For those who didn’t know, this is the talk by Eben Moglen that inspired four students in New York to launch diaspora*, the first decentralized social network. Eben was talking about a solution though

Hmmm that's interesting. I once shortly tried out Airbnb, but quickly deleted my account after learning they want to know everything about me down to the color of my underwear. I had signed up with an

Yesterday I set out to bike 'n ride to the city. But instead of taking the train station 10 kms away I had to shorten the "bike" part and take the station in the neighborhood instead. The sudden

We have an extremely rare period of almost summer-like weather here in mid-October. So I biked to Lake Ammersee. Unfortunately, slightly too cold already for a swim. But still, I enjoyed my trip and hung

Ich hab letzten Monat bei meinem Trip nach Berlin auch eher ruhigerere Areale erkundet. Hier ist ein Brunnen in der Abendsonne. Aus dieser Perspektive sieht das monumentale Sowjetische Ehrenmal im Treptower

I was also exploring the more tranquil areas on my trip to Berlin last month. Here's a fountain in the evening sun. The monumental Soviet War Memorial in the Treptower Park looks much less intimidating

All die Buzzwords wurden ausgestellt allerdings. IoT, AI, Blockchain. Viele Stände konnte man besuchen, wie halt auf jeder Messe. Plus die Präsentationsbereiche für jede der erwähnten 3 Hauptthemen. Wie

All the buzzwords were expo'ed actually. IoT, AI, Blockchain. Many booths were to visit, just like at any trade fair. Plus the presentation areas for each of the mentioned 3 main topics. As expected, the

It was the day when the heavy weather struck central Europe recently. Very very early in the morning when I happened to be cycling along on my bike (*still* up, not *already* up, of course) everything

Shot just for you. You're welcome. :) Caught me quite by surprise to randomly appear at my place out of nothing. Really strong one. Weird weather conditions lately here too. Almost like April.

Here is where that conference took place that I attended. I didn't know before that the Hotel Estrel is the largest of its kind in the whole of Europe. It is located very near (or right on spot where?)

It was nice to be back in Berlin last week, after a long time. I think last time I stayed there for longer than a short gig it didn't even have the fully active Ringbahn yet. I also want such a Ringbahn

[DE] Hab mir (seit langem!) ein neues Bike zugelegt, und schon nach dem ersten Tag die erste Brute-Force-Attacke anscheinend. Ich war's nich, ich schwör! Ich hatte es am Bahnhof abgestellt für einige (Nacht-)

At a stroll around my area yesterday evening I encountered this nice pond that is declared as for fishing only. Fishermen are first class citizen here, and you're strictly forbidden to chase away their

As opposed to some certain other congresses, at an event in Munich the exhibition pieces are of course orderly labeled and consecutively numbered. "The Builders and the Butchers" would indeed

Im Gegensatz zu so manch anderen bestimmten Kongressen sind bei einer Veranstaltung in München die Ausstellungsstücke natürlich ordnungsgemäß beschriftet und durchnummeriert. "The Builders and the

We had one single sunny day yesterday amidst cold and rainy April weather, so I had to catch some sun and explore the surrounding moorland. Also water, creek, trees, sun, meadows, heathland. Shot in spring

As I had announced it here earlier, I went to a great show that took place here in Munich, and experienced the phenomenal post-rock/-metal formation Russian Circles from Chicago. But first things first,

It's nice that we had almost summer-like temperatures over the last few days, so I could stroll along the river and even get some tan. (For full size, usually 5312 x 2988 pixels, just click a picture,

This facility is in Augsburg, Bavaria, was built in 1876, and has been shut down in no earlier than 2007. Since then, it's been serving as a technological museum and hydro power station. Also makes a fantastic