Gemeinderatssitzung

Posted by Mike Haller on Wednesday, September 17. 2008 at 06:19 in Private
Heute abend ist öffentliche Gemeinderatssitzung in der Gemeinde Eriskirch. Einer der Tagesordnungspunkte (Punkt 4) ist der Bebauungsplan des geplanten Gewerbegebiet Tannesch.

Als Mitglied der Interessengemeinschaft Quo Vadis Eriskirch? werde ich heute abend dabei sein, um mehr Informationen über die Planung zu erhalten und offene Fragen zu klären. Zusätzlich hoffen wir, mit unseren kritischen Fragen einige Bedenken bei den Entscheidern zu wecken, die bisher unserer Meinung zu schnell unter den Teppich gekehrt worden sind oder gar nicht erst evaluiert wurden.

Neue Reifen

Posted by Mike Haller on Monday, September 15. 2008 at 00:09 in Private
Eigentlich hab ich ja diese Woche neue Autoreifen bestellt, weil das aktuelle Profil (bzw. eben das, was davon übrig ist) schon fast als kriminell einzustufen ist. Und nach diesem verregneten und kalten Wochenende ist mir sowieso klargeworden, dass ich bald Winterreifen/MS-Reifen brauche. Ich soll mich diese Woche telefonisch nochmal melden - bestellt sind sie wohl schon, jetzt brauch ich nur noch einen freien Termin bei der Werkstatt meines Vertrauens.

Bei der Gelegenheit könnte ich ja mal so eine Art Rund-um-Prüfung machen lassen. Wintercheck nennt man sowas wohl.

Robert Bosch acquires Innovations

Posted by Mike Haller on Monday, September 8. 2008 at 22:36 in Private
My employer Innovations has been bought by the Robert Bosch Group today. I feel a little bit disoriented right now and i think in the long run, this will be a great opportunity. That's the first time I personally witness a merge between a real-life ("hardware") company like Bosch aquiring a software-only company like Innovations.

On the one hand, i'm happy because I think that Innovations will move on and become even better with the power of Bosch in the back. This could be the birth of some really cool gadgets and technology mixes. On the other hand, it's a large corporation and I don't want to be just a "human resource", struggling against the bureaucracy of such corporations. I'm going to pray to the corporate god that this won't happen to us and we'll stay sovereign, flexible and adaptive.

I hope I don't have to program a washing machine :-)


Tannesch - Quo Vadis Eriskirch

Posted by Mike Haller on Monday, August 18. 2008 at 12:00 in Private

A few years ago in 2005, there was a citizens' initiative to get noise protection against a newly built federal highway. The initiative was called Bürgerinitiative Bürger für Lärmschutz and was successful, due to the energy and passion of the involved people working towards the goal. We got noise protection. It's not perfect, but much better than what has been initially planned by the town.

Now, three years later, our town once again plans something with which some people do not agree. Especially the people living next to the newly planned industrial area are concerned. And once again, there's a citizens' initiative, and this time it's called Interessengemeinschaft Quo Vadis Eriskirch. Lead by Ralf and Manfred, the group protests against the industrial zone and collected 232 signatures from supporting citizens.

We are against an industrial zone in our neighbourhood!





50% vacation done

Posted by Mike Haller on Sunday, August 3. 2008 at 16:24 in Private
So, it's Sunday, great weather and half of my holiday is done. There are some new pictures over at my flickr.com, like the ones from Abenteuerpark Immenstaad or from a hike in Weingarten.

What I've done last week, besides chilling and sunbathing: going to a funeral, climbing in the woods, Family hiking, shopping, visiting Kulturufer, doing an iPhone Firmware Upgrade to 2.0 (that sucked - i lost my contacts and had to go back to a one year old backup). So, there's plenty of stuff left to do next week :-)

Eiszapfen im Sommer

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My name is Mike Haller and I'm a software developer and architect at Bosch Software Innovations in Germany. I love programming, playing games and reading books. I like good food, making photos and learning and mentoring about the craftsmanship of commercial software development. Stack Overflow profile for mhaller

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