think sexuality is that...

Tough Crowd.

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:58:00 +0000

I just wrote my first piece for a new group blog. Gotta say, it was really quite a challenge! And not merely because of the controversial subject matter, either. This weeks' topic is "Sexuality -...

What in Good Gravy is a "KIVA" ???

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:35:00 +0000

Kiva is essentially a charity, but it doesn't work by donations. It took me a long time to get my head around how it works. I must say, the info on the website can be COMPLETELY confusing as well....

16 things in 16 minutes

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:22:00 +0000

1. In 1948, it took sixteen minutes for Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion to read the scroll of the Establishment of the State, declaring the country of Israel. 2. A 2010 study by the University of...

Poor Christchurch :(

noreply@blogger.com (Elisa Tammela) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:02:00 +0000

I'm just sad for poor New Zealand right now - they were hit today by what's being termed an "aftershock" to September's earthquake. Unfortunately this one was closer to the surface and is therefore...