Parov Stelar and Band Live in Linz
Yesterday, [Frank](http://www.stohl.de), [Frank Martin](http://twitter.com/MrEisele) and myself went to Linz, Austria to see [Parov Stelar and Band](http://www.parovstelar.com) live.
After checking in [Hotel Lokomotive](http://www.hotel-lokomotive.at/) and having some [Wiener Schnitzel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Schnitzel)s we took the cab to the [Posthof](http://www.posthof.at/).
First, a band called [Da Cruz](http://www.dacruzmusic.com/) played some nice electro acoustic brazilian music. I now am the proud owner of their CD *Nova Estação*. I really like it.
[Manufactur](http://www.manufactur.ch/) was the second band for that evening. Also very good. Listen to their music on their [website](http://www.manufactur.ch/) to get a taste of their music.
Then we got what we came for: [Parov Stelar and Band](http://www.myspace.com/parovstelarband). Oh my god! Let me say it this way: If you have a list with things you absolutely have to do before you die, going to a gig of Parov and his band should definitely be on that list!
Unfortunately, the show had to come to an end sometime but it was totally worth the long trip to Linz.
But... we also got the chance to get to know Parov and his band members in person in the backstage area. They're not only great musicians but also very nice and funny people. Thanks for that awesome night!
To get an impression of that night you should watch these two ([1](http://etagenoir.com/videos/parovstelarbandlive.php),[2](http://etagenoir.com/band/)) videos and have a look at [my flickr set](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrtentacle/sets/72157616037154438/).
Compiling CuPP on Mac OS X
[CuPP](http://www.plm.eecs.uni-kassel.de/CuPP/) is a C++ framework to easily integrate [CUDA](http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home.html) into existing C++ applications.
Unfortunately, CuPP doesn't compile on Mac OS X right out of the box. [Here is a patch](http://www.stiefels.net/~sst/files/cupp-macosx.patch) which modifies the CMakeLists.txt files of the project so that it can be compiled on OS X.
Nice Augmented Reality Demo
[General Electric](http://www.ge.com) put out a nice [website](http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality) with an impressive [augmented reality](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality) demonstration.
The fun part is that you can play around with it yourself - on your computer, within your web browser!
Here is how it works: First, you print out one sheet of paper with a symbol on it. You then start GE's little Flash application which uses your webcam. All this application does so far is to display your picture in the browser. But if you hold that sheet of paper to the webcam the symbol opens and a nice small 3D animated landscape comes out of your paper. You can change the view by changing the perspective to the paper you're holding in your hands.
[Try it out!](http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality) It's awesome!
Warning: Flash 10 is required.
First Bike Tour 2009
Last weekend we had a beautiful weather in south Germany. A good time to jump on the bike and do a small tour around the area for the first time in 2009.
The first destination was Dettingen where I picked up [Kangaroo](http://blog.kangaroo.cmo.de). He was on his way to [Stuttgart](http://gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=pszjqrkkxcetyica) so I decided to join him until Bempflingen (see evidence photo) where we split up and I headed back home.
The way back was kind of exhausting because the road is constantly going uphill but it was a nice trip and I can't wait until the snow is gone (yes, we have snow... again).
Find [more track details](http://gpsies.com/mapOnly.do?fileId=lxsawimkplamdjom) at [gpsies.com](http://gpsies.com).
