Art

The Last Expression: Art from Ausschwitz explores the role of art to prisoners of Auschwitz. There are essays, interviews, virtual tours and, of course, the artwork.

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Astronomy

AstroInfo.org is a Swiss site (available in English and German) with up-to-date info, encyclopedia, literature and FAQ. Auf deutsch gibt’s auch aktuelle Informationen über den Nachthimmel; hier ist der Himmel im März. Hier gibt es auch eine Liste mit Links zu den 20 besten Astronomie-Sites, ermittelt von Computer-Bild.

Another very interesting site is CalSKY. Choose your level of knowledge (learner, hobby, astronomer) – the site presents information so you can understand it! They claim to be “tthe most complete astronomical observation and
information online-calculator on this globe”, and it might well be true.

Bad Astronomy is one of The Exploratorium’s Ten Cool Sites this month:

“The author of this great site uses popular misconceptions about astronomical phenomena and ‘bad astronomy’ from the movies and on television as a starting point for astronomy education. His approach makes learning astronomy relevant and fun!”

The author is an astronomer who works at the physics and astronomy department at Sonoma State University, California.

M.C. Escher

Oh, I totally forgot: I meant to link to this yesterday…

Oliver created a QuickTime VR of one of Escher’s graphics. It is here. And for comparison, take a look at Escher’s grahpic here.

Biking im Schwabenländle

In case you missed it: I posted the photos from my trip to Heilbronn yesterday.

Kölner Dom

Last night, André and I went to see a movie in Cologne. On our way back to the train station, we passed the cathedral. It looked quite impressive at night, being illuminated by floodlights.

The first two pictures show the entrance on the left of the cathedral (opposite the train station), the third is the upper part of the main entrance, and the last, of course, the towers. As you can see, one of the towers is being renovated at the moment.

Kino

Wir haben übrigens die Premiere von Das Experiment gesehen, der am 8. März anläuft. Der Film basiert auf einem wirklichen Experiment, das 1971 von Zimbardo an der Stanford University durchgeführt wurde. Der Film hat mir gefallen, macht aber sehr betroffen. Ab einer bestimmten Stelle wird er etwas unrealistisch, und das ist zum Glück die Stelle, an der das wirkliche Experiment abgebrochen wurde.

Weitere Infos über den Film, der übrigens den Bayerischen Filmpreis 2001 für das beste Drehbuch, die beste Kamera und die beste Regie erhielt, findet man hier und hier. Über das wirkliche Experiment gibt es ebenfalls eine Website, in Englisch: Stanford Prison Experiment.

Links via Imke.

Around Heilbronn

Finally – here are the photos! (There are 18 pictures, so prepare for some loading time…)

Sorry for the lack of real updates. I spent some time reading blogs last night and today, but didn’t really have time. Glad to hear you folks over in Washington and Oregon are doing okay after the earthquake.

More updates, tomorrow… hopefully. I still have a lot of work to do, but it will soon be over.

Back home!

Hey folks, I’m back! As Garret guessed, I was busy with my thesis, but I got the main work done until Tuesday and went on a three-day vacation from Wednesday until today. I visited Imke – photos soon to come!

Now I’m wonderfully relaxed and can get the rest of the work done. The thesis is due on March 19.

Flip!

Ich demonstriere gerade einer Freundin, wie Manila funktioniert!