Sorry for the lack of updates, but I was a bit busy. Did a few investments. For example into a new (used) car. A VW Polo 6N, with small modifications. It’s everything I didn’t want. It’s too small, too red, too few airbags (i.e. one) and too I dunno. But it drives well, is in [...]

Yesterdays trailers before the sneak were nice… Indiana Jones and Star Trek. I already love this year. It’s like geek-o-rama. Can’t tell you how eager I am to see those. (Don’t you dare to make crap movies out of those titles and break my heart, hollywood. I still have hope for ya, really.)
The other trailers… [...]

I knew it!

Which OS are You?
But depending on the mood I can be Slackware or Amiga OS as well.

Lauch oder Porree? Schornstein oder Kamin? Reicht’s oder langt’s jetzt? Wo ist der zu gewinnende Blumentopf geläufig? Und wie nennt man eigentlich das Stofftuch zum Naseputzen in anderen Teilen unseres Sprachraums?
Diese und weitere Fragen klären die Erhebungen im Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache (AdA) von den Germanistikern der Uni Augsburg. Hochinteressant.

Well, it’s that time of the year again. Where you and your beloved think of each other, while getting whipped. Happy Lupercalia festival everyone. Grab your dog and goats and get ready for some bloody sacrif……. pardon me? Oh wait, you’re not expecting ancient (pre-)roman festivals regarding wolves and fertility?
Okay, so you’re more for that [...]

Well, I wasn’t punctual for the solar calender, but at least I just manage it for the lunisolar calender. Or in other words, happy new year… in China. Welcome Year of the Yang Earth Rat.
恭贺新禧

Let’s see… the incubation period of the common cold is 2-5 days, which leads to… thanks Stefan. Next time you spend the afternoon sneezing in the general direction of your monitor, be sure I’m not on the other side of it.
But thanks to my tough immune system, it’s just a light cold. Nina on the [...]

I’ve been wondering… how many URLs are out there in the internet? Not just domain names, but real URLs, including files and parameters. Different protocols as well. I think those are quite a few.
The thought occured to me while working on the concept of lonks. For the community edition I want to save URLs into [...]

It’s been months, since I’ve been working on some kind of private project. So, since it’s a new year I finally want to start one. I have several ideas.

Building a Home-Theater-PC (HTPC)
This is a combination of two ideas. First I wanted to hook up my television set to my computer, so I could put some [...]