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Saw The Freeze live yesterday,…

Mark — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:15:53 +0000

Saw The Freeze live yesterday, average age of the audience was 35 plus. Beer bellies made the moshpit a really cushy place.

Mark — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:18:36 +0000

I am pretty proud of my new handcrafted and color-coded Tumblelog/Blog-theme. Coupled with a quick post bookmarklet this works like a charm.

Mark — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:15:21 +0000

Working on a revamped blog-design. This one will be more lifestream-oriented.

Mark — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:00:00 +0000

It seems i am no longer able to sleep in on sundays. Allowed me to catch almost the thickest fog ever this morning. #
Finished The Crying of Lot 49 yesterday. Not yet sure what to make of it & wondering which Thomas Pynchon novel i should tackle next. #
Back from Innsbruck where I signed the work contract for a great job. I guess it is time to revamp my blog and cancel my open applications. #

Mark — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-04:

Summer pleasures: It’s really heating up in our apartment. I guess it’s time to dust off the cooling fan in the attic. #
Suddenly, Austria has a nice ring to it. #
Those lids on take-away coffee cups can be nasty little buggers. The stains on my shirt are proof. #
Went to see Drag Me To Hell yesterday. Sam Raimi can still deliver the scares. #
Is there a laptop that, resting on your legs, does not heat up to the point of being intolerable? #

Mark — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Twitter Updates this week:

Trying out the #Socialtext Free 50 option http://bit.ly/IssCw. Quite impressed by features & simplicity, not so much by loading times. #
New day job: Handling calls for my absent girlfriend. Unfortunately, this doesn’t pay the rent. #
It’s almost unbearably hot & humid today. If i had scissors, i could cut air in tiny little blocks and sell them on Etsy. #
Baking buns for sunday breakfast. Each time getting nearer to the perfect recipe, but still not quite there. #

Mark — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Twitter updates this week:

Toying with the idea of getting a new suit. How about a dark chocolate brown? Striped or non-striped? Ah, decisions. #
Settled for dark striped brown and a nice slipover to go with it. Now i only need a reason to wear it. Did i miss a matching tie? Yes. #
Pondering possibilities that arise with a simle telephone call. #
Ralf Dahrendorf passed away. European Liberalism will now be in a much worser shape than it already is. #
Events with dozens of wanna-be artists in attendance? Like giving yourself a handshake for two hours straight. #

Mark — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Weekly Summary from Twitter:

I was voter no. 25 in my electoral district of several hundred people. So much for the local interest in European politics. #
Watched a movie at a local arthouse theater. The projector stopped two times and had to be manually restarted by the projectionist. #
Coffee first, cover letters and resumes second. #
Dracula, as played by Frank Langella, really is some kind of tragic 70′s playboy. #
I should quote Bela Lugosi more often: “Children of the night. What music they make!” #
Got snail mail today. Reference letter, very good. Electricity bill, not so much. #

Mark — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Weekly Twitter updates:

Back from family visit. Too much food, as always. Now to bed with the local beer festival crowd on the streets below my bedroom window. #
Realized this morning that i am the only one in my family to really finish university. Oi to the working classes! #
Catching up on current news after three days in kinsfolk exile. #
Shops in downtown closed by 14.00 o’clock. WTF? #
It’s been 20 years since http://bit.ly/13G3ha already? Oh my… #
Sharing some hungarian roots, i’m really worried by this: http://bit.ly/gLPGR #
Off to an Assessment Center. Fingers crossed. #
No job. One moose. At least i got diplomatic compliments. #
Tired. Dead tired. Wondering if watching Terence Fisher’s Dracula is a good idea. #

Mark — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Haven’t worked with a real mouse on my Ubuntu laptop for ages. Thank God there’s http://bit.ly/GQaTX #
Mobile convergence? Let’s see if it works. #
Decadence and gluttony: ordered pizza online #
GDR-ology: Podcast about Social Sciences in West Germany dealing with (maybe false) East German data [german] http://bit.ly/15gyAi #
Rule #1: Unrestricted access to caffeine raises productivity, especially at six in the morning. #
Ubuntu Server: Why you want one and how to do it: http://bit.ly/O1fKD #
Rat communities have a tight social structure and rats are deeply attached to their native soil. Almost sounds like another species i know. #
Bad metrics yield bad results: http://bit.ly/1afzx8 #
Back from grocery shopping, streets already crawling with half-drunken teenagers on their way to the local beer festival. #
Finally getting away from the desk for today. Now it’s time for some Trigger Happy TV on DVD… #
For the first time in my life i was on the other side of the desk during a job interview. Strange feeling. #
In-laws to be are visiting this weekend and will meet my family on sunday. This will definitly be interesting. #
Baking buns for breakfast. #
Watching Superman on TV while trying to change an English WinXP installation to German. Superman yay, WinXP meh. #
Tired. Sleeping. Waking up the next morning. I wonder if this routine ever gets boring. I guess not. #