Today I had my first day at UC Berkeley in Dawn Song's group and I must say that it was quite an intensive day! Most of the time went into going through all the bureaucratic processes here at Berkeley. I always thought that ETH Zurich was bad, but the …

During the long and strenuous hike in Mount Diablo state park my hiking boots broke and fell apart. The plastic sole apparently lost its flexibility and completely disintegrated. So we had to buy new hiking shoes at REI. As you could have guessed the only model that actually fit my …

When we visited the Black Diamond Mines regional reserve the ranger told us a bit about Mount Diablo. Mount Diablo is a pretty young mountain and when it rose all the geological features of the area changed. In the Black Diamond Mines you can observe that the different geological layers …

After some time in the national parks we wanted to explore the national seashore as well. Point Reyes is pretty close to us and the reviews sound as if the park could be fun! The drive from Albany to Point Reyes was around 1hr in early morning traffic, not too …

Our first hike from our new home location was in Black Diamond Mines Regional Reserve. We planned the hike one day before, bought enough food (two bagels for me, one bagel for Lumi, fruits, and some sweets) and around 3l of fluids. The drive took less than an hour from …

Last week we celebrated that special time of the year again. For me it was the 8th time that we went to the Chaos Communication Congress and the 3rd time that I had a talk. This year we also had tokens for the BerlinSides, a side conference with only technical …

Summary: Have a vision. Stay foolish.