wishlist.mdwn

   1 My Wish List
   2 ============
   3
   4 This is a list of things I would like to have, so if you want to make me a
   5 present, feel free to use this list as an inspiration. However, I myself may
   6 satisfy my wishes on this list from time to time ;-)
   7
   8 I update this list quite often. Items I've already got are
   9 <strike>struck out</strike>.
  10
  11 DVDs
  12 -------
  13 (Please, no BluRays, they are evil!)
  14
  15  * [Tonari no Totoro](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/) (1988)
  16  * [Mononoke-hime](http://imdb.com/title/tt0119698/) (1997)
  17  * [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/) (2005)
  18  * [Pulp Fiction](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/) (1994)
  19  * [Raiders of the Lost Ark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/) (1981)
  20  * [Sin City](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/) (2005)
  21  * [Mr. & Mrs. Smith](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356910/) (2005)
  22  * [The Italian Job](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317740/) (2003)
  23  * [Lost in Translation](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/) (2003)
  24  * [Hackers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/) (1995)
  25  * <strike>[Lord of War](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399295/) (2005)</strike>
  26
  27 CDs
  28 -------
  29
  30  * Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygène
  31  * Die Ärzte: Ist das alles?
  32  * Die Ärzte: 13
  33  * Die Ärzte: Wir wollen nur deine Seele
  34  * <strike>Lost in Translation Original Sound Soundtrack</strike>
  35
  36 Books
  37 ---------
  38  * Jeffrey Friedl: Mastering Regular Expressions. O'Reilly 1997, ISBN 1-56592-257-3
  39  * Jon Loeliger: Versionskontrolle mit Git, O'Reilly Verlag, Köln 2010. ISBN-13: 978-3897219458 (or in English: ISBN-13: 978-0596520120)
  40  * Alexander Pawlak: Die Wissenschaft bei Douglas Adams, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2010. ISBN-13: 978-3527504565
  41  * Christopher Hadnagy: Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking. ISBN-13: 978-0470639535
  42  * Jürgen Quade, Eva-Katharina Knust: Linux-Treiber entwickeln. ISBN-13: 978-3-89864-696-3
  43  * Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon
  44  * Simon Singh: Fermat's Last Theorem. ISBN-13: 978-1841157917
  45  * Anything written by Donald E. Knuth (in English please). For the long term, “The Art of Computer Programming” would be nice to have.
  46  * Stephen R. Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. ISBN-13: 978-0743269513 (or in German: Die 7 Wege zur Effektivität, ISBN-13: 978-3897495739)
  47  * <strike>Dietmar Wätjen: Kryptographie. Grundlagen, Algorithmen, Protokolle. ISBN-13: 978-3827414311</strike> got it.
  48  * <strike>Günther M. Ziegler: Darf ich Zahlen? Piper Verlag, München 2010. ISBN-13: 978-3492053464</strike> got it.
  49
  50 Hardware
  51 --------
  52 * <strike>An Amazon Kindle [with](http://www.amazon.de/dp/B003DZ1Y8Q) or [without keyboard](http://www.amazon.de/dp/B0051QVF7A). I like the E-Ink display, so please, don't give me a version with an LCD display ;-)</strike> Seems that the DRM (i.e. "copyright protection") sucks with the Kindle :-( Better wait for a more open system.
  53
  54 Other Things I Could Make Use Of
  55 -----------
  56  * A [Go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)) set
  57  * <strike>A toaster (nope, I don't have one yet, the simplest model will do)</strike>
  58  * A pair of potholders (apparently, the one I've brought with me into the flat have vanished)
  59  * A new desk lamp