The Times Higher Education Ranking 2008 has been published and could not help noticing that Germany and Netherlands have both 11 universities in the top 200. That is 57% of the Dutch Universities and only 2% of the German Universities. Sometimes quality beats quantity. The Germany magazine “Der Spiegel” summarizes Germany’s disappointment over this result, since the government had recently pored 1.900.000.000 Euro into the “Elite” universities.
Category: Culture
Karaoke on Mac OS X
Our research group is soon leaving to its annual strategy week and it was my task (again) to organize the Karaoke session. I would like to share my experiences with setting up a Mac as a Karaoke jukebox. Continue reading “Karaoke on Mac OS X”
What the egg?
Scientific presentations are rarely entertaining. This year at CHI, a presenter used film clips from Rocky to introduce the topic of physical interfaces. That was pretty funny, but not as funny as the following video from the 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) humor session showing Doug Zongker:
Drunken Lemers
This Dilbert Episode made me laugh real hard.
My QuickTime VR Panoramas From Around The World
QuickTime VR is a photorealistic cross-platform virtual reality technology that makes it possible to explore places and objects as if you were really there. At the intersection of commercial photography and new media technology, QuickTime VR moves the photographic image from the flat, 2D world into a more immersive experience, complete with 3D imagery and interactive components. Below you find the summary of my QTVR projects. Many people have created tutorials, guides and overviews about QTVR. Please check out my link section for helpful addresses. Continue reading “My QuickTime VR Panoramas From Around The World”