May 2011
41 posts
The local brew, Borsodi, is nice. I first thought to order only a small one but then thought better of it. This is Hungary, after all.
“‘The vast majority of these banks have just been unable to do...”
– Greece’s 100 billion-euro shadow over banks | Reuters
“Athens somehow manages to be bright white and grubby at the same time. The most...”
– Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds | Business | Vanity Fair
“We have produced new and compelling evidence that the Universe is smoothly...”
– Press Release (May 2011) | WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey
WatchWild World
“Inhabitants of New Zealand, scheduled to be among the first to meet the...”
– Apocalypse not right now: ‘Rapture’ end of world fails to materialise - Telegraph
“Sicherlich ist mit dem diesjährigen Sieg von Ell und Nikki aus Aserbaidschan...”
– Eurovision Song Contest - Sehnsucht nach Europa - Kultur - sueddeutsche.de
AT&T’s rumored $6B consolation prize to T-Mobile... →
64. Filmfestival Cannes - sueddeutsche.de →
Ein Mädchen verkauft seinen schlafenden Körper, Tilda Swinton büßt für ihren mordenden Sohn und Gus Van Sant zeigt sein exzellentes Gespür für Figuren und Timing: die neuen Filme aus Cannes.
“In many irony-devoid rightwing circles, there is no such thing as too outlandish...”
– The soft underbelly of the right’s hard abs | Amanda Marcotte | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
“At the height of hubris on the IPO of Netscape, Marc Andressen was confidently...”
– Commenter on Slashdot
“Atom is now on a fast track, according to the sources. Intel will accelerate the...”
– Exclusive: Intel working on new Atom chip architecture | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News
“I was told to say there was no meeting […] We had certain necessities to...”
– Juncker’s spokesman Guy Schuller on denying the “secret” finance ministers meeting (Real Time Brussels - WSJ)
“Mama, wann kommt denn das iPad…eh, ich meine, wann kommt denn Daddy nach Hause?”
– Zitat des Tages « Possums Welt
“The South Pacific island nation of Samoa is to jump forward in time by one day...”
– BBC News - Samoa to jump forward in time by one day
Guilty-by-association: growing up in hell of North... →
Amnesty International says North Korea, under international sanctions for developing nuclear weapons and condemned for its human rights record, now holds about 200,000 people in huge political prison camps.
“A political climate in which people shout at each other presents one set of...”
– Obama and the ‘birthers’ - latimes.com
“One of the striking things about the reaction to the president’s calm and...”
– Obama and the ‘birthers’ - latimes.com
“In the early hours of Monday, Sohaib Athar reported on Twitter that a loud bang...”
– Captured on Twitter: Raid against Osama bin Laden | Reuters
“I don’t think anyone saw this one coming. The Peruvian President, Alan...”
– Osama bin Laden death: live news and reaction | World news | guardian.co.uk
“[T]his is a country where terrorist attacks on the armed forces are, sadly,...”
– Whose side was Pakistan on in this shoot-out? - Telegraph
“De Europese Commissie wil binnen twee jaar overgaan tot een aanbesteding van het...”
– De Speld » Europa wil privatisering klimaat
If programming languages were religions →
“When I discussed the attack with a friend of mine in the enterprise data...”
– I, Cringely » Sony may be clueless in PSN hack
“Bezüglich Nahrungsmittelpreisen haben wir es mit einer Externalität zu tun:...”
– Eine Fleischsteuer für Europa? | Kantoos Economics