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February 25, 2005
I am so relieved
On my company's announcement board I found the following note:
Employers are generally prohibited from requiring or requesting any employee or job applicant to take a lie detector test, and from discharging, disciplining, or discriminating against an employee or prospective employee for refusing to take a test or for exercising other rights under the Act.There is a law that protects eomployees called the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA). I feel better already.
Please note that is still legal to have your employees do a drug test or even not employ any smoking employees (See this discussion, too.)
Posted by marco at 1:22 PM | Comments (0)
February 18, 2005
Adoption
I am now the proud godfather of a naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)!
I adopted the naked mole rat from Lincoln Park Zoo! And didn't only get the adoption paper and the small picture, but also this fabulous cuddly stuffed version:
Isn't it adorable?!
Posted by marco at 3:54 PM | Comments (1)
February 17, 2005
Old Gallery Move
Since my private ISP Thomas refurbished his Server I took the opportunity to update my Gallery with the latest Release Candidate and move it to a new location:
gallery.bezauberer.de
The new software has still some issues, but eventually most important albums will be moved to the new server anyway (which is gallery-old.timmylein.com).
Posted by marco at 4:17 PM | Comments (0)
February 16, 2005
Need a ruler?
Ever needed to measure something and didn't have a ruler? Just print it out!Posted by marco at 2:52 PM | Comments (0)
February 15, 2005
New subscription feature
If you want to get updated about new posts to MarcoFrom.Com just enter your email-address in the field below and hit "add":
Another method to keep track of what's going on here is
my rss/xml feed.
Posted by marco at 6:21 PM | Comments (0)
1000 ways of opening a beer bottle
(without an opener of course)
Since twist off bottle caps have not yet made it to Germany we need other more creative approaches to getting to the good stuff.
This site strives to document 1000 ways of opening a beer bottle - the latest method involves a can of lip balm:
Posted by marco at 11:48 AM | Comments (0)
February 14, 2005
How to transform your unborn into little Einstein embryo
The answer is simple - with the Wombsong Prenatal Sound System!
A baby's brain cells multiply wildly, making connections that may shape a lifetime of experience and learning. Early in the third trimester of pregnancy, your baby can hear and recognize sounds. During this important period of development, the WombSong Prenatal Sound System nourishes your baby's mind with sound.
Posted by marco at 4:32 PM | Comments (2)
So was schreckliches ...
... hab ich schon lange nicht gesehen:
Schnullerfamilie > Umfragen > Bittebitte mitmachen ! > Spitznamen:
Da geben Menschen ihre Spitznamen fuer Kinder und Partner zum Besten - Auszug:
Mmh, das varriert je nach Kianas Benehmen :-D
Pamperstigerin, Stinkerchen, Zicke, Zuckerschneckchen, Unfugi :-D , Honey etc.
Mein Mann ist Schatz, Brummbär oder der Mäuserich :-D
Danke - das wir daran teilhaben durften!
Posted by marco at 1:44 PM | Comments (0)
I am the monkey
I am the monkey
I can go anywhere
including here, and here, and here
Posted by marco at 12:32 PM | Comments (0)
February 10, 2005
David, David!
Does it ever stop with David Hasselhoff? Find out here!
Listen to the sad story of Michale Knights Wedding:
After a long sequence of short relationships with recent victims of often horrendous crimes, Michael Knight decides to marry a woman he has known for barely a week. Unfortunately, less than ten seconds into the marriage she is killed by a bomb.
Posted by marco at 3:22 PM | Comments (2)
You shouldn't
I booked my flight from SEA to MUC two days ago at priceline.com.
But yesterday I did, what I shouldn't have done. I searched again for the same flight - this time via cheaptickets.com and found the same flight $100 cheaper :(
When I tried to cancel my booking at priceline thay said they couldn't do it at night, but when I looked at cheaptickets in the morning the flight was gone :(
Posted by marco at 12:32 PM | Comments (1)
February 8, 2005
Redefining Yellow Pages
A9.com and Amazon.com launched another very cool feature:
Yellow Pages on A9.com
With the help of a truck-mounted camera they captured businesses in 10 major American cities. E.g. see the detailpage of
Our favourite Coffee Shop.
We already found out: Having a good map is one thing, but actually having seen the storefront makes the finding much easier!
Posted by marco at 2:25 PM | Comments (0)
I live here
Wow again for Google:
See where I live on
maps.google.com.
This has the potential to become my new favourite map site. I had been using maps.yahoo.com until now, but I like Google much more - Especially the easy link option on every results page:
E.g. this is my way to work.
And only last week did I write about Google Video.
Posted by marco at 2:14 PM | Comments (0)
February 3, 2005
Digging strange creatures
The Star-Nosed Mole (lat. Condylura cristata) looks like a pretty hideous creature out of a horror movie. Especially if you know that they are incredibly fast eaters. But since thay are only up to 8" (2cm) long (including tail) they are not even remotely scary;)
Read more about this strange creature:
By the way: Today I adopted a naked mole rat from Lincoln Park Zoo! The Star-Nosed Mole might be almost as strange, but I still like the Naked Mole Rat better ;)
Posted by marco at 4:52 PM | Comments (3)
February 2, 2005
Something new from Amazon
I think this is pretty cool:
Amazon Prime is a new shipping subscription: You pay $79 once a year and get most items in shipped within the US in 2 days. Or you pay $3.99 for next day shipping.
This also brings the advantage that you don't have to wait for enough items so you can score Super Saver Shipping and you can share thos benefits with up to 4 family / household members ;)
Let the shopping commence!
Posted by marco at 5:19 AM | Comments (0)