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March 26, 2005
Greetings from Copenhagen
After our flight from Seattle to Copenhagen was delayed for 2h we missed our connection flight. Now we had 3 hours to kill here and will arrive in Munich 5 hours later :(
At least I have internet now... on the flight they had wireless internet, but I didn't get it, as I couldn't open my laptop properly because the lady in front of me was leaning back so far, I could hardly breathe.
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March 25, 2005
Montage-a-google
Montage-a-google
Recycle & create your own images from the web using Google's image search.
Type in 'happy easter' and find the very very political incorrect Jesus-cartoon, or type in 'david hasselhoff' if you like it scary ;)
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March 24, 2005
Happy Easter
A happy Easter to all of you!
Check out the happy easter movie (2MB)
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March 23, 2005
A short Summary of the US Election
The Democrats' mistake was in thinking that a disastrous war, national bankruptcy, erosion of liberties, corporate takeover of government, environmental destruction, squandering our economic and moral leadership in the world, and systematic Administration lying would be of concern to the electorate.
The Republicans correctly saw that the chief concern of the electorate was to keep gay couples from having an abortion.
Thanks to Adam J. for forwarding :)
For a good laugh also take a look at these
"Great Republican and Bush T-shirts".
Posted by marco at 12:07 PM | Comments (0)
March 21, 2005
A sunset problem
On Friday we had a bonfire and some sausages (Bratwurst) at Alki Beach.
Gilles and I took basically the same picture of the sunset, but they turned out totally different. Unfortunately, we can't remember if the sunset was really more like Gilles' picture (violet, right) my picture (orange on the left).
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March 16, 2005
Molvania No Points - Scandal at the Eurovision Song Contest
The Grand Prix d' Eurovision de la Chanson will happen without the Molvanian singer Zladko "Zlad" Vladcik who wanted to perform his song Elektronik – Supersonik.
The 23-year-old singer was arrested at Kiev’s Kiev Borispyl International Airport and immediately deported. While Eurovision does not normally test for recreational drugs, unfortunately for Vladcik, Ukrainian Customs do.
On his return, "Zlad" apologised to everyone in Molvania for letting them down, especially his family, his friends and his dealer.
Luckily you can see his very popular techno-ballad, "Elektronik – Supersonik" - described as "a melodic fusion combining hot disco rhythms with cold war rhetoric" on the Molvanian Website.
Exclusively read the lyrics here:
Elektronik Supersonik - Zladko "Zlad" Vladcik
Hey, Baby! Wake up from your asleep. We have arrived onto the future and the whole world is become: Elektronik Supersonik Supersonik Elektronik Hey, Baby! Ride with me away. We doesn't have much time. My blue jeans in tight, so onto my love rocket climb. Inside tank of fuel is not fuel, but love. Above us there is nothing above, but the stars... above. All systems gone, prepare for downcount: Five, four, three, one, off-blast! Fly away, my space rocket, you no need put money in my pocket. The door is closed I just lock it. I put my volt-plug in your socket. The sun and sky is bright like fire. You and me gets higher and higher. Out of communication wire. Only thing can stop us is flat tire. Hey, love crusader, I want to be your space invader. For you I would decent the deepest moon crater. I is more stronger then Darth Vather. Obey me, I is your new dictator. For you is Venus, I am mars. With you I is more richer, then all the Czars. Make a wishes on a shooting stars, then for you I will play on my cosmic guitars. Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your belt seats. We has commenced our decent. I trust you enjoy this flight, as much as you enjoy this accent. Now back on earth it's time for down-splash. Into sea of eternal glory my spaceship crash. People have arrived for to cheer me from near and far. And as I float I open door and shout: I am world’s biggest washed-up superstar! As for sure as the sun rises in the west, all the singers and poets on earth, I am the bestest. Come, let me put the ring of Jupiter on your finger. Then like a smell around you, I would flavor linger. Ok, it's time for end, no more will I sang. Let me take you back in time, I want for you to experience Big Bang. Long live space race! Long live Molvania!
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March 10, 2005
I C U
Here are the lyrics for the song I C U from the album Here Come The ABCs from They Might Be Giants
URNX
URNX, NI, IMNX
ICTV
ICTV, NICU
ICU, ICU, NUROK
URNX
URNX, NI, IW
ICADVD, ICADVD, NICU
ICU, ICU, NUROK
ICU, ICU, NUROK
[Translation:]
You are an X
You are an X, and I, I am an X
I see TV
I see TV, and I see you
I see you, I see you, and you are okay
You are an X
You are an X, and I, I double you
I see a DVD, I see a DVD, and I see you
I see you, I see you, and you are okay
I see you, I see you, and you are okay
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Trouble visualizing?
Do you have trouble visualizing, what it looks like if a computer hangs or freezes?Take a look at these images ;)
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March 9, 2005
Food Poisoning
You should try to avoid food poisoning - free advice ;)
Information from the Food Marketing Institute comes in handy.
| Beef sausage | 2 to 3 days | 1 to 2 months | Freeze two weeks in original wrapper. Use suitable wrap for longer periods. | |
| Beef steaks | 2 to 3 days | 1 to 2 months | Freeze two weeks in original wrapper. Use suitable wrap for longer periods. | |
I have exceeded these recommendations by magnitues, but on the other hand, maybe the Food Marketing Institute has their own agenda ;)
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March 4, 2005
Heyz Darling
If I have to delete another Spammail with the subject "Heyz Darling" I'm gonna wreck something! Grrrr!Posted by marco at 11:17 PM | Comments (0)
March 1, 2005
Fooled with Noodles
Two times I got fooled today, by a package of noodles:
Maiken had given us a little gift: Maggi Spaetlze - Authentic German Dumplings - Imported from Germany (click the link for a picture). She had place the package on my keyboard before I came in.
When I turned on my computer in the morning, it was beeping like crazy and the assorted tech guys suspected CPU, Memory or Graphic Card failure, but it turned out to be the Spaetzle on my keyboard pressing too many keys at the same time ;)
Then, when I looked for an image of the Spaetle package I found one at Amazon.com. But if you look closely and compare to the first link you'll see that this package says "Authentic Swiss Dumplings - Imported from Switzerland".
Hello Mr Maggi, this is the exact same package and one is supposedly imported from Switzerland and one from Germany? Das glaubst du doch selbst nicht! ;)
Update: Mr Maggi has replied (via the nice Nestlé Consumer Response Representative Charlotte):
We have read your email and researched your inquiry. In 2004, we changed production from a factory in Switzerland to a factory in Germany. The formulation is the same, this is why the box you have states a product of Germany and our website stated a product of Switzerland, the website has not been updated yet.Wow, that's what I call good customer service: A nice and meaningful answer in under a day! :)
We have reported your comments into our Marketing Department and to our Webmaster. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this has caused you.
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