• We Were Doomed…

    calendar 2018-05-20 · 4 min read  ·
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    Last week i attended the We Are Developers Conference — an impressive 8000 people, really fun, really interesting. I attended mostly talks about machine learning and that stuff, since those things will keep me busy the next months, or years.

    But just for the fun of it I also was at John Romero's " …


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  • Read: Rise of the Machines, by Thomas Rid

    calendar 2018-02-22 · 2 min read  ·
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    When working in the area of computer science, the term "cybernetics" adheres indeed to some strange mysticism. Everybody knows that it's a branch of applied science coined by Norbert Wiener, but what it is all about remains in the dark. Of course the prefix "cyber" is ubiquitous, the …
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  • Read: The Truth, by Terry Pratchett

    calendar 2018-01-28 · 1 min read  ·
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    What if. What if the plain old good news paper was a cutting-edge start-up? Well, in Terry Pratchett's Discworld you can have that. The book starts in this world, where it is already well known that news can be money, but nobody came around the idea of making this a retail business. Neither did William de …
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  • Read: Slaughter House 5, by Kurt Vonnegut

    calendar 2017-12-20 · 3 min read  ·
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    I read this book back in school. i should have. Well, I did, kind of. But my memories of it were kind of scarce, so I did something i rarely do, I read it a second time. And I have to admit, now being able to make somewhat better use of the English language makes the experience much more enjoyable.

    The book …


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  • Read: The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett

    calendar 2017-04-23 · 1 min read  ·
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    This time we are in the middle of it. Sam Vine from the Ankh-Morpork watch is visiting Uberwald - resembling some outstanding areas in Central Europe from Bavaria to Siebenbürgen. Dominated by a subtle balance of vampires, dwarfs and werewolves there seems to be time for same changes. A new "Low King" …
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  • Seen: Arrival, by Denis Villeneuve

    calendar 2017-02-11 · 0 min read  ·
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    Film poster of Being always attracted by original science fiction plots, I wanted to see that movie as early as I learned about it, which was today – better late than never. It was surely visibly and audibly impressive, even in a small theater room, and its aesthetics beyond what I expect in the genre. The cast performed in a very …
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  • Read: REAMDE, by Neal Stephenson

    calendar 2017-01-18 · 3 min read  ·
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    This book is a few years old, it was published 2011; nevertheless it covers two topics that were pretty dominant in the last year. One is islamic terrorism, unfortunatley the major topic for many people last year, and ransomware — what at least was breathtaking for some of the IT crowd. So, the plot is about an IT …
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  • Read: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

    calendar 2016-09-22 · 2 min read  ·
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    J.K. Rawling's Potterism I only joined with some hesitation. But only to read the books with growing enthusiasm when started at last. The books where a fine journey from a pretty innocent children story to heavy fantasy fiction. The storyline was always exciting and surprising, the ends not disappointing.

    This new book …


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  • Read: Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett

    calendar 2016-08-24 · 2 min read  ·
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    book coverSubtle irony on the topic of religion and esotericism is not an easy thing. Especially when vampires are the topic.

    'You mean vampirism is like… pyramid selling?' said Agnes. (p. 221)

    That's one of the many gemstones to be found in this book as like in any other of the Discworld novel series I have read. For the …


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  • Read: The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett

    calendar 2016-02-16 · 1 min read  ·
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    This book is kind of a jackpot for me: I like Terry Pratchett's Discworld, and I like Australia, oh sorry, I mean EcksEcksEcksEcks.¹ Reading this book, you feel the spirit of Down Under – even the Wizards are relaxed; and the guards, to Rincewind's astonishment and delight. This book is of course about loads of other …
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