My name is Kai Jäger. I was born, raised and still live in Stuttgart, Germany. I'm a technical project manager by trade and a software developer by heart. I work for M,P,NEWMEDIA, a successful online marketing and web development company. I also attend a computer science and media masters program at the Stuttgart Media University.

What this blog is about

I think the tag line of this website pretty much sums it up: web development news, experiments and ideas. At the moment, web technology is evolving so rapidly, it's sometimes difficult to keep up. I obviously suffer from that problem just like everybody else does, but when I actually come across something that is noteworthy, I will try to write a few lines about it and share my thoughts and ideas with you (and probably start a discussion, too). This being a tech-blog, I will also post a few lines of code here and there and share some of the (sometimes strange) experiments with you, that I make while trying to find the best solution for a particular problem.

Why this is in English

Writing in English on a regular basis is great practice for me and it also allows me to reach a potential audience that wouldn't be able to understand a German version of this blog.

One hundred meaningless facts about me

• I was a picky eater as a child, but now I eat just about everything
• I enjoy cooking and baking and I'm good at it
• I have seasonal allergies (but it's not as bad as it used to be)
• I hate having to rely on public transportation
• My favorite movie of all times is Leathal Weapon
• I like uncomplicated people and I'm very uncomplicated myself (at least I think I am)
• I like thai- and chinese- cuisine (or at least the parts of it that I know) as well as Sushi
• My favorite actor is Kevin Spacey
• If it was a real option, I probably wouldn't have a telphone at home
• I'm practically always on time and I have a lot of friends who aren't
• I'm not an impatient person, but I hate waiting. When I'm at the subway station and the train won't arrive for another ten minutes, I often rather walk than wait
• I'm an atheist (or really an agnostic, but I'm 99.7% certain that there is not god)
• I listen to all kinds of music ranging from classical to metal
• I have never used (not even tried) any illegal drugs
• I have never smoked in my life, but I once ate a cigarette when I was a child (true story)
• I like classical music. My favorite composer is Sergey Rachmaninov (yes, I'm a romantic)
• I had my first driving experience after getting my license going down Highway No. 1 in California, USA
• I love thunder-storms (when I'm inside a building)
• I know the words to most Rammstein songs
• I don't like milk
• I once walked over the set of the TV show "Gilmore Girls" when I visited Warner Studios in Los Angeles
• My favorite video game is Half Life 2
• I once killed a guy (actually that's not true)
• I like my coffee black with no sugar - the same way I drink my tea
• I have jumped off a diving board that was 10 meters high (32.8 feet)
• I would like to go sky diving but I would never ever try bungee jumping
• My favorite stand-up comedian is Jimmy Carr (closely followed by Louis CK and Ricky Gervais)
• I have not thrown up for at least 15 years
• The only horror film that ever managed to scare me was The Exorcist
• I cry every time I watch The Green Mile (I've watched it three times which has to be enough)
• The only time I ever punched somebody was in 6th grade and I felt so bad about it, I apologized afterwards
• I don't like board games
• I don't understand why people go to bars where the music is so loud, you have to shout at each other to communicate
• I think french food is overrated
• The year I was born was the "International Year of the Monkey"
• I consumed an estimate of 400 euros worth of pretzels (the big soft kind) during the last five years
• I actually like Windows Vista
• I hate being stuck with someone I don't know and having to do smalltalk for extended periods of time
• I wrote a book when I was 24
• I was born on a wednesday (and I had to look that up because I neither knew nor cared)
• Apparently I don't move at all while I sleep
• As a child, I had a pet rabbit named Willy who was completely black
• I don't have any tattoos or piercings
• I'm terrible at remembering birthdays (sorry everyone)
• My favorite TV shows are Dexter, CSI, House and Dead Like Me (in no particular order)
• I have a lot of superficial knowledge
• I could never be a vegetarian. I love steak too much
• I'm hardly ever bored and I don't mind being alone
• I use the time it takes me to get from my home to work/college to think about the day ahead of me and I don't like it when people talk to me during that time
• I'm a Taurus and I'm quite positive that zodiac signs are complete bullshit
• I have an older sister and an older brother
• I successfully gave up candy and switched to cake
• I only make fun of people I like and only if I'm sure they won't take it the wrong way
• I like swearing but I know when not to
• I'm a reasonably fast typer and I type a lot, but I don't know the 10 finger system
• To some degree I like and need stress
• I think the best part of travelling is the coming home (and that is not to say I don't like travelling)
• I don't like dancing and the only way to get me to dance is to make me piss drunk
• I currently own two pairs of shoes, one pair of sneakers and one pair of fancy shoes
• I go to the cinema pretty much every week
• I had blonde curly hair as a child
• I usually take the stairs even if there's an elevator or an escalator
• I don't like rap music
• I can and often do laugh about myself
• I don't own any white socks
• I don't like to shave, but since I look like a bum when I don't, I do it anyways
• My favorite car is the new Audi TT and I'm bent on getting one as soon as I can afford it
• The heroes of my childhood were MacGyver and Indiana Jones
• I can read newspapers when they're upside down. I'm told not everybody can do that
• I hate fundamentalism in any form or shape
• When I was a child, I told my dentist that when I grow up, I would destroy her house. I still plan on doing that
• My favorite font is Univers
• My favorite artist, apart from my mum, is Mark Rothko
• I have been to France, Belgium, England, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, Morocco, Greece and the United States
• I have very high self-esteem
• If I hadn't gotten into IT, I might have become a movie director or a physician
• I never get angry and I'm hardly ever in a bad mood
• Barbeques are the best thing about the summer
• I don't have a problem admitting that I'm wrong, I'm just never wrong
• I still have my tonsils, my appendix and all my wisdom teeth
• I'm not sick very often, in fact I'm usually sick exactly once a year in winter when I get a cold. But not for the last two years (Dammit!).
• I was on American MTV once. They were shooting a travel show (non-reality-TV) and I was in it, flipping a coin. I don't remember the name of the show and I never saw that episode.
• I don't like station wagons
• I don't play an instrument and I can't sing (although my mum says otherwise)
• I have watched all three extended editions of the Lord of the Rings on a single day
• I like cats, but I'm really more of a dog person (although I don't have a dog)
• I love smoothies and I love making them myself. It's also the only way I can get myself to "eat" fruit
• I can play the right-hand part of Beethoven's "Für Elise" on the piano
• My firstname rhymes with "eye", my lastname is pronounced Yeh-g-air
• I'm a very bad liar... actually that was a lie
• I have spoken (in person) to Norwegian singer Rebekka Bakken
• I once found a 100 Mark bill (about 50 Euros) on the street. I took it to the police and they relucantly accepted it for safekeeping. A year later I got it back because nobody had picked it up (minus a 5 Mark handling fee).
• I rode a rollercoaster for the first time ever when I was in Las Vegas
• I once stood in front of a theater audience of 350 people and they all applauded me. I didn't have to act for it.
• I consider "Lost in Translation" to be one of the best movies ever made
• I wasn't a very good student up to my senior years in highschool
• When there's an opportunity to make a pun, I can't resist. Ever. People generally complain but laugh anyway.
• I hate music from the 80's. I love movies from the 80's.
• My favorite beverage is...wait for it...water
• I don't like eating alone and I would never go to a restaurant alone. When I have to eat alone, I generally watch TV while doing it.