January 31, 2005
Rediscovering cooking
I am on a new journey. It is called "cooking" and on my path I meet foreign vegetables, strange meats and other tasty ingredients.
It all started when after a long and drunken night-out in Aachen Don, a good old friend of mine handed me a present in the back of a taxi. I opened it straight when I got home and all of a sudden had become the owner of a copy of the "Satt" Kochbuch ("Full" cookbook).
Now "Satt" is a cookbook with a difference. First of all it's in quite a different format and second of all it's also a beautiful book because of its artwork. Not surprisingly, Werner Koehler, the hobby chef and author behind "Satt" is a good friend of Detlev Kellermann, a reknowned Illustrator. This Cologne-Aachen connection produced a culinary read with a difference and even if you're not into cooking - it's still worth it having it on the shelf or to get them tastbuds going.
I tried out the first recipe last Saturday and I would call it a 66% success - I shall improve, I promise!
The book is written in German - and here is the link to Amazon.de .
Test your Starbucks concentration
This test is originally taken from Kottke.org and determines the number of Starbucks cafes in your surrounding. The basic rules are simple: how many outlets in 5 mile radius? Apparently the high score is 162 in Regent Street in London. I had to enlarge the radius to 50 miles and then found a proud 28 outlets.
They are going to get you !!!
January 14, 2005
"They beat me from all sides"
A man with a German passport travels to Macedonia to celebrate New Year and is captured under the suspicion of being a terrorist and finally ends up in what appears to be one of the prisons the US Army runs for its "War on Terror". Story from Guardian Online.
I understand that Khaled el-Masri's story is still being verified. However my usual approach is the one of "partial truth", meaning that it would already be shocking enough if only a small percentage of this story is true. It looks likely.
(Un-)Heil Harry
How German newspapers reacted to Prince Harry's bad attempt of Nazi humour.
January 13, 2005
linkable
- "Don't mention the prince": HRH Prince Harry apologises for turning up in a Nazi costume at a friend's brithday party.
- Binmen in Frankfurt sweep away work of art.
- The german Green Party celebrates its 25th anniversary
January 09, 2005
linkable
- for the umpteenth time Spiegel Online repeats its article about british presumptions about Germany and associated cliches (german). Change the record, pals!
- Leading german polititians have brought forward suggestions to send unemployed to those countries hit by the Tsunami desaster (german).
January 06, 2005
blog criticises ringtone reseller
In a recent article on Jabba, a german ringtone reseller, Johnny Haeusler of Spreeblick.de criticised the 60 Mio Euro business of ripping off teenagers by selling monthly ringtone subscriptions whilst suggesting to charge one-off fees only. Jabba's related terms and conditions are tricky to view while being shown in smallprint during the annoying stakkato sound-like TV adverts - for example.
Personally, I do not object to Jabba's business pratice. However, I am very annoyed about these TV ads with the frog on the bike.
January 05, 2005
Headlamp Conversion
A funny article explaining how to convert the headlamps on your car so they comply with european regulations when going to continental Europe. I specifically like the example with the wall in the pub car park.
January 02, 2005
Linkable
- Blogger's new year resolutions on Technorati
- "Linux" fifth most searched tech word on Google in 2004
- BBC on blog mainstream.
- According to dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster, Blog was 2004 Word of the Year (based on online lookups).