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Tatsächlich läuft das Blog jetzt mit WordPress. Sieht doch ganz schön aus, oder?

Meine Güte, seit dem letzten Post sind über sechs Jahre vergangen. Unglaublich, wie die Zeit vergeht.

I found a great video in one of my favorite blogs. So, so true!

(P.S.: I still have some work to do on my „one post a day“ resolution!)

… keeps the „Schweinehund“ away! From now on I will try to post one time a day. Even if it’s short. Even if it’s unimportant. Even if it’s silly!

This should help me to get a little bit more disciplined.

By the way: The Schweinehund can be found in a quote from one of my favorite photographers Elliot Erwitt who is quoting Richthofen:

Found in his book Personal Exposures and in the WWW.

This is a very interesting concept: The Cult of Done Manifesto

I like it!

Okay, I have written a few times about listening to podcasts on my mobile phone (Nokia 6630), which for me is the killer app for UMTS (Yes, I got an unlimited data plan) . Maybe some of you are interested what I listen to. Here is my very subjective list of „good“ podcasts:

Tech Talk:

• This week in tech (TWIT): a classic podcast with a panel of about five people, talking about this weeks news in technology. Very entertaining and useful to stay up-to-date.
• Cranky Geeks: really a video show, but can also be downloaded as an mp3 (and you don’t really miss that much). Hosted by John C. Dvorak (also on the TWIT panel) who is quite cynical, radical, entertaining and often very funny.

Digital Photography:

• The Digital Photography Show: Scott and Michael talk about digital photography (as the name implies). Includes also useless but entertaining banter between the two. They cover news, equipment, have usually an interview and almost always give-aways that you can win. Even I have won a book in one of their contests (I usually never win at contests!).
• Happy Shooting (German): very entertaining talk of two guys that know a lot about (digital) photography even though they aren’t pros. Useful tips and explanations.
• Tips from the Top Floor: one of the guys from Happy Shooting in an English podcast mainly about photography in general but with a slight digital focus. Has sometimes interesting side-steps, for example sight-seeings in a kindergarten
• Photocast Network: a network of several (very good) podcasts on photography (including the two above). Currently includes 11 podcasts, one of which is German and one Spanish.

Movies:

• Ebert & Roeper: a classic, though Mr. Ebert is seriously ill at the moment, but other people take his seat. Covers most of the big new movies every week with highly subjective but useful critique.
• Entirely Entertaining (German and English): very good movie reviews with humor and a good opinion. Also covers a „treasure chest“ every week with older, unknown movies.

Mobile:

• The Voice of S60: interviews with important people in the S60 (symbian, an operating system for mobile phones) world. The first episodes were much to low in volume on my phone. Don’t know if this is a general problem or just my phone and me.

That should be enough to get you through the week. It’s enough for my daily commute of 2×30 minutes, at least.

I decided to switch the language of the blog entries to English. This will accomplish two things: 1. reach a larger audience (which is non existent at the moment anyway) 2. make me practice my English (of course this implies that I write more than the 4 entries a year that I used to write; I will try my very best)

I will not translate my old entries. You have to practice your German for this…

Heute hat ein neues lustiges Blog eröffnet: Langhaariger Bombenleger

Herzlich Willkommen!

Es ist soweit!
Tatsächlich, nach zwei Anläufen und ca. einer Woche verstrichener Zeit, habe ich es geschafft, ein Blog einzurichten.