Katrina coverage
WWLTV, a local Louisiana TV station, is airing their 24/7 coverage live on the web. Katrina coverage is better than CNN & C0.
New AdSense feature might improve ad relevancy
Ken over at WebmasterWorld reports of a new feature for AdSense. In “What is section targeting and how do I implement it?” Google describes new tags which you can add inside the code of your page.
Sampling illegal – what about the cultural remix?
Thomas discovered an article on winamp.com titled Free Sampling Killed by Court of Appeals: On Tuesday, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati turned the playing field for digital sampling completely upside-down. The court ruled quite simply that any and all samples used must paid for, even if they sound completely different from their … [Read more…]
Trucker special
Found this at a truck stop when returning from my vacation. Translation: “Special Menu for Truckers: Minced meat with red cabbage and potatoes incl. 0.02l of Jeam Beam” (obviously they meant Jim Beam). Germany has a 0.5 “promille” (one-tenth of a percent) alcohol limit for drivers. However if you cause an accident, even the slightest … [Read more…]
Crossroads
I had a few days vacation, and I made a trip to the Rhön mountain range, and especially to the “Wasserkuppe” (water peak). This 950 meter mountain is especially well known since it is widely considered to be the birthplace of gliding and sailplanes. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the airfield was buzzing … [Read more…]
100 days of blogging
It’s now 100 days since I started this blog. In my country, it is a custom to evaluate a change (like a new ruling party, a new president, a new manager) after 100 days. So let’s evaluate my first 100 days of blogging.
Outstanding service!
Last Friday I ordered some software at Softline, a German supplier. The package arrived on Monday, but it took me until Tuesday to get started. Once the CD was inserted, my PC started to lock up. The cd-drive flashed wildly, and the whole system was slowed down to a standstill. This happened on 2 other … [Read more…]
Pretty busy
I’m pretty busy right now. The project I sold to management demands a fast pace, so I am actually working day and night to meet the ambitious deadline. We also decided to do an Open House event on September 1st, which is going to take place in a hangar of a nearby airport. Most of … [Read more…]
20 years Amiga
On July 23, 1985, the Commodore Amiga was officially launched in New York. During the launch party, Andy Warhol did live image manipulation of portraits of Debbie Harry, lead singer of Blondie. The Commodore Amiga introduced 16bit technology to home computers. Due to its extended use of specialized circuitry for dedicated tasks like music generation … [Read more…]
Am I an ignorant person?
Later this afternoon, news of the second London attack broke. But the news that touched me more today was the one of James Doohans death. I felt like crying when I first heard it, I felt like crying every time since then when I though about it again. Does this make me a bad or … [Read more…]