2017-12-28

Mine now. 😁


Mine now. 😁

And it is even warm.

2017-12-26

That's bad. And embarrassing.


That's bad. And embarrassing.

Originally shared by Kristian Köhntopp

Dan Luu has measured your computers keyboard processing pipeline and found it wanting. https://danluu.com/input-lag/

Some of these I already read (and like them), others sound at least worth a try.

Some of these I already read (and like them), others sound at least worth a try.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/25/16814060/best-ebooks-2017-kindle-nook-kobo

2017-12-24

So here it is...

So here it is...

Enjoy the holidays, however you celebrate them - if you celebrate them. Otherwise just enjoy an old glam rock song.
https://youtu.be/apoFZv5J6xo

der coming to take your guns!


der coming to take your guns!

A real camera would have been useful here: the light grey needle is the Taipei 101.


A real camera would have been useful here: the light grey needle is the Taipei 101.

I don't get to see the province highway passing by my place like this very often: void of any cars and totally...


I don't get to see the province highway passing by my place like this very often: void of any cars and totally fogged. But then I don't get to pass by very often on winter Sunday mornings at 0130...

2017-12-23

Hit and sunk

Hit and sunk

Did they really not have anyone better? Or is he indeed "the best person for the job"?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/22/us-ambassador-to-netherlands-describes-own-words-as-fake-news

Well said, Guardian...

Well said, Guardian...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/22/trump-ends-year-in-character-dodging-questions-and-singing-his-own-praises

Christmas party with students

Christmas party with students

OK, not really a party, just lunch/dinner/something. But with birds, stollen and gingerbread. The fourth year had asked for some celebration, so I didn't want to disappoint them. No Santa though...

Ah, yes, some students ate with chopsticks...

#nkfust #ifad #高科大 #應徳系


2017-12-14

Our fourth-year students are geared up for their theatre, which will start in about five hours. Last rehearsals...


Our fourth-year students are geared up for their theatre, which will start in about five hours. Last rehearsals...

#nkfust #ifad #高科大 #應徳系

2017-12-10

The visitors are gone, now I'm all Garfield's again...


The visitors are gone, now I'm all Garfield's again...

Annual Christmas lunch with former students


Annual Christmas lunch with former students

Ever since I started to organize Christmas parties for my students when I was teaching at another school, some of those students started to show up every year, even ten years after graduation.

They do come in batches now, this being the second batch (this year without children). The third hit timing problems and may not come before January.

For them it's not only an opportunity to eat something German, but also to meet former classmates. It was a quite entertaining afternoon...

Curve your enthusiasm and find another escape goat!

Curve your enthusiasm and find another escape goat!
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/most-misused-phrases-words-english-language-uk-revealed-to-be-pacific-a8098791.html

2017-12-09

OK, the tree is up.


OK, the tree is up. I kept the lowest layer free of decorations for two reasons: Garfield and Gigi. Empirical studies last year showed a significant increase in lifetime for decorations above the first level. I hope the studies will be confirmed this year.

2017-12-08

Problem solved


Problem solved

Via Torrid Luna​

Originally shared by Jens™ Friedrich™

#protipp

2017-12-07

History repeats itself

History repeats itself

That's why we can't have nice things...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P8ILFWlBzA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P8ILFWlBzA

More, more, more...

More, more, more...

More stollen, more marzipan potatoes. Some of our students are waking up now and noticing that we are moving through December, so now I even get requests for baking activities.

The fourth year asked for stollen, so we made that. And since we made the marzipan in them ourselves, the surplus went into marzipan potatoes.

Marzipan is both still rather uncommon and worth making yourself here in Taiwan. Readily made marzipan (usually "1:1", meaning equal parts of almond powder and powdered sugar, quite sweet) costs about TWD700 (more than USD20) per kilogram, while the almost 1kg we made costs only a third of that.

There also was another request for gingerbread. Hmm...

#nkfust #ifad #高科大 #應徳系





2017-12-06

Let's make this a little more realistic...


Let's make this a little more realistic...

Via Boris Borcic​

Originally shared by David McKeever

2017-12-03

Take a moment and think about it...


Take a moment and think about it...

Via Dan J. Wilcox​, highlighted thanks to Maya Rave​

Originally shared by Grey Bar0n

They say Enlightened are all green. The truth is, we come in all kinds of shapes and colours...


They say Enlightened are all green. The truth is, we come in all kinds of shapes and colours...

Yes, all the people in this photo, no matter how they are dressed, play Ingress on the Enlightened team. We encountered no Resistance in the park at that time.

#EXO5 Taipei #ingress

2017-12-02

May the best Enlightened win!😎


May the best Enlightened win!😎

#EXO5 in Taipei

December, we are ready!

December, we are ready!

Just in time (on Thursday) we completed an Advent Calendar. Originally I only got one student interested, but she then convinced others.

It is not a design that could win any award, but it should serve the purpose. I do however wonder how the content will be distributed...

#nkfust #ifad #高科大 #應徳系



2017-12-01

Hahaha!

Hahaha! Oh yes, please, by all means! Imagine how those spies are working without any competition. Have you seen James Bond? That's where your tax dollars go: luxury cars, luxury hotels, luxury clothing for spies!

It worked so well for education, it will work even better for spying. Just do it! (And get paid by Nike for saying that last sentence. See? It's already starting to bring in profits!) This should be done everywhere, let's not stop at the US...
http://theweek.com/speedreads/740645/white-house-cia-reportedly-considering-proposals-privatize-spying-counterterrorism