New experiences

Life is full of surprises, continuously offering chances for new achievments.. On my list there are two of them accomplished in the last 2 days.

#1 My first LAN party! Finally the day of shame arrived and I had to admit that some computer games actually might be fun... (it'll be hell to pay once my brothers read this..)

#2 Arriving for a rehearsal WITHOUT any music sheets! Usually not so dramatic, if you're used to a big orchestra - however, if you play chamber music or solo things become a bit different... also, it does not help if the rehearsal in question is the last one before the concert...
Luckily, a partitura was around for some pieces. For the rest, my lazyness to pull out the sheets when I'm studying finally payed off - I knew some things by heart... So in the end, apart from some increased adrenalin level nothing really happened. Now I'm wondering... a chaotic final rehearsal is said to bring a good concert... hope its true, should be magnificent in the end ;)

Why you should look after your keyboard...

What do you think has more bacteria on it? Your office toilet or your keyboard?

You probably wish for the first but probability is high that its the second.. here is an article which just confirms my personal aversion to sticky keyboards:

Bacteria Wars: Keyboard versus Toilet

London, England - Researchers in London say your computer keyboard may be dirtier than your toilet. A consumer group tested 33 office keyboards for bacteria. They found four of them were potential health hazards. One of those four had five times the germs as one of the office’s toilet seats.

Keyboards pick up germs through sneezing and coughing. Also, workers who eat at their desk leave behind crumbs that become havens for bacteria. Workers not washing their hands after using the bathroom also contribute to the mess on the keyboard.

To keep your keyboard germ free, experts recommend shaking out all the crumbs and dust. Then wipe it off using a slightly damp lint-free cloth. You could also use an alcohol swab.

One microbiologist said that your keyboard is often a reflection of what’s in your nose and in your gut.

original to be found here

bizarre night

There is something in life about expectations.. So what would you expect when you attend the last evening party of a huge students event? You might say: a lot of people in a good mood, maybe slightly to seriously drunk, some good music to shout along with, really nice athmosphere..
Ok, the first thing was definitely given, the music was... well... you could kinda hop around to it. And you go around dance a bit, lounge at the bar and - wait!! What was that little thing passing me there?? I did not even drink anything so far! And - there's even more of those... there are so many!! And you keep looking around and you wonder... WHERE the f... all these little, 14 year old KIDS came from, infiltrating your party, turning it into a playground and making yourself feel like your own grandmother/grandfather respectively, and scaring the living daylights out of you by the way they are dressed and painted in their faces... So the whole party got swamped by busloads of underaged monsters which added quite a particular facet to it. Additionally, we had some special show by some of our completely pissed fellow students who rolled on the floor and showed their blank butts during the award ceremony for the races and tournaments. Saucy...
To my shame I have to admit that I escaped from the place quite soonish and joined an emergency team to clean up the university at 2 in the night which was seriously comical and funny. Obviously, this effort had to be rewarded and caused a spontaneous party at some flat. It was quite better than the first one (and no little babies turned up to spoil the fun and wonder about education and police nowadays) so it went on for long.. I will go to get some breakfast now.. :)

Expectations on mobile style...

Meditation party

Maybe sounds controversial? It kinda is.. In fact at some moment the thought entered my mind. I mean, how likely is it that about 10 people having a noisy, entertaining cooking party end up sitting meditating around some candle? Somehow this was quite weird and funny at the same time and the best of it: it actually happened :) (Maybe because Valderama (;)) cut his hair?? who knows) Either way, I was really amazed how seriously everybody participated and I must say it does add another dimension to my picture of the people I usually meet for going out.
Apart from that we had some not acceptable experimental food (I just cant cook according to recipes... partially because I dont really remember them, sorry) and some nice cake and a lot of joking whilst cooking. (Listen to the boss!! :) Have a nice evening!

Freestyle jumping

Tetris fever - Japanese interpretation

Application fun, part 2

Sometimes life rewards your work in rather obscure ways. To me hours of desperate internet browsing for the perfect masters degree did not lead to the desired succes, however they treated me with the following pearl: 'please do not include leaves with double print!' ...

Hmm.. but if I have leaves with single print, do I have to send the tree as well?? Sometimes these application requirements really leave you 'nothing to hope for'.

Ironically, the beautiful phrase could be found on the application page of a so-called bavarian 'elite graduate program' where some 5 lines afterwards very good english knowledge was a crucial feature of the successful applicant... (maybe for correcting the web pages? sometimes I'm tempted to write an email but then - I still make enough mistakes myself :)

closing with Bastian Sick commenting on the bavarian homepage www.bayern-international.de, (spoken bayern minus international): what will remain of bavaria if you subtract international?

Skype phrases

There are some very nice ones on occasions.. these i saw today:

"Cheese - milk's leap to immortality!"

"I have no tv, so I eat mushrooms and watch the carpet"

I'm sure there is a lot more curiosity out there so feel free to add :)

out of season

but i found it and i think its nice :)
enjoy!



you just have to imagine the tasty smell yourself ;)

facebook for dummies

i did not believe my eyes... however, this 'little' book fills 360 pages telling you:

Find out how to maximize your Facebook experience

Create a Facebook profile that enhances your real-world relationships

Whether you want to connect with friends already on Facebook or be the first on your block to join, this is the book you need. Written by a pair of Facebook insiders, Facebook For Dummies shows how to create a profile, communicate with friends, play with Facebook applications, and explore the unique ways Facebook can improve your business.

Discover how to:

• Create a profile to your liking

• Share photos and messages with friends

• Join networks for your city, school, or work

• Manage the amount of information you share

• Use Facebook for business

and there seems to be a lot more of this 'literature'... I'm waiting for the first PhD proposal on researching facebook... or maybe it's just me finding this weird and strange...

neulich im postfach...

ein j0bangebot:

für unseren Kunden, ein renommiertes Internet-Automobilportal suchen wir ab sofort eine/n WerkstudentIn Product Management Schmittstellen (m/w).

was das wohl ist?

Insider...

sometimes life gives you nice surprises. some are also mysterious. like this invitation i got today:

Come to the party. We have cookies.

G.

Somehow this sounds familiar...
Have a nice day :)

Talking teabags and no electricity..

finally I found the reason why organic food costs so much more than regular one... it is because it talks to you! so if you buy a package of yogitea, it not only makes you feel high from all the spices and sandalwood but it also includes the special effect on telling you another wisdom or well-wish on each bag you're putting into your cup... kinda like fortune cookies.. so now i'm collecting...

May your inner self be secure and happy.

The mind is given to you, you are not given to the mind.

Oneness is achieved by recognising your self.

True understanding is found through compassion.

I wonder what I'm supposed to do with it, maybe I will contemplate this question. (for example when the next blackout switches off my computer again... unbelievable! I really appreciate the temporal independence of laptops vs desktops.. especially when people connect plugs in series until they just flip...)
If you have any comment, feel free to pass on your inspirations to others (omg.. I already sound like on the tea packaging.... it's really tasty though - the tea ;)

Round and round and round and....

again... life is not as it seems.. and there is too much chance involved.. how likely is it that someone you completely lost touch with (including invalid phone number after several years) turns up in the very shop you went to for finding out about them exactly when you go there.. amazing world.
and a second thought... sometimes the people we are learning (or have learnt) from are not stable in their lifes themselves, suffering maybe even from the same things. and still.. they do not loose their validity as guidance.

strange things happening

I seriously doubt now that some people have the mental capability to grow up...
On my way home at night I met two at least 40 year old men, ringing random people's bells and running away... I just remained absolutely amazed.

how to sleep for 12 hours

andrea: brauchst nur so viel sport zu treiben, dass du um 9 ins bett fällst mit der Zahnbürste noch im Mund, weil du zu schwach bist den mund auszuspülen...

sounds reasonable :)

undecimber

static int UNDECIMBER
Value of the MONTH field indicating the thirteenth month of the year.

WHAT? I must have missed something...

Committed revision 200...

ehehehe if that is not a reason to celebrate :)

apart from this... very clever office discussion...
this lamp is your lamp... this lamp is my lamp... From California to the New York Island ....This land is your land, it once was my land (oops... there WAS something different with the lyrics)

crisis scale

We're women. There is nothing above bottoms on the crisis scale. Bottoms are our natural enemy. They follow us around our entire lives, right behind us and constantly growing. How do they do that? I'm sure mine's back there secretly snacking...

(Sally in Coupling)