thoughts Democracy will fail Democracy --- the great promise of freedom, sanity and happiness that westerns leaders made. It is the way we organize states, federations, unions, communities, forums, families, universities and nearly every organization where humans
datafun My Year in Spacetime Nearly every service, app, website or provider we use records a bunch of data about us, for good and bad reasons. Not all of them enable you to use that data, but some
technology The Wonderful World of E-Mail Setting up your own email server sounds like a good idea when you are into privacy or when your boss asks you to do so. What sounds like an easy afternoon project quickly
sarcasm Buying a Turing Award Master thesis research -- time to rant: Research paper from 1970, 11 pages, @sciencedirect still wants you to pay > $35 😶— Marco Neumann (@crepererum) June 9, 2016 Totally unexpected, I got offered
technology (Re-)Writing Digital Library Software During the last summer, I was working for the Invenio team. Now, after some months of pause I think I am able to talk about this piece of software with a certain amount
travel Interrail 2015 Part 4 This is the last part of my Interrail post series. Check out the previous parts as well (1, 2, 3). Beograd / Belgrade Honestly, we did not expect much from Beograd; simply because we
travel Interrail 2015 Part 3 This is the third part of the Interrail post series. The two previous parts (1, 2) where about Italy and the coast of Slovenia. Maribor After visiting some coast cities, we decided to
travel Interrail 2015 Part 2 This is the second part of my Interrail post series. The first one was about Venizia/Venice and Trieste and now we are continuing to Slovenia. Koper Yes, there is a bus from
travel Interrail 2015 Part 1 It was summer and because of the remaining days off which I got granted during my internship at CERN, it was time for vacations. 2 weeks. Time, which I definitely did not want
output Random Output #2 It is time for another Random Output post, this time featuring an evidence of unicorns, my flat's garden and money problems. Unicorns This path might be be dangerous. Herbs Because we love cooking,
technology Optimal Package Installation Splitting software into packages and defining dependencies between them is a good thing. It simplifies security updates and enables code reusability. However, it comes with a big pack of problems, collected under the
datafun Datafun: A day in the Blockchain This time there I do not have to tell much about the graphics. The reason for this is that my experiment turned out to be less enlightening than I hoped it would be.
output Random Output #1 This is the first Random Output post. This post series will contain random material I want to share without long and complicated descriptions. Coffee and Roses Coffee supply up and running again #frenchpress
thoughts A Place without Time Time -- the only thing we constantly pay but that cannot be charged, grown, created or constructed. It is our most important resource and because it is so important, we try to use
datafun Datafun: Flatmate Casting Casting number 7, I'm getting old here. My flat needed a new member again so we've written some text, collected some detail, prepared some pictures and uploaded a nice advertisement to www.wg-gesucht.
datafun Datafun: Drugs A binary table showing which of 24094 drugs (rows) containing which of the 4139 possible substances (columns). The color shows intensity when blurring vertically. Most common substances are marked. Data source: DailyMed This
thoughts Passion-free Education It starts when you go to school and you realize, that there are some teachers who can to teach you something, and other who fail; that there are kids who like biology, mathematics,
design Focus! During the restyle of brain4D I tried to style the UI more intuitive. One of the main points was to clarify which parts are active and which are not. The main approach is
technology The Technology Behind this Server Host I stay with a small Hetzner vServer. Their system is based on KVM so you can install a complete customized system including network and file system configuration. Operating System I used Linux
sarcasm $4,000,000,000 This week silicon valley produced the biggest deal since months. Facebook bought WhatsApp for 19 Billion US Dollar. Because it's more difficult to buy things using stocks, let's only talk about the 4
thoughts Why Objectivity is Bullshit Selecting a hostel, accepting a date request, bying the next car, choosing what to eat, donating to a hospital for children in Mali, sleeping longer on Sundays - all this decisions we make
thoughts Casual Entertainment I grew up when music was already digital. The first form of music I really used was packed in the form of CDs. But to be honest, I've never bought a CD. I
