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[posted: Friday, 2008-05-16] [category: general]

looking for a piece of information, just misread “read episode recap” for “read episode crap”.

read episode crap/recap

i guess the current attitude does have a big impact on ones perception (especially things like freudian slips). i also guess i should call it a day.

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[posted: Tuesday, 2008-04-29] [category: general]

to give you an idea of how much fun i’m currently having, please look at this picture:

glyoxylate cycle
simplified scheme of the citrate and glyoxylate cycles (source: wikipedia)

i’ve been spending the past two days with the citrate and glyoxylate cycles, the respective structural formulas, and other related things.
there’s no end in sight.

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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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