The thought of closing my blog-shop has been hovering around my head for a while and I even had an idea of merging my blog with the photoblog - but the latter turned out to be a not-so-great idea. Using it from version 1.5 (current version 2.2), I have learnt lots & lots of [...]

From my recent ramblings in this part of the e-world, I can convince myself (and hopefully you too) that I had a pretty productive/fruitful trip to Germany - mainly for work (workshop, Blue Gene/L) and needless to say, some extra-curricular activities (Cathedral & Brewing Houses in Cologne, Historic Jülich Citadel and Brown Coal Mining near [...]

Accomplishing the real reason for visiting NIC/CBB at Jülich meant that I have a full Saturday to roam around and see/do things that have been on my wishlist. Thanks to all the walking I got to do in town as well as between train station and the research center has added pleasure of walking to [...]

Well, some of you have been regular readers (and commentors) for my ramblings in this part of the e-world and such of those have known that I have been in Europe - Jülich, Germany - to be precise. However, while chatting with few of my friends, I noticed an incoherent idea as to why yours-truly [...]

As I mentioned in the previous post, I headed towards Cologne (Köln) with most of the fellow workshop participants. Much of the traffic signs as well as other things along the way were kindly explained by Siegfried - which made a 50 km journey quite interesting

Towards Cologne…

Cathedral - each of these towers is [...]

The Journey
For those of you who have been quite regular at reading these posts, my trip to Germany is kinda old news. Unlike my previous attempt, weather gods in UP (Michigan’s Upper Peninsular) were more than kind and none of the flights had any technical difficulty (FYI - technical difficulty does not necessarily/always mean technological [...]