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[posted: Thursday, 2008-04-10] [category: general]

this photo was taken two days ago, after a recent one-day-onset of winter.
on the valley floor, the snow has already melted again, but the surrounding mountains are still covered in white…

row of houses in mariahilf with snowy mountain background
row of houses in mariahilf with snowy mountain background
(click to enlarge)

mariahilf, just across the inn river from the town center, is said to be the most beautiful part of innsbruck. i can’t say i disagree.

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[posted: Monday, 2008-03-31] [category: general]
designguide.at logo
designguide.at logo

designguide.at, a project of my “friends”1 andi and tom, is now also available in english.
it contains lots of information on

  • logo design – from basic principles of perception to logo evaluation methods
  • typography – from the first written symbols to the composition of entire bookworks
  • colours – from the physical definition to the measurement of colours
  • and even more.

designguide.at/en – all things logo design, typography and colour

check it out if you’re into the topic, or just surfing around!

  1. the quotation marks are there because tom is actually my brother ;-) []
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[posted: Thursday, 2008-01-24] [category: general]

as cool as viruses are – imagine a little snippet of genetic information that hijacks a host’s cell and forces it to make more of these snippets, then pack each one up neatly in a special protein coating and send them out to invade other cells – i was reminded this week (and last weekend) that they’re also a huge pain in the ass…

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[posted: Wednesday, 2008-01-16] [category: general] [tags: , , ]

check out my new …”shoes”:

vibram fivefingers at dune 45, sossusvlei, namibia

well, i’ve had them for some time now, but never got to blog about them…
they’re called vibram fivefingers, and they’re really cool to wear. [more...]

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[posted: Tuesday, 2008-01-15] [category: general]

this is what i found in the terms&conditions of a european rental car company:

“Minimum age: 23 years, maximum age: 75 years.
 For drivers with an italian or spanish driver’s license, the minimum age is 30.”

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[posted: Sunday, 2008-01-13] [category: general]

my little chef brother’s first cookbook was just released, and it became even better than we expected!
he’s been putting a lot of effort into it over the past months, and i think it has really paid off.

Einfaches. Abwechslungsreiches. Leckeres. Die beliebtesten Rezepte von chefrezepte.at
Einfaches. Abwechslungsreiches. Leckeres.
Die beliebtesten Rezepte von chefrezepte.at

congrats, bruderherz!
 

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[posted: Tuesday, 2008-01-01] [category: general]

i wish you a happy new year!
may all your jam sandwiches land on the jam-free side in 2008! :)

new year's eve 2008 in innsbruck, austria
big fireworks, fast shutter.
new year’s fireworks in innsbruck, austria.

i used to ask myself the question “what is it we’re celebrating? one year finally being over, or another one coming up?”
this year, the answer is obvious to me.
if 2008 becomes only half as successful as 2007, it’ll still be a great year.

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