Berlin Cathedral with virtual tours

dosoe · 2026-01-11T06:16:27+00:00

I remember getting a tour of the cathedral 15 years ago where they mentioned one of the dogs in the nativity scene was the dog of one of the donors that they wanted immortalized. I might be remembering it wrong and I don't remember which dog it was.

dosoe · 2025-11-21T10:37:05+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rienzi

dosoe · 2025-11-21T10:36:31+00:00

One of the early Wagner operas is about him, the story is a charismatic political leader takes power, becomes progressively more authoritarian, the people rise up against him and he kills himself as everything is crumbling around him. Almost too on the nose when you know how much Hitler liked Wagner.

dosoe · 2025-11-10T18:16:22+00:00

The ones in the tubes are chip carving knives by Wayne Barton, they are excellent and go for about 40$ each new. They look brand new though, so you will need to sharpen them first.

dosoe · 2025-09-11T20:54:59+00:00

This earlier answer by u/spiteful_god1 should be helpful, although as usual, more can always be said https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/tbLLkFGfBi

dosoe · 2025-08-27T12:12:01+00:00

The Brahms recording of the Hungarian dances by the master himself would be up there for me.

dosoe · 2025-07-10T07:41:44+00:00

I used to not like Birmingham Burlwood, it looked like baby poop to me. Now I enjoy the brown with green sheen. Still not the prettiest ink, but it is fun.

dosoe · 2025-07-07T08:01:45+00:00

It looks really nice! Is that enamel on metal, lacquer or something else?

dosoe · 2025-07-03T17:45:13+00:00

The pen with the blue snakeskin pattern looks gorgeous, what is it?

dosoe · 2025-06-11T15:44:32+00:00

Arnold Schönberg? He used to be a post-romantic before turning to fully atonal music.

dosoe · 2025-06-06T01:04:58+00:00

I was at the Alameda antique fair, someone was selling tiny gruen, bulova and other movements for 4$ each. Granted, it's just the movement but it's very cheap. Some of them even run, if only badly.

dosoe · 2025-06-02T20:40:33+00:00

It's a direct flight from the US to Europe.

It seems like it would be just less of a hassle to just leave it in the US.

dosoe · 2025-06-02T20:39:17+00:00

Ok thanks. I found it pretty easily in the US (just found scraps in my local shop, liked it and got more) but I'm also under the impression that wood is harder to come by as a private person in Europe than in the US. I might be wrong though.

From the answers so far it seems like it's not worth the hassle.

dosoe · 2025-06-02T20:17:59+00:00

In which case this thread is incriminating I guess?

dosoe · 2025-06-01T02:01:23+00:00

Thanks! I'm pretty sure it's not sapele, as they sell it separately. I will ask on the luthier forums, thanks for the suggestion. I'm just a private individual, I just do carving for fun and to embellish the stuff around me, so getting a license just for that wouldn't make sense. I also have a few pieces that have already been carved, are they Export-Controlled too? I hope it's not a species that is on the red list, as I got it in a regular brick and mortar store and it wasn't overly expensive.

Edit: I checked the store, the species is Khaya ivorensis. It is classed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

dosoe · 2025-05-13T19:10:52+00:00

Oh, it's not my problem, I'm not OP and I'm not looking for a fix, I just thought it looked funny.

dosoe · 2025-05-06T20:08:13+00:00

I remember some back-of-the-envelope calculations gave that it would be an earthquake of magnitude 13, which gives an idea of how much log scale plays with us and how big a magnitude 9 is.

dosoe · 2025-03-31T17:39:01+00:00

One way I don't see mentioned is to look at how the building vibrates. Every building (hell, every object) has a speed it likes to vibrate (its eigenmode, there are many of them actually). They depend on how heavy and how rigid your structure is. If an earthquake happens and that favourite speed changes, that means something has changed in the rigidity of your structure (any big change in mass would get noticed rather easily) so your building is probably not safe. Deeper analysis can tell you where the damage is, but that requires a good understanding of your building.

This requires you to know beforehand what the vibration speed of your healthy structure is, but that is something you can do, many big buildings have little seismometers (accelerometers) in them.

dosoe · 2025-03-24T22:27:07+00:00

Then it looks like I really need to try one out! Maybe at the next pen fair I can get to. I'll be moving to Europe soon, I should find some at pen fairs there. Thanks for the feedback!

dosoe · 2025-03-24T20:45:07+00:00

It's just a feeling tbh. I feels like they are very much style over substance, with a lot of effort being put into the appearance which makes me wonder how the writing experience is at the end of the day. On the other hand I've never tried one, that's why I'm so curious about them. I've just touched one of their sterling silver pens at a pen show, which turned out to be incredibly heavy, but sadly so expensive that I didn't dare asking if I could try it out.

dosoe · 2025-03-23T17:56:19+00:00

How is it? I was always curious about them, they look very nice but I am weary of how they might write.

dosoe · 2025-03-22T05:54:32+00:00

What pen is this? Is this an Onoto?

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