Monthly Archives: September 2007

LOCAL POWER

Got fed up with all the bigheads here who act like they're home. Ruining all the unwritten rules. Parking everywhere, surfing everywhere, hanging out everywhere, befriending the stupid "tolerant" locals whenever there's a chance, feeling like locals after they stayed here for one season washing the dishes for some restaurant. You are welcome here, but [...]
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What a great match!

Yesterday i went to the Coudal tennis court in Chicago to watch some world class tennis. “You say tennis? You're into that kind of sport, Manuel?”   ...in Chicago? Well, let me explain: It was not about tennis as you know it from Wimbledon, it was "Designer Tennis". One designer starts with a first image and [...]
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The Surf’s up!

Say you don't have a wi-fi hotspot around, but you still need to get online with your MacBook, what's the obvious choice? No big deal you think; just pair your mobile phone with your MacBook (via cable or bluetooth) and use the mobile's modem to surf on EDGE, 3G/UMTS or GPRS. But what if your [...]
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My application & the wrong cubicles

The Spreadshirt company offers small wanna-be designers, to upload their own vectorized design (vectorized means that it is not a picture, but a technical plan with coordinates, which could be turned into a picture - without blurry edges no matter how much you zoom it) and they print your shirt in perfect quality, even if [...]
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9 (new) searchsites you should try out

filestube.com Lets you search and download files from file sharing and uploading sites. goasa.com This meta-search engine finds free online classified ads of all kinds. chizmax.com What are the words to "Sugar, Sugar?" This site lets you search for song lyrics and videos. burrp.com Hungry? This user-generated urban lifestyle guide will help you find the best Thai place in town. peoplefinders.com Remember when this was free on Yahoo? [...]
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