Der Bioinformatiker

Elke and I went to see the Ars Electronica Gala today. It was interesting, but not like we had expected it.

We saw some nice performances of the winners of this year’s gala. Most impressive was the performance of a group of four young (13 to 15 year old) kids from Linz. They produced (over the course of two years) a stopmotion movie with lego figures and when interviewed answered some nice things: “If you go to the cinema now, can you still enjoy the movie or do you look at the technical details now?” – “Well, that’s the lot of a filmmaker…” The whole audience was laughing

Afterwards we enjoyed the buffet where I saw Michele and Klemens from Hagenberg. Unfortunately I was too hungry to chat…

It’s snowing for the first time this winter! You can take a look at it here: H-nes’ eye. Currently it’s a bit dark, but I bet it will look great in the morning…

Elke and I went to the “Krone Stadtfest” today. It just started to rain, so we headed home and are now drinking tea (later some red wine, perhaps) and having a nice relaxed evening…

Above you can see the Hauptplatz during the Waterloo & Robinson concert. I think it is Mr. Waterloo on the big videowall, mere seconds before he stripped off his shirt and jumped across the stage while singing “Heya-Haya” or some crap like that. We fled to the stage in the Kunstuni and listened to Gerold Rudle talking about diving (he is a diver himself!) and tandem-jumping out of small airplanes.

I don’t think we will go to the city again for Village People.

If you’re interested you can see some pics of yesterday’s housewarming party here.