Matejunkie » monkey island http://www.matejunkie.com "Look behind you, a Three-Headed Monkey!" Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:26:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Next stop: Hamburg, Germany http://www.matejunkie.com/moving-to-hamburg-germany/ http://www.matejunkie.com/moving-to-hamburg-germany/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:40:56 +0000 Mike Adolphs http://www.matejunkie.com/?p=1312 For the record:
I just quit at nugg.ad after 2 1/2 years full of hard, honest and mind-opening work for which I’m really thankful. Without nugg.ad I don’t think I wouldn’t have had such a good start. They’re all good people there and work like hell to make targeting successful without violating everyone’s privacy.
Specializing on a high availability system with over 12 billion PIs per months with a ruby (and several rails) backend(s) is still mind-blowing and gave me a lot of knowledge – something I should(‘ve) mention here more often in detailed articles though.

I’ll relocate to Luebeck, Germany this weekend. After a few weeks off I’ll start at my new employer’s place on 1st February as a Rails/Linux system administrator right in the middle of Hamburg, Germany at the famous Gaensemarkt.
Although – subscribers might know – I’ll visit Berlin regularly twice a month to bring the Monkey Island Tattoo project to an end before summer (and other Tattoo projects as well). The left leg is almost finished and work on my right arm has just begun so stay tuned.

]]> http://www.matejunkie.com/moving-to-hamburg-germany/feed/ 5 Monkey Island Tattoo Project http://www.matejunkie.com/monkey-island-tattoo-project/ http://www.matejunkie.com/monkey-island-tattoo-project/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:01:53 +0000 Mike Adolphs http://www.matejunkie.com/?p=1156 Over the past months we’ve been working on a little project here: Getting various Monkey Island artworks (2 packshots and an ingame scene) tattooed. Now, the first of three tattoos is finally finished. It’s the packshot of Monkey Island II on the right calf (with a little variation, of course).

But why Monkey Island?
It’s not only because I’m mostly a nerd, but also because Monkey Island builds a bridge to what I’m doing today. I was a teenager when I discovered Monkey Island and got excited right from the start. Simply put, Monkey Island got me addicted to the IT and that’s why I want to keep it in memory this way.

… and because I’m a mighty pirate! Yaaarghw!

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Since my tattoo artiste spends her summertime in San Francisco, CA we’ll get back to work in October or November with the packshot of Monkey Island 1 on the left calf. Meaning, it’ll be finished around spring next year.

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