Tobis Blog

Actually, this week are holidays but my mum decided that we should go to Metzingen, an outlet-city about an one-hour drive away. Well, I wasn’t that amused of course not only because shopping is not quite my hobby number one. On the shopping list there was a suit for me for the wedding of my cousin and 2 jeans of my favourite fashion label – No, because they match!! All in all I would have needed about one and a half hours to find all the items – if my mum… you know. The day’s highlight was a meetup with Michi. We are chating (IM) without an end but we meet extremely seldom, which we will change now. The day wasn’t that wasted as I expected before because – shopping with Michi is not quite as funny as building stuff

That is a 60ies-style echo. It records the signal on an endless tape and plays it right after recording. The distance between the two (record and play) heads determins the delay. We saw this echo when Don and I did our local instrument-shop checkup. We visited one of our favourite shops, Sound Circus, where we met a former top-guitarist, who showed uns this rarity. It was a really cool and funny meeting. Well, this echo squeaks and will, maybe, fall apart in the near future, but it sounds – despite some noise – incredibly well 😉

The first day after the final exams… and the first thing which awaited me in the morning was – a not-working internet! Shock. What must be mentioned, is that the Deutsche Telekom AG (DTAG) is normally not known for its good support. Normally I have to tell them that I know what a Computer is, that I also know when my Router is online or – not AND that I have configured my computer correctly. After I have skipped all these Questions, which normally requires about 5 minutes, I can normally talk them into checking their system. Well, I called them and as usual, there was a computer talking to me. As a matter of fact, this computer understood me perfectly. The first very strange thing. After I reached someone, I told them the problem. Well, instead of searching the

Jippie, I have finished the final – written – exams of the german abitur. As a matter of fact I will soon finish school and can now concentrate on the most importat thing in life: Electronics (and something you don’t have to care about…) Live long and prosper. ;D