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2010-03-07T17:03:00.001+01:00

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examination period

2010-03-06T12:14:00.001+01:00

;-)

Japanese Counting In English

2010-03-04T23:25:00.001+01:00

Pac-Man hidden in LG logo

2010-03-01T17:59:00.000+01:00

Never noticed that before...

Found at nintendoeverything.com

Assassin's Creed 2 addicted? - Well, kinda...

2010-02-15T17:15:00.000+01:00

Last year some weeks before Christmas highly anticipated Assassin's Creed 2 arrive at my home and unfortunately I was only able to finish it today. By surprise I noticed today I also received a Bonus Code to unlock additional content. Joy :-)

Parisian Love

2010-02-08T09:20:00.001+01:00

Found at "ubiquitous-insanity.blogspot.com"

Live Webcast Fail :o)

2010-02-08T09:01:00.001+01:00

The Known Universe by AMNH

2010-01-21T13:15:00.001+01:00

upcoming Apple event

2010-01-19T12:53:00.000+01:00

So there will be a new Apple event on January 27th. There are many rumours and discussions on the internet about the occasion because a variety of fanboys expect Apple to present their new tablet PC.
To be honest, as much as I like Apple for its innovations in the recent years, that much I hate all these fanboys out there. Let's just wait and see what they will present.

Tornado 1 - Train 0

2010-01-19T00:17:00.001+01:00

Laser Triggered High-Speed Photography

2010-01-08T11:47:00.001+01:00

Windows GodMode

2010-01-06T17:03:00.000+01:00

Nope, this is no kind of geeky joke. There actually excists a GodMode in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
So, how can you access it? That's pretty easy. Just create a new folder and name it "GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}" (without the "").
And what does it do? It gives you a folder full of shortcuts for any kind of settings you might need.
As for me, that's pretty nifty and I think it is another example how Microsoft unfortunately leaves stuff that is more than helpful simply undocumented... :-(
Well, now you know ^^

Merry Christmas everyone

2009-12-22T17:54:00.001+01:00

As I am on a trip through East Germany visiting my family I already wish you guys Merry Christmas :-)

Alltime Christmas favourite

2009-12-16T09:30:00.001+01:00

Not as good as the original by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl but still good.

Lyrics:
It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The rare old mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last

The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

Elf Yourself Dancing Flash Mob Invades NYC

2009-12-12T13:41:00.001+01:00

Some facebook freak's wedding

2009-12-06T13:47:00.001+01:00

Let's SCHWING?

2009-12-02T09:26:00.000+01:00

Sometimes in life it makes you kinda sad if there is a place you liked and now it is in danger. Either if it was a place you spent (maybe not only) good times like your former favorite pub that stops existing or a company that was having a hard time during the financial crisis with still no end in sight.
The latter is currently the case in my life.

For more than three years I worked in the IT department of a company called SCHWING. They mainly build truck mounted concrete pumps which are used for instance for constructing skyscrapers like the taipei101 or big bridges etc. During my stay at Schwing the company had one record business year after another and always managed to expand their staff. But recently they are struggling and facing a high amount of lay-offs in the coming months. My best wishes to all the former co-workers and especially to my friend Patrick that you guys won't be harmed too much... As always there will be better times someday and I really hope you can enjoy these still working for this company. Good luck.

Oh Christmas tree

2009-11-30T18:32:00.000+01:00

Bought today decoration stuff for quite a fortune in the city. Unfortunately the (small) Christmas tree is still missing. Maybe I should built my own. Seems like there are enough beer bottles lying around near my flat.

The wave starts now

2009-11-30T18:24:00.000+01:00

Today I got the invitation for Google's latest invention called Google Wave.
Let's hope I'll find some time to test around a bit. Let's wave ;-)

Next target

2009-11-15T15:03:00.001+01:00

When I get my mini keyboard this is definately a song I wanna learn first.

T minus 295 days

2009-11-10T20:20:00.000+01:00

If everything works as planned in 295 day at the latest my journey to a new chapter of my life will start but only for some weeks now I realize what I will miss.
Fortunately I can still attend Kim's wedding next summer but things like Christmas, New Year's Eve will be a lot different than they used to be.
And last but not least I won't have my friends around. No "oh yeah, come on by and we watch a movie and order pizza" or some cooking and relaxing with my girlfriend...
Nonetheless I worked more than 2 years for this and I am still very excited but suddenly everything starts to feel so real.
But things will work out fine, I know :-)

iPhone Costumes

2009-11-02T20:11:00.001+01:00

Nerd Alert!

Project isplash status report

2009-11-02T18:24:00.003+01:00

OK, so far I got almost all items needed for the isplash project. The start is settled for spring 2010 and I am really looking forward to it :-)

Traffic limit sucks

2009-10-12T20:31:00.003+02:00

Argh, how happy did I feel when I saw the nice download speed (ranging from 20 to 70MBit/s) at my current flat just to realize that I am stuck with a traffic limit of just 6GB...

6 GB what's that in modern times? I mean everyone who downloaded an ISO file like Windows 7 or the latest Xcode version knows how quick you get something around 5 GB on a single day...

Of course you don't have such a big amount of data flying through your cables every day but come on, even without filesharing you exceed this limit usually within a week or two.
Unfortunately it seems like there's no other way for me than simply getting used to it.
Worst thing is in case you exceed your limit you simply have no internet access for the rest of the month. Argh, I wanna scream!!!

I feel like back in 1999... :-(

What is Google Wave?

2009-10-09T20:48:00.001+02:00

For those who don't know and wonder why the prices for an invitations are f***ing high on eBay.