For years my office had a view onto the water tower of the old Gas Factory in Óbuda. From time to time I lamented about sneaking in (the complex was guarded from trespassers due to its seriously deteriorated condition) and taking a few pictures, but for some reason it was always dark by the time I…

What can an IT guy do if he happens to be a history buff? He goes for the overlapping area, that is the history of computer science. The quiz below is from the Summer closing party of 2016. It was allowed to use their mobile phones to solve it. Then a quite amazing thing happened: a group of 3 HR…

In the last couple of years I started to arrange the books I have read into a list that I could give to my students if I become some sort of a teacher one day. (The age of retirement will be around 68-70 by the time a get there, so I have plenty of time to accomplish this.) This list is by far not…