I just had my coffee/tea discussion session and some magazine reading/tea drinking afterwards…
And guess what I found… yeah right the title!? Anyway…
There is an article about stone skipping in Physics World (Volume 19 No 2 February 2006).
Another proof that the possibilities for physicists are endless…
Even though these guys were cheating by using an aluminium plate instead of a stone it’s quite impressive… In the end it all depends on angles and velocities.
Read more at physicsweb.org.
But another even more impressive thing (also mentioned in the article) is the fact that the current record for stone skipping lies at 40 bounces (Kurt Steiner, watch the video here).
Read it and beat him!
Olympic Games 2020
This morning I read in the newspaper that Copenhagen is applying for the Olympic Games 2020. The authorities are still struggling whether it’s a good idea or not… the usual stuff. But they still have one big problem… they just don’t know where to do the white water rafting… since you would need some kind of torrent for that kind of sport.
And this is kind of a problem for a country with a hundred’n’something hill being the highest mountain…
Here we go
I just arrived in Copenhagen yesterday evening and moved into my new room, which is very nice.
So the start seems to better than the last time… ;-)
Anyway… toady I already got my NBI ID and keys and stuff and a very long introduction on what to do during my stay… then it was already some hard work… cause there’s no time to waste…
If I understood the mails I got right… then I even got my room in the student dorm… which is something great, cause it’s cheaper and so on… eventhough my new landlady is nice, the room is far to expensive for me…
Anyway that’s the first entry for now…
Some pictures will follow later… I just have to sort out some computer issues…
Cheers
Raven vs. Pigeons
Who the hell likes pigeons?
Me usually not… or probably well done in a pan.
They are not very elegant, not beautiful and they are shitting everywhere…
and they were doing this on my lovely barbecue balcony too.
Which, as you might imagine, I didn’t like very much…
That’s why I asked for some help at doctor Google’s and ordered a plastic raven just a day later… and here we go!
Now my little animal companion is sitting on my balcony for a week and I havn’t had a pigeon since then… and in the words of the raven, I will have them “nevermore” ;-)
Isn’t that great and simple!
Stup pigeons!
Just at the right time
great isn’t it… I just decided to do my degree in Copenhagen and now some people think it’s a good idea to start the holy war against Denmark.
Anyway.. I’m planing to leave Berlin at the first weekend of March…
Because of security reasons the exact date and time wont be written here ;-)
This world is sick!?
And the only way to cope with that is to be even more sick…
Onoptepopteschnabbelduzapduwab
Peace