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Well, today was a very lousy day because it started like this: Shortly before I usually go to bed (at 2 am usually) I decided to install a second win xp on my system. I should explain that I host a linux and Win XP 64-bit on my computer and there are certain things that don’t work on the 64-bit … Read More

Überraschende Entscheidung: Pluto ist kein Planet mehr – Wissenschaft – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Nachrichten This is the (german) article at Spiegel Online about the ex-planet Pluto. In short: scientists (2500 from 75 countries) have agreed that Pluto together with other recently discovered celestial bodies are no longer planets. There has never been a proper definition of what a planet exactly … Read More

A day’s moon by =yodahome on deviantART As I didn’t manage to do it yesterday, I’m going to do it now: Yesterday one of the greatest art communities on the planet (if not THE greatest) grew one year older and aprt from that this is great on its own they also updated the website to the next software version that … Read More

Just recognized a great feature in PicasaWeb: You can geotag the images you carry in your Picasa DB with Google Earth! Just like in Zooomr, where you can add the information about where a picture was shot by using the Google Maps, you can (if you installed both the Picasa and the Google Earth software) simply zoom to the place … Read More

I actually managed to throw a quick eye on a game I was really looking toward to: “Dreamfall – The longest journey”. It’s been out for some time now but I was just too busy to look into it. I did now – and it is truly great! You start off with Zoe Castillo, (one of the very few games … Read More

Official Zooomr Blog : Even Stronger Than Ever I’m really looking forward to this. At some still unknown time during this Monday (July 17th 2006) Zooomr, the incredible photo hosting service will re-launch with its 2.0 software. The site was down for this maintainance but due to attacks by spiritually un-blessed, uninspired and possibly ugly in-duh-viduals this downtime had to … Read More

I guess you all can see this picture. Well, it shows all that I usually see during a day at the station. Where I work. Yes, they pay me for selling cigarettes and newspapers to fellow human beings. Well, not really, I’m selling to virtually anybody who can afford it. You don’t even have to be nice to me. Oh, … Read More

ZEIT online – Deutschland : Das braune Deutschland This is a german article about a (probably) german problem. While I’m sure that this is not understood everywhere in the world, we still carry the burden of being the evil country from WWII. However there are forces especially in Eastern Germany (which is the part of Germany I live in) that … Read More

Picasa Web Albums Just got an invitation to the latest Google Test-Site which allows you to upload your pictures straight to an on-line gallery from the Picasa Software. Of course this gallery features some amazing AJAX interface work. I’ve not tested this yet but it seems to be Google’s answer to Flickr, Zooomr or similar services… And it seems more … Read More

Gamasutra – Feature – “Postmortem: Indigo Prophecy” A really in-depth article about the ideas behind the computer game “Fahrenheit” / “Indigo Prophecy” which was a first try to combine story and interaction seemlessly. David Cage provides some inside into the design decisions and also covers detailed self criticism. A must-read for interactive storytelling! Tags: games game gamasutra review development

Flock — The web browser for you and your friends What Flock is? In short: “Flock is a free web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web.” Longer: Some of the most impressive developments of the so-called web 2.0 movement have now found their way … Read More

The Gwigle Game A really fun idea. What if a page of google results was shown to you with a certain word or phrase taken out and YOU should find out, what the missing words are? If you are at work right now, give it a try. 😉 Tags: google games fun web