Aaaand - I'm back. In Deutschland ^^

So I'm back and the first week of school was pretty ok.
So, Ich bin zurück und die erste Schulwoche war ganz nett.

Is there something new? Certainly. I've made some notes on my new phone for my Romance language and iWizard.
Gibt's was neues? Sicherlich. Ich habe einpaar Notizen auf meinem neuen Handy bezüglich meiner romanischen Sprache und iWizard erstellt.

I decided to explain how exactly the preservation of the neuter is accomplished, along with the sound changed from 100 - 300 AD. And I rewrote a part of the introduction to preserve legibility.
Ich habe mich entschieden, den Erhalt des Neutrums zu erklären, zusammen mit dem Lautwandel vom 1. - 3. Jh. Und ich habe einen Teil der Einleitung abgetippt um Lesbarkeit zu gewährleisten.

Nothing more was done. - Nichts mehr ward getan.

iWizard saw a facelift of the character list and names for the characters. And I've been thinkering a lot to make appropriate school subjects - with some help of my friends.
iWizard bekam ein Facelift in der Charakter(namen)liste. Und ich habe über geeignete Schulfächer nachgedacht - mit etwas Hilfe meiner Freunde.

A rewrite of the first chapter is being done still, but I've got to proceed further...
Das erste Kapitel wird noch neu geschrieben, aber ich muss weiter...

That's it for now - stay hungry, foolish and tuned!
Das war's erstmal - bleibt hungrig, bleibt tollkühn und up-to-date!

The Apocalypse - fehlgeschlagen...

So it's December 22nd and nothing happened... Not even Atlantis came back.
So, 22. Dezember und nichts ist passiert... Nicht mal Atlantis ist wieder aufgetaucht.

Is there something new? Oh yes, I began to write the 7th chapter from the mid-point. It's a good part. ^^
Gibt's was neues? Oh ja, Ich begann, das 7. Kapitel von der Mitte aus zu schreiben. Ein guter Teil. ^^

So, what should the apocalypse look like for me? You'll read it soon enough.
Also, wie sollte die Apokalypse für mich aussehen? Ihr werdet es früh genug lesen.

I finally set the declension table for Mezzuromano - Nominative, Genitive/Dative and Accusative/Ablative, much like Romanian. And yet, it's different.
Ich habe endlich die Deklinationstabelle für Mezzuromano festgelegt - Nominativ, Genitiv/Dativ und Akkusativ/Ablativ, ähnlich dem Rumänischen. Und immer noch anders.

See you after the holidays! Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Wir sehen uns nach den Ferien! Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!

And there's something new... Auch mal in DEUTSCH.

So, there's a new post - one for November.
So, es gibt 'nen neuen Post - einen für November.


Mezuromano (Mid-Romance/Mittelromanisch)

There's nothing really new, since I need some new material about the Romance languages.
Hier gibt's nichts wirklich neues - ich brauche neues Material über die romanischen Sprachen.

iWizard

I've got to rewrite most of the first chapter - it's so illogic and people are being depicted irresponsible. But hey, it's still in alpha phase.
Ich werde den Großteil des ersten Kapitels umschreiben - es ist so unlogisch und die Leute werden verantwortungslos dargestellt. Aber hey, das ist noch in der Alpha-Phase.

Furthermore I've already got an idea for a cover.
Desweiteren habe ich schon eine Idee für ein Cover.

And I'm coming to smartphones - as you might know, I wanted a Motorola RAZR Maxx HD, but this plan has been crossed out because Motorola isn't making any updates.
So, what am I coming up with? Be prepared for a shock: It's the Samsung Galaxy Note II!
You may complain, laugh and swear - I'm probably the only Apple follower who doesn't care about iDevices. Plus, the Note // has got an HD screen, is big (5.5" LCD) and it's got a stylus.
So, f*ck MC, I can save the money I otherwise needed for an iPad and take notes like I do every day - manually with my awesome and unreadable handwriting. And I've got a Samsung laser printer.

Und ich komme zu den Smartphones - wie ihr wissen solltet wollte ich ein Motorola RAZR Maxx HD, aber dieser Plan wurde gestrichen weil Motorola keine Updates bereitstellt!
Womit komme ich nun an? Seid für einen Schock bereit: Es ist das Samsung Galaxy Note II!
Ihr dürft euch beschweren, lachen und fluchen - Ich bin wohl der einzige Apple-Jünger dem die iDevices egal sind. Außerdem, das Note // hat einen HD-Bildschirm, ist groß (14,1 cm LCD) und es hat einen Stylus.
So, s**eiß auf MC, ich spare das Geld womit ich sonst ein iPad gekauft hätte und mache Notizen wie ich's jeden Tag tue - per Hand mit meiner großartigen, unleserlichen Handschrift. Und ich habe einen Samsung Laserdrucker.

Stay hungry, foolish and tuned!
Bleibt hungrig, tollkühn und auf Zack!

And... Let's Enter Halloween!

Ok, it's a bit early for a Halloween post, but I'd better do that now than forgetting it entirely.

Mezuromano (i.e. Lingua Romanica)

I've been very picky with overall sound changes and features of my "Mid-Romance" (that's actually what Mezuromano means - and it's neuter).
So here are a couple of the features which should reflect its split nature:

/k, p, t/ > /g, b, d/ after e, i (similarily /g, b, d/ become /ɣ, β, ð/)
/kt, fl, pl, cl/ > /xt, fʎ, pʎ, cʎ/ (a mid-point of the Western Romance /jt/>/t∫/, Eastern Romance /fj, pj, t∫/)
/-cl-/ > /ʎ/
And the special development of final u, which does not develop /ʊ/>/o/, but /u/ (so neuter -o and masculine -u can be distinguished!), beside /y/>/ɪ/, not /i/; so the 9 vowel system of Common Romance would be preserved in a thin way - maybe it would reflect the pronunciation of the 5th or 6th century.

iWizard

A sad part of iWizard is not yet completed (if you'd read it, you would probably cry), but slowly I'm going to leave it. A sneak peak won't be given this Halloween (I want to scare you, not make you cry!).

Somehow related to iWizard is a particular picture on my DeviantART account.
Meh... The first time I draw something like this (or, let's say, anthropomorphic creatures at all).
Take a look: http://imarkus.deviantart.com/#/d5ih2mh
I'll make a redraw (with better lines) for a profile pic. But read the copyright notice!

Did I forget something?

Oh, right, the iPad-Event.

Keeping it short:

-iPad mini: Nope, I'll get a new mobile phone which is only half the size, but as useful as this thing.
(Remember what Steve Jobs said last year? I'd have to sand down my fingers to use it properly!)

-iPad 4: See point 1 and add "it's too expensive". Plus, the Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD comes with LTE and NFC and it's a phone!

-iMac mini: I don't care. My iMac is running nicely, let it stay on my desk for two more years.

-Mac Book Pro 13": Who needs that? OK, Retina is good, but there is no optical drive - not for me.

-iMac: R U DAMN SERIOUS?! No SuperDrive and the 21,5" model isn't expandable?
And it is more expensive than the last one... I miss two turns.

So, stay hungry, foolish and tuned!

Unu annu... non oblidadu - One year, not forgotten...

October 5 th, 2012

It is exactly one year after Steve Jobs had passed away from us.

This year had several sad events at its hands, but this one was one of the more striking - it affected the whole world. And it is not coincidental that my book iWizard starts at this very day. It was arranged this day because something happened I could easily remember. And there are numerous sayings with the message "when something ends, new things begin".

A short post for a person which lived an unfortunately short, but still successful life.

Deus te salvet, Steven Paul Jobs.

If you're curious what I'm doing... Read a preview of my book!

Well, here I am again.
It's been a while now, but I've got some great news: I installed the newest Macintosh operating system, and I'm enjoying out the Siri dictation feature - guess how I made this post. ^^

Before we get to the juicy part of this post, I am saying that I've made a shortcut - just a few lines - you'll get goosebumps!

In my romance language, there hasn't been much progress, I have been- again - tinkering about an authentically Vulgar Latin declension...

On the Mac side, Mountain Lion is fantastic. The dictation feature is working in Spanish (in my special pronunciation of ll), English, and German. And the Facebook integration has to be tested yet...

Now we come to the interesting part. Note that I am not naming any persons *here* from my book.

The action takes place on a class trip - the introducing sentence plays in a hostel, then the action moves outside of the building. Note: ω is a lower-case omega (the last letter of the Greek alphabet)! 


„How can you allow him to leave the room? I don‘t feel the best today. I am tired too, but I don‘t want to make a hoopla out of it!“ She yells at me. The same moment I feel the prickling of my arm, like yesterday.

I run out the hostel, run up a hill and go up another. I feel so bad that I choke and throw up, with blood. 
A stroke of pain rushes through my body, much stronger than yesterday. I grip my chest - my heart seems to explode.

I shriek. The same moment I feel my face lifting off my skull, especially the area around my nose is burning awfully.

This yields another shriek: „Oh my God, I‘m gonna die!“ The same time my throat is thickening, feels as if it's swelling.
Where I previously stood I crouch and stumble on the ground - almost suffocating. I see the full moon: A silver shining disk surrounded by foggy clouds.

Now it becomes clear to me: I sat near a window while preparing the poster, so the ω-radiation could initiate the transformation... - another rush of pain interrupts my thoughts...

Just a few lines so you get the idea - I hope you like it. I'll get you to see more on Halloween... You will be scared as hell... :-D

In the holidays I will be publishing a new Youtube video. I'll review OS X Mountain Lion, Parallels Desktop 8 and some more things.

Stay hungry, foolish, and tuned!

iPhone 5 Introduction - And Much More

Phew... I have been away from this blog for some time, but I'm still vertical.
And there's quite a bit to tell you.

Keynote Time

Phil Schiller is presenting us the iPhone 5!
LTE, bigger screen, Apple A6 CPU... well...
Only an 8 MP camera... couldn't there be an improvement? At least better low-light shots. ^^
Aaaaand we've got a panorama-mode: 28 MegaPixels. Plus three microphones.
The connector is a "Lightning" - 8 pins, small and you can stuck it into the iPhone 5 in any direction.
Also, Apple introduced a new Maps app - turn-by-turn navigation is free with iOS 6.
iOS - Siri: Facebook integration. And the iPhone 5 is available in black and white.
The iPhone 5 is available in $199 (16 GB), $299 (32GB) and $399 (64 GB), iPhone 4S $99 (16 GB) and the iPhone 4 for free (8 GB) with a contract. And we'll get a new iTunes app - Available in October.

iPods: New iPod nano - tiny, tiny phone. You can watch videos again - tiny...
iPod touch: Apple A5 CPU and 16:9 display ratio, no micro-SD slot, but a 5 MP camera.
Apple Loop: A loop for your iPod touch so you won't drop it. And Siri for the iPod touch with Bluetooth 4.0. The iPod touch is available in 5 colors.

New earbuds:  called Earpods, included with all new iPods.
iPod shuffle is $49 for 2 GB, nano is 16 GB for $149, old iPod touch is 16 GB ($199), 32 GB ($249), new iPod touch ($299 - 32 GB), ($399 - 64 GB). Nano and new touch are available in October.
Yup. That's it.

But I've got more:

I have made some more sound changes for my Romance language - most important is <ng, nj ->ñ/gn/nh> and <-cl-, lj -> ll/gli/lh> written nj and lj respectiveley (because I wanted to make it geographically/nationally independent). The declension system is itching. AGAIN.
Verbs look French in the 2nd plural (-ti-/-di- > z, -te- > zi). Not much more news.

On the iWizard side I've been writing a bit more - a sad part is coming soon.

I'm also on DeviantArt.com (http://imarkus.deviantart.com) - a new Youtube video is coming soon after I've got OS X 10.8. And I've got Parallels Desktop 8, which will be reviewed in the video as well.

That's it - Stay hungry, foolish and tuned!

Last Days of Holiday...

So I came back from Poland and I've got a bunch of news for you...

iWizard

Indeed, I squashed one more chapter into the book: “Last Fight for Lost Friends” is going to be number 8 because of some recent events (mostly in Poland). It would be kind of sad, but it would throw another spotlight (not the OS X search function) on the family of the main character [spoiling: werefoxes :-D] and - as announced - another fight will be going on. So the book will span from October 6, 2011 until August 21, 2012 (the death of Steve Jobs and the end of this year's summer holidays in a specific federal state of Germany, respectively [do the research if you don't believe me!]).

As I said, I got many, many ideas during the three weeks I spent in Poland, but I also wrote a bit more into my Italian notebook (where iWizard is going to be in a beta version).

Heading over to something else...

Romanice (i.e. Lingua Romanica)

I have some good sound changes (and a kind of metaphony) for my Italo-Western-Romance, but I came to the conclusion that one strict “kind” of LR could prove problematic (both grammatically and due to different vocabulary in Spain and Italy [plus France, as a link]).
To overcome this, I decided to create dialects of my Romance (like do real languages have - compare Standard High German and Bavarian or Austrian German, Salesian and Standard Polish or northern Italian and southern Italian). And I wouldn't forget pronunciation variants (like Spanish).

To make the thing even more funny, I planned to drag the development of LR from 400 AD to this date.

Other than that, I finally got my copy of Mark Rosenfelder's Language Construction Kit.
Even if I don't understand every single word, it indeed proves helpful.
And it turned out I'm on point 2 of the Rosenfelder-Skala; inventing a Romance language.

And I got an accompanying book for my calligraphy: Michelle Brown's A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600.
It not only provides me a look on writing styles as the Visigothic Script or the many variants of Merovingian scripts, but also on previously unknown, like the Ravenna Chancery Script.
The book is good enough, except that the example of the Beneventan Script is a bit early (10th century, I prefer 11th or 12th century) and the Italian vanriant of the Carolingian Script is missing also.

But then again, the book is quite old (contents from 1993, reprinted in 2007) and it is in black and white (due to its age, which is better, sometimes, than a blurred, hard-to-read color facsimile).

That's it for this time. Stay hungry, foolish and tuned!

Oh, one more thing: Since OS X Mountain Lion is out, I tell you that I'm going to upgrade to v.10.8 in September (- when Facebook integration arrived, but on my birthday anyway -) when some bugs are erased. And maybe I can install it together with Parallels Desktop 8 if it's on the market early enough (I won't wait for my local tech shop to have some copes anymore [because they did never have had the previous version when I asked for it]!).