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I've been toying around with the idea to move this to a more proper photoblog format in order to give the photos a bit more space than with the current "click for big" style.
You can see the first results here. It's not 100% finished and working as expected, yet. So I'll still be posting in parallel.
Oh, and if you're using IE, it might look a bit silly. For those of you interested, it was build using WordPress.

Update October 12: I should have sorted out the most obvious problems. Now it's just finishing some details. So the final switch is approaching rapidly. There are already some exclusive bonus shots over there ;)

I'm in love with Jacques Derrida

"I was like an industry, depressed and in decline"

I'm shattered.

Holidays In The Sun

I'm off for a few days in an attempt to prolong the summer. Autoblog mode is on, comments will be approved once I'm back or when I get a chance to sneak into an Internet Cafe.
Please treat this humble blog gentle in my absence.

Bachelor

I went to a bachelor party yesterday. We started early at 11:00h and one of the activities involved indoor football. Great fun but now every muscle in my body hurts. Talk about getting old.

Deutschland

This one's for Konstatin.
Germany, land of poets and thinkers.

I went to a wedding party last Friday. Pretty decent and normal folks. Pretty rural area. The food was okay-ish, the music was okay-ish ("Dragostea Din Tei" only got played three times). So I managed to keep a mask of not being totally bored and disgusted even without drinking myself senseless.
Until shortly after midnight when the "DJs" pumped up the volume and got into a mix of abysmal floorfillers, the most notable an unbelievable cumulation of incredible rhythms and words by some cretin called "Eamon".

"F*ck all those kisses, they didn't mean jack
F*ck you, you ho, I dont want you back".

I was most impressed. Now, don't get me wrong. I was a Ho before you were a Ho, but seeing obese German "Knappschaft" employees getting down to this was more than I could stomach. I'm afraid it will take several weeks to heal from it.

Erm... Something Is Very Wrong Here

A brilliant learner with a knack for almost everything, you choose to spend your efforts in the pursuit of travels that extend your own potential.

"Maybe I am sick of following rules and regulations!"

Outsourced

You know it's never a good sign when your "Manager" calls you at noon on a Sunday to ask you to join a conference call with all his direct reports at 7.
So our whole department is going to be outsourced and it's up to lucky me to tell the troops tomorrow. Great, isn't it? And special thanks to all those suits that tell you how much they appreciate your work and loyalty while "the business" has a really hard time just to give you a kick up the backside when you look the other way. T*ssers!
Oh well, life goes on without them.

7Ts Geek

Pretty accurate, I'd say. I'm also Charlie Brown.

Take The Skinheads Bowling

There was a rather long discussion whether a demonstration of (neo) fascists against the construction of a new synagogue here in Bochum planned for today should be allowed or not.
Last week the courts ruled that yes, it should take place. In my opinion this was the right deciscion. And now f*** them and the horses they rode in on.

RSS 2.0 Feed

Due to high demand (okay, Alex sort of asked for it), this humble blog now features a RSS 2.0 feed.
RSS template shamelessly plugged from the aardvark.

Digital Rebel

I couldn't resist any longer so today... erm... yesterday I bought a Digital Rebel.
Ho-Hum! First pics later today.

Blue Line

Sunday is not only Pinhole Day but it's also the day of the Ruhr Marathon which will pass through Bochum. Let's see how I can combine them.
Apparently some people I know will follow the blue line for either the half or the full distance. Blimey.

Happy Easter

Q&A

I'm participating in sh1ft.org's q&a: the photographic interview.
20 days, every day a new question and its answer. Watch this space.

I'm Charlie Brown

Which Peanuts Character are You?
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Wash Thingy

I had to buy a new washing machine a few weeks back. In front of the store were some beautiful old devices that caught my eye. This is one of them.

Yesterday I went back to take some pictures and as soon as I took the first shot with my Holga {*} some idiot arrived and gave me that "wtf are you takin' pictures for?" look. That a*sehole had nothing better to do than to immediately inform the store owner that somebody was outside with a camera. Mind your own business, you sad twat! Pardon my French, but some people just seriously get on my nerves sometimes.
The store owner was pretty cool about it once I explained that I just wanted to capture the strange beauty of that piece of metal, though. Plus I learned that it's actually not a washing machines but a dryer.

{*} Yes, I got a Holga. A birthday present. It is sooo cool. Prepare for some more Holga pictures the world has not been waiting for.

Get Out More

Given that I've not forgotten some, according to World66 I've only been to 4% of all countries (not counting Liechtenstein and Switzerland which I only passed through).
Time to change that.

Feuerzangenbowle

Let's step back a few days to Christmas.
Out of tradition we had a nice Feuerzangenbowle on December 26. This picture shows my old friend Tom Loewe and his newly wed wife Simone.
Quite a fun evening.

Charlotte

Not a picture taken by me. But it just had to go here.

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

1st Post

I opened a blog.
Now how sad is that? ;) Well, actually it's pretty cool.
The idea came when I installed this weblog software from movabletype.org once I noticed that my favourite site of the moment ..: . rion.nu | new york city. :.. also makes use of it.
Rion is also the reason behind me getting a new Canon PowerShot A80. Somebody at Canon should really sponsor Rion's site ;)