http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summaryFri, 13 Oct 2006 12:24:55 +0000http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/Chris ArndtBlogger115http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/116074369519828267Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:32:00 +00002006-10-13T15:53:32.253+01:00... that very often there is a song you like and only after years you realize that it was actually written by The Beatles. Some of my favourites: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Jeff Healy Band, Blues-style)Got To Get You Into My Life (Earth, Wind & Fire, Funk/Soul)Fool On The Hill (Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Bossanova)We Can Work It Out* (Tesla, Unplugged)Live And Let Die** (Guns'n'Roses, http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2006/10/did-you-ever-notice.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/114899227899612404Tue, 30 May 2006 12:26:00 +00002006-05-30T13:31:19.016+01:00My trust in the intactness of the political system of the EU has just received a tiny little re-inforcement:Urteil: Keine Rechtsgrundlage für Fluggastdatenweitergabe an USAhttp://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2006/05/yes-strike.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/114894503182253110Mon, 29 May 2006 22:57:00 +00002006-05-30T00:28:00.216+01:00This weekend I was on a two-days walking trip on Achill Island and in Northern Mayo (Erris). It was a great weekend, the weather was fabulous, the scenery was stunning, and I now have sore muscles and a bad sunburn on my forehead. Today, I enjoyed having a day off work and revcovering from the yesterday's extertions, when we walked about 17 km from Belderrig to Portacloy along the mountainous http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2006/05/great-weekend.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/114859840263696576Thu, 25 May 2006 21:55:00 +00002006-05-26T00:21:41.423+01:00Far in the unchartered backwaters of Ireland's west, in an unfashionable part of town...You can tell that I have been reading the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy again lately, can you not? Well, not exactly reading, but watching last year's movie on DVD and indulging in nostalgic remininiscences of first, early teen experiences with computer games. What else have I been up to all this time, youhttp://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2006/05/story-so-far.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/114851338963756120Wed, 24 May 2006 23:21:00 +00002006-05-25T00:32:23.330+01:00I finally bought a new digital camera, after my last one was stolen, almost a year ago, in Dublin. It is a small Canon Ixus 50 that fits in every pocket. In fact, I keep it in a small, cotton women's sock for protection ;-) I already have quite a few pictures from my journey back from Germany by car, after Easter. Now I just have to find the time to turn them into nice galleries for the website.http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2006/05/pictures.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/114738313959141286Thu, 11 May 2006 21:25:00 +00002006-05-11T22:33:45.356+01:00I wrote an announcement for this years's LBW for the German Linux news site pro-linux. It appeared yesterday morning and got the usual silly comments from people who jump at the mention of alcohol and automatically assume that this can be nothing serious. Do I mind? Not really, because I know better :-)http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2006/05/pro-linux-announcement-for-lbw-2006.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/114703797805987492Sun, 07 May 2006 20:45:00 +00002006-05-07T22:41:16.123+01:00Well, after not writing for the blog for the greater part of a year, I am back from the dead. It is maybe fitting that my first new entry is related to LBW, since this was also the topic of my last post before I abandonded my blog. This year's LBW is going to be in Lithuania and I am planning on attending again. I have already registered my coming and offered to host a workshop on writing http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2006/05/interactive-fiction-links.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/112310519096515330Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:30:00 +00002005-08-03T23:10:36.230+01:00Tomorrow I'm going to Scotland for about ten days to attend the LBW in Killin from August 6th until the 14th. I already booked a cheap flight through Ryan Air from Shannon to Glasgow-Prestwick three weeks ago. Saturday I bought a bus ticket from Galway to Shannon Airport and back. All told, the cost for the journey will be approx. 100 EUR. Since I am arriving two days prior to the start of the http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2005/08/chris-goes-to-dl-riata.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/112260353688187208Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:55:00 +00002005-07-29T03:18:56.886+01:00This week has been pretty eventful, so far. Monday I went to the Roisin Dubh to see a gig of a local metal band named Murdoch. I hope to write more about that gig soon. I played at the Open Mic on wednesday and on Shop Street tonight. During the day I try to prepare the two talks on Python I promised to give at the LBW next week in Killin, Scotland. And this afternoon, I went to play Ultimate http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2005/07/no-summer-slump-in-sight.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/112260179996186932Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:23:00 +00002005-07-29T02:50:00.053+01:00I almost forgot how tasty a Becks can be. I mean, Smithwick's is great (thouch it gives you quite a headache) but it's rather sweet. All the lagers they have in Ireland are pretty mild, light-colored beers. Yesterday once again I had two bottles of Becks. Mmmm, lovely. And this is how that came about: I already mentioned the cellar bar a few times, where they have the Open Mic night on wednesdayhttp://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2005/07/baby-one-more-time-yeah.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/112223339454543158Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:59:00 +00002005-07-24T20:29:54.550+01:00It's really disgusting how predictable official reactions are, after it turned out that the Brasilian de Menezes shot dead by British police forces on tuesday was apparentlyalmost certainly innocent. First they try to tell us, that this is a war going on and therefore everything is allowed. Then they try to put the blame on the terrorists, saying that this is just another victim they are http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2005/07/police-forces-running-wild-in-britain.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/112220004997490040Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:13:00 +00002005-07-24T11:50:04.046+01:00Life increased pace a bit last week as I went out a couple of times in the evening and continued looking for a job. Tuesday I went to a pub called "Mixery" for the Karaoke night. Of course I coudn't be kept from singing myself and, guess what, I actually qualified for the semi-finals of the ongoing competition. No big deal, as there were only two other people singing apart from me and the http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2005/07/week.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/112195260775597819Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:21:00 +00002005-07-21T14:32:52.573+01:00Reading an New York Times article about the metadata search system flamenco, today I came accross the term "moblog" for the first time (although apparently already in use for some years). A quick stroll to the English wikipedia got me this definition: "A mobile weblog, or moblog, consists of content posted to the Internet from a mobile or portable device". Emphasis is on the first syllable, thus http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2005/07/term-of-day.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/112190483971884524Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:07:00 +00002005-07-21T01:17:50.233+01:00I'm very sorry to learn that actor James Doohan has finally gone to infinity and beyond. I remember that TNG episode, when the Enterprise-D crew found the Dyson Sphere and he was reconstructed from a year-old transporter signal and unlike Captain Kirk in "Generations" he was really a modest, likeable fellow. Top me up, Scotty, so I can have one more on you!http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2005/07/pattern-lost-forever.htmlChris Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/12045320/posts/summary/112152151477280958Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:11:00 +00002005-07-17T23:19:49.030+01:00Yesterday I rummaged through my archive of old emails and after reading some really old mails, I got a bit homesick for the first time since I'm here in Ireland. So I decided, I needed a bit of diversion and went to the cuba, a nightclub on Eyre Sq. They have the distinction here between mere pubs, late-bars and nightclubs. Pubs close at 11.30 or 12.30 on fridays and saturdays. The late bars, http://www.chrisarndt.de/blog/2005/07/night-out.htmlChris Arndt