Reichstag
The Reichstag in Berlin, the current home of the Bundestag (German parliament). The building was built in 1894.
Erpetal hike
I went on a beautiful hike from a small place called Erpetal in Brandenburg.
Berlin festival of lights
The Berlin Festival of Lights is an annual event in which various monuments are lit up with spectacular light displays.
Empathy
Wannsee loop hike
I organised a hike for the Berlin Hikers meetup group. A ton of people came along 🙂
Hamster brain
Things just pop into my head man, they’re poppin, ya know like the Hamsters, the usually the hamsters spinning but the hamsters dead, right now the hamster just had a viagra, that mother fuckers runnin’ right. – Marc Lobliner 2015
Midnight bike ride to Müggelturm
A big bunch of us headed for a midnight bike ride to Müggelturm, a strange communist era viewing tower on the south eastern edge of Berlin.
Religion
Peanutized
Make your own via peanutizeme.com.
Facebook is awesome sometimes
I found out that there was an earthquake in Chile just now, when Facebook notified me that a friend was safe. Facebook is awesome sometimes 🙂
Herman Schulz
Hovedøya ruins
My friend Izabella and I headed to Hovedøya island in Oslo fiord during the summer to see the ruins of the Hovedøya Abbey, a Cistercian monastery.
Vegan döner
This vegan döner was damned tasty, despite the addition of some weird meat substitute to it.
Giraffe ransom
Cough up the ransom money, or the giraffe gets it!
Amusing myself with my new router
Camping at Liepnitzsee
We chose the hottest weekend of the year to go on a bike camping trip to Liepnitzsee, a small lake north of Berlin.
Hiking in Grünewald
I went for a beautiful sunny day of hiking in Grünewald, a small forest within the Berlin city limits. The beautiful sun soon paved way for a beautiful torrential downpour ;
Beetroot juice
I heard that beetroot juice was ridiculously healthy. It sounded nasty, but people claimed it tasted great, so I decided to buy some. It does not task great; it tastes nasty! In an attempt to improve the vile taste, I added a crap-ton of vanilla flavoured whey powder and a bunch of strawberries. It’s now […]
My new pocket knife :)
I couldn’t find an immediate use for my new Swiss army knife, so I bought a bottle of wine as an excuse to use the cork opener 🙂
Leipzig city
Anna, Hanna, Teresa and myself made a day trip from Berlin to the nearby city of Leipzig.
John Lennon quote
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life
Quitting cola
Public announcement: Due to my unhealthy cola drinking habits, I am quitting drinking cola for three months. Exceptions to this rule are: If there is nothing else to drink If someone (in person) tells me I’m allowed some (need new permission per serving). If a caffeine free cola is available I must choose that one. […]
Cycling to Bernau
I went on a cycle tour to Bernau today. We took an awesome route on super smooth roads. The total distance was 110 km, so I definitely feel tired now 🙂
Dave Hall
RIP Dave Hall, an old friend of mine who I found out recently had died in a cycling accident.
Formula E in Berlin
Mo and I headed to Tempelhof to watch the inaugural Formula E grand prix of Berlin.
Nikolaikirche in Leipzig
This is Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, an old church in the city of Leipzig. We passed by it on a walking tour of the city.
Cycling with Ana
Ana and I went on a cycling trip to Grünerwald in Berlin.
MitoQ mesylate
Well this was a surprise. It’s not often you see a drug advertised on Facebook and realise that you are partly responsible for it! The chemical used in this “supplement” is MitoQ mesylate. I was the first one to synthesise it in the mesylate form back in 2004 🙂
Beef strokin’ off
Inline skating in Tiergarten
Inline skating in Tiergarten. Not the best place to choose, but it was a pleasant day out 🙂
And even more photos from Beelitz-Heilstätten
And even more photos from my cycling trip to Beelitz-Heilstätten, the military hospital famous for murders, Nazi’s Hitler and the Soviet army.
Protein bars
Baumblütenfest
A group of us headed by bike to Werder, a small town south of Berlin to the Baumblütenfest (blossom festival) there.
And more photos from Beelitz-Heilstätten
More photos from the beautiful Beelitz-Heilstätten military hospital I visited recently.
Berlin sunset
Beautiful sunset from my temporary place in Berlin.
Safety
The Beelitz-Heilstätten military hospital I went to during a recent cycling trip is a good example of where some common sense is, well, sensible! Most of it is totally safe, but there are some areas which looked horrendously dangerous. If you go to the area, please watch out for collapsed roofs, dodgy railings and bad […]
Beelitz-Heilstätten theatre
Welcome to the glamorous Beelitz-Heilstätten lecture theatre. Despite many years of abandonment, I think this place still has better insulation and seating than most of the lecture theatres I remember from my years at university.
Design
https://plus.google.com/+MaxLeuth%C3%A4user/posts/7MCzn1KbcyK “Good design is as little design as possible.” – some German motherfucker
Encryption is key
Words to live by. pic.twitter.com/scUj5zR9Gb — Kevin Bankston (@KevinBankston) April 13, 2015 Dance like no one’s watching. Encrypt live everyone is.
Tegler See
Some photos from an Easter day walk at Tegler See in Berlin.
Beelitz-Heilstätten graffiti
I’ve been to quite a few abandoned places now. But Beelitz-Heilstätten is definitely the biggest. It’s also one of the most remote as there’s not a lot else in the area. I think the size and remoteness has resulted in a lot less vandalism and graffiti inside the buildings. There were some interesting creations though, […]
Gabel
Context: Betahaus cafe intercom system was calling out (in English) when meals are ready. All I could hear was “chicken garble garble bla bla”, so I strolled on up to let them know it was inaudible. Me: “All I can hear is garble” Cook: “Gabel? Hier ist eine Gabel!” Me: “No, GARBLE, I can’t hear […]
Eclipse of the sun
It turns out the sun is harder to photograph than what one may imagine 😉 This photo was taken at 1/2000 of a second at F16.
Akershus festning
I visited Akershus festning, a medieval castle built in the 1290’s in Oslo, Norway.
The ugliest UI
Comic app in development …
New address
I suck royally at checking my mailbox. I decided it was time to fix that by buying a virtual office.
WordCamp Norway sledding 2015
I went sledding at Korketrekkeren in Oslo. Don’t ask what the yellow stuff is, you don’t want to know!
Lunch with Linn
Catching up with an old friend in Olso.
Flying cow
Some people fly across the ocean. But sometimes, so do cows!
Islamic flag burning
It’s not often you stumble across a web page explaining how to burn an Islamic flag, and then find your name listed at the footer of the page. This happened to me this evening … http://beirutspring.com/blog/2014/08/30/how-to-burn-islamic-flags-without-upsetting-muslims/