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Amazon Kindle

Nils — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:02:56 +0000

After thinking about it for an entire Sunday, I bought a Kindle. I love it!

Hamburg

Nils — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:19:21 +0000

Went to Hamburg a week ago. Showing off your hometown works out especially well when you are greeted with a summer weather typical for the locale…

Yes that is Hamburg as I recall it.

Snowed-In

Nils — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:16:13 +0000

In December we got a whole lot of snow. This was the view from my office, then:

Happy New Year 2011

Nils — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:37:34 +0000

Hello everybody – I quickly wanted to wish you all a good start into 2011. As always I wish you that the next year won’t be as crappy as the one we’re chasing out with all that firework.

Yet Another New Job

Nils — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:20:32 +0000

So I have moved on and I found, yes, yet another new job. I am still in Berlin, though my workplace is just outside town. I now work as a Service Manager for a company called Interoute. Yay me.

Big Movie Short Review List

Nils — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:15:05 +0000

Watched some movies recently…

Alien vs Predator 1: Watchable, if you like Aliens or Predators. Switch off your brain first though. The Weyland tie-ins are neat.
V for Vendetta: Well filmed, a bit too predictable and hard to suspend disbelief in a few places. Good message I guess. Definitely watchable – once. Not a classic.
Star Wars: Clone Wars. Actually the movie is just the first few episodes of the show added together. Once you understand it, it becomes cool – the show is definitely better than the prequels. Recommended for any Star Wars or Science Fiction fan.
Iron Man: Fun bubble-gum movie. Definitely one of the entertaining comic superhero movies. Recommended.
The Dark Knight: It could be an excellent movie, if they had left out the half-burnt guy’s subplot at the end; it was, overall, about a half-hour too long. Also, the cellphone sonar thing was dumb. Keith Ledger really did do a good job, the Batman actor was too wooden.
Chicken Run: Watched this years ago, still a fun movie. It’s an Aardman animation (of Wallace & Grommit fame). Awesome movie, too, if you like Wallace & Grommit, you’ll love this one.
The Mummy: Another movie I watched a long time ago; good, straight-forward Indiana-Jones style fun. Highly recommended.

Heligoland

Nils — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:04:54 +0000

Pictures from our April trip to Heligoland (aka “Helgoland” in German):

Basically we took the Halunder Jet from Hamburg to Heligoland and returned the same evening. It was quite a fun trip, if I may say so myself.

Nils in Berlin (The "Another New Job" Post)

Nils — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:06:08 +0000

Many of you are already aware of the news, but I wanted to mention it anyway. I’ve accepted a position at AeriaGames at their Berlin office. Consequently am moving to the Capital city but I’ll bounce back and forth between Munich and Berlin until I’ve found a permanent residence.

AeriaGames is a company that offers free-to-play MMO’s (MMORPGs and others; for example we also offer an online racing sim). Needless to say, it’s a very interesting and challenging job.

On a more personal note, Berlin is the hometown of my father, and my mother lived here for a time as well. It’s a bit of another step in my re-tracing the family history, even if it is less ironic than my visit to Qingdao. Hopefully, I’ll find time to finally research the origins of the Jeppe family.

Good morning Munich

Nils — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:02:47 +0000

Sunrise

A Stroke of Nostalgia

Nils — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:13:47 +0000

I just discovered something on YouTube that let my geeky little heart beat faster. Something from the good old days, when MTV would still should the occasional white person on their shows. You know, even way back before they ceased to be a cultural icon.

YouTube has a handful of Zig & Zag clips.

Yes, I will out myself, I used to watch Zig & Zag when they were still on TV, and I liked them. Go ahead, call me a nerd. Call me weird. Hell, call me old man. If you were born after 1980, you won’t remember these guys.