8-bit paris

 totally love http://8bitcity.com/map?Paris#

original works from japan...

enjoy ;)

nieder mit den nutzern!

hier ein wunderbarer artikel über den nutzen der konservativen unternehmensstragegien!

wer sich mündige angestellte sucht und auf ihre bedürfnisse achtet ist einfach selber schuld ;)

curious family business

It is really interesting what one comes accross when searching for some technical information on the internet. The following excerpt is from an msdn developer's blog which i was browsing for information on wf. It was just too good to keep it for myself ;)

What kind of uncle am I?

Like every language, English has its own collection of words to express family relationships. There are the easy ones like mother, father, brother, and sister. Also comparatively easy are cousin, aunt, uncle, niece and nephew. But most people don't know about this "removal" part, beyond the fact that your "first cousin twice removed" is somebody you probably met once at a wedding ten years ago.

It's really not that complicated. Some people think removal has to do with estrangement, but actually it has to do with generations. The children of your Nth cousin are your Nth cousins once removed. Their grandchildren are your Nth cousins twice removed. In general, to find your Nth cousin K times removed, go to your Nth cousin and then follow their children K times.

You can also look at it from the point of view of the younger relative: Your Nth cousin K times removed is the Nth cousin of your Kth direct ancestor, where K = 1 is your parent, K = 2 is your grandparent, etc. For example, your father's second cousin is your second cousin once removed. There's a nice chart at genealogy.com that depicts many of these more complicated relationship terms.

here is an article on the terminology ;)

another curiosity

there exists a 'buy nothing day'.. wonder if it is useful??

anyway, on the webpage there are a few interesting articles on bad company awards, shopping or not, etc.

//magic happens here

magic

modell eines frustfaktors

heute bin ich zufällig wieder einmal über die kommunikationsmodelle von schulz von thun gestolpert. besonders betroffen macht mich wieder einmal das teufelskreismodell, denn man steckt darin so oft selbst fest, ohne es bewusst zu merken oder ohne konkreten einfall wie man den kreis durchbrechen könnte. schnell gehts es meistens ohnehin nicht, genausowenig ohne beträchtliche (oder gerade wegen der notwendigen) persönlichkeitsentwicklung der beteiligten. und ob der willen oder die fähigkeit dazu im entscheidenden moment gegeben ist? ob wirklich die beteiligten selbst alles stemmen können? oder braucht es dazu hilfe von außen, um alternativen zu erkennen und blinde flecken mit inhalt zu füllen?

dividing by zero

the reason i like to sleep..

The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep. (E. J. Cossman)

Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display

Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display is a display technology for creating holograms one can actually 'touch' and manipulate with hands.
i'm really impressed with what one can construct with some wii-motes and ultrasound.. but see for yourself!

Video: Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display - fühlbare Hologramme (2:37)

everyday things

some news make the world seem like an economy strategic game, where after a bad strategy a message turns up telling: "your toilet paper supplies are running low"

small life challenges

robosquare

don't look at this at work..

context sensitive ads

classifying strengths and weaknesses...

Your friends have voted on your strengths and weaknesses:

STRENGTHS:

best listener
prettiest
most desired for marriage

WEAKNESSES:

most absentee
most adventurous

looking for amoeba

it should be some multicomputer operating system... but as i found on wikipedia, it's also the name of a water device with the curious name Advanced Multiple Organized Experimental Basin with which you can write letters in a water basin...

For further information check out this article.

creative crisis

Kundenabschreckung

Bei einer solchen Werbung wird auch das Vertrauen in die Ernsthaftigkeit des Betreibers erschüttert...
[gefunden online am 29.01.09]

deutsches blabla - schweres blabla

Ein Hoch auf deutsche Facebookwerbung....

wow

cuba impressions


found on someones travel album

unexpected answer

some time ago I was wondering about what actually characterizes men (or women respectively). thanks to my special oracle (aka skype status messages) I found a surprising hint:

Real men write PostScript!

Just that it makes me wonder about real women....