I’ve cleverly managed to maintain myself two Flickr accounts (due to password loss and such things like plain stupidity) and just recently upgraded one of them to a account. Well, i picked the wrong one! So if any of you guys had me added as a contact (yes, I’m only looking at you mate), then please update your valuable bookmarks.

The Flickr Support guy was nano-chromaticly super! Most pictures are back up and the badge was moved as well — ain’t that funny with using that badge here? Muhahaha!

Why did i choose to upgrade to a account, you ask? Because to me (and many others), Flickr is the easiest way to upload pictures I’ve taken with my phone while i am on the go, and only the accounts let you save and view your pictures at the original resolution.

Call me nuts, but they do look fucking as well, heh.

Just read this in the news: The police are powerless to monitor Leonard because he was convicted before the Sex Offenders Register was set up in 2001, and it is not retrospective. Despite the fact police consider Leonard to be dangerous and the 71-year-old refuses to accept sex with children is wrong, officers are not allowed to watch him because of privacy rules.

It’s pretty uncool that you have to face jailtime for anarchy. But aren’t there some fucked-up junkies who happily slit a throat just to get some bucks for a fix? Or a cannibal maybe, who would die for a sick feast?

Need directions? Check out the blue house.

I honestly hope that something will happen to that fucktard. If you are from Australia, please visit your local library and burn those “books” if you find them – right there on their floors!

I’d like to convince a lot of people (my boss, my parents, my friends, etc) to try out the new iPhone. It would make life so much easier if more people around me would choose an iPhone (and hopefully — and this is my main point — buy a Mac as well after they got hooked on Apples simplicity).

If they would speak english, i would just leave ‘em alone with one of Steve Jobs keynotes, but most of my people simply do not speak english well enough to get it (“Boom!” just ain’t enough to cut their cheese).

Where, dear Apple, can i find a Keynote with German Subtitles?

Sure, the Germans (replace Germans with Italians or Dutch or etc if you like) have a little iPhone buzz going on as well, but this seems to be limited to those “few” who understand what an iPhone “can do”.

You are missing a huge opportunity here, Steve.

Isle of Sylt (AP)

Self declared Frisian rolemodel Manuel Martensen turned 34 today. Despite the Peter Pan roots he inhertits, 34 years, even for Frisians, as Martensen honestly admits, “slowly turns out to be a lil’ bit different than being just 24”. But as much as most prefer sweet oranges over bitter ones, age can be a plus. Not all the time, but mostly he “feels just fuckin’ fine”.

Thirtyfour does not only stand for 3.4 decades of wasted biomass, but also for 66 years of stellar experiences to come, stuff and shits who could change the world, and local nonsense without global importance.

Last year, my girlfriend and i went to Lanzarote for vacation and while taking a break from the beach, we found that great store called “Pull and Bear” (for what ever that stands for). And since i’m always in trouble finding some shorts that i really like (most of them are ways too long or sport ugly prints or even come in camo), i was surprised that the first pair i spotted in there was just looking perfect.

So after 1 year wearing it, it kind of was time to find something new. Problem with that is, “Pull and Bear” thinks it is enough to offer themselfs to the Spaniards and mail order seems to be no-go policy.

Hi Manu,
No, no camera but your shorts. Hope you recieve ‘em before your birthday as the shippingcost is on me (yes, a birthday gift). Take care, Bramus!

Oddly enough, they do have one store in Antwerp, Belgium (don’t ask me why they picked Antwerp). So i had to convince Bram in Gent to hop on a train or something and buy me some shorts there, otherwise i think i would have taken a short holiday in Spain again just to get me the shorts myself (i know, it sounds weird, but thanks). Luckily Bram was able to activate the ESRS (Emergency Shopping Rescue Squad – which i wasn’t even aware of its existence to be honest) and found a post office around Gent which was not off duty 24/7.

The box arrived today, but as soon as i opened it, the first clouds started to darken the Frisian Riviera (after one early month of summer weather) and it almost feels like spring again. Birthday BBQ is now pre-re-located from the beach into my parents gardenhut. Well, at least we got a dishwasher there, hooray! — gotta stay positive, eh?

Bramus, you are great! The arrival of the shorts is already my biggest birthday gift this year! Thank you and thanks to your tough lady at the ESRS!

PS: Add another one to “No, i never met him in real life. I met him on the web 15 years ago, but he is a good friend — just as much as the guys in real life”.