Shameful, isn't it...

Well, hello there!

Even though having lived amongst and with computers for the far greater part of my life, I've only now come to write a blog (having been spurred on to do it by a friend of mine, for purely selfless reasons, I am sure). What you might find here will possibly include (but won't be limited to) the following:

• Robotics
• Engineering in general
• the state of the world, as perceived by me
• my surroundings

For starters, here's my alma mater, the place I hope to escape from in a few weeks' time. That's right, I'm almost finished here! So there probably won't be many more pics of Winterthur. We'll see.

The school, the University of Applied Sciences Zurich, is the oldest of its kind in Switzerland, shaping engineers (mostly construction) well before the ETH Zurich did. Being very close to that university, it's somewhat the 'next stop' for people who don't make it there.

This is the main (and oldest) building of the entire campus. You can tell its age, especially during winter, because the ground level classrooms never attain a temperature close to anything like comfort.








It's not as bad as it sounds, really. I enjoyed studying here, made a few friends along the way.

This is the old armory of Winterthur. It once almost burned down, I was told, and was re-built to the original image. Its construction is traditional for this region, called 'Fachwerkbau' in German, I guess the approximate translation would be 'half-timbered' in English.

This picture was taken facing east, in the general direction of St. Gallen. The road is therefore aptly named 'St. Galler Straße', just after the pedestrian crossing.



Well, that's all for now, folks. Thanks for reading! More to come.