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Will verggies become extinct?

2008-11-14T15:23:00.003Z

Well...I hope not...

http://www.healthnews.com/family-health/mens-health/the-soy-sperm-connection-1468.html

New stories to tell...

2008-03-25T19:38:00.003Z

That's what the world was waiting for.....no this is not going to be another rant about args. After Perplexcity died, many people were waiting, what the Adrian and Dan Hon are up to next.

And now the time has come. Their company Six To Start together with Penguin Books started their new project. The first story has been nothing less than awesome. This kind of storytelling, enriched by web tools like Google Maps, surely is going to be the way we're reading books in the not-so-distant future. Personally, I don't like Ebooks. Ok, it's a really fast way of getting your information. But the delivery is one thing. It just does not feel right without real paper and I'm spending way too much time before computer screens anyway.

However, this interactive storytelling is going way beyond traditional Ebooks and I quickly got caught up in it. Unfortunately, the story has been way too short. The second story has been revealed today and seems to unfold in a much more ARG-ish style using blogs and twitter entries updated during this week. Well, I'm very anxiously looking forward to it.

Molecular background...

2008-02-05T16:46:00.000Z

What happening, when combining two guys with cams and a molecular cocktail set?

Well, quite easy. Two slightly drunk guys and a wonderful new desktop background.

A new hope....

2008-01-24T21:05:00.000Z

....will never come. I finally found some new aspects of cooking. As of now, all of my more experimental cooking sessions will be documented together with Tiger's blog entries at:

http://arscoquinariaexperimentum.blogspot.com

Unfortunately, this site will mainly be in German...well, to be honest, Tiger's entries probably will....I don't know yet...it most probably depends on my mood.. ;-)

two much

2007-11-21T18:38:00.001Z

When two people are cooking, it may happen, that it's simply two much.

This time, it was my turn to create the soup and I came up with the idea of pimping a simple vegetable soup with some chillies and cross this with some walnuts and fryed pears. Well, it was quite tasty, apart from the fact that the pears were really a necessity, as I should not have pounded the dryed chillies before adding them. ;-)

The main meal, created by Tiger, was a really simple but very delicious Normandian chicken.

Well, now I'll have to postpone my plans for a chicken-based meal for the upcoming weekend and think about something else. Maybe something much more experimental. :-)

Got my watch back....

2007-11-13T06:57:00.002Z

Well, there's a new game in town and I got completely sucked into the rabbit hole. Click the image and join in...

Finally, things are cooking.

2007-11-13T06:55:00.000Z

Yeehaa, I found some time again for cooking experiments.

This time I built small quiches containing cod and chestnuts. It turned out, that this experiment is quite tasty.

It's been a while...

2007-10-05T17:29:00.000+01:00

...since my last blog entry.

So here's a quick wrap-up of the last months. First of all, I'm in a new project, working as a test manager to introduce and support QA efforts in a J2EE based software development project.

Apart from that, I've been to a scavenger hunt of some friends - no not geocaching, a real paper chase. At this event, I met some really lovely people. Some of which I introduced to the real
thing and now, they're geocachers too. :-D

Well, in the last 6 months, I've seldomly been caching, but as I introduced the other guys, the fun came back and thats why I decided to put up some pictures from now and then.

Have a look and tell me how you like them.

links of the day

2007-07-13T21:19:00.000+01:00

Todays links are all related to the best friend of all Germans: Wolfgang S.

http://twitter.com/schaeuble

http://www.svenscholz.de/index.php/grundgesetz-bestellen-solange-es-es-noch-gibt/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUuqSJQPYEQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_4VbYy_5g

1st book of the bible...

2007-06-28T23:23:00.000+01:00

No. This is going to be a religious blog. Not even a religious entry.

This is about three men I visited today. The works of these men stayed besides men through most of my life. Two weeks after seeing Peter Gabriel's great show in Mayence, Tiger, Zebra and I went to Stuttgart to see Genesis.

Though Peter's has been perfect, he had left out these most spectacular elements, which characterized his last tour. The sound of todays show has been a match to PG's show, although the bass has been much stronger. Well, PGs show has been for about 5000 people whereas this one had about 40000.

What mad this show really special, was not this impressigve bass. It was not the most fabulous drum duett between Chester and Phil, or seeing Phil the entertainer throwing around his tambourine and bashing it with every part of his body one can punch with.

It has been the great lightshow, which perfectly matched the the music. This has been a very good example of how a show could look like. One could feel, that these guys really had fun doing their job. And that there is a reason, why they perform it for so many years.

In short: Great show.

mmmmh...

2007-06-25T06:52:00.001+01:00

i like zucchini. Especially,. if they're filled with brown rice, mongoose beans and some other vegetables. This collaborative meal was a tasty start into a very nice, interesting and fun evening. I hope this is to be continued. :-D

Another cooking session

2007-06-10T23:53:00.000+01:00

Today, I had another cooking session with Tiger, resulting in a phenomenal menu. My task was the starter for which I created lemongrass skewers of salmon and vegetables together with a fresh mint dip. For main dish Tiger made some asparagus au gratin and a creme brulée for dessert, which tasted really good, but there's still some space concerning the texture. Well next time, we use the right tools and not the oven. ;-)

Now I'm full and need to get some rest in order to digest all of this. I think the improvised skewers with the mint dip are going to become a part of my cookbook. :-D

melted away

2007-06-06T14:29:00.001+01:00

There's one thing every user knows. Updating the operating system usually is a good thing. Yesterday, my Fedora 7 download finished and so I tried the installation today which revealed an unexpected and unusual result. The processor fan has somewhen been melted away from the static cooler.

Well, okay this has not directly been recognized by the installation routine, but by a surprised me, when opening the case to add another dvd drive as the fan tumbled out.
Well, that's quality. :-(

The end...

2007-06-02T07:07:00.000+01:00

Yesterday has been a dark day for a lot of people, including me.

Instead of starting a second season, Mind Candy - the company behind the Perplexcity ARG - released the whole pxc staff and according to their current recruiting page, it looks like the company is now going to focus on creating toys for children. :-(

I can't believe they did that. As for now, only Dan, Adrian, Andrea, Naomi and David already said farewell to Mind Candy in their blogs. But no one wrote why they had to leave. I'm curious, when and what Michael will give a statement on these incidents.

Well. For now, it looks like I'd have to look for something new, although this experience can never be replaced. Thanks to all of the pxc staff and all of the players for creating this unique experience.

Now, I'll always regret of not going to any of the live events. :-(

And like rose said on unfiction:
Thanks [to all] for posting and saying good-bye (for now). Thanks for all your great work on Perplexcity. It has been quite a ride.

I know all the players wish you the best and want to keep up with you and your projects. Keep in touch.

Best of luck.

Another try

2007-06-02T06:53:00.000+01:00

Today, I had another go at the tarte. Well, it was better than the original version last time. Unfortunately not perfect yet, as the asparagus has been too bitter. :-(

another dessert

2007-05-27T18:13:00.000+01:00

Albeit being a test, these small fruit cakes were a big success at Tigers birthday party. Well, having seen the receipt, there was nothing that could go wrong. :-D

experimental cooking

2007-05-17T00:55:00.000+01:00

First try of a sweet tarte with asparagus and passion fruit. It didn't taste bad, but to be honest, it looked better than it tasted. Well, it's something to start from.

At least Tiger and Zebra didn't spit it out. ;)