one night and one day of real holiday

today i had one of the most wonderful days in a long time at the former place of my grandparents. the setting was as follows:

no mobile phone





no internet or computer






thanks to these uncommon surroundings i've been experiencing a whole set of things which not usually come my way:


sleeping on a bag full of hay, which was quite strange at first, but had a really nice odour, which made me sleep soo well :)


with a very nice sight when waking up (and having breakfast outside ;)


i went strolling round the village,


playing with some calves


and then heated the oven - yes, with a proper fire!


on which we were baking our own bread, some even with fresh herbs.








apart from all these things, i've been re-exploring all the things which i knew as a kid - the whole place is so much smaller now! but it was perfect to be there, enjoy the beauty of it as well as a lot of nice memories of long gone times.

dividing by zero

2D flickerfree in c#

very useful bit of code for double buffering. it's preventing flickering when drawing 2d c# graphics.. just saved my day ;)
for the full program see here

the reason i like to sleep..

The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep. (E. J. Cossman)

Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display

Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display is a display technology for creating holograms one can actually 'touch' and manipulate with hands.
i'm really impressed with what one can construct with some wii-motes and ultrasound.. but see for yourself!

Video: Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display - fühlbare Hologramme (2:37)

everyday things

some news make the world seem like an economy strategic game, where after a bad strategy a message turns up telling: "your toilet paper supplies are running low"

friday, 2pm

i wonder if there is a worse time for working in an office. lunch is just over, the stomach is full, it is hot outside, i am feeling totally sleepy. then, it's not even enough time for seriously starting a new task, as till monday i will have forgotten what i could not finish.
apart from that, outside the lake is waiting for visitors..

munich

here's a short movie presenting the city. i'm not so happy about the music, but some of the places are well worth visiting and as nice as on the video ;)

small life challenges

robosquare

internship

currently i am in my first week of my summer internship. after some minor starting issues, i am finding myself actually enjoying my work (even despite it being difficult and really exhausting) because i feel i can work at my own pace.
i'm in a student office again; kinda reminds me of my work for bachelor's thesis :) it's really nice to meet some new people again. they are really friendly, a bit chaotic, playing a very particular version of table tennis during the lunch break - just of my kind ;)
the office is on the first floor of a wall seperating two construction halls. quite an interesting place, really... looking out of the windows, there are loads of machines and people cutting and hammering. sometimes there is quite some noise, sometimes there is a short black out and some of us will be found cursing because their desktops just rebooted (rumour has it that occasionally even some hard drives didn't survive these 'attacs').
as you can see, so far things are really well. the only draw-back is the fact, that i have to work for 9 hours a day + travel time around 3 to 4 hours.. so i am very very tired when i get home; too tired actually to do much anymore. i hope i will get used to it so things are less exhausting.
so far some impressions :)