Back in Germany

I definitely left Chile the 31st of October and I am back in Garching since last saturday the 5th and back at work since monday the 7th.

Now that I am back in Garching it is time to set up the system to flight.

My old PC is really too old... it was already very old and slow a couple of years ago but now I found almost impossible to work with it. It is a P4 Fujitzu Siemens and I have to say that it never stopped working. The only failure in so many years has been an hard disk! I am now evaluating if it is the case to use the PC for some background not expansive task or to definitely retires it.

After a survey in the internet and in the shops in Munich, I bought a new machine from csl-computer. It has the components that I would have chosen by myself. In short: Intel Core i7 3.4Mhz, 16Gb RAM, 2Tb HD, NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 550 Ti with 4096 MB, Motherboard ASUS P8H67 Pro, USB 3.0,...

I am a little bit concerned about the graphic card. In principle it is a good one with its 4Gb RAM but I need to see it in action with the flight simulator. However, in my opinion, the graphic card is the only one component that is worst to upgrade in a couple of years to increase the performance of the whole machine. After it is usually better to change the computer itself. 

The network is also on the way. I choose a DSL with 6.000 kbit/s. It was enough in the past so it will hopefully be now again.

Knowing germany, I will probably have the PC and the network during this week or the first days of next week. 

Back to Europe

At the end of October I will come back to Europe after a wonderful period I spent in Chile.

Chile is a wonderful place that I suggest everybody to visit. The country offers a lot of special places for hiking, exploring, walking and whatever you like. The climate ranges from the cold south and its glaciers to the warm and dry desert of the northern part.

Talking about Chile is not in the scope of this blog of course but if you're curious take a look to some of the pictures I took in this 2 years looking at my albums.

From a personal point of view the time I spent here is invaluable. The experiences I did working at the observatory, the places I visited and especially the persons I meet here will be part of my life forever.