Markus Gallagher's Blog

Is God good?

2011-11-20T11:04:00.001+01:00

good reads duplicate count bug

2011-07-25T08:57:00.000+02:00

gmail e-mail selection problem

2011-04-14T11:23:00.000+02:00

you are here...

2010-01-02T10:49:00.000+01:00

how important we think we are and how amazing God's creation is...

Unbelievable synchronisity...

2009-12-17T21:20:00.001+01:00

oh wow

Keine neue Kampfflugzeuge

2009-07-13T11:55:00.001+02:00

Switzerland can spend it's money for more useful things:

Grouping Insanity with SSRS

2009-06-04T16:31:00.003+02:00

Need this image for a post on in some tech forum...

Insanity

2009-01-18T10:52:00.000+01:00

Here's some pretty insane wingsuite flying:

wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.

Zorbing

2008-10-26T18:39:00.005+01:00

Went zorbing yesterday with Anja's dad (oldest Zorber ever in Interlaken), my Dad, and the newly engaged Christian Nowak (soon to be Syfrig). Here's a short video of what it's all about:
http://www.alpincenter.ch/de/adventure/zorbing.html

My Dad is retired... wow

2008-07-28T10:47:00.001+02:00

Here you see him in action in a commercial for Swissair and Tandem computers:

I'm voting republican...

2008-06-15T10:58:00.000+02:00

have fun feeding the hungry world...

2008-05-17T15:47:00.003+02:00

Here's what I call a useful game. It's:

challenging
helps feed people
you learn something

what could you want more...

check it out for yourself: free rice. Oh, and while you are add it, check out fold it. Good stuff! :)

Data Portability

2008-02-03T21:20:00.000+01:00

I am about as sick as I can get with signing in to various services, updating profiles, and filling out the same boring information a gazillion times over. I hope they can get their act together, stay out of political debates and get 'er done. Keep up the good work!

Now this is excellent stuff:
DataPortability - Connect, Control, Share, Remix from Smashcut Media on Vimeo.

What are they waiting for?

2008-01-16T21:40:00.000+01:00

It never ceases to amaze me, how little people seem to care about real issues. I guess it's just too uncomfortable to speak about pressing issues. If you are as annoyed by this as me, please sign the petition to focus serious matters and not UFOs, World Series and Pets :(

Wine Tasting on Lake Zurich

2007-11-12T13:59:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I spent some time with my Dad walking across boats docked in Zurich tasting great wine. It was great spending some quality time with my dad... and of course ordering way too much of the expensive stuff.

The event is called Expovina. If you are in Zurich in November, make sure to visit the Wine Tasting boats by the Bürkliplatz.

Incidentally, I meet with four other guys on a monthly basis for wine tasting. Does that make me an alcoholic? Probably not yet... but I better watch out that a hobby doesn't become an addiction :)

Military Service 2007

2007-11-10T14:16:00.000+01:00

I am currently wasting my time in the mandatory swiss military service in Stans. Basically, I am doing nothing... well, for the military at least. I am working on a certification (3h per day), exercising (1.5h per day), lots of reading (my private and business e-mail in boxes are empty.... what a rare situation), eating and sleeping. The fun will last another week... and then it's back 2 reality.

I just can't understand why Switzerland won't get rid of their army. they are wasting our tax money, have absolutely no assignment, and all the man years that are missed in the industry and public service are horrendous.... unbelievable, how such a farce can still exist in the 21st century. Now, more than ever, I support an organisation called GSoA (http://www.gsoa.ch/), which stands for "Organisation for a Switzerland without an Army". Maybe, just maybe, sometime in the far future ... this dream will become reality.

In the meantime, I am enjoying my weekend off...