Merry Christmas

24. December, 2010
Christmas in the post-War United States

Image via Wikipedia

Merry Christmas to you all 🙂


Three panel wisdom

20. November, 2010

I just love three panel comics. They have to be short, concise, to the point. Nothing wasted.

Mimi & Eunice: Love Yourself. I like their motto: “Misinformation wants to be free.”

Or TOUCHÉ by ©Tom: The little boy in the sandbox (German). If your German is a bit rusty: The older gentleman says “Dear me, use your poles already! I want to see the ground shake!”


World domination

17. November, 2010

Bored? Looking for something new? How about … world domination?

Start with “A Brief Guide to World Domination” 🙂


I write like…

26. October, 2010

According to I Write Like, I write like Cory Doctorow:

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

My German posts are more like Ildiko von Kürthy:

Ildiko von Kürthy

Does that mean the publishers will soon kill each other to hire me?

Nah! 🙂


LOL of the day

28. September, 2010

From programmers.stackexchange.com:

Load a picture of yourself in IE6. Print screen and frame it. Give it to your grandkids to remind them that, no matter how difficult things get, they’ve got it easy compared to what you had to deal with.


40k on Stackoverflow.com!

19. August, 2010

Yay ^_^


flattr

2. August, 2010

I started with flattr. Will keep you posted.


Just bought some sugru

30. July, 2010

I just bought myself some sugru.

What’s that? It’s sticky clay. Why do you want some? See for yourself.


Missing Missy

25. July, 2010

I have two cats and I once lost one, so I know the pain when your poor animal is missing and you spend sleepless nights and have no idea what happened to it.

That said, the following mail exchange is one of those where you really shouldn’t laugh but it’s just so hilarious. You have been warned: Missing Missy.


Fun: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

8. July, 2010

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. As they lay down for the night, the fire dwindling nearby, Holmes said: “Watson, look up and tell me what you see.”

Watson replies: “I see a fantastic panorama of countless of stars.”

Holmes: “And what does that tell you?”

Watson: “Astronomically, it suggests to me that if there are billions of other galaxies each with hundreds of billions of stars, which means trillions of planets. Allowing for similar chemical distribution throughout the cosmos it may be reasonably implied that life — and possibly intelligent life — may well fill the universe.

Also, being a believer, theologically, it tells me that the vastness of space may be yet another suggestion of the greatness of God and that we are small and insignificant.

Meteorologically, the blackness of the sky and the crispness of the stellar images tells me that there is low humidity and stable air and therefore we are most likely to enjoy a beautiful day tomorrow.

Holmes is bemused: “As usual, my Dear Watson, you are missing the obvious: Out tent was stolen.”


Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson gehen campen. Mitten in der Nacht, das Feuer ist schon herunter gebrannt, weckt Holmes seinen Begleiter und fragt: “Watson, blicken Sie nach oben und sagen Sie mir was sie sehen.”

Watson antwortet: “Ich sehe ein überwältigendes Panorama aus unglaublich vielen Sternen.”

Holmes: “Und was sagt Ihnen das?”

Watson: “Astronomisch gesehen deutet es darauf hin, dass es Milliarden andere Galaxien wie die unsere gibt, jede mit Hunderten von Milliarden Sternen, was bedeutet, dass es dort draussen Trillionen Planeten gibt. Wenn wir annehmen, dass die Verteilung von Chemikalien im gesamten Universum ungefähr gleich ist, dann spricht alles für einen Ort, an dem es Leben — möglicherweise intelligentes Leben — im Überfluss geben muss.

Theologisch gesehen erzählt es mir als gläubigen Menschen von der unermesslichen Weite des Alls, was ein weiterer Hinweis auf die Grösse von Gott ist und dass wir klein und unbedeutend sind.

Meteorologisch gesehen sagt mir die Schwärze der Nacht und die Klarheit der Sterne, dass wir eine niedrige Luftfeuchtigkeit und wenig Wind haben, woraus ich folgere, dass der morgige Tag wunderschön werden wird.”

Holmes ist amüsiert: “Wie üblich, mein lieber Watson, übersehen Sie das offensichtliche: Unser Zelt wurde gestohlen.”