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[posted: Monday, 2007-07-02] [category: general]

there’s a whole bunch of photos waiting to be uploaded – here’s a quick preview:


bundesjugendsingen 2007 (austrian youth choir contest)
bregenz, austria
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[posted: Thursday, 2007-06-28] [category: general]

i just woke up after a sound 19-hour sleep, following an exhausting prolonged weekend.
that should make up for the last few sleep-depriving weeks…

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[posted: Saturday, 2007-06-23] [category: general]

somebody (not pointing fingers) has turned me into an exercise junkie.
everytime i get home from, say jogging, all i can think is “i want to go again. right now.”

my newest hobby: biking through muddy puddles after heavy rainfalls.
 

after all, growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.

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[posted: Saturday, 2007-06-09] [category: general]

greetings from obergurgl/austria (1930m above sea level), where lots of biologists have gathered to document the biologic diversity.
to give you an impression of what it’s like here, i took this photo about 15 minutes ago:

obergurgl, austria

(this is the view out of the valley)

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[posted: Thursday, 2007-05-31] [category: general]

innsbruck, austria – 118.000 residents
calvinia, south africa – 6.000 residents

i wonder what makes them set their priorities for coverage and resolution.

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[posted: Thursday, 2007-05-31] [category: general]

memo to self: starting to work on a presentation less than 24 hours before i’m supposed to present it is not optimal.

on the other hand, it worked out …which means my subconcsiousness will probably file this as a success and try to further reduce time and effort, next time.

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[posted: Monday, 2007-05-07] [category: general]

i’m involved with many things in university, so a lot of professors know who i am. to be honest, i don’t even know who some of them are.

recently, there have been several situations like these1:

    a professor i don’t know says something about the degree course scheme, but adds that she’s not certain about it (and in fact, she’s wrong).
    me: erm, actually it goes like this: …
    prof: oh, thank you. (to all:) mr. nolf here just told me that …

    me: hi! my name is markus nolf. i signed up for your class, and i have a question regarding …
    professor: oh right, i saw your name on the list. (among the 50+ others who signed up!)

- professor m. asks a question
- nobody answers
- professor m. asks me

here’s one of the downsides of being well-known to your lecturers: in class, whenever nobody answers a “question to crowd”, they tend to ask somebody directly. and usually it’s somebody they can address by name…

  1. and it’s getting kinda freaky, considering that there are ~170 new biology students per year []
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