http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/ Here Be Dragons Die Rote IRis Die Rote IRis 2013-01-06T12:38:24Z en hourly 1 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://static.twoday.net/dieroteiris/images/icon.png http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/ http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/es-war-sehr-schoen-es-hat-mich-sehr-gefreut/ Ich habe ein neues Blog.<br /> Ein anderes Blog.<br /> Ein besseres Blog.<br /> <a href="http://www.glaubsches.net">Dieses Blog!</a><br /> <br /> <img src="http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff352/dieroteiris/Anderswelt/Anderswelt15.jpg" alt="umzug" width="300" /><br /> <br /> Die Rote IRis zieht um.<br /> Ab sofort findet ihr mich unter<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.glaubsches.net">www.glaubsches.net</a><br /> <br /> Ansonsten bleibt alles beim alten.<br /> Oder vielleicht doch nicht?<br /> Findet es heraus! Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2013 Die Rote IRis 2013-01-05T18:33:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/the-day-i-lost-peter-maffay/ Es war vor kurzem, ein paar Tage vor Weihnachten, ich bat meine Kollegin - aus dem Lautsprecher begann eine Weihnachtsplatte von Peter Maffay - unzweifelhaft ein Tiefpunkt der vorweihnachtlichen Klanggestaltung - zum inzwischen dritten Mal wieder von vorne zu tönen - sie möge doch bitte den Peter Maffay verlieren (... to lose the Peter Maffay...) falls sie verhindern wolle dass ich mich schreiend darniederwerfe und mit den Fäusten auf den Boden trommele ... <br /> <br /> ... als in mir plötzlich der Verdacht erwuchs dass es vielleicht soetwas wie ein "zuviel an Fremdsprache" in meinem Leben geben könnte.<br /> <br /> Um dem entgegenzuwirken wird es im neuen Jahr immer wieder und immer öfter auch deutsche Blogeinträge geben. Nicht regelmäßig, aber wann immer mir danach ist ... <br /> <br /> Und vielleicht werde ich auch mal wieder ein deutsches Buch zur Hand nehmen. Vorschläge, anyone? Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-12-28T11:40:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/what-i-do-not-like-about-winter/ 10 Things that I do not like about winter:<br /> <br /> 1. 5°C and a light rain<br /> 2. leftover 'plätzchen' which no one wants to eat anymore<br /> 3. christmas kitsch<br /> 4. getting sick due to a failing immune system <br /> 5. getting up early because of snow-induced trafffic chaos<br /> <br /> 6. new years day<br /> 7. no fresh vegetables<br /> 8. constant fog<br /> 9. beeing asked what a vegetarian does eat at chrismas dinner<br /> 10. the cold Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-12-22T11:12:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/what-i-do-like-about-winter/ 15 Things I do like about winter<br /> <br /> 1. watching birds at the 'Futterhäusl'<br /> 2. the world becoming monocrome<br /> 3. spending christmas with my family<br /> 4. sunny, bitter cold january days<br /> 5. fresh snow<br /> <br /> 6. a hot cup of tea and the cold outside<br /> 7. baking for christmas (does not really count, because of beeing more of a autumn ocupation)<br /> 7.2. ice crystals<br /> 8. the smell of oranges and mandarines<br /> 9. having an extremely geeky new years eve party with your friends<br /> 10. snow falling<br /> <br /> 11. reading or hearing the 'Lord of the Rings' again<br /> 12. the fragrance of coniferous trees<br /> 13. my version of a christmas tree - done with natural stuff only<br /> 14. witch hazel and christmas rose<br /> 15. hot spicy indian food to keep you warm from the inside Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-12-21T11:12:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/guestarticle-by-my-boyfriend-lapptoppen/ More often than not, dropping electronic devices is a bad idea.<br /> Fortunately, my Dear got of comparatively easy and did only break the power socket on the back of her laptop.<br /> compared to all the other highly breakable components in there (hard drive, display, cooling pipes etc.) this is one of the more repairable problems.<br /> So, let's roll, this should be easy. One just opens the case and repairs the broken part. Haven't touched the soldering iron in a while anyway, could even be fun. - Oh ok, opening a laptop is not quite as simple? No matter. One just removes all the little screws, then one opens the c.... oh ok, turns out there are n+1 little screws (n being the number of screws you've found so far) holding the case together. Then one removes another m*2(n'+1)+n" screws (m being the number of removable casing panels which are held on by an even number of n' screws and hide n" more srews. n', and n"analogous to n) aaaaand generally fiddles and jiggles for an hour or so, memorising cable routings and building a little forest of screws and heaping piles of components until one can finally see the dc jack.<br /> I wonder - do all laptops have fractal insides?<br /> Oh, so the dc jack is completely buggered and needs to be replaced? no problem. Ah, so it turns out all ones electronic supplies got misplaced by 180km while moving flats? no problem. Let's make yet another foray into the realm of makeshift repairs and hackjobs under it's supreme ruler Angus MacGyver I. (don't forget to pick up your ballpen and chewing gum at the tourist office)!<br /> Fortunately, at this point my brain started routing in emergency supplies of common sense before I started joyously ripping apart innocent household electronics and stationery supplies for spare parts...<br /> Turns out the broken socket is a pretty common part used in dozens of laptops and you can buy it on ebay. admittedly this is a boring solution, but at least the guy selling these parts is from the netherlands so his username sounds appropriate for the whole enterprise (see above). Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-11-23T20:00:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/itve-been-dreading-this-for-a-long-time/ ... and now I’ve done it. Dropped my laptop.<br /> Not very deep, but deep enough to break some sort of power socket.<br /> It needs a doctor now.<br /> <br /> Luckily I have a boyfriend who knows his way around a soldering (what an ugly word) iron and a circuit board.<br /> <br /> With a bizarre mixture of disgruntlement and glee he sprang into action and dissected the poor machine.<br /> Took him about two episodes of DS9.<br /> <br /> Now our living room feels like an operating room.<br /> Everything is <cite>DO NOT TOUCH</cite><br /> Theres a whole forest of screws, plastic components, motherboard, CD-drive, more screws on the book shelf ...<br /> And <cite>DO NOT TOUCH<br /> WHATEVER YOU DO <br /> - DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING</cite><br /> <br /> So, what am I doing when not spending the evenings crouching before the internet and it’s november outside?<br /> <br /> <br /> Yes, standing in the kitchen, baking.<br /> <br /> Looking forward to saying hello to my data sometime soon. Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-11-18T19:57:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/197330726/ A couple of weeks ago I took part in a small exhibition near my partents hometown.<br /> <br /> It really was a very minor thing happening, nothing big.<br /> <br /> But as it was my first venture into the wide world of art shows and showing of your art, it was all very exiting and new to me.<br /> I didn’t like all the tam-tam, fishing for compliments and ego boosting, but I have to say it felt oddly thrilling to see some of my pictures (I submitted four, they managed to show two of them) shown openly in public, hear people talking about them and reading descriptions fo them in the local newspaper.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff352/dieroteiris/Homepage/Galerie%202/Glockenblumengeschwurbel.jpg" alt="geschwurbel" height="300" /><br /> This is one of the drawings they didn’t show.<br /> <br /> <br /> I was something like a "Bunte Kuh" there with my chestnut girdle, snail shell neclace, ringed stockings and my paintings of animated nature amidst all the watercolours and copies of modern art styles. <br /> <br /> In some way it was very nice, especially as I did not WIN the audience award, but got a special reference for getting the second place ... or somthing like that.<br /> <br /> Also - and I don’t normally indulge myself in self-praise - the paintings really do look great with a <strike>proper</strike> passe-partout and a frame around them. Sadly I dont’t have any pictures to show you ... <br /> Memo to self: MAKE PICTURES OF YOUR PICTURES<br /> <br /> A thousand thanks to my dad who is something like a hobby-carpender and did all the frames for me.<br /> Also a thousand thanks for the entity that took over my body that morning I cut the passe-partouts. I’m a very impatient person and doing these passe-partouts really was challenge for me. Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-11-11T19:30:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/we-have-a-winner/ I’m glad I don’t have to keep the Lovecraft. It frightens the other books.<br /> <br /> As I am sitting here, typing, it’s friday evening.<br /> As you are sitting werever-you-are, reading, its afternoon (or maybe not).<br /> <br /> If all has gone well the book changed it’s owner by sunday morning. <br /> Confusing? No, why?<br /> <br /> Have fun, dear BeRúThiel. Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-11-05T12:40:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/its-that-time-of-the-year-again/ <img src="http://winnipegpublibrary.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/all-hallows-read.jpg" alt="read" width="200" /><br /> <br /> This is an <strike>old</strike> halloween tradition reaching back ’till 2010 when it was invented by one of my all-time-favorites Neil Gaiman.<br /> <br /> Maybe you have never heard of this thing ... best to let neilhimself to the explaining:<br /> <br /> <object width="400" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1tYtLeWN5NQ?version=3&hl=de_DE&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1tYtLeWN5NQ?version=3&hl=de_DE&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /> <br /> So this Halloween I will give the first person to say "pretty please" a scary book from my bookshelf.<br /> No, you don’t get to choose which one, that’s part of the scary.<br /> It will be a book that I have not read. - I’ve read other things by this author and I intend to read something from him sometime in the future. It will be a german translation - and no, thats NOT the scary part.<br /> <br /> Maybe there will be candy to. But it will be hidden in a book because a book is like candy for the mind.<br /> <br /> So, please comment if you want <strike>candy</strike> a new book.<br /> <br /> Are you giving any books?<br /> Which books do you give?<br /> Which books would you want to get? Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-10-22T14:34:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/we-call-this-goldener-oktober/ Have you looked at the forests lately?<br /> Beautiful! All these colours, cascading from yellow to red, with the occasional green in between.<br /> <br /> It’s soooo .... ! I could sit and look outside for hours!<br /> Actually ... I did that a lot during the last days.<br /> Sitting in the Ice-train, listening to some Tori Amos song, looking outside, gazing at the landscape...<br /> <br /> I crossed the 'Schwäbische Alb' a couple of times last week, and every time I was absolutely stunned by spectacle outside. This is what we, here in Germany, call <strike>Indian Sum</strike> 'Goldener Oktober'.<br /> <br /> I just can’t understand why most people are more interested in what happens on their mobiles than in what happens in the world... Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-10-17T19:10:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/142785967/ 10 Things I do not like about autumn:<br /> <br /> 1. Beeing constantly cold<br /> 2. That the birds are going<br /> 3. two weeks of overcast sky in november<br /> 4. waking up when in the dark - coming home in the dark<br /> 5. 5°C and light rain<br /> <br /> 6. Halloween<br /> 7. Having wet shoes and wet trouser legs<br /> 8. cabbage<br /> 9. All Hallows’ Day<br /> 10. brown, dead, wet heaps of leaves Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-09-25T10:03:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/what-i-love-about-autumn/ 20 Things I do like about autumn:<br /> <br /> 1. Pumpkins and everything you make from them <br /> 2. It’s not so awfully hot anymore<br /> 3. You can wear more than one layer of clothing<br /> 4. Hot tea and a good book<br /> 5. The smell of mushrooms<br /> <br /> 6. The warm, golden light of autumn afternoons<br /> 7. Apples and apple tart (and apple strudel)<br /> 8. Autumn leaves<br /> 9. Cold mornings and warm afternoons<br /> 10. Gossamer strands covered with dew<br /> <br /> 11. Rosehip bushes<br /> 12. Taking a walk in the woods<br /> 13. Chestnuts of course!<br /> 14. Fog in the valley<br /> 15. The sound a heap of dry leaves makes when you walk through it<br /> <br /> 16. Indian summer<br /> 17. black crows and an overcast sky<br /> 18. Wearing ringed stockings and boots <br /> 19. Blackberries<br /> 20. ... and squirrels! Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-09-24T14:20:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/autumn/ <img src="http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff352/dieroteiris/Homepage/Galerie%203/Herbstbltter2.jpg" alt="autumn leaves" width="300" /><br /> <br /> <br /> As of today it is now officially autumn.<br /> The season I love the most. <br /> A lot of my drawings are inspiered by autumn colours, lights and plants. Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-09-23T13:14:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/cheers-bilbo/ O! What are you doing,<br /> And where are you going?<br /> Your ponies need shoeing!<br /> The river is flowing!<br /> O! tra-la-la-lally<br /> here down in the valley!<br /> <br /> O! What are you seeking,<br /> And where are you making?<br /> The faggots are reeking,<br /> The bannocks are baking!<br /> O! tril-lil-lil-lolly<br /> the valley is jolly,<br /> ha! ha!<br /> <br /> O! Where are you going<br /> With beards all a-wagging?<br /> No knowing, no knowing<br /> What brings Mister Baggins,<br /> And Balin and Dwalin<br /> down into the valley<br /> in June<br /> ha! ha!<br /> <br /> O! Will you be staying,<br /> Or will you be flying?<br /> Your ponies are straying!<br /> The daylight is dying!<br /> <br /> To fly would be folly,<br /> To stay would be jolly<br /> And listen and hark<br /> Till the end of the dark<br /> to our tune<br /> ha! ha!<br /> <br /> (from 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien) Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-09-22T06:01:00Z http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/stories/click-and-drag/ Sorry to bother you with this sort of trifle, but I want to share todays xkcd-comic with you. <br /> Providing you don’t know him alreaddy.<br /> <br /> It’s huge! <a href="http://xkcd.com/1110/">Bring time! Plenty of time!</a> Die Rote IRis miscellaneous Copyright © 2012 Die Rote IRis 2012-09-19T18:39:00Z Search this site: q http://dieroteiris.twoday.net/search