Archive for 'Ramblings'

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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Movie Review: Transformers 2

wreckLast year during our USA trip we also visited the wonderful town of Lone Pine and the even more wonderful Alabama Hills (if you haven’t been there and like movies – go there! It’s a magical place). While we stayed there there was on site filming for the movie “Transformers 2”. Thus we have to go to the cinema and watch it. Today we did…

…and I must say I am impressed. Really impressed. This has been the biggest pile of shit I have seen in a long time. Wanna know more? Read on…


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What a day…

Flame On!Great day today. For one simple reason: After a huge amount of work I’m through with version 1 of my Ph.D. thesis. I just finished writing the last bit of real content this afternoon while listening to Jon Schaffer‘s incredible “High Water Mark” from Iced Earth’s “Glorious Burden”. Great album, powerful track and it just fit the moment.


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GNTM: A close second place for Witten

cupUsually I do not watch formats like “Germany’s Next Top Model” (the German equivalent of “America’s Next Top Model with our Heid Klum). Today was the final show of the 2009 edition. This time I did watch the show.  For patriotic reasons. Seriously.


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Using presentation channels with brains…

webcomicNow this here is a very cool way to present a web comic. The most enticing I have seen so far.