Hi there – long time no blogging. There is so much to tell; for now I’ll just put some things in here that are really important to me.

First of all I thank Lia for crafting the best bag I’ve ever had. The handmade Linatic II is a special Laptop-Version of Linatic, which she made for Lina (aka ettercat) earlier.

As you can see in the second picture Linatic II is specially fitted for my Laptop, I don’t know how Lia did it, but it fits by the millimeter.

I’ve got my bag at ICMP4 in Münchsteinach, where we spend a wonderful weekend. I went to the place in the sun, with Peer from the oBiCo project who was talked into holding a presentation about the open Bicycle Computer and its progress. The talk inspired a stimulating discussion with lots of ideas and positive feedback. Peer brought a prototype and we’ve even had a chance to mount it to a recumbent bike which someone had used to ride to the small village in the southern German Steigerwald.

Only a few weeks later I’ve had a great time visiting my first FrOSCon. Again I could help the oBiCo Team to answer all those curious Open Source enthusiasts questions on the technical details and the practical relevance of an open Bicycle Computer (Thanks to Sascha who took some professional photos of the booth). Finally I’ve also had a chance to meet some friends from our time at Hochschule Aalen again. I especially liked Bernds talk on PostgreSQL Troubleshooting, which opened my eyes to the challenges of database administration – a topic I mostly managed to stay away from, until now. Good to know someone to call when one of my databases will ever be really big.

That’s it for now. I still have a blog post about the master thesis work on the ToDo list, so stay tuned… ;-)