I now think I have to move to Sweden. Given how fast these kind of plans change for me, I might think differently soon. Still, a neither necessarily complete nor ordered list of reasons why: Sweden is a member of the European which means that I do not need to worry about work permits or [...]

I do understand the British need for safety after the bombings of the London tube. We all want to live safely and what happened in London is probably hard to imagine for somebody that has not lived through it. However, there is one thing we must not forget: if you are giving up your liberties [...]

A new Wired News story I just read reminds me of the perils of flying in the US. A particularly dangerous “feature” is the so-called no-fly list. This is a list of names who are considered so dangereous that they are not allowed to board an airplane but not dangerous enough to immediately arrest them. [...]

Morning Silhouette by magnusvk. After convincing my significant other that a hiking trip actually is a good way to spend two days of her precious vacation time in Mexico we got on our ways to Cerro del Potosí — Nuevo León’s highest peak — with Tec de Monterrey’s Club de Montañismo. That, however, I did [...]

I seem to be fighting bureaucracy on two fronts: get my visa registered in Mexico and get my voter registration cleared up in Germany. Both fronts hold some surprises. Mexican bureaucracy is absolutely crazy — I never thought it would be so hard. Just to register your visa — I have to stress this again: [...]