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Is there a need for "Blogiquette" ?

Frankly, I've never thought about that much. But Johnny gave it some thought, (in german) and easily impressionable person that I am, I started to think too. I instinctively tried to obey some sort of unwritten set of rules ever since I started to communicate online. Back then,

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"at your fingertips"

Currently, there's the Wikimania running in Frankfurt. That made me think about a few things. Lately, I've realized that the web offers a wealth of information "at my fingertips": I can look at places with Google Maps or Google Earth, can amaze people that

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Let there be light

Fiber Optics Bring the Sun Indoors . Someone has come up with a (really brilliant in my mind) idea. The basic premise is to capture light on a roof, and directing it into the rooms beneath it. That alone doesn't sound too spectacular, the hitch here is that they

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Music belongs to us !

CCC says: once part of human culture, now belongs to the record industry, not Don't let them brand you a criminal. Boykott the record industry!

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Vaulting Fun ? ... !

Girls having Fun Vaulting, or "Voltigieren" as it's known in german, is gymnastics and dance on horseback. It's something I'll probably never do, as I can't even do gymnastics without that moving horse being under me. But my girlfriend likes

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Can companies be "not evil"

We all know that Googles motto is "Don't be evil". They claim that although they are admittedly out to make money, there are moral barriers they won't break. That's fine and dandy, but... * Pagerank is obviously a very powerful tool when it

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PR-Flacks and magazine editors

ghi has made a nice list of things that PR flacks seem to be convinced off. It contains hilarious things like (random examples) 1. Editors just love to see Power Point presentations of the companies financial situation, instead of the product it creates. 2. Calling back immediately after a meeting

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TV Nostalgia

Someone on avlis.org posted a link to this great site: Fuggled 101: Greatest TV Themes EVER. Now, I'm german, and spent my childhood watching all cartoons in german too. Thus I do not recognize all of these themes, or remember them different. But still, a lot of

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Recent thoughts

As I'm in the latter half of a two-week vacation, I've had a lot of time to do stuff I normally don't do. For instance, I've been playing squirrel in Bad Bevensen, finally managed to watch at least the Pilot of Firefly,

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not afraid

Londoners aren't afraid. Which is a good thing to see. Terrorists try to make statements by doing stupid and horrible stuff. Media then occasionally helps them unwittingly by spreading fear and stress. This is the right statement: Go and stuff yourself terrorist scum. People won't be

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Crap!

Just a sentiment I wanted to let loose. No pun intended, my bowels are quite secure, alas, I fear my job isn't. Today, it was brought to us of the IT department that we'll get outsourced into another company owned by the same person. To "

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Right & Wrong & Legal

In the recent months, those who bothered to look noticed that there is a growing chasm between what is legal, and what people perceive as "right". "Normal" people are more and more clashing with brand and intellectual property laws. The european community passes laws and regulations

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Home sweet Home

By random chance I found this picture on a NASA webpage. According to the explanation this is not a bit of filth, but the earth, as seen from Mars. Somehow, this picture gives me an eerie feeling. It is a bit like seeing a years old family picture that falls

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Coffee of the Dead

Some people seem to complain about the "Zombie Effect": People sitting in a coffee shop with WiFi, staring at their notebook, instead of being social. From a coffee-shop owners perspective, I can see what the issue is. These people hog a table, don't order anything, or

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Gamers Manifesto

I found this on /. , and thought it too good to not share it: http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/manifesto.html

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Screen Real Estate

AAAaaaRGH! How I hate wasted real estate on my screen. Microsoft Messenger prompted a needed update for security reasons. Thinking that would be a safe thing, I agreed to the update. No idea if this is any more secure, but it certainly got a whole new look. Not nicer. Bigger!

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Happy Towel Day

Happy Towel Day Folks !

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"Bow" he types

I found this on a german newssite: "Bow Nigger". Regardless of the validity of the content, it's a gripping read, and captures a lot of emotions online players often experience. While most realize that playing online games is just a recreational activity, that things are just

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Not so safe sex

Read here for the story of how Eindridi got rid of a piercing Eindridi, learn german, there was ample warning.

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Safe Sex

Safe Sex Music Video Promoting a worthy cause in a good way. Fun to watch. Thanks to Malcom for linking it.

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Finding Friends and believing them.

Yesterday, I had to pick up my girlfriend from the airport. The main thing I like about airports is the rich selection the newspaper stores offer. Waiting for her flight to arrive, I browsed a while, flipping through Marvel Comics, magazines, books, etc. Then a whitish cover catched my eye:

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Ugly Kid Jeans

Who thinks that I love doing tasks that suck ? I'm the IT guy in the company . The senior IT guy even. Now, IT is everything that is more complicated than pushing buttons in the elevator, so lots silly tasks get dumped on our department. As this is a

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"I really wish I had a bajillion gold pieces!"

Quote by Haley. Today Dungeon Crawlin' Fools arrived, the compilation of the first ~120 episodes of the Order of the Stick. And boy am I impressed: Comparatively big format, heavy paper, full color pages, glossy and good looking. I admit, the price tag was steeper than those demanded for

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Hoopy

Better don't forget ! packs towel

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silence

mood: mixed Telephone line at work is broken. Either that, or the lightning that struck in our immediate vicinity has fried our telephone switch. Part of me is hoping for that, as we've been lobbying at the bosses to invest into a brand new IP telephony solution for