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April 27, 2011
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It’s a slow day in Blogistan
By Patrick in EnglishHere’s the deal: I had this grand idea to publish here on a regular basis interesting little tidbits about climate change, water resources, sustainability, and more. Turns out I am not a natural born blogger — I just have way too many other things going on in my life to post daily or even weekly. [...]
April 26, 2011
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Amazing Carbon Dioxide Animation
By Patrick in EnglishMy friend Andy Jacobson, who works at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, CO, has put together an amazing animation of the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide since the beginning of the industrial revolution.
Tags: carbon, climate, klima, kohlenstoff, naturwissenschaften, science
September 8, 2008
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Thirst
By Patrick in EnglishProviding an ever-growing world population with safe and reliable drinking water supplies is the challenge of the century. Want to learn more? Have a look the this award-winning presentation.
Tags: climate, klima, nachhaltigkeit, sustainability, wasser, water
September 8, 2008
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Termites to the Rescue
By Patrick in EnglishLisa Margonelli over at the Atlantic has a very in-depth article on termites, cellulosic ethanol and low-carbon energy supplies. Will termites solve the climate crisis? I don’t know, but it sure is a fascinating topic!
Here’s an excerpt from the article “Gut Reactions”:
Tags: biofuel, biokraftsoff, carbon, climate, ethanol, forschung, klima, kohlenstoff, nachhaltigkeit, naturwissenschaften, research, science, sustainability
August 26, 2008
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Exploring the Abyss
By Patrick in EnglishThe New York Times‘ Science Section features an interesting article today on the development of a new submersible for exploring deep ocean ecosystems.
“The new vehicle is to replace Alvin, which was the first submersible to illuminate the rusting hulk of the Titanic and the first to carry scientists down to discover the bizarre ecosystems of tube worms and other strange creatures that thrive in icy darkness.”
Tags: alvin, forschung, naturwissenschaften, oceanography, ozeanographie, research, science
August 23, 2008
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Our Beautiful Planet
By Patrick in EnglishSatellites help us appreciate the beauty of our planet. But they also help solve many of today’s most pressing scientific issues. Have a look at this collection of amazing images over at NASA.
Tags: forschung, naturwissenschaften, oceanography, ozeanographie, research, satellit, satellite, science, seawifs
August 18, 2008
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Die Elite-Universität im Kopf
By Patrick in GermanIm Winter 2003/2004 war in Deutschland die Debatte für oder gegen die sogenannte Elite-Uni und für oder gegen Studiengebühren voll im Gange. Ich selbst hatte gerade mein erstes Semester als Doktorand an der Princeton Universität – ein gutes Beispiel für eine sogenannte amerikanische Elite-Uni – hinter mich gebracht. Vor diesem Hintergrund ging mir die, wie mir erschien, typisch deutsche Diskussion um Eliteförderung so richtig gegen den Strich. Um meinem Unmut Luft zu verschaffen, schrieb ich einen kurzen Artikel und schickte ihn zur Veröffentlichung an Die Zeit. Leider wurde der Artikel abgelehnt, aber er ist nach wie vor äußerst relevant, und nun veröffentliche ich meine Gedanken eben hier.
Tags: bildung, education, forschung, meinung, opinion, politics, politik, research
August 17, 2008
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Firmengründung im Jahr 2008?
By Patrick in GermanIm Sommer 2002 interviewte mich Spiegel Online für eine Serie zum Thema Stipendien in Deutschland. Zum damaligen Zeitpunkt war der Plan, im Jahr 2008 unsere eigene Firma zu gründen — wir hatten sogar eine Homepage. Aus der Firmengründung wurde dann doch (noch?) nichts, aber der Artikel ist eine nette Erinnerung an den Optimismus der frühen Jahre.
Tags: fellowship, interview, leben, life, stipendium, studienstiftung
August 17, 2008
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The Story of Stuff
By Patrick in EnglishThe Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.
Tags: nachhaltigkeit, resources, ressourcen, sustainability
August 7, 2007
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My First Scientific Publication
By Patrick in EnglishAfter a few years of struggling with slightly (?) unorganized editors at “Ecological Modelling”, my first paper is finally in press. The article that I co-wrote with my Master’s advisor Noel Urban is a modeling study of bacterial dynamics in lake sediments.
Tags: engineer, ingenieur, naturwissenschaften, science, wasser, water
August 8, 2006
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Colored directory listings on Mac OS X
By Patrick in EnglishUpdate: I am reposting these instructions from my retired other blog, www.darnteuton.com, since others are linking to the post and I am noticing tons of hits in my log files. When first setting this up, I was using Mac OS 10.3 and it worked like a charm. Now I am running Mac OS 10.5.4 and it still works great. So enjoy!
January 19, 2006
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GTD and Thunderbird
By Patrick in EnglishUPDATE: This entry is a re-post from my currently retired other blog darnteuton.com. In January 2006, I was actually using Thunderbird instead of Apple Mail, but times have changed. By now my Getting Things Done setup is firmly in the capable hands of the wonderful application Things, which interacts quite smoothly with Apple Mail on Mac OS X Leopard. Nonetheless, for those still seeking GTD-bliss with Thunderbird, see below for my old implementation (I can’t guarantee it works with newer versions of Thunderbird, but feel free to try and let me know in the comments).
