Archive for 'Ramblings'

“Dr.-Ing. Thomas Biskup” :-)

doktorhutNow it’s official - my German Ph.D. equivalent has been documented and now I may call myself a “Dr.”. Whew… great feeling :-) What a day! Feels even better than the day of the defense :-)

My personal Google & Android conspiracy

bulbI love a decent conspiracy theory - and because it keeps popping up when talking to colleagues here’s my personal pet believe about Google and Android. Your mileage may vary.


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OpenSAGA - my recent business pet project

opensaga1Yesterday we released the OpenSAGA website to the public. What’s the buzz about? It’s about a Java- and Spring-based web framework for which I am the project lead and principal architect and which is going to be released to the public in the first half of 2010. Let me tell you some more details…


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A song of serenity, peace and majesty…

Powerful stuff… really powerful stuff. Enjoy.

Movie Review: 2012

mayaWe just watched 2012 by Roland Emmerich. This movie was truly inspiring. Wanna know more? Read on. And if you work in Hollywood: Read the end of this post - 2012 provided me with an idea that will help Hollywood a lot more money than it already does and it even might help to create a brighter future for mankind.


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We were in an iMac video… kind of…

aitutaki-teaserI just watched the video about the new iMac displays and was quite enthralled by the display… and then I discovered something neat at about two minutes in the video which activated some beautiful memories…


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The next week in review…

energyWow, the next week really is going to be quite a fun week. A training, o and two days of holiday for the largest gaming show in the world. And some JADE programming mixed in. I’m gonna love it.
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What an amazing time…

bulbSince this will be the last blog entry for a couple of weeks I just wanted to write down some impressions about this really amazing time in my life.


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VMWare going to acquire SpringSource for $420 million

cloudDespite being the head of our SpringSource Premier Systems Integrator team at QuinScape this one took me by surprise. It was a well-guarded secret as far as we are concerned and no information leaked previously. And I failed to see the signs although they were there:


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Digital Gaming Tables

diceI just got sidetracked for a short moment by this awesome presentation of a digital gaming table. After my Ph.D. thesis and my honeymoon that’s something to look more closely into… I’m absolutely awed…


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