Long time no see!

Well, in October I've been at the SPIEL09 in Essen, Germany, and, alas, the semester has started, so many young unknown students join classes to learn something. Teach them I can. Anyway, the VIENNALE, the international Vienna film festival, is also occupying my time. Although I watch less movies than I've bought games, which, of course, have to be tested (20 vs. 35), my spare time is pretty scarce right now. Also the students in Austria protest against the commercialization of education, which I support (the students pint of view, of course).

But my bank account is plundered, so I will have more time in the near future, since I've no money left to spend. (I had much luck on my trip back to Vienna from Düsseldorf airport: I didn't have to pay for the considerable overweight (15kg á 7€ per kg), but still, the games themselves, and the trip, and the movie tickets, and my bracers, they make quite a sum in total!)

So for this weeks news, I just give two pics of advertisement I found:

Cucumbers "mini" from Viennese gardeners:

Take Jesus!

Just a pic.

Well,

I'm off to 43° 15' 50.9'' N, 11° 13' 46,7'' E tomorrow to give a lecture in a summer school on hybrid modeling. (That is Italy, Tuscany, near Siena, didn't you know?!) And the next two weeks I'm also not in Vienna (visiting W&P in Erfurt and the ÖMG/DMV congress in Graz and then ... well, wait and read :) ). And since virtually nobody is at the university during the students holidays, I have nobody to talk to (only virtually). So how should I come up with a "Wort zum Montag", if there is nobody to chat to discuss mathematical problems with.

Well, the solution is simple, I give you some pics from my vacation in Helsinki and Stockholm this sumer:

For the friends of the bachelor (Bakkelauriat, Bak.):

If you like old things (alas, no hidden imperative):

Well, I guess that's an obvious name:

Some times I wonder:

Who makes the names of products ? This piece of art below I found last year, when visiting good friends in Erfurt ( P&W c u soon :) ):

Well, I guess you have to know the German pronunciation and meaning of

"Muh-Muh", handmade, cut and wrapped ...

Some old pictures ...

Here are some old and new pictures of ... hmmm ... well, let's say "somewhat ambiguous" or funny content, just to try out the possibilities of this blog ;)

"Vienna district journal, 23 times straight in" ... i bet so ...

I always knew I liked Castrol ....

And here a rather expensive soft-drink machine ...

So as you (and I) can now see, putting pictures online works fine. Of course I could have guessed so, after all I'm following Boris blog.