The biggest danger of radiation is that it is so hard to grasp. I’ve learned some new facts about the radiaction in the last weeks, but am still quite helpless and lost. This post is an attempt to organize the knowledge. For starters, the radiation by itself (the alpha, beta and gamma rays) is not much different from the …
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Augenblick
Als ich heute von der Arbeit nach Hause ging, lief ich durch den Park. Unterwegs dachte ich an eine Person, die ich sehr vermisse. Das konnte also ein ganz gewohnlicher trauriger Spaziergang sein, wenn nicht das Frühling. Was heute in dem Park von statten ging, kann ich kaum in Worte fassen. Knospen wurden heute zu …
Fukushima
I believe, the Fukushima story is only in its beginning. In the reactor buildings, they have now levels of radiation comparable with Chernobyl. The highly contaminated water is now in the basement of turbine room, and it is unclear for how long this basement can hold the water. Both the air and sea water are …
My first encounter with Interaction Design
My very first job was in a university HR department. Me and a friend of mine, two students of the same university, were appointed officially by this department as software developer apprentices. But, before we could start learning programming, our first task was to type in all the teaching stuff profiles that were available as staples …
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Summary 2010
One of the best authors of books for children (of any age) is Владислав Петрович Крапивин. I re-read his books regularly, when I feel the need to reinforce my understanding of what a proper and true friendship and relationship is. His works are translated in many languages, so go grab and read them. I’ve chosen the epilogue …
Weihnachten in der Kirche
Heute habe ich meinen ersten Weihnachtsfeier in der Kirche erlebt. Trotz des Schneesturms gibt es relativ viele Menschen. Der Priester startet den Gottesdienst und erwähnt kurz, wie man das Psalmbuchlein benutzt. Denn es sind anscheinend viele Menschen gekommen, die nur einmal pro Jahr in die Kirche gehen, oder gar nicht religiös sind. Nur wenige singen mit, man hört des …
My Android anchors
Now, when WP7-based devices are available, I was thinking about buying one. After all, I can easily develop software like a custom twitter client on WP7 without having to learn anything I don’t already know. The “only” issue with WP7 is that I have a couple of apps on my HTC Hero, which I absolutely need or …
From roof to taste
As a child, I was interested in etymology. Tracing words to their origins has helped me to understand and use them better. When I started to learn Chinese, this my hobby reincarnated. With all these Chinese symbols, the only way to learn them is to build memory hooks by accociating each symbol with a story. …
My Star
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Bike trip impressions
Actually, I haven’t planned to write a blog post about my bike trip, and write a series of twits instead. Unfortunately, I failed to find a reasonably priced pre-paid replacement SIM card for Netherlands, so most of twits had to be saved for the future. So I just write them here up.