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I just finished reading “Ken Grimwood - Replay”, which I read in between Tad Williams and Neal Stepehnson, which I will have to write epic posts about some later time when I have finished their multi-book cycles…
Replay is a rather quick read, and as far as I know the first book to build on the […]

This week, astrophysicists has announced the first prove that Dark Matter exists. Dark Matter is a particle that we haven’t detected und understood yet, but we think that it makes up a lot of our universe…but the first important step has been taken, as proving that such a thing exists is comforting, because we now […]

I just read that Maynard Ferguson has died. He was one of the best trumpet players of all time and was famous for just playing 2 octaves higher then everyone else.
I once saw him on TV, and he was introducing the next song, “Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone” and told the story, that once […]

So, here’s a virtual me (ok, I didn’t find a trombone, but a horn is ok):

I want to talk about three of the CDs I recently acquired (and yes, that means I went into the shop and bought them!). First, some popular music:
Billy Talent - II
Entered the german charts on the top spot, so normally wouldn’t be music I like. But - knowing one song from the first […]

So, after new terrorist attempts, we are now at a point where an entire state of matter poses an international security risk. We have become witness to the fact that security measurements are in fact degrading shadow plays to create the impression that something is done. This time so obvious that it becomes a giant […]

Just updated the software from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4! Security holes be gone!
Btw, for all my FTP needs I use Web2FTP. It’s better than all the software I tried, especially the zip handling!

The first Metal CDs I ordered for myself some years ago were chosen more or less randomly from catalog descriptions. With Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus and the self titled Black Symphony debut album, that must be one of the best blind buys of all time!
Black Symphony is basically Progressive Metal, but with a […]

I justed tested the XGL/Compiz window manager for Ubuntu. While it may not be usable for real work yet, as just some virtual workspaces to click are faster, it is immense fun to use. You can place 4 workspaces on the sides of a cube and have awesome graphical effects when switching between them! You […]