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Clean Patriotism

Nils — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:46:08 +0000

Saw this at work – the cleaning staff seems to have a weird sense of humor – either that, or a large dose of patriotism.

Photos from San Francisco

Nils — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:15:42 +0000

First Impression of California

Nils — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:06:22 +0000

Got out of the plane and this is what I saw:

It’s like 9Â°C here at night. Unbelievable – California is colder in June than Germany is in January.

English Garden

Nils — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:54:21 +0000

Today a friend of mine from Frankfurt visited, and so I actually went downtown a bit. The English Garden is actually quite nice, and we walked until our feet hurt. Didn’t take nearly enough photos – I am always shy of being “the tourist”.

I fell asleep for a few hours after I got home. What can I say; I am just an aging geek.

Neuschwanstein

Nils — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:29:47 +0000

Today, I undertook a road trip with two of my co-workers to see Ludwig II’s famous castle.

Day and Night

Nils — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:02:09 +0000

To show off the new image layout, as well as to give you an impression of where / how I live:

Munich

Nils — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:34:58 +0000

I’ve arrived in Munich. It’s good to finally be “home”, especially if it’s a new one. My move’s mostly complete, with a few odds and ends left. It went pretty well. I already unpacked most – but by far not all – of my stuff and the only thing I actually seem to have lost – so far – is one cup. Not even a very special one. Life continues.

My first day on the new job went pretty well; I like the new company a lot. Got a shiny new notebook to ~~play~~ work with, too. And did I mention I get to battle spammers on the actual front lines?

I haven’t really seen much of Munich yet. My feet are killing me because of all the walking I did last week, so I am not even sure if I will go out on a discovery tour this weekend or not.

There's my iBook!

Nils — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:56:55 +0000

Some time ago I mentioned that I gave away my iBook. I’ve received photographic evidence that it has reached its destination:

It’s really nice to see that my old iBook is finally being used again. It was simply sitting on a shelf here, doing nothing at all. It was a really good notebook when I bought it way back in 2001. And I guess it saw most of the world: It was built in China, assembled in Ireland, traveled with me to Japan and other locations, and now it has “retired” (so to speak) to Rwanda.

Xmas Time is Stressful Time

Nils — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:09:53 +0000

Vienna two weekends ago. Detroit last week. Two Christmas parties and three private dinner events in the seven work-days I was in Frankfurt these past two weeks. And on top of it all I caught a really bad flu. (My nose is actually hurting from being cleaned so much.) Today seems to be the first day I have really any time to do “personal” things again. It’s weeks like these that I notice how old I have become.

I did catch up with my email, finally; if you sent me something directly and didn’t get a reply… then the malign email gods ate it. Please resend!

Back from Detroit

Nils — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:22:09 +0000

I am back from Detroit. Got home, dropped my bags, passed out on my couch, slept six hours, despite having slept at least 3-4h on the plane (a record for me). Woke up to find my throat was sore. I am afraid I caught a cold during this trip.

The [Corey & Joel](http://www.coreyandjoelradio.com/) live show was pretty good, you should grab it when it’s up for download next week. I am not on the show, just a spectator.

Departure was delayed by 1h because the Department of Homeland Security guys had to re-check every passport. Germans like me were allowed to just pass through. US citizens had to explain themselves: Why are you leaving the country? How long will you stay? What do you do for a living? Well, and the Arab looking people and the semi-cute Nigerian chick got searched.

To add injury to insult, I had to fly Economy class. Flying business class is something I will really miss. At least I had a really good seat on my way to Detroit. And the cabin crew was really great too. But I do have to talk to someone about the economy class breakfast. Bah!