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Flo bereist die Ozzroad

Felix — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:10:15 +0000

Heute macht sich mein Freund Flo auf eine Reise um die halbe Welt: von Zwickau bis nach Wollongong.

Wollongwas? Wollongong, eine Stadt an der Ostküste Australiens. Bevor Flo dort sein Studium fortsetzt, hat er noch fix einen Blog mit dem fantastischen Namen Ozzroad aufgesetzt. Ich bin mir sicher, dass es dort in den nächsten Wochen viel interessantes zu lesen und zu sehen geben wird.

Viel Spaß in Australien, Flo!

Why I love LaTeX

Felix — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:44:45 +0000

I am not tied to an operating system; it works everywhere.

I can use my favorite text editor to write, namely vim or gedit.

I can use other powerful tools that I am already familiar with, e.g., grep and wc.

I can structure my document into different files and folders, as many as I want.

I can easily put my files under source control, experiment and collaborate with others.

I will still be able to read the files in 30 years time. After all, LaTeX files are just flat text files.

I can focus on content instead of presentation and use semantic markup.

I can stand on the shoulders of giants when I need to create, e.g., a glossary.

I can rely on the insights of far more able typesetters but am still able to control the details if it is necessary.

I can write once and compile to PDF, DVI or whatever I feel like that day.

I can automate tasks by integrating LaTeX into scripts or build tools.

I may even be able to recompile the document in 30 years time.

I do not even have to pay for it.

I love it.

Tomorrow, you won’t find me at my desk

Felix — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:44:26 +0000

It feels good to know that tomorrow, when I wake up, I can diverge from the daily routine of the last few months. I won’t be sitting at the desk in my room, a cup of coffee and a text editor being my only company. I won’t ask myself the question whether the last three sentences are good enough. And most certainly, I won’t worry which chapters still require some refinement. Why is that?, you ask.

Well, I handed in my master’s thesis today. Consequently, this new year’s eve does not only represent the end of 2011, but also the end of my studies of Information Systems at the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg. I still have to defend my thesis in a colloquium on January 18th and could fail in theory, yet it feels as if everything were already over.

The chapter Life and Studies in Bamberg closes. A few more pages, a few more paragraphs and there will be a new heading. What will it be?

I am excited to find out.

cowsay moo

Felix — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Today, I came across cowsay, another weird Linux command. So what does it do? Well, what do you think? Yep, it prints an ASCII cow:

The cowsay manpage documents some nifty options that allow to customize the eyes, the tongue or, lo and behold!, the whole cow. What an over-engineered easteregg.

Now back to the other tab.

Ausdrucksfehler

Felix — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:20:30 +0000

Heutige Schlagzeile auf Spiegel Online:

Was soll das? In meinen Augen vollkommen überflüssig. Liebes Spiegel Online Team, s/Airports/Flughäfen bitte. Danke.

Smart Phones

Felix — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:06:26 +0000

Why do we call them phones if we use them only five percent of the time for talking?

LSPI Blogs

Felix — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:44:06 +0000

Today, I would like to point to two blogs that could be interesting for nerds and academics alike. Simon and Jörg, two of my fellow students of Information Systems, joined the university’s Chair of Practical Computer Science as research assistants. While writing their diploma theses, both of them started blogging.

Simon Harrer’s blog covers productivity and software development.
Jörg Lenhard has some LaTeX tips and academia insights for you.

The Frames, Hamburg

Felix — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:10:05 +0000

This weekend, I went all the way to Hamburg in order to see the only gig by The Frames in Germany. Let me tell you, every single kilometre was absolutely worth it: Glen and the boys played about two hours of awesome, hand-made, emotional rock music. Fitzcarraldo, Revelate, God Bless Mom, Lay Me Down, Seven Day Mile, What Happens When The Heart Just Stops… you name it, they played it (unexpected: Kraftwerk’s Autobahn). And I finally got my hands on their rather obscure, finally re-released debut album Another Love Song. Gee, I wish I could go to Dublin and see one of the four gigs they play in their hometown (1x Olympia Theatre, 1x Vicar Street, 2x Whelan’s); they are all sold-out, though.

Here are some musical impressions:

The Frames – Seven Day Mile:

The Frames – Revelate:

Opening act was Duke Special from Belfast – I was impressed.
Duke Special – Mockingbird Wish Me Luck:

Fun Fact: the venue had the ubercool German name Übel & Gefährlich, which translates roughly to Evil & Dangerous.

Der Mike?

Felix — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:07:02 +0000

Am Wochenende schon was vor? Falls nein, wie wäre es denn hiermit:

Die „Traktor-Freunde John Deere“ laden ein zum Weihnachtsmarkt mit Live-Musik der Blaskapelle Gereuth (ab 18 Uhr) und dem Geracher Mike

Glaubt ihr nicht? Habe ich von einem Flyer zum Weihnachtsmarkt Gerach (20.11.2010) abgeschrieben:

Die einzig offen bleibende Frage: Wer ist der Geracher Mike? Wer opfert seinen Samstagabend für die Wissenschaft? Freiwillige vor!

BSc-Zeugnis

Felix — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:27:11 +0000

Am 30. Oktober konnten Flo, Daniel, Thomas und ich endlich unsere lang erwarteten Zeugnisse in Empfang nehmen. Auf den Seiten der Uni-Bamberg-News findet sich ein Artikel mit einem (leider nicht gerade hochauflösenden) Photo zur Verabschiedung der Absolventen der Fakultät Wirtschaftsinformatik und Angewandten Informatik.
Wer der Herr mit der orangen Krawatte ist? Das bin ich. Links daneben Thomas, rechts vor mir Flo und rechts neben ihm steht der liebe Dani. Dank an Jan für den Hinweis.