Postings tagged with Berlin
U2 line overhaul
One of the oldest Berlin U-Bahn lines, the U2, gets overhauled. It feels strange, now that the bridge at Schönhauser Allee/Bornholmer Strasse is missing. Hopefully the new one won't look too modern since I really like the Magistratsschirm (neudeutsch: "U-Bahn-Viadukt", bleh).
See you at the Prater Biergarten
Let's have a small GNOMEr's come-together in Berlin's Prater Biergarten this Friday at 16:00.
Going green?
After quite some time I now rediscovered how much fun biking once was in my life. Perhaps fun is not the right word, it is rather a kind of relaxing work-out to me (and I detest work-outs). Of course I underestimated the distance to the office by at least 4 kilometres. No surprise I was knackered after the first day!
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Intrepid Ibex on Berliner Fenster
Berlin's underground waggons are equipped with LCD screens showing news headlines, event tips and local advertisements. This morning those screens catched my attention by suddenly showing a well known wallpaper, making me smile: "Intrepid Ibex - Ubuntu 8.10 - Available now for free - http://www.ubuntuusers.de/" (in German of course).
Well, done guys.
Looking forward to see other Linux ...
Summer Approaching
This is the first day this year I can work on the balcony.
Seems summer is approaching. Sweet.
Projector for GNOME Events Box
The GTK+ Hackfest has its first positive result already: The GNOME Events Box got a brand new DLP projector. Decision was made to buy one, since renting a projector for a week costs about 200 EUR, wereas you get entry level projectors for only 600 EUR. The Foundation's brand new projector was about 580,99 EUR - including shipment (projector with bag and cables, back side).
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New Year
A new year started, let's see if it can match the last one.
It did a good start with finally bringing new anti-smoking laws into action. It was an really embarrassing situation, that you had to choose between entering a restaurant/cafe/ice-parlor or keeping your health. It was annoying that you had change clothes immediatly after leaving such a place ...
Car Broken Open
This morning I had to find my car broken open. Since coming back to Berlin one year ago, this is the second time, some asocial bastard damaged my car. Its not even a new or expensive car. It's a trusty, 15 years old Vectra. What has happend to this place?
Is is time to leave this city of criminal ...
