December 2011
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CCCP - Chaos Communication Congress Pictures
As you know, I’m at the 28C3, the Chaos Communication Congress. Here are some impressions from day one.
The bcc (Berliner Congress Center), where the 28C3 takes place:
This year’s theme:
Some posters:
That’s a clear statement - beer called “Beer”:
A new flavor of Club Mate:
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Why Zombies Are the Most Christmassy Thing Ever
Horrible monsters gorging themselves on human flesh and the celebration of love, friends and family? What could they possibly have in common? Well, in fact, very much!
(picture by Zombie Cards)
Christmas is supposed to be the time you take extra good care of your loved ones. So what could you do? Talk to them, sit together and have a holiday dinner, exchange presents… Is that all?...
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New Reading Stuff
I just discovered an awesome Finnish author: Arto Paasilinna. His novels are like a mix between Franz Kafka and Nick Hornby, with a hint of Douglas Adams. It’s so hilarious! Unfortunately, only a few of his novels are available in English, but at least read the few :-) If you speak German you have more choice.
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“If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards...”
– Terry Pratchett: Lords and Ladies
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“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use...”
– Oscar Wilde
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I’m going away for the weekend to visit some...
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“Our universities are still essentially artifacts from the Renaissance period,...”
– Jeff Howe: Crowdsourcing. Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business
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The Curious Incident of the Mermaid in the Tree
Well, how was it possible for the mermaid to climb a tree? Don’t they have a fishtail? And what’s a tree doing in the middle of the ocean, where mermaids are supposed to live?
The problem is, that when it comes to Russian, mermaids are often confused with rusalkas. There is no proper Russian word for mermaid, so it is often translated as rusalka and the other way round.
The Disney...
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Ruslan and Ludmila
One of the most famous Russian authors is Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. He’s sort of responsible for all the Alexanders who are named after him generation after generation.
You might be familiar with his verse novel Eugene Onegin, it was turned into an opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. As a child I loved Pushkin’s epic fairy tale Ruslan and Ludmila, I still know the prologue by...
Anonymous asked: Which language is the Moldovan language?
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“He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there...”
– Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy