Mon, Dec 13, 2010 – 21:50
Friday was an exciting day! In the morning Svenja and Claudia and I took a trip to a print shop outside of town. That was quite interesting because I know so little about the way the print process works in reality. I saw the huge printers that they print RIT’s magazine on and of course [...]
Sun, Nov 21, 2010 – 12:57
Yesterday I spent a good bit of the day wandering through the university quarter of Cologne, in search of Starbase 8, a “science fiction fan store” in hopes of finding out about some kind of nerd club where I could meet other people. The store was pretty awesome, mostly selling action figures for various scifi [...]
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 – 22:44
I went to see Harry Potter 7 part 1 last night, which I was excited about even though I knew it would not be all that awesome. I was rather disappointed that despite being promised by my coworkers that there would be lots of people dressed up, I only saw a handful of people with [...]
Sat, Nov 13, 2010 – 23:00
Thursday was the opening of Karneval season, and Cologne is the epicenter of this “fifth season” of partying! Karneval season will run until Ash Wednesday, and the culmination is five days of Mardi Gras German-style in March. Everyone in the office was encouraged (technically it’s in our contracts) to dress up in costume. Unfortunately I [...]
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 – 23:14
As anyone who pays attention to Star Trek culture knows, one of the most important debates ever is which captain is the best. So here are my views on this matter. Also I am expanding it to “people in charge of space vessels on TV” since Nate always complains when the people I like are [...]
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 – 09:28
My mom and dad head off this weekend to return to hiking, and to go bicycling, respectively. They’re happy to be outdoors again now that my mom is done with her lyme disease (aka vampire) meds. Evidently taking them makes you very sensitive to sunlight. This means my brother and I have the house to [...]
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 – 14:20
I recently finished the Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb. I read the two trilogies about FitzChivalry before I went to Germany and found them really great. The writing style is rich, with big words I haven’t seen before (and I have a good vocabulary), descriptive without being flowery. The plot moves along at a [...]
So I’m back in the Midwest, doing freelance work full time from home. It’s an adventure that I’m not sure I’d recommend, but I’m getting used to it. Hopefully in a week or two I will have gotten used to tuning out distractions around the house. Sometimes it’s the internet that distracts me, but then it [...]
So here at RIT, Jonathan Coulton is like the theme song for RIT. Well, I guess “Code Monkey” is, more specifically, but his songs in general are adored by all here. And this video done by Stephen Torrence in ASL and costume just proves it. Unfortunately this guy is evidently a student in Texas. :( [...]
