Author Archives: gerrit

About gerrit

bicyclist, programmer, movie-goer, Bergman fan, music-listener, picture-taker, interested in math, physics, astronomy, marine biology, science, nature, mountains, languages, knitting, Linux, Open Source, web-development and more.

VP8 and the Open Web Media Project

Posted on July 11, 2010 by gerrit

Google’s open video compression format VP8 and WebM, the open web media project, are challenging MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) as Internet standard for video content and the new HTML5 video element. WebM is based on the Matroska container MKV and encodes … Continue reading →

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Windows and Linux – Quest for Best Practices

Posted on June 16, 2010 by gerrit

In a few days I’m going to update two of my computers. One of them (Athlon X2) used to run as a server with Ubuntu 9.04, the other one (Intel Core 2 Duo) was configured as a dual-boot system with … Continue reading →

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MFF2010 Day 1: Friday

Posted on May 30, 2010 by gerrit

Mundane History The first movie we watched on the first full day of the film festival was Mundane History from Thailand, directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong: Ake, a young man recently paralyzed from the waist down, sits sullenly in bed all … Continue reading →

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12th Annual Maryland Film Festival 2010

Posted on May 23, 2010 by gerrit

Jed Dietz opened the 12th Annual Maryland Film Festival a few weeks ago on Thursday, May 6 at the MICA Brown Center with a series of seven short films all of which I enjoyed… Continue reading →

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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

Posted on May 19, 2010 by gerrit

I purchased this giant Ashes and Snow poster back in autumn of 2008 and was going to have it framed, but with a quote of over $300 I didn’t pursue it further at the time. Of course then came the … Continue reading →

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Long Time No See

Posted on December 13, 2009 by 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 … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Bastille Day with 10 French Movie Favorites

Posted on July 14, 2009 by gerrit

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 … Continue reading →

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BikeLog 090712: Jones Falls Trail

Posted on July 12, 2009 by gerrit

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 … Continue reading →

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