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Two years in Tasmania

Two years ago in early February I arrived in Tasmania. I had been planning to stay for a couple of weeks and now I am starting into my third year, so far with no plans for leaving. A lot has happend during the last year, exciting things, disappointing things, adventures and travels. Here’s a short …

My new website

Some time ago I mentioned I was working on a portfolio website. As a developer it’s good to have a portfolio site where you can show what you’ve worked on and what you’re capable of. And I also wanted to have a place where I can blog about tech stuff, since as a developer you …

The second winter in Tasmania

There’s not much activity here at the moment. It’s winter in Tasmania and I don’t feel like doing a lot of outdoor activities while it’s cold out there. I’m a summer guy and at the moment I’m simply focusing on working and see how things develop.
Since I joined Ionata in February I’m having a lot …

About retrospection, fubar companies and flash-hiking

There’s quite a lot to tell. The last few weeks were probably the most crazy ones I had since I based myself here. Hopefully you don’t mind that I put this all into one big post.

Visa application lodged!

Wow, after more than six months of preparations, I finally lodged my visa application today. Incredible how much work was necessary to get to this point, I can understand everyone who simply hires a migration agent to do all the work. When I started to think about applying for a new visa in Australia I …

Breakfast in Salamanca

I love to have breakfast in Salamanca, a lovely part of Hobart famous for it’s weekly market, art galleries and lots of nice restaurants and cafes. I especially like the banana bread at ZUM’s at Salamanca Place.
Usually I can’t really afford to have breakfast at a top class restaurant before I go to work, …

Change is coming

Not only to the United States, to this website as well! Since August I’ve been working on a complete rework of this blog and a launch this weekend seems possible. I made huge progress in the last 3 weeks and the changes will be massive. You can look forward to a new design and new …

If you can read this...

…then my DSL connection is working. On Monday I signed up, on Friday it’s working. Only 4 days!!! Deutsche Telekom you can k*** m* a**. When my mum signed up for a DSL connection back in Germany about 1 year ago, it took 2 months (!!) to process the application and to get it running, …

My own apartment

Hi, this is the first post from my iPhone. I’m sitting in the kitchen of Central City Backpackers in Hobart and just finished with dinner. That’s right, I’m still staying at a hostel, unfortunately.
However I found a beautiful apartment in the CBD of Hobart, only two minutes walk from my office. Yesterday I signed the …

Finally: iPhone arrived

Yesterday I finally got my long-awaited iPhone. And it’s a contract phone, goodbye pre-paid! After providing a pile of ID’s and bankaccount statements they let me sign up for a 2-year contract. I didn’t need to pay any upfront cost and only pay around 40 Euro per month, which gives me 1 GB of data and more …