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Beautiful graphic novel by Scott McCloud: «The Sculptor»

2019-04-06 | Reading time: 1 minute

A graphic novel about an artist who wants what every artist wants, not being forgotten, and the last 201 days of his life. Beautifully told.
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R Stats results with a bit more annotation

2018-06-13 | Reading time: 1 minute

R is still really, really cool. Esp. if you start to write functions for yourself and create your own package. The amount of annotation you can provide is cool and makes you wonder — why doesn't statistic software usually provide this?
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Really Bad Food

2018-05-12 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just a short comment on really bad food.
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Yet another Bento Update

2018-02-05 | Reading time: 1 minute

Yep, another posting about Bento boxes. They just work (for me).
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Dystopian Story and Movie Recommendation: “Harrison Bergeron” and “2081”

2018-02-04 | Reading time: 1 minute

A while ago I stumbled upon a story by Kurt Vonnegut titled: "Harrison Bergeron". There is also a movie titled "2081" that really nails the story. Both are highly recommended in a world that confused equality of opportunity with equality of outcome.
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A few remarks on Gamification

2017-09-06 | Reading time: 3 minutes

Last semester I did a seminar on Gamification. While it was lots of work, it was also very interesting. Not only for the students. A few things that became clearer to me about Gamification, esp. in relation to psychological theories.
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Eating Well in Times of Stress or Bad Food at Work

2017-06-21 | Reading time: 1 minute

If you don't have the opportunity to eat well at work, why not prepare a Bento box? It doesn't take long and it doesn't have to be Japanese. Any content works.
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Notebook Skins

2016-12-11 | Reading time: 5 minutes

Just some playing around with notebook skin designs. Surprisingly hard to find something that works for a notebook and doesn't look too trashy or unprofessional.
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Recommendation: Silenced. Our War On Free Speech (Movie)

2016-12-02 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Censorship (by various means) is a recurring topic on this blog. I just watched the movie "Silenced" and can recommend it. It provides a nice overview.
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Great talk by Jonathan Haidt: “Two incompatible sacred values in American universities”

2016-10-25 | Reading time: 1 minute

Watch this talk if you are interested in the current state of universities. Currently (mostly) in the US, but my guess is that it is spreading. And perhaps some inoculation (or at least choice) is still possible.
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