Planet Japan

I arrived in Tokyo last week but due to the sensory overload this city imposes on the brain, particularly on a geek’s brain, I needed some time to contemplate (read: process) my impressions before writing anything about it.

Let me start by saying that I feel utterly stupid, by now, for not having visited Japan earlier. My aunt is Japanese; through her I got to watch “Nauscaä of the Valley of the Wind” (in Japanese, w/o subtitles), when I was 11 years old, in 1985, the year after the movie came out. The images never left my head and I believe they were part of the reason I ended up pursuing a career in film.

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Published on 28. of September 2008 18:21.
Filed under: Moritz’ Life & Work Tags: , , ,

3Delight Gentoo ebuild

I finally got around to submit the 3Delight ebuild that has been literally rotting on my harddrive for the last three years.

It contains init scripts for the license server for both sysinit and init-ng.

Give it a whirl and provide feedback, if you’re a Gentoo user.

Published on 6. of May 2008 2:10.
Filed under: Computer Graphics, RenderMan

Spaghetti Bolognese — There is no such Thing

“Spaghetti Bolognese” doesn’t exist. Some people would call it a ‘Britalian’ dish, a dish of Italian origin that has been adapted to the tastes of English people and thus renamed. However, it can be found in e.g. Germany and many other northern European countries like Sweden or Denmark as well. Calling it ‘Britalian’ could rightfully be considered unfair.

The only country where it curiously can’t be found is Italy. If you manage to spot it on a menu there, chances are you found a non-Italian restaurant (in defiance of any claims to the opposite this restaurant might make).

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Published on 27. of March 2008 18:29.
Filed under: Food