I’m a geek and say so pretty proudly, yet I am no big fan of fantasy stories, role-playing and stuff. I know geekdom is deeply rooted in games like “Dungeon & Dragons”, generations of nerds have sat around tables and diced out whether their sword would defeat the orc or simply break in two. I’ve always loved “The Neverending Story” … Read More
It's been a while…
Yes, it’s taken some time, but here I’m back, blogging for world domination, world peace and cheaper jokes. There’s several interesting thing to blog about so let’s get started: Microsoft to buy Google Yes, the big M has made an offer for Yahoo! the second biggest force in web search and provider of Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Widgets and other services … Read More
Official Zooomr Blog : Zooomr 2008 Release Schedule / And my take on Steve's keynote
Official Zooomr Blog : Zooomr 2008 Release Schedule Ok, I have been very close to giving up on Zooomr a few times since the launch of Mark III because on several occasions upload or other features did not work and many things I would consider basic stuff weren’t available. And then there was kind of an dead pause after the … Read More
Weshalb Schulen ausschließlich freie Software verwenden sollten / KDE4
Weshalb Schulen ausschließlich freie Software verwenden sollten Ein großartiger, überzeugender und zugleich prägnanter Argumentationsfaden, der erklärt, warum es besonders im Bildungskontext wichtig ist, freie Software zu verwenden. In Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass dies selbst an Universitäten noch nicht generelle Praxis ist, vielleicht eine der wichtigsten Erkenntnisse für die Zukunft. Wie Stallman auch bekräftigt, geht es dabei nicht nur um die … Read More
Welcome to 2008 / Willkommen in 2008 – mixed
Hi! Willkommen zu meinem ersten Blogeintrag in diesem Jahr, der auch gleich noch zweisprachig wird wobei ich nicht einfach eine Übersetzung mache, sondern einen Teil auf Deutsch und einen zweiten auf Englisch. Als erstes möchte ich eine kleine Filmempfehlung geben, denn ich war letzte Woche quasi unfreiwillig in Till Schweigers neuer Romantikkomödie “Keinohrhasen”. Ich war auch schon sehr angetan von … Read More
Post Christmas Post
Yes, we’ve again made it through the breathtaking days of christmas during which we celebrated the birthday of Jesus Christ (just to remind those of you who wondered). And the world (or at least a considerable part of it) was again wrapped up in joy and warm feelings. I could bore you to death with what I did on christmas … Read More
Acagamics / SmugMug / Sunday Poem
Mal ein Blogeintrag auf deutsch. (Sorry, if you don’t understand anything, it’s german!) Podcast #1: Was ist das eigentlich, Acagamics? + Spiele. at Acagamics Ok, erste Neuigkeit: Acagamics ist ein Studentenclub für Spielewentwickler an meiner Uni, dem ich schon seit einiger Zeit angehöre. Wir machen interessante Projekte, die im weitesten Sinn mit Computerspielen und deren Entwicklung zusammenhängen. Womit wir uns … Read More
The Famous Side of MySpace
I just got the MySpace newsletter. To make that clear, I’m not on MySpace meaning I do not actively use my account there. I don’t even think I put any information up there. However, I do have an account just for the sake of completeness (because I do have account on most web 2.0 services to do research and geek … Read More
Me at the Movies
I think I mentioned it briefly [..no I just checked, and I didn’t…], but last year in October I had the opportunity to be an extra in an german television movie called “Die Todesautomatik”. I was with them for a day playing an east-german soldier first and then playing a warden in a jail. As I was an extra (or … Read More
what i read / wil wheaton / news / sunday poem
In a constant effort to add more geek- and nerdiness to my life I’ve recently subscribed to some large web 2.0-related blogs including techcrunch.com, scobleizer and Pulse 2.0. Everyday for the last two weeks I therefore had about 40 to 50 Posts to go through and it takes some time but I understand many pro bloggers have to go thrpugh … Read More
Sunday poem – fourth edition
And another poem, but this time it is a completely new, freshly written and unpublished piece of which I’m not sure whether it’s as funny as it should be. Or even entertaining. Or good. But read for yourself. Oblivious Rain drops smash against the windowdawning clouds are hanging lowLights turned on in every roomoutside no lights find space to bloomHome … Read More
Sam & Max: Episode 201 – Ice Station Santa
I still have a hard time sticking to my double weekly blog schedule, but I still try. It’s not just to get into a rhythm with writing, it’s also my way to stay up-to-date with certain topics on which I need to know stuff if want to write about it. As I announced on the blog, I started playing the … Read More