monkey business - business monkey
Monday, July 24, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
ein sprung
christoph, nina und ich im freibad. das straßganger bad konnte unseren hohen erwartungen heute leider nicht gerecht werden, daher wurde es wieder mal das gute alte eggenberger (sprungturmbonus.) wer letztes jahr beim spektakulären von-der-brücke-springen auf der schwarzlteichbrücke dabei war (ja, ich kann mich noch an den 9-jährigen erinnern, der 20 minuten auf mich eingeredet hat) wird es kaum für möglich halten, aber ich habe mich heute zweimal todesmutig vom 10-meter brett gestürzt. ich dachte schon an eine wende in meinem leben, und dass ich mit dem zweiten sprung in ein neues zeitalter, eines der motivation, strebsamkeit, askese und tugendhaftigkeit springen könnte, doch aus dem vermeintlichen wendepunkt wurde bloß eine schmerzhafte sterilisationskerze.Wednesday, July 12, 2006
my bridges articles
just in case that anyone is interested in the interviews that i conducted for "bridges," the online publication of the OST, here are the links:- Re$earch Re$ources
- An Interview with Helga Nowotny: The European Research Council (ERC) - Fostering Basic Research in Europe
Sunday, July 09, 2006
back home
back home! it feels good to be here again, even though i have to admit that (again) i feel a little bit bored already. well, the last two nights of partying in linz (last time i did that was in the last CENTURY) were surprisingly good, but still there's something weird about the whole situation. so many things have changed in the last few months and so many things will change within the next months, maybe weeks. but still, i am here in linz, at the place where everything started and everything seems to remain the same, forever.today at the small family bbq in our garden my cousin marlene and me decided that family embarrassments are best handled with alcohol. and indeed a couple of wheat beers really helped to listen to the story about marlene and me aged 7 and 4 on an expedition through the austrian woods in search of goats for the 174th time. it is enthusiastically told on every family gathering by my mother, grandmother and aunt. this time we even managed not to interrupt them by reminding them that they all panicked and totally freaked out and that the whole village was searching for us in the woods for a couple of hours. it just didn't matter today.