skype for osx
after i’ve been fooling around with an unofficial beta-version today the official beta version of skype was released for os x. (and could not call anybody, because only bruni had it installed and he has troubles with his microphone…) skype is an internet-telephony software from the same people that brought you kazaa, the p2p filesharing software (and skype works in pretty much the same way, also through some p2p-trickery). so if you want to give me a call and listen to my voice, you can add “david.haberthuer” to your skype and test it out. i tried it out with b. and i must say that it works very much like intended and is absolutely hassle-free.
[update] the fate of a geek
franziska informed me that i got the job, so i’ll be featured in a campaign of postfinance. since this means some unscheduled hight tide in my wallet my technolust came up again and i thought, why not replace my trusty dsc-p9 with a new camera? and just as i surfed the web to compare the prices for the dsc-t1 (it’s not that expensive!) i found out that sony introduced some new cameras today, among other things the dsc-t3 and the dsc-l1. now i think i have to wait and see how expensive they’re gonna be when they show up here in switzerland…
my weekend
the past weekend i spent in italy. a good friend of mine had his wedding in the hometown of his girlfriend, now wife. i met kim seven (!) years ago, when we both made a kind of student exchange in australia and we both managed to keep in touch through all these years, amazing! the wedding was the most spectacular wedding i’ve ever attended (it was my third ever by the way :-) and was held in the beautiful town of villasanta, near monza (the town famous for their formula1-race-track).
picture of the week
this picture was taken in abu hamra during our holidays at the red sea. it’s some kind of huge can with a diameter of approximately 2m a hole in the middle.
a new job?
if my new model-career is not gonna pay off i can still start working in the oil-business: this is at least what the berufskompass suggested after i (quickly) answered 75 questions… (if you wonder, “singer” and “inspizient” are both listed last. which is kinda weird, because i also work in a theater (but only at the bar…) [via berner gazette] where some people also note that the job-compass might not be worth that much…
belt buckle war
phil torrone has a much cooler belt buckle than i have.
i has got me a new bike
this morning i went to finish my latest addition to the pool of bikes i own. and after quite a long time i’m finally able to ride it. my fixed-gear bike: no brakes. one gear, no freewheel. the pedals turn as fast as the rear wheel does and the only way to brake is to slow down the pedals with your leg. watch the tight space between the seat-post and the wheel in the last picture of the middle row!
picture of the week
the grand-raid was really exhausting. renzo and me underestimated how hard it can get to ride 76 km on a tandem. the picture below shows the profile of the race (which we finished as tenth of eleven tandems). we started from Heremence and drove to Grimentz. update: datasport has put the results of the grand-raid online. click here to see how renzo and me finished (look for CTan in the lower part of the page). 10 hours and 12 minutes and a mean velocity of 7.5 km/h, how pathetic :-)
grand raid
tomorrow renzo and me have a new project with his tandem: we’re gonna ride the grand raid christalp (76km mostly up and down :-). i’ll keep you updated on how we manage to compete with the other ten teams. and now i think i’ll just go to bed, cause we got to catch an early train tomorrow morning. maybe i can tell you something about the (surprisingly good) movie i just saw later on. for now i just wish you a good night.
back home
i’m back home, it was wonderful. more on that later on. now i start have to sift through all the mail i got. (i think about 800 mails are actually spam, mostly comment spam on this blog)