Wölfischhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/2012-04-04T23:03:00+00:00Jörg's BlogMy flat isn't that large...2012-04-04T23:03:00+00:00o'wolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/author/owolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/my-flat-isnt-that-large<p>...but how do I always end up searching for hours and hours?</p><p>I just bought a new battery for my Sansa MP3 player, but where the heck is the USB cable to charge it? Hours later and I still haven't found the pouch it is in. I just ordered a new cable and hope to find the original one as soon as I've got the replacement.</p><p>Also, I need to bring my bicycle to the shop tomorrow, the shifter cable is stuck and I absolutely don't have the time to fix it myself.</p>Weekend :-)2009-11-30T21:41:00+00:00o'wolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/author/owolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/weekend-<p>Many thanks to <a href="http://users.livejournal.com/lynard_/">Lynard</a> and <a href="http://users.livejournal.com/tanidareal/">TaniDaReal</a> for inviting everyone to their birthday party. I had a blast!</p><p>Unfortunately, I lost my glasses. While I can see without them, I'm required to wear them while driving. And I didn't find the old (spare) glasses. Fortunately, <a href="http://users.livejournal.com/eisfuchs/">Eisfuchs</a> drove us home on Sunday. Would be a major PITA if I have to buy new ones, did anyone find them?</p>Heating fixed, at last.2008-11-12T07:49:00+00:00o'wolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/author/owolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/heating-fixed-at-last<p>The plumber just fixed the the heater. The pump was broken (mysteriously directly after the yearly maintenance) and it had to be replaced. It'll take an hour or so to get warm and cosy in here again, though.</p>Home office today2008-10-10T22:02:00+00:00o'wolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/author/owolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/home-office-today<p>We've been suffering a <a href="http://news.opensuse.org/2008/10/10/power-outage-in-area-where-most-opensuse-servers-are-located/">total power outage</a> today. Fortunately, the vital parts of our infrastructure are located elsewhere and built with redundancy, thus I was able to work from home. But this incident shows that redundancy doesn't mean that one's completely safe. We have two independent power lines at that building, apparently both broke.</p><p>And to the smart-asses who suggest purchasing a huge generator (and it has to be really huge): the building is just north of old town Nuremberg, in a tightly packed area with offices and homes. There is no way we could run a generator for hours there. It probably won't help, either. We were hooked up to a generator at the old building in 2001, but it was causing frequent power losses instead of preventing them.</p><p><strong>Update 2008-10-11 09:15:</strong> the power is back.</p>I had to take the tram today...2007-10-23T18:37:00+00:00o'wolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/author/owolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/i-had-to-take-the-tram-today<p>...as the back wheel of my bicycle was flat again. The valve of the new tube wasn't fitted correctly and leaks quite an amount of air. Luckily, I had a spare tube. I hope this one will last longer than just a fews days.</p>Unpopped.2007-10-12T20:54:00+00:00o'wolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/author/owolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/unpopped<p>I fixed my bicycle anyway. It was a <em>snake bite</em> kind of hole in the tube, even though the pressure was okay. Well, before the tube popped, of course. However, the tube was quite old and most of the plasticiser was gone. And three centimeters between the asphalt and the tram tracks isn't good for tyres, rims and tubes. The city should fix the street at last.</p>Pop!2007-10-12T17:25:00+00:00o'wolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/author/owolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/pop<p>I just heard a silent "pop!" and next thing I knew was that I had a flat tyre. The tube just blew up. I was already on the way to the bicycle shop, but still one mile away. Originally, all I wanted to buy were some new brake pads and look for a new front lamp. Now I have two new tubes, a new tyre, a pair of rim tapes, the brake pads, a new mount for the existing lamp, and not enough time to fit it all this weekend.</p>HRRRGRRRRRRRRRRMPF!2007-05-28T23:46:00+00:00o'wolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/author/owolfhttps://woelfisch.de/blog/hrrrgrrrrrrrrrrmpf<p>It is a great idea to lift a speed limit for a wet lane -- and have water filled lane grooves 500 meters afterwards that are so deep that I almost lost control of my car.</p><p>Also, when I arrived in Nuremberg there wasn't any free parking spot within 500 meters of my home.</p><p>And it is still raining cats and dogs.</p><p>I also didn't close the thermos flask with my coffee correctly.</p><p>And I really appreciate to come home and discover that my DSL is broken.</p><p>What a great way to start a week.</p>