Author Archive for gerrit
I‘m not sure if my blog has any subscribers left after I have neglected it for such a long time. But thank you if you stayed! Very soon I can reward your patience with a completed site-layout and more regular posts to follow at least once a week. Promised.
So what happened in the last few (more)
On the occasion of the French national holiday I thought I would dedicate today’s post to a few French movies I love. Classic or modern, funny, thrilling, dramatic, sad or serious… I find so much beauty, realism, openness, elegance, magic or ambiance in French movies that I often miss in other movies. It is not (more)
I can’t believe how much time has passed since I posted my last BikeLog entry. My last entry dates back to September 14, 2008, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t ride the bike all these months. I actually survived a hard winter riding my bike twice a day, five times a week without any time (more)
If you do man nano, you’ll see there’s a /etc/nanorc config file. Edit this to comment out #set historylog.
This will prevent sudo nano commands from creating the root users .nano_history in your home directory, which nano can’t read when called by your user account. After commenting it out, then delete it with sudo rm .nano_history.
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In the last few months I haven’t found much time to listen to music, but I decided this needs to change and I should finally dust off my old music library. About two years ago I signed up for last.fm, the social music network that makes it easy to discover new music and connect with (more)
The following is some raw footage in three parts. A little while ago I recorded my route to work that I’ve been riding twice a day for almost a year now. I used a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 camera attached to my handlebar with a diy-camera mount for under $1. I think I rode my 3-speed (more)
When I was younger I smiled at old people who skipped through the newspaper just to read the obituaries. Today, I am very glad my mother saw and forwarded this one to me.
Wilhelm Schöngen was my math and physics teacher in high-school. He not only was my favorite teacher for those five years at the (more)
Currently reading: The Art of Expressing the Human Body by Bruce Lee and John Little. Not so much about martial arts, Kung Fu, the legend of Bruce Lee and his movie career, this book is about how he trained to achieve his physique and strength. So far, a very interesting read that motivates and inspires (more)
