German robotics group crafts LEGO factory to build… LEGO cars
Archive for November, 2007
So this week I’m in Magdeburg. Well, I’m spending my nights in Magdeburg at Niko’s, and spending my days in Braunschweig at the Georg Eckert Institute for Textbook Research working in their library. And since today is Thanksgiving in the US, when I got back from Braunschweig Niko and I went to and Indian restaurant for dinner. Spicy stuff.
No turkey for me, or pie. But that’s ok. I’m still thankful–for my wife, my family, my friends, my animals, and more.
I wish I were thankful to be finished with my research, but that’ll be a while yet. Got some good stuff from Braunschweig, though.
Vonage loses appeal, now owes Verizon $117.5 million
Uh oh. There goes our phone service…
Deb’s guess of 1 Euro came the closest to the actual total of €7.50 for my groceries yesterday. As to why I buy bottled water: when it’s that cheap, why not? (The water around here isn’t so great.)
This evening I went grocery shopping. I bought:
- 6 x 1.5L bottles of water
- 1L bottle of organce juice
- 1L of milk
- loaf of bread
- big box of generic frosted flakes
- 2 x 500gm bags of pasta
- 1 jar of spaghetti sauce (enough for 1 bag of pasta)
How much did I pay (in Euros)? Closest guess without going over wins!
…I’m supposed to keep up with the blog. Sorry. But I’ve been posting photos, and status updates, and, and…
Ok, whatever. I’ve been up to a bit since I last really sat down to write something. Went to Wittenberg (no, not that Wittenberg) on Wednesday, which was fun. Went out last night with some friends from the archive. Been running–did 11 miles today, and 10km has become my “normal” run once again, which is nice. And of course I’ve been working in the archives.
From some reason I’ve got it in my head that I should be doing something more meaningful. Like becoming a doctor. Or joining the Peace Corps (with Deb, of course), or adopting African children, or something. Just doing history doesn’t seem to contribute much to society, or the world, or anything.
I’ve also got it in my head that my research, though interesting, isn’t necessarily contributing to my dissertation to the extent that it should. I’m stuck in a rut of East German foreign policy, but my dissertation isn’t supposed to be about East German foreign policy. It’s a component, to be sure, but not the whole (or even the biggest chunk of) the story.
Tomorrow will be a day of work, including some cleaning up around the apartment, finishing of applications for funding for next year (funding which I hope to have no need for), and perhaps even some reading (I have SO many books to read.) Then it’s back to the archives on Monday.
Sometime soon, however, I might just do another video, or something with audio, or who knows what. So stay tuned.
