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Wilkommen Päckchen, originally uploaded by Fighting Tiger.

Over the next 6 weeks there’s a whole lot of visitors coming to see me in Berlin. I figured I’d make them little welcome/survival kits of German things.

Sauerkraut does not …

Laptop Stand Army, originally uploaded by Fighting Tiger.

I’ve got used to using a handmade laptop stand back in Berlin. While I’m visiting Linz, I missed the enhanced ergonomic experience that comes with recycled cardboard. So I figured …

I volunteered at Transmediale the other week and one of my responsibilities was guiding participants on and off the stage during The Long Conversation.  It was a cruisy job and so in-between reminding the conversationalists to look at the …

When speaking German, one will ‘make’ a pause when taking a break from something. For example in university a teacher might say “Sollen wir eine Pause machen?” before sending students out for a 10 minute coffee and cigarette break.

Let’s …

And just like that, summer is officially over!

I guess it must have happened while I was walking home last night with Jocelyn.

There’s still blue sky over Berlin, and hopefully it remains (long sleeve) tshirt weather for a …

Homework from battlecat on Vimeo.

In a shout-out to both Stubby and Pete I do some video blog homework.…

In 2007, my friend Jess and I would meet up almost every Tuesday evening to drink wine and eat tapas.

Our favourite venue was the Richmond Hotel on Rundle St. There was a hot bartender with amazing hands, but I …