The quote of the week is not from Winni this week. But thanks to Winni for his permission to let me do the blog. You are a real sweetie, Winni *smack*
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
Saturday 31 March 2007
Geocaching - Mein 100. Cache
An diesem wunderbaren, sonnigen, lauen Frühlings Samstag hab ich mich aufgemacht um Kiekup One zu heben. Ist mislungen aber das ist eine andere Geschichte ;-)
Auf dem Rückweg jedenfalls hab ich am Parkplatz für Orkan 1972 angehalten. Ich wusste nichtmal ob ich den Ausdruck für den Multi im Ordner hatte. Ohne Ausdruck läuft da nix, sind jede Menge Rechenaufgaben. Tatsächlich hatte ich den alten Ausdruck dabei. Es war gerade 16.15, der Cache sollte etwa 45 Minuten dauern und die Bundesliga Konferenz fing erst ab 17.00 an...also loslos ;-)
Waren wirklich leichte Aufgaben und es war ein sehr schöner und sehr einsamer Spaziergang durch den Wald. Niemand zu sehen weit und breit. Schön das auch noch ein nagelneuer Coin vom NoobNader im Cache auf mich wartete. Am Final hab ich 4 Baumstümpfe durchsucht bis ich den richtigen gefunden hatte. Dafür das lediglich angegeben war :...von hier sind es noch 25 meter bis zum cache... nicht schlecht, oder??
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Winni!!
Auf dem Rückweg jedenfalls hab ich am Parkplatz für Orkan 1972 angehalten. Ich wusste nichtmal ob ich den Ausdruck für den Multi im Ordner hatte. Ohne Ausdruck läuft da nix, sind jede Menge Rechenaufgaben. Tatsächlich hatte ich den alten Ausdruck dabei. Es war gerade 16.15, der Cache sollte etwa 45 Minuten dauern und die Bundesliga Konferenz fing erst ab 17.00 an...also loslos ;-)
Waren wirklich leichte Aufgaben und es war ein sehr schöner und sehr einsamer Spaziergang durch den Wald. Niemand zu sehen weit und breit. Schön das auch noch ein nagelneuer Coin vom NoobNader im Cache auf mich wartete. Am Final hab ich 4 Baumstümpfe durchsucht bis ich den richtigen gefunden hatte. Dafür das lediglich angegeben war :...von hier sind es noch 25 meter bis zum cache... nicht schlecht, oder??
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Winni!!
Wednesday 28 March 2007
One wheeled motorcycle
I used to drive motorcycles for a long time and so I was really amazed and shocked about the following news:
After all sorts of three wheeled motorcycles (e.g., the T-Rex and the PIAGGIO MP3), how about a one-wheeler? The Bombardier EMBRIO is a concept one-wheeled hydrogen fuel cell-powered, gyroscopically balanced recreational and commuting vehicle for one or more passengers. The EMBRIO takes the Segway a step further toward its designers' vision of human transportation in the year 2025. The design team at the Canadian company Bombardier chose very light materials for the EMBRIO, including aluminum, magnesium, and nylon, resulting in a total weight of merely 360 lbs. (163 kg). The EMBRIO will use a number of advanced automotive technologies, such as infrared night vision, a digitally encoded key, and active suspension, which can vary its damping rates based on road conditions. Balance is achieved via a network of sensors and gyroscopes.
How could you feel the excitment of driving through a narrow bend on one wheel?? My imagination comes to an end here....I really hope that this will be a plan only and that it will never become reality. But if it will become reality in 2025...well, that is the year when I am expecting to be near my pension, so it won't really bother me then anymore I guess ;-)
After all sorts of three wheeled motorcycles (e.g., the T-Rex and the PIAGGIO MP3), how about a one-wheeler? The Bombardier EMBRIO is a concept one-wheeled hydrogen fuel cell-powered, gyroscopically balanced recreational and commuting vehicle for one or more passengers. The EMBRIO takes the Segway a step further toward its designers' vision of human transportation in the year 2025. The design team at the Canadian company Bombardier chose very light materials for the EMBRIO, including aluminum, magnesium, and nylon, resulting in a total weight of merely 360 lbs. (163 kg). The EMBRIO will use a number of advanced automotive technologies, such as infrared night vision, a digitally encoded key, and active suspension, which can vary its damping rates based on road conditions. Balance is achieved via a network of sensors and gyroscopes.
How could you feel the excitment of driving through a narrow bend on one wheel?? My imagination comes to an end here....I really hope that this will be a plan only and that it will never become reality. But if it will become reality in 2025...well, that is the year when I am expecting to be near my pension, so it won't really bother me then anymore I guess ;-)
Monday 26 March 2007
Quote of the week
"A ship is safe in harbor... But that's not what ships were built for"
William Shed
William Shed
Wednesday 21 March 2007
The Golden Calf
Tuesday, 20th I was visiting the CeBIT in Hanover. It is said to be the worlds largest and most important trade fair for ICT innovations.
Since IT technologies do not belong to my job in first place, I only use the yearly fair to keep myself informed about whats new and whats cheap... ;-) I usually stay only 4-5 hours there, visit only 30% of all the fair and have only 3-4 meetings.
This year it was even less. I had only 1 business meeting and spent the rest of my time getting myself informed about new technologies. So, I arrived only at 11.30 a.m. and left again at 3.30 p.m. already.
And as every year, I was asking myself: why are all those people so much in a hurry? Why do I feel as if being a viewer of a badly produced movie called "the dance around the golden calf"???
It is real life on such trade fairs...sure...but over all I get the feeling as if there won't be anything working in the near future without computer/information technologies. Is that good or bad?? Make up your own oppinion...
Good to know that there are some things that will remain and survive all the hype...such as humanity, friendship, laughing, love...anything I forgot???
Since IT technologies do not belong to my job in first place, I only use the yearly fair to keep myself informed about whats new and whats cheap... ;-) I usually stay only 4-5 hours there, visit only 30% of all the fair and have only 3-4 meetings.
This year it was even less. I had only 1 business meeting and spent the rest of my time getting myself informed about new technologies. So, I arrived only at 11.30 a.m. and left again at 3.30 p.m. already.
And as every year, I was asking myself: why are all those people so much in a hurry? Why do I feel as if being a viewer of a badly produced movie called "the dance around the golden calf"???
It is real life on such trade fairs...sure...but over all I get the feeling as if there won't be anything working in the near future without computer/information technologies. Is that good or bad?? Make up your own oppinion...
Good to know that there are some things that will remain and survive all the hype...such as humanity, friendship, laughing, love...anything I forgot???
Monday 19 March 2007
Quote of the week
"Scientists make efforts to turn the impossible into something possible.
Politicians make efforts to turn the possible into something impossible."
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Politicians make efforts to turn the possible into something impossible."
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
No time...
Something funny and spooky happened to me this morning: Time had left me!
At 6.00 a.m. everything was still ok. My alarm clock rang and I got up, prepared my things to go to my training. When I left home, I wanted to have a look at my wristwatch to see if I was in time and I noticed that I had left the watch at home. Nothing spectacular, I did not want to go back and I knew that there was a clock in my car waiting for me. It was still there, but parts of the displays remained dark...some fuses were broken.
While doing training I realized that the 2 clocks in the studio were out of order. One of them was still running, but showing 1.20 a.m.!! So, I always had to ask some fellow training partners for the time, because my time usually is short in the mornings and I need to follow a timetable to not get to work too late.
Later on in the Sauna...you may guess what happened: yes, there was no time too for me. The clock on the wall was missing. It simply was not there anymore. After sauna and training I told all that to a friend and he said: why don't you just look at your mobile-phone??? Cool idea...but last night I attached my mobile to the power outlet to recharge the batteries, and this morning left it at home.
When I arrived at work, all over sudden everything was okay again. Time was running again and every clock was working.
So, I spent some strange and spooky 4 hours this morning. Being "timeless" without the correct time was unusual. Even though I never look too much at my watch and I am not one of the people who are always in time...it was unexplainable to me.
At 6.00 a.m. everything was still ok. My alarm clock rang and I got up, prepared my things to go to my training. When I left home, I wanted to have a look at my wristwatch to see if I was in time and I noticed that I had left the watch at home. Nothing spectacular, I did not want to go back and I knew that there was a clock in my car waiting for me. It was still there, but parts of the displays remained dark...some fuses were broken.
While doing training I realized that the 2 clocks in the studio were out of order. One of them was still running, but showing 1.20 a.m.!! So, I always had to ask some fellow training partners for the time, because my time usually is short in the mornings and I need to follow a timetable to not get to work too late.
Later on in the Sauna...you may guess what happened: yes, there was no time too for me. The clock on the wall was missing. It simply was not there anymore. After sauna and training I told all that to a friend and he said: why don't you just look at your mobile-phone??? Cool idea...but last night I attached my mobile to the power outlet to recharge the batteries, and this morning left it at home.
When I arrived at work, all over sudden everything was okay again. Time was running again and every clock was working.
So, I spent some strange and spooky 4 hours this morning. Being "timeless" without the correct time was unusual. Even though I never look too much at my watch and I am not one of the people who are always in time...it was unexplainable to me.
Saturday 17 March 2007
Geocaching - Mein 90. Cache
Das Sudoku Rätsel hatte ich mit Hilfe meines iPod gelöst und schnell rausgefunden das der cache nur am Jürgenshof liegen konnte. Also sind wir am Samstag alle drei dorthin gefahren und haben ihn direkt gefunden.
Diese Location gehört aber eindeutig zu den ekeligen und nicht empfehlenswerten. Dieses Gebüsch wird scheinbar nicht nur zum Cachen sondern auch als Klo und als Drücker Versteck benutzt. Iiiiiiihhhhh!!!!
Diese Location gehört aber eindeutig zu den ekeligen und nicht empfehlenswerten. Dieses Gebüsch wird scheinbar nicht nur zum Cachen sondern auch als Klo und als Drücker Versteck benutzt. Iiiiiiihhhhh!!!!
Tuesday 13 March 2007
Friday 9 March 2007
Element of Crime
Yesterday I was at the concert of Element of Crime in Oldenburg. I was nearly free of pain and so I was able to really enjoy the concert. The music of EoC usually gives me peace and harmony in todays sometimes cruel and stressy world. And so it was yesterday. Time went by and all the beautifully performed sounds passed my ears too quickly. I was happy for some hours and took the good vibrations home with me.
After the concert I got the chance to talk to the lights mixer. I knew him from an internet forum talk and we had a talk and a beer after the show. That was nice and it is good to know him. I won't have to buy the next ticket, he will put me on the guest list :-)
For those of you who are interested in Element of Crime, feel free to visit their homepage or
Or if you know some german, follow the thoughts of the band leader. Sven Regener is writing a daily tour- blog here
After the concert I got the chance to talk to the lights mixer. I knew him from an internet forum talk and we had a talk and a beer after the show. That was nice and it is good to know him. I won't have to buy the next ticket, he will put me on the guest list :-)
For those of you who are interested in Element of Crime, feel free to visit their homepage or
Or if you know some german, follow the thoughts of the band leader. Sven Regener is writing a daily tour- blog here
Monday 5 March 2007
Find nix...oder doch?
Da ich ja nun schon ein paar Tage aus Grippe Gründen aus dem Verkehr gezogen bin und die Seuche wohl auch noch ne Zeitlang behalten werde, hab ich mir gedacht das ich zumindest die Coins und TBs die sich hier so angesammelt haben wieder in Umlauf bringen sollte.
Da Choosyg mir mailte und meinte das "Es war einmal.." mal wieder weg sei (das hab ich mittlerweile schon oft gehört...die müssen einfach mal richtig suchen!) bin ich eben zur Cachekontrolle aufgebrochen und hab auch noch den TB Flint Stone dort abgelegt. Der Cache ist übrigens in Top-Zustand :-)
Dann hab ich mich noch an Find nix, oder doch... herangewagt. Die Logs klangen ja alle so, als wenn der echt schwer zu finden sei. Aber scheinbar tickt der TT so ähnlich wie ich, denn ich hab es schon so kommen sehen, da war es nur noch eine Frage von ein paar Minuten bis ich ihn gehoben hatte.
Schöner Cache und schöne große Dose, aber ein "spooky" Place da in Hasenbüren. Jede Menge Tierkadaver, Federn, Knochenteile usw usw. Am besten nicht in der Dämmerung aufsuchen.
Hab hier den TB die 3 ??? und den Sterntaler Coin abgelegt, dafür TB und Texas Minicoin mitgenommen
Friday 2 March 2007
I feel bad...
Haven't blogged anything for some days. Mainly because I am sick since some days. A heavy flu or something like that has finally won the fight against my body. Not a cold but a real influenza with heavy headaches, chills and shivers and legs and arms seem to be in pain always. Funny but I have no fever...maybe it would have been better to have some higher temperature--
So, I am off of work this week but I hope that everyone of you out there is feeling healthy & happy.
So, I am off of work this week but I hope that everyone of you out there is feeling healthy & happy.
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