I’m having a great time in Cologne. I’ve landed in the midst of a bunch of very nice, fun, very intellectual german student types. The only problem is that with their philosophical powers, they keep trying to confuse me about the meaning of the word “meaning”. Coglogne is much smaller than Berlin, and a city where you can generally walk from one place to another.

This monday I’m presenting my Ripple software to the Berlin Supercollider users group. I’ll be doing so with an attitude of complete humility and openness about the fact that it flawed, and work in progress, but also with the confidence that, for my specific purposes, it is a somewhat refined and very useful tool. If you’re interested in getting nerdy, email let me know by email or blog comment and I’ll let you know about the details.

Yesterday, my host and show-booker, Marco Schröder, took me to the flat of a friend of his, who has decided to turn it in to a multi-week art project, inviting a new group of artists every week to transform it in a manner of their own choosing. It has a very nice, cozy DIY, but also clever and high quality vibe about it. There are cool people here! Here’s the url for the flat/gallery: http://www.raum25c.de/index.php. If you click on “01100101″ it’s supposed to take you to the webcam, but it doesn’t seem to be running at the moment.