Archive for August, 2009

Book of the Month: His Dark Materials

Sunday, 30th of August 2009

Last Sunday I finished reading His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. I really enjoyed the three books. What starts as a children’s adventure in Northern Lights (also known as The Golden Compass) evolves into a complex story in The Subtle Knife and ends in an epic struggle between good and evil in The Amber [...]

Home And Real life

Monday, 24th of August 2009

Silke and I had a really good time at HAR2009. Except for the freezing temperatures during the first night the weather was marvellous: a lot of sunshine, a cool breeze and not a single drop of rain. Our cunning plan to get warmer nights by investing in an additional cozy sleeping bag paid off nicely [...]

Hacking At Random

Thursday, 13th of August 2009

Despite almost getting flushed away by rain during What The Hack Silke and I went on another camping event, the Hacking At Random. We arrived in Holland by car ferry early in the morning and drove to the campsite. When we got there we discovered that it was already quite full and it would be [...]