Saturday, August 21, 2010 – 23:27
It is a strange feeling sitting in my room and realizing that this year is almost over. In just a few days Scandinavian Airlines will take me home to the country in the north. But what is “Home”, really? I’ve been pondering this question during these twelve months. Sweden or Switzerland? Both? I’m not sure, [...]
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 – 21:49
It seems like we have frequent visitors at the student house… “Not again”, was my first thought as I heard the alarm, before putting on my shoes and reaching for the Speed Freak. “Let’s make the best of the situation and snap some quick shots of the firemen.” It was some automatic alarm on the [...]
Sunday, July 11, 2010 – 12:52
I love improvised traveling. Yesterday I felt the need to go traveling, and one hour later I sat on the train headed directly to Basel. The twin canton was on my list for my Swiss Challenge, and I had nothing else planned for the evening. The city of Basel is located on the Rhine, not [...]
Sunday, July 11, 2010 – 07:48
In this blog post I’ll explain why I’m wearing makeup most friday evenings. Since I got to Zürich in September last year I’ve found sort of a second home in ICF. Monday evenings with the smallgroup, Tuesdays rehearsing music with the band, Wednesdays with the TWC photography workshop, Thursdays with the student group, and Zwänzger [...]
Sunday, July 4, 2010 – 23:09
A lot going on recently. Andreas came by to visit for a weekend. As he is going to ETH and Zürich in September, I showed him around the city and the university. This last weekend the “Züri Fäscht” has been going on. As it occurs only every three years, it is a huge happening. Two [...]
Saturday, July 3, 2010 – 13:44
I live right next to a tram line, my window faces out to the tram stop. Pros: The tram stops right outside the door Downtown within 20 minutes Cons: Tram rails require maintenance Trams run during the day Maintenance can only be done during the night I don’t mind the trams themselves, but I do [...]
Friday, July 2, 2010 – 00:09
The rain clouds finally left Zürich after blocking the sun for more than a month. Clear skies mean wonderful sunsets followed by the blue hour. Grossmünster in moonlight. Update 6 July 2010: Did some improvements to the photo.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 – 20:17
Had my first exam today, in Advanced Parallel Computing with Scientific Applications. I think it went pretty good, though being interrogated by two professors for 45 minutes is quite exhausting. Just six exams to go, the next one takes place on Monday. We had a little bit of action at the student house at Meierwiesenstrasse [...]
Sunday, May 30, 2010 – 09:24
Sushi party at Anninas place! Make your own Sushi (yum!) A Swiss/Japanese evning with lots of people from ICF. David thought it a to be a good idea to invent a new type of sushi: Chocolate. Then they found some Lingonsylt (from IKEA ) in the fridge. This can’t possibly end well… It didn’t end [...]
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 – 22:25
Laborführung – Guided tour through the laboratory. All students taking the Physik IV course (lecture shown in above photo) were offered to see the Physics laboratory where professor Wallraff and his colleagues are conducting their research. We began visiting the superconduction lab. At temperatures around 20 millikelvin, research is performed on superconducting circuits for quantum [...]