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 don’t [...]
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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 then [...]
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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 mobile [...]
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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 you just want to have [...]
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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 [...]
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Little more about those Geminis

Most people i know don’t pay much attention to starsigns and i don’t read the horo­scopes either, but i like character descrip­tions. May they be valid or nonsense, they always start to make me think —  and that’s a good thing, right? Sure, there is much more behind your character than a starsign, but when i read about geminis, most times it [...]
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