Had a bit of both today … after having had a short glimps of the real ATLAS detector I went to see the fiction version of it in the new Angels and Demons movie in theatres.
Quite a contrast I have to say …
But despite the mixed-up science especially in the beginning (featuring actors like ATLAS, CERN, LHC, …) … it is quite a nice movie …
I only fear a little that the outreach committees in particle physics might have a bit more work during the upcoming weeks …
to helps those guys here’s two enlightening links
Category Archives: Hobbies
“Live long and prosper”
I almost forgot to post it … I also saw the new Star Trek movie last week. Despite some hardcore fans complaining about the plot not fitting in the whole federation story, bla bla bla … I actually liked the movie … definitly worth seeing.
Hiking online
Since we had some troubles finding nice and well described hikes, and maybe also because I like adding things to my webpage, I now have a section on hikes.
Each hike comes with some information on duration, height and length, with a map and an elevation profile … the last and very nice hike I did on Sunday is also in!
I’ll try to add more over the coming weekends/months/years …
A bit of everything please …
… that was the motto for the long weekend!
Heike was around and we started with some nice originally French dinner at a friends place (thanks to the hosts). On May 1st we walked through Geneva and enjoyed some international food at some offshoot of the labour demonstration party thingy … whatever. The evening was crowned with a visit to my favourite restaurant in the area … hmm … I love this place! Saturday was reserved for some hiking in the French alps near Megeve (this time without getting lost in snowslides). Finally Sunday was for relaxing and checking out the little market in Thoiry … which turned out to be quite nice!
“Fat Tax”
There are things in this world you wouldn’t believe … Ryanair is having an election on what kind of “Fat Tax” they should introduce in their price scheme … be aware of the fact that the question of whether to have such a tax at all has already been answered by a previous election …
Feel free to read more and vote here.