Monthly Archive for September, 2007

Barcamp once again

And tomorrow’s time for Barcamp once again. Last time Daniel and I presented our baby Medienschelte.at, got lots of constructive feedback and engaged in more than one fruitful discussion.

This time it’s going to be hosted by Microsoft, who seem to provide just the right infrastructure for an event of that scale. As long as they’ll let me connect to their WiFi with my Linux laptop, I’m sure it’ll be a great weekend.

Avast, me hearties!

Ayyy, don’t ferget, it’s talk like a pirate day!

Flickr sure didn’t!

talk like a pirate

And in case you’re not yet converted, you definitely should!

Deletion Mania

I dont know why, but during the last two days I twice accidentally deleted all the pictures I had just shot, when all that I wanted to do was delete a single one.

I really need to backup my stuff immediately.

Cheese sandwich

Sometimes after work I get this craving for Döner Kebap. So I go to this place that opened up about a year ago, which serves Döner that is about twice as expensive than the other ones, but it’s really just the best, hands down.

So today I went, and after receiving that little piece of cellophane-wrapped heaven I ambled back to my flat, when from a distance I spotted a female beggar in front of the grocery store. Equipped with at least one crutch and physical deformity, beggars have become quite popular in my district. And lately they’ve started to augment their arguments by exposing their deformities. Crippled feet, scarred bellies, the works.

So when I passed the lady, I made sure to look the other way. Yes, quite antisocial, I know. But I was hungry, I wanted to devour my Döner. And didn’t have any change. Ok, that’s a lie, I did have change. Anyway, as I turned my head the other way, I heard her mutter her line: “Need money, please spare change”. And then she said something that sounded like “cheese sandwich”, and without any chance of fighting it, an image of crippled feet, scarred bellies, cheese sandwiches and a combination of all three popped up in my head.

And all of a sudden that little wrapped packet of grilled lamb’s meat inside a crispy bun of bread didn’t water my mouth at all anymore.

Morality

Is it morally wrong that I’m using the search for Steve Fossett via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk as an excuse to keep me from working on my thesis? Somehow it feels like it.

If you feel you’ve got time to spare yourself, do participate. Here’s the link to the project.




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