Category: Art & Culture

  • Where has March gone?

    There haven’t been any news here for one whole month now – but I can explain everything! First the internet broke down a for couple of days. Well, actually it would have surprised me if we had really been able to surf untroubledly for more than a few months at the Telekom. No, it really…

  • Opus two

    Today I created my second piece of art in oils, and I was totally amazed how much better it already worked although it was only my second attempt. But I could clearly notice that I had already gained some experience from the first picture. So this time I had at least a slight idea about…

  • Bonus, for God’s sake! Bonus!!!

    In German, it is “der Bonus” and “die Boni”! It is not “der Boni”!!! Bonus = singular Boni = plural One “Bonus”, many “Boni”. Is that really so difficult??? MY GOD!!!

  • Better Midi sound, part II – Soundfonts in Windows with Timidity

    Attention: This post is a little old, and I’ve written a new one with a more modern and less complicated solution. You can find it here. After a comment on my debut post “Better Midi sound”, I decided to have a look at Timidity for Windows again. Back then, I simply hadn’t understood the program.…

  • The fairytale Muhlenberg myth-legend-saga

    Urban legends – almost everyone knows a few. Most of them are so ridiculous that – provided you are blessed with an IQ higher than 50 – you can dismiss them as mental trash without further investigation of their truth content. The stories range from flesh-dissolving cola to a merely endless number of Eskimo words for…

  • “Happy little trees”

    Months ago I bought a little “painting starter kit” that was on special offer in the supermarket and, among a few canvases, also contained brushes, palette and acrylic paint. I rather wanted to paint with oil though, so I additionally bought some oil paints and a small bottle of linseed oil. Well, as I said,…