Today, I moved offices again to what will (hopefully) be my permanent one. I am sharing it with Gunnar who is a well-travelled bloke originally from Iceland.
New office, the 3rd
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UX-50
After the easter holidays, I took 4 days off but then used most of those to refurbish the ceiling in a flat in Hannover. That didn’t stop me from picking up a new toy: a Sony Clie UX-50 Palm PDA. Having owned a Palm before (Sony’s first, the Clie PEG-S300 IIRC), the transition was easier for me than for Alex and Patrick who have only used Pocket PCs before. It is a very nice machine, good (bright) screen, surprisingly usable keyboard, bluetooth and wireless LAN (which eats up the battery rather quickly).
Bubba Ho-Tep
After it had been in (and gone from) the back of my mind for some time, I have finally managed to see “Bubba Ho-Tep”. It’s a comedy, a film about old age, and it’s all good. And it’s got Bruce Campbell as Elvis in it.
Recommended (although the whole premise sounds majorly weird and confusing).
Proper shoes
When I went to town (in Braunschweig this time) on Friday, I also remembered to buy some proper indoor sports / squash shoes. After having tried them yesterday, I can say the difference is like night and day. Not that I’m playing any better… :p
Lesson learned: Get proper shoes. Your joints will thank you!
Twin Snakes / Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Picked up “The Twin Snakes” and “Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow” on Friday. Been mostly playing SC:PT as that had me dying slightly less often (or more accurately it took longer to get from the last checkpoint to the place where I usually died so that subconsciously it felt like I was dying less), but TTS also looks nice and still retains most of its slickness.
I haven’t gotten around to trying SC:PT online, which supposedly is very good (in spite of the glaring quickmatch bug).
Naruto / Full Metal Alchemist
I have been (or more precisely: I currently am) catching up on anime (at the cost of Ninja Gaiden) and so far have gotten to the current episodes of “Naruto” and “Full Metal Alchemist”. Both rock, but in rather different ways. “Naruto” is simply good entertainment (massive build-up but also a good pay-off (e.g. the Hokage fight)), whereas “Full Metal Alchemist” is for a slightly older audience and seems surprisingly coherent and has plenty of shock-value.
Sun vs. Clouds
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Of course, pictures like this only look impressive in person. Anyway, the firmware upgrade on my mobile seems to have made the pictures smaller… |