Science & Technology! Links #1
Here are a couple of interesting articles and videos about science and technology: Physicists say Interstellar Should be Shown in School Classrooms These trippy images show how Google’s AI sees the...
View ArticleWe’re all going to die!
You don’t trust me on this? Then check out this article: How same-sex marriage could ruin civilisation In the meantime – while you’re reading the article, I am packing my things and hide in the woods...
View ArticleThe threat of nuclear war
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the decline of the Soviet Union many people believed the nuclear threat was a thing of a past. But even though both the US and Russia have reduced the number of...
View ArticleTo Linux or Not to Linux?
Over the years I – an avid Windows user – have always kept an eye on what’s new in the Linux world. Several Linux distributions have piqued my interest over the years. But even though I dabbled with...
View ArticleHate and Fear
I recently noticed a disturbing trend on social networks. People are much more willing to spread hate speech, racist slurs, anti-islamic propaganda, and extreme right-wing positions than before. I...
View ArticleVivaldi
Recently I started using the new Vivaldi browser as my standard browser. I know that the current version (Vivaldi is still in development) is not meant for productive use, but I wanted to know how well...
View ArticleWatch me play games on Twitch
Yesterday I started streaming to Twitch. I don’t have any big plans at the moment, it just sounded like a great way to allow my girlfriend to watch me playing some of the cool new indie games I’ve...
View ArticleThe best headphones you can get for 25€
Recently I looked for a replacement for my current headphones which I am using on my OnePlus One. I mostly use a low-priced Sennheiser headset which has pretty good sound, but lacks a microphone and a...
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Happy New Year!
This post first appeared on my roleplaying game blog Stargazer’s World. At first let me wish all my readers all the best for 2016! In addition I hope 2016 will be better than the last years. Some of...
View ArticleGame Recommendation: TIS-100
During last year’s various Winter sales I picked up a very exciting game – especially if you are interested in programming. It is called TIS-100 and was created by Zachtronics which is know for games...
View ArticleThe Stargazer stargazes in EVE Online
Recently I decided to give EVE Online another try. When I first started playing EVE many years ago, I thought Asteroid mining would be a fun profession. I trained the necessary skills, bought a pretty...
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Some thoughts on Firewatch
Firewatch is an indie adventure game by developer Campo Santo available on Steam and PS4. Yesterday I bought it and played through it in one four hour session. That’s not a very long playtime for a...
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How I easily fixed my Senseo machine
Sometimes things can be much easier than you think. Recently I noticed that my Senseo coffee machine started having issues. The coffee was not as hot as it used too and I also had the impression that...
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Some thoughts on Euro Truck Simulator 2
This game has been in my Steam library for ages. I don’t actually remember where I got it from, but I guess it was part of a Humble Bundle or a similar bundle. Until yesterday I never played the game....
View ArticleOk Google, please stop messing with my call quality
Some of you might have had the same issue I had. When talking on my smartphone I could unterstand the person I had called perfectly, but everything they got was a garbled mess. Sometimes hanging up and...
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What Am I Playing Right Now? (Part 1)
Hmm, it has been quite some time since my last post on this blog. Real life can really mess with such things like blogging and my first priority has always been my roleplaying games blog, so Planet...
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What Am I Playing Right Now? (Part 2)
Yesterday I wrote about Star Trek Online, today I want to look at something similar but totally different. In a way Avorion has some similarities with a game like STO: you fly around in a space ship,...
View ArticleSpam is killing me!
Not literaly of course, but spam emails basically rendered several of my email accounts unusable. Unfortunately I haven’t found a good way to deal with this. Since these accounts are not used for any...
View ArticlePixels … Oh My!
Yesterday I noticed that the Adam Sandler movie Pixels was on Netflix. Even though I’ve heard that the film was really, really bad, I decided to watch it anyway. Has the movie been a disappointment?...
View ArticleWhy should you get a PS3 in 2017?
Just last week I bought a used Sony Playstation 3 on eBay. Some of you might be wondering why I got this video game console now, when the new generation has already been available for quite some time...
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