The Austrian Broadcasting Coperation’s (ORF) website has gained a reputation for making funny mistakes. But this one beats them all. After federal elections in Belgium the ORF titled “Verheugen acknowledges defeat”. Then the ORF continues with liberal Guy Verhofstadt (prime minister) explaining why and how the defeat came to be. Why Germany’s Günther Verheugen, vice-president…
Read moreWhy I won’t buy a Volvo
I hardly ever blog about what I consider “trivial” things, but this one is just too perfect: As my tough little Skoda is running near the end of its lifecycle I’m slowly starting to think about working on a replacement. So the new Volvo C30 (I’ve always been fond of Scandinavian cars..) seemed to perfectly…
Read morea little wordpress screw-up
ooops – upgrading to wordpress 2.04 took all my modifications to ulf pettersson’s great modern theme with it. so my flickr stream as well as the technorati include are gone. please be patient, while we’re bringin things back to normal. i believe.
Read morebruno, the bear
it’s kind of bizarre but german and austrian media have been full of reports about bruno, a bear that has been strolling around the austrian-german border for some time now. well to make things short – they shot him yesterday. the thing that makes me think is not only the media hype but the whole…
Read moreflying with a smile
when it comes to flying with austrian airlines, there is one simple rule: don’t do it. unless you really think your life needs some excitement. today i flew from klagenfurt to vienna with a connection to brussels. and yes, it happened again. they lost my luggage. if it’d be the 1st, 2nd or even 3rd…
Read morecommercial journalism – reloaded
“bild”, germany’s best selling tabloid did it again and probably gave one of the best examples how commercials can be nicely “blended” in with content. in bild’s case on page one. no joking. and we are talking about a newspaper with about 5 million readers each day. so much for putting trust in the media,…
Read moreThe murderer is always Turkish
German tabloid “Bild” once again showed how to give a story the right twist. After two young guys reportedly stabbed a man in Berlin and were arrested shortly after, “Bild” ran an article, describing their “southern decent” and naming them as Murat G. und Nasir L. Authorities shortly after however denied that the arrested persons…
Read morenokia – disconnecting people
so i got this shiny brand new nokia communicator 9300i to test – nice. the thing is: it ain’t work the way i want it to.it looks slim, right. but that’s about it. i expect a bit more from a 500+ euro device. for example vibra call. you heard me right. i’ve missed about 20+…
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