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Ze Germans - In die Mongolei und Zurück

lorigros — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:10:00 GMT

Martin Saternus hat so viel Spaß mit unserem englischen Gespräch über Mongol Rally, dass er unbedingt ein zweites Mal befragt werden wollte - aber das zweite Mal auf Deutsch. Ok, vielleicht habe ich ihn gezwungen. ;-) Aber es hat einfach Spaß gemacht, mit Richard und Martin darüber zu reden. Ich glaube es war immer mein Traum sowas ähnliches zu machen. Mal gucken, ob ich es je schaffe.

Hier ist das deutsche Interview mit Martin über Mongol Rally 2007, die Highlights und sein Lieblings-Fotos. Mehr Info und Highlights von der Abendteuer und der Reise, findet Ihr auf ihrem Blog:

http://www.mongolrally.de/

Geeks in a Crap Car - Mongol Rally -> Photos & More

lorigros — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:25:00 GMT

Last year in May I spoke with Martin Saternus at the STC in Duisburg about the Mongol Rally and he showed me the car that he and Richard Süselbeck would be driving from London to Ulan Bator. Martin was at the STC to raise money for two charities, so they would be able to participate in the rally. Students were given the opportunity to donate a little money to help the team out and in return they were able to sign their names on the rally car.

I traveled back to Duisburg late last year to get the scoop from Martin about the adventure and to find out if the car and signatures made it to Ulan Bator. Martin filled me in on his highlights from the trip and showed me some of his souvenirs and favorite photos from the trip.

Check out their blog for more highlights from the trip:

http://www.mongolrally.de/

Geeks in a Crap Car - Mongol Rally -> They made it!

lorigros — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:10:00 GMT

Whatever happened to those two German PhD Computer Science students that took part in the Mongol Rally 2007?! Just as a reminder, the Mongol Rally is a charity event where participants drive from London to Ulan Bator in Mongolia in a crap car without a GPS or a navigation system. Well...

They made it! And in one piece!

Late last year I visited with both Martin Saternus and Richard Süselbeck to find out how the Mongol Rally 2007 went. In this video, I chat with Richard about their experience during the trip, how much money they were able to donate to charities and of course their plans for the future.

Check out their blog for more highlights from the trip:

http://www.mongolrally.de/

NOTE: Why is this video coming so late, you may ask? Well, some of you may remember that I had a small audio problem with some of my videos around the November and December timeframe. Ok, if you have watched some of my videos from Innovation Day in Brussels then you know that it was more than a small problem. Let’s just say that whole thing was a learning experience. Somebody changed the audio settings on the camera from auto to manual and I didn’t notice that the setting had been changed. I didn’t check it and just used the camera. Grrrrr. :-( At any rate, I had to do some extra editing on many of my videos to make them more audible. This Mongol Rally video - as well as two others that I will be posting soon - turned out well, but it just took some extra time to get them edited. By the time I was done with the editing, it was CeBIT time and I had tons of videos to shoot, edit and upload there and for a couple of weeks after. These videos unfortunately got pushed to the back of the line. I debated whether or not I should still post them but decided even though they aren't that up-to-date anymore, they are still worth a view. For any of you that love a good travel story or wonder what it would be like to travel from London to Mongolia in a less than perfect car and under adventurous circumstances, check these videos out and consider signing yourself up for Mongol Rally 2008 or 2009!

The Geek Stories: What is Your Geek Story II

nhodge — Thu, 24 May 2007 01:39:00 GMT

In a continuing effort to discover Australia's Geek Stories, I attended a Microsoft Sharepoint conference at the invitation of Angus Logan. Many geeks, many geek stories.

Sharepoint is software that is loaded onto a server that provides document management, information sharing, wikis, blogs and other things that are beyond my understanding.

As an experiment, I used Microsoft Silverlight and Expression Media Encoder, and published the result on my personal blog. The hidden gem of Silverlight the Silverlight streaming service.