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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.

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.

Freudensprünge

Felix — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:15:54 +0000

Als Traditionsunternehmen (seit 1949!) zwar eigentlich ein alter Hut, aber es entlockte mir dennoch ein Lächeln: in Bamberg gibt es doch tatsächlich ein Bestattungsinstitut mit dem wohlklingenden Namen Pietät Freudensprung.
Glaubt ihr nicht? So seht selbst. Man wundert sich ja doch.

Boyz n the Hood

Felix — Fri, 21 May 2010 07:00:33 +0000

If you had told me a year ago about one of the professors at the University of Bamberg referencing John Singleton’s Boyz n the Hood, a ghetto drama set in South Central L.A. starring Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr., in a lecture on IT Strategy, I would probably have laughed at and ridiculed you. Believe it or not: it happened a few days ago.

Produktives Wochenende

Felix — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:51:31 +0000

Wenn einem der Professor zu Vorlesungsende am Freitagnachmittag ein „produktives Wochenende“ wünscht, dann weiß man wenigstens woran man ist. Danke, gleichfalls!

SMS Conversation

Felix — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:17:31 +0000

Yesterday, I had a strange conversation that I would like to share with you.

Hey Felix, are you in town? a friend of mine texted.
Yeah, but only for a short period of time, I replied, wanna hang out tonight?
Hm, I’m not there.

So, what did he want from me?

Crêpes in the City

Felix — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:38:11 +0000

Enter Carmen.
Carmen: “Let’s go to the Lemon and take a crêpe!”

Although I heard it so often during the last days, it made me smile and chuckle again and again. But maybe it’s just me.

Anyway, what was it that I wanted to tell you? Ah well, the Spanish girls fell in love with a tiny café: the Lemon. It’s in the city centre, in William Street South (that’s near Grafton Street). On Thursday I went there with Carmen, Isa and Berta and although it was a bit dear for my Continental wallet, I have to admit that it was totally worth it: great coffee, great crêpes.