unexpected

The weather forecast told me that the weather will be rainy this weekend. So I didn't expected to be able to go geocaching.
Neither I expected to have a short, but very successful photoshooting in klagenfurt.

Everything started this Monday when I got a SMS from a friend telling me that she would like to make some portraits of her with me. (I was very surprised!!)

The weather forecast was bad for an open air shooting, but we met on Friday afternoon and the weather was just perfect. Also the results were great.

After the photoshooting we drove to my girlfriend's parent's and the weather got worse. Rain.
Today the weather was perfect again, so we took the GPS for a geocache in Mooswald.
The cache was well hidden, but after some time we found it!

And still the weather is fine!
Maybe I will go geocaching again tomorrow. I will never trust the weather forecast anymore!

the time to be geeky has come! (again...)

Ok. I know it is wired, but haven't we all been dreaming of fighting R/C Ninja and Pirate?
Well I do! Also glasses made of ice are a pretty cool thing.

But one of my biggest dreams is a alarm clock that is build to be shot!

I think I have to order some new things from http://www.thinkgeek.com/

Here is my wishlist:

• R/C Pirate vs Ninja
• Laser Target Alarm Clock
• Cool Shooters Ice Shot Glasses
• generic humanoid carbon unit

..and the best thing is that these things cost less than 45 euros!!!

I think I will order it tomorrow so that I can fight Pirate VS Ninja as soon as possible.

my own HDR Tonemapping?! why not...

Ok that's the result. Ok, it is not the most impressive HDR ever, BUT it is the first one that was created and tonemapped using my very first HDR/Tonemapping algorithm.

It was created using 3 photos of my livingroom table. The algorithm is nothing special - at the moment - but I will keep improving it. Maybe it get's better - some day.


Here you can see the source code (python):

import Image
import ImageEnhance
import math

print "Salendrons HDR Tonemapper"
out = raw_input("Save as: ")

im1 = Image.open("1.jpg")
im2 = Image.open("2.jpg")
im3 = Image.open("3.jpg")
imOut = out

w = im1.size[0]
h = im1.size[1]

print w
print h

x = 0
while x < w:
    y = 0
    while y < h:
        p1 = im1.getpixel((x,y))
        p2 = im2.getpixel((x,y))
        p3 = im3.getpixel((x,y))

        try:
            npr = int((math.log10(p1[0] + p2[0] + p3[0] + 1.0) / (math.log10(255 + 255 + 255 + 1.0))) * 255)
        except:
            npr = p1[0]
            print "ERR " + str(x)

        try:
            npg = int((math.log10(p1[1] + p2[1] + p3[1] + 1.0) / (math.log10(255 + 255 + 255 + 1.0))) * 255)
        except:
            npg = p1[1]
            print "ERR " + str(x)

        try:
            npb = int((math.log10(p1[2] + p2[2] + p3[2] + 1.0) / (math.log10(255 + 255 + 255 + 1.0))) * 255)
        except:
            npb = p1[2]
            print "ERR " + str(x)

        im1.paste((npr,npg,npb),(x,y,x+1,y+1))
      
        y = y + 1
    x = x + 1
    if x % 10 == 0:
        print x

enh1 = ImageEnhance.Color(im1)
im1 = enh1.enhance(2)

enh2 = ImageEnhance.Contrast(im1)
im1 = enh2.enhance(2)

enh3 = ImageEnhance.Brightness(im1)
im1 = enh3.enhance(0.9)

im1.save(imOut)

print "end"

Home of the Lindwurm

Today me and my girlfriend found the geocache GCKW65.
It was a pretty nice walk through the europapark to solve all the riddles and get the final coordinates.
I left one of my "I'm blogging this Sticker" in the cache and now it becomes true. I'm blogging this.

...*gg*

I am proud!

Today I got "the-environmentalist" magazine.

They used one of my pictures in it. I am so proud!

I will get a picture frame for it.....

All of my pictures are under the Creative Commons Lisence so if you want to use one of my photos, just let me know.


Here is the original one from my photostream.

I love it when my work makes its way arround the world!

starting to realize

Not it is saturday evening and I am no apprentience anymore.

It doesn't feel real now. I think it will take some time to realize that it is real.

will see.

....but now I have to celebrate a little more.....

the end

I am some kind of speechless....

The exam is over. Two days of fear.

I do not know how it happened, but I got a perfect success. (in german: ausgezeichneter erfolg) and my sweet girlfriend got a good success (in german: guter erfolg)


I am so happy right now. I really can't describe it. Everything that happened in these 3,5 years really makes sense now.

I am just happy and proud.

thanks to all of you! - you know who I mean.

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one last time!

The countdown slowly gets to an end.
Just a few hours left.

I wish everybody that the final exam goes well.

Will see in just a few hours....


...won't be able to sleep tonight....

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ciritical phase...

questions, so many questions!!!

ok, but that's not really the problem. I am much more afraid of the first part of the exam. ER-moddeling, SQL Queries, Algorithm (Nasi-Schneidermann) and programming. Ok the last thing is easy, BUT the others are not.

Today I will do some ER-Models and I am going to code a bit.

I was shopping yesterday. Everything I need to survive the first day of the exam. 8 hours exam without a break. (8 hours without smoking... that's hard)
So I bought a lot of Red Bull, sweets, römerquelle guarana (a lot) and on tuesday I will buy some more fresh snacks in the morning before the exam.

8 hours.... ....uff... ...that's a lot. BUT less than 3 days is so little time.... strange....

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I have to say that I am not as nervous as I thought that I would be.

I took a few new portrait shots some days ago. I love them.

I am looking for a coffee mashine. (a cool one)

..yay, that's what I think about. Photos, coffee, but I don't think about the LAP. .........ok, maybe sometimes.

What makes me nervous is what we will be after the 9th of May.
I hope everything will work like I want it to.

coffee..... ...sry... ...I think I should learn more. A lot more.
I will....

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so you think I am some kind of mean?
I don't think so.

So you think it is easy for me?
I wish it would be like this.

I know that the chance for me to pass this exam is pretty high, but it is not my goal just to pass it. Everyone thinks it is no problem for me.

Everyone thinks I will have a superior result on may the 7th. Everyone thinks it is so easy for me.

This is a lot of pressure, because even myself wants me to make it perfect.
I am thinking about nothing else. My whole life is controlled by this pressure to perform. I know that most of the others just want to pass, but I wouldn't be me, if "just pass" would be a possible option.

If somebody told me 4 years ago, that I will feel like this today I probably just told him, that I don't like bad jokes.

I think I grew up... ...a bit... ...,but it is not much easier.

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two days holiday. using nights to learn.

It is wired to be and act as a human beeing.



I took this picture just minutes ago. (300m Lenses ROCK!!!)

Today (or let's say tonight) I was studying ER-Modelling and some facts for the exam with my girlfriend.

Getting tired of this.

Both of us are trying to get Jobs after the 9th of May. We both have something, but we have to care to make it work.

At the moment nothing feels comfortable just questions and things we are not sure about.

a bit more than 19 days...

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ok I think I need another countdown. On May the 25th I will celebrate Towel Day and who ever wants to join me celebrating just give me call or mail me.

...and be sure to have a towel with you....

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Evolution of GTA....
GTA... I played every game from GTA 1,2,3,Vice City and San Andreas and now there are just a few days left until GTa IV will be release.

This video shows the evolution of GTA from part to GTA IV.

Damn I should learn, but.... GTA.... hm....

no good situation...


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it is all about style...

Today my new shirts from thinkgeek.com arrived!

On this picture you can see me with my new "I love 8-BIT" shirt. *hehe* - i love it.

Why do I need more geek shirts?!
Easy... In a bit more than 21 days I have to write this big exam and I need something to wear! so...

I have ordered several t-shirts and a new coffee cup as well as a 42 utility towel!

you can see it all here -> SLIDESHOW

yes it is all about style...

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Bad ideas.... ....like these!

Why would you build a little house in your garden without chopping the trees away that stand there where you want to build your little house?

I have no idea! ...but as you can see someone really did it. These trees are growing through this house!
I wouldn't believe it, but I saw it and i took this picture from a rooftop next to this garden! this is so wired!

ok now back to real problem.... WHERE THE HELL CAN I GET A COOL LOCATION FOR INDOOR PHOTOSHOOTINGS?

*gg* - ok just a bit more than 22 days until this final exam and YES i am freakin' nervous!!

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have to think to something else...

new Tamron Lens produced a software error with my canon 400D. Got a Sigma AF 70-300mm DG MAcro instead. Works perfect.

...took some pics yesterday. -> Take a look at them

Working on a Joomla documentation.
Working for the exam.
No fun at all.

Looking forward to the weekend. Portrait shooting on Friday. Really cool.

will see....

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The fear in their eyes... ...and maybe in mine... ...but I don't see my own *gg*

T - 33 - 32 - 31 - 30.....

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Right now I am not really afraid.

I will write a little bit about my mental situation and about the minds and fears of these other 5 guys that will have their final exam in less than 30 days.

This is where this countdown ends on the 6. of May at 8:00AM. The date of the final exam. I am an apprentice of informatics for more than 3 years now and in less than 30 years it is over.

Wired feeling.

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fresh paint - space invaders toilet

now we reached the next level of home improvement...
the toilet just looked boring so we decided to paint it (everything went so good yesterday, so why don't do it again?)
But, just paint it? No!
Space Invaders design! Yay!

Here is a again a slideshow where you can watch the process of turning our toilet into a space invarders room -> SLIDESHOW