For someone very, very special… Farewell.
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Ubuntu and the Christmas break
Posted by defaude
on December 23, 2009
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I’ve been working on a system running Ubuntu 9.10 and even though I’m still a Mac fanboy, I have to admit that Ubuntu has grown to be a really fast, stable and fun system! But who cares? Computers suck anyway 
Side note: I’ll return to Germany for the holidays, fuel up on relaxation and will be back here in England on January 5th. Merry Christmas to you all and have a great new year 2010!
Tons of code and witches
Posted by defaude
on December 23, 2009
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Phew… Have been working a lot lately. The project in London is really great and interesting but also very demanding. And due to the fact that I barely left the house except for destoying my fingers, I did not catch up on Christmas mood and all that stuff at all (luckily, I say :o) ) Anyways, Adrian and me had our free day today so after being lazy – and also unable to find a good sauna place, we went to London 🙂 We did a short visit to the British Museum just to find out that they were closing already (dammit). After having had dinner, we watched the Musical Wicked and it was a blast. Folks, if you happen to be in London during the next few weeks, make sure to watch it!!
“It doesn’t have to be fun to be fun”
Posted by defaude
on December 15, 2009
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Climbing starts to be a lot of fun … and quite painful if your skin isn’t as rough as you think it should be and your arms still have power to go on bouldering. So kids, here’s a question: What happens when you continue climbing at your limit (which, in my case, is not really that advanced…) even though you got blisters on almost all fingers? Right! It hurts! 🙂 But never mind, what did we buy lots of tape for?
Cereals’n’Java
Posted by defaude
on December 7, 2009
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Hello, world! I’ve been quite busy working here in England at a 14/6 pace and just didn’t find the time for blogging… Ok, that sounds worse than it actually is:
- I’m coding together with my cousin Booka which is always fun
- The project is really interesting and challenging
- I finally get to use Java and not just study it in theory
- We go climbing every now and then
- We live in this fancy palace-like house
- Everything’s taken care of: cooking, laundry, shopping, etc.
To be honest, it’s really cool here. I like working together with Bookie in this environment where everything’s tuned for maximum efficiency and creativity at the same time. The only problem is: We have three four-hour slots of work per day which drives your feeling of time totally bananas. At the end of one day, events from the very same day’s morning feel like as if they’ve happened two or three days in the past because one’s usually not adjusted to three half work days per day 🙂
But because it’s the Booka and he’s the biggest climbing-nerd I know, we often go bouldering or climbing and it’s awesome! Finally, I get to train that crap properly 😀 My very personal problem is: I’m too heavy for my forearms! Damn, gotta slim…
Alright, gotta start working. Here are two random pics:
