Monthly Archives: July 2009
pet talk – cat language
“How cats manipulate their owners”, that’s the title of an article recently published on Spiegel Online. While it told nothing really new and the title promised more which the article did not deliver, the title was also wrong. We all … Continue reading
Testing the straight factor
There’s a new “how hetero are you”-test that made the rounds of twitter this week. But don’t worry, it’s nothing homophobic, it’s a joke made available via Stockholm Pride. The query analyzes your twitter feed and gives out a percentage … Continue reading
music – interpretations and cover versions – Hallelujah!
There are hundreds and hundreds of versions of “Hallelujah!” out there, some better, many worse. Even Leonhard Cohen, who wrote the original version, covered himself. There’s no discussion that this is a wonderful song and either you perform … Continue reading
tv-series: Chuck and others
What’s the fascination about Chuck? I’ve got no idea and yet I’ve been watching it religiously since the first episode aired some weeks ago. I could do with half of the idiot characters and I don’t really get the hype … Continue reading
favorite music – old time favorites
There is something about Cock Robin, it’s not only the songs but also those lines when both sing together, not really harmonizing but it’s got something to it. Songs like “Thought you were on my side” still give me goosebumps. … Continue reading
geek stuff – learning more about blogging
I love learning new things and about them. There’s a lot of truth behind this phrase on my profile “I want to know how things work and why they work, how they work”. There are lots of things I’ll probably … Continue reading
treasures from the interwebs – colorful world
While surfing and searching geeky stuff I came across this fantastic site call tag galaxy. It looks quite boring when you start it but shows its geek factor soon enough. Start by entering a tag of your choice, and the … Continue reading
geek stuff – feeding my e-reader
Once in a while or precisely once a year (i.e. not often enough) even a geek has birthday and sometimes, especially when her girlfriend knows her well enough, she’ll receive geek stuff for her birthday. The last days I’ve been … Continue reading
favorite music – duets
Going through older posts, I came across a post where I had linked to video with Sarah McLachlan and Pink performing together. This video has been unfortunately removed, but I got lucky and found another video of the same performance … Continue reading
Thoughts on the women’s finale – Wimbledon
My last post on the matches Wimbledon 2009 and I must say, I’m glad it’s over. While the first post were lots of fun to write, the last one took it’s time to get written. I had seriously hoped for a … Continue reading
