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Karpfenteich office
Working from my Karpfenteich office today 🙂
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My Liepnitsee office
This was my office today 🙂 The weather was beautiful. I also tested out my new flippers in the lake. They’re amazeballs! Highspeed swimming with minimal effort 🙂
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My vision of 2030
A debate on Facebook with Mauritius Seegar made me offer my own opinion on the world in 2030. The debate was based on a presentation by Tony Seba in Oslo Norway, where he suggested that all vehicles (or at least most) would be electric and fully automated by 2030.
by 2030 all vehicles (cars, buses, trucks) will be electric, self-driving and ride sharing – Tony Seba 2016
My estimate, is that 20 to 80% of all cars will be electric and fully automated by 2030, but that a lot of countries will lag long behind on the implementation of automated cars, because of finances, entrenched market forces, apathy, legal issues, distrust of automated vehicles and existing fleets still being usable. I suspect some countries will totally switch over and never look back though.
Note for future me: This was based on about 5 mins of thought whilst geeking out at Herman Schulz.
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Turmwanderweg hike
I did the Turmwanderweg, a hike in Brandenburg from Bad Freienwalde to Falkenberg. Ze Germans have a strange obsession with putting big towers in the middle of nowhere, for the purpose of climbing and admiring the scenery. This hiking route traversed between six of these for us to check out on our way. We had great weather, and a nice bunch of people as always 🙂
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My der Havel office
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Facebook events alternative
I organise a lot of events (hiking, biking, skating etc) inside Facebook events. I have always used Facebook, because of course everyone on planet earth is on Facebook.
I then moved to Berlin and found out that many (most?) Berliners are petrified of Facebook. This puts me in a bind, as Facebook is excellent for handling events, notifications, location, start times, photos etc.
So I’m looking for another platform which gives me the benefits of Facebook events, but without requiring a login. Do any of you know of alternative free platforms which would suit my needs?
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My new office
This was my office for today. It was pretty awesome 🙂
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Stasi Museum
Michelle and I visited the Stasi Museum in Lichtenberg, Berlin. The museum is based in the old Stasi head offices.
This is no ordinary belt 😉 The belt clip includes a small semi-transparent window which allows a camera to be placed behind it. 
The office of Erich Mielke, head of the Stasi. 
An envelope steamer 
Key soap, used for replicating keys. 
Matt Damon was apparently a member of the Stasi before taking up acting. 
Old school Stasi microphone and listening device 
Stasi uniform and weaponry 
Get Smart would be proud. A shoe designed to hide various equipment, including listening devices. 
A Stasi paper shredder. Useful for when you are doing things you shouldn’t be doing. 
Erich Mielke’s telephone. It includes hot numbers for all of the major communist bloc places the Stasi needed to communicate with. -
Adjusting my camera
Photo of me adjusting my camera.
