On Saturday, I went to see the DDR Museum in Berlin (a terrible example of an historical abbreviation striking mental miscues). I had originally been planning on seeing the Deutsches Technikmuseum instead, but it occurred to me that I’ve seen a couple other technical museums on this trip (most notably in Zagreb). While the one […]
Entries from February 3rd, 2009
The DDR, Surveilance, and Informational Self-Determination
February 3rd, 2009 · 6 Comments · Free software, Germany, Photos, Travel
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Fifteen hour bus ride = travel fail
February 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Austria, Travel
I’m in Vienna right now. I had a lot of ideas for decent, interesting blog posts I was going to write. I still want to write about Christiania, the automated train system in Copenhagen and some stuff for Berlin. But yeah, I just spent 15 hours on a bus. It wasn’t Greyhound-level terrible. (Note to […]
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A lot of horror movies start this way…
February 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Austria, Photos, Slovenia, Travel
Hitchhiking is kind of a strange thing, it’s basically the only activity I can think of that consists primarily of standing in one place and listening to an mp3 player yet is somehow edgy, cool and exciting.
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Remembering France Prešeren
February 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Slovenia, Travel
I think I may have mentioned him briefly before, but today is the anniversary of the death of France Prešeren and a national holiday here in Slovenia. Prešeren was a 19th Century Romantic poet, the father of Slovene literature, and a major national hero.
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Party like it’s 1234567890!
February 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Geeky
In case you happen to be looking for a reason to party this weekend that doesn’t involve pre-fab romance or talking vaginas, I’m here to tell you that you have the opportunity to experience a once-in-a-lifetime epochal event. As some readers are probably aware, many computer systems (basically all UNIX or UNIX-like systems, including Mac […]
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