Synthetic Testosterone
Synthetic testosterone - in Landis' blood samples. Well, that's that then. It will certainly drag on for a long time, but the career is probably suspended for now.
Content-type: matter-transport/sentient-life-form
Voigt in Yellow
Voigt in Yellow - class. First he wins a stage victory and now he at least has the yellow jersey for one day (by the way, taken over from Zabel!).
VRML Primer and Tutorial
VRML Primer and Tutorial - free book about VRML97
How the railway is being dismantled
How the railway is being dismantled - Silverware. Especially cheap.
Hackers Clone RFID Passports
Hackers Clone RFID Passports - oh, great, the blackhats have demonstrated how easy it is to clone a German passport with RFID (i.e. the RFID part of it). Result? A blank piece of paper with an RFID chip that looks like the original ID to the electronic reader.
New 'Web'n'Walk' data options at T-Mobile
New "Web'n'Walk" data options at T-Mobile - the bureaucratic nightmare (which still seems to be rampant at telecoms) would neigh if it could handle the application form and the 100-page instructions for filling it out ...
SLStats: Is Big Brother Watching?
SLStats: Is Big Brother Watch-ing? - we all have nothing to hide, even in virtual worlds. It's strange somehow, how willingly people give out data, even if it's other people's data, or very personal data.
The scientist whom history forgot - Emilie du Châtelet.
Official pre-formulated text on the right of withdrawal online is invalid
Official pre-formulated text on the right of withdrawal is invalid - yet another example of our federal justice bungling ...
Girllovers - Behind the Mirrors
Girllovers - Behind the Mirrors - click and read. I mean it!
Kinderschutzbund: "Health insurers must pay for anesthetics"
Kinderschutzbund: "Insurance companies must pay for anesthetics" - please what? Professional anesthesia should be removed from the service catalog? Have they completely lost their minds in Berlin?
France: iTunes Law Violates Human Rights
France: iTunes law violates human rights - isn't it cute how the human right to property protection is misused to give companies (what do they have to do with human rights?) a big lever against individuals (who actually have the human rights) in their hands?
Apple - Support - Download TechTool Deluxe
Apple - Support - Download TechTool Deluxe - quite useful for Apple Care users: the latest TechTool version, which, for a change, shouldn't shred the disk structure ...
Cruel.Com: Ancient Chinese Secret, Huh?
Cruel.Com: Ancient Chinese Secret, Huh? - how good that I don't particularly like Chinese food ...
Humorous Poems by Joachim Ringelnatz
Humorous Poems by Joachim Ringelnatz - German and English translations.
Consternation after French landmark ruling on copyright
Outrage following French landmark ruling on copyright - shocking, when you look at what the French have been given in their nest ...
Law enforcement officers criticize the Federal Data Protection Commissioner's statements on mass genetic tests
Police officers criticize statements by the federal data protection officer on mass genetic tests - yes yes, the security of our citizens. Important. Especially also the efficiency. Where would we end up if every Tom, Dick, and Harry data protection officer would criticize there. Strange only, that with all this efficiency and security, the mass genetic tests actually don't find any perpetrators ...
Nonsense poetry by Christian Morgenstern
Nonsense poetry by Christian Morgenstern - German and English translations.
SCO is Distributing ELF Under the GPL Still. Yes. Now. Today.
SCO is Distributing ELF Under the GPL Still. Yes. Now. Today. - strange. One would think that SCO would have already taken down all downloads that allegedly violate their rights. Wrong guess ...
Apple replaces defective MacBook Pro batteries
Apple replaces defective MacBook Pro batteries - I need to check what I have.
Atomic Rocket: Space War: Weapons
Atomic Rocket: Space War: Weapons - Considerations of various SciFi weapons (some of which are real weapons) and their effects in space.
Banks: Enforcers from Texas
Banken: Vollstrecker aus Texas - Real estate locusts. Surely, many will now feel the need to explain to me why it's not that bad after all ...
Free Movies Fallen out of Copyright (Public Domain)
Free Movies Fallen out of Copyright (Public Domain) - free movies. There are a few gems among them.
How to Bypass Most Firewall Restrictions and Access the Internet Privately
How to Bypass Most Firewall Restrictions and Access the Internet Privately - system administrators and firewall operators should take a look at this.
How To Criticizing Computer Scientists - Avoiding Ineffective Deprecation And Making Insults More Pointed
Introducing Django 0.95
Introducing Django 0.95 - new Django release out. Magic removed.
Living with Errors - the Key to Scaleout
Living with Errors - the Key to Scaleout - good article about system scalability.
New in JavaScript 1.7
New in JavaScript 1.7 - exciting to see what's being added to JavaScript. Given the slow pace of IE's development, we can expect to use these features in 2010 - or earlier, if Microsoft's browser embarrassment is simply pulled from the market ...
RIAA Will Drop Cases If You Point Out That An IP Address Isn't A Person
RIAA Will Drop Cases If You Point Out That An IP Address Isn't A Person - open Wi-Fi seems to have helped in a few cases as an argument.
Intershop continues to write losses
Intershop continues to write losses - and Microsoft Word has bugs and in China a sack of rice fell over.
Landis positive
Landis positiv - if the B sample also tests positive and he doesn't have a good explanation (but sorry, even the best explanation would brand him as "stupid," because he could have registered the medication beforehand), then it's probably over for him.
Uncertain Future for Fraunhofer Institute in Darmstadt
Uncertain future for Fraunhofer Institute in Darmstadt - now begins the scrapping of the GMD remnants. Nothing will remain of what was once a top-class research forge. How strategically cleverly orchestrated by the politicians and the officials of the Fraunhofer Society ...
RWE to Raise Electricity Prices Again | tagesschau.de
RWE will Strompreise erneut erhöhen | tagesschau.de - Record profits. Of course, prices must be raised.
Aldag as T-Mobile Sports Director
As T-Mobile Sports Director - well, I would have preferred to keep him as a commentator, his memories are still fresh enough to be interesting for commentaries. This makes the unbearable babble of the public broadcasters' sleeping pills a bit more bearable.
Employment Office: Decrees on the Net
Employment Agency: Decrees on the Net - just a little more transparency. And even that you have to fight for in court. That's how our Freedom of Information Act looks like ...
The Computer Club is Back
The Computer Club is back - Revival of the Wolf-Gang. But if this is a podcast - how are we supposed to notice when the fat one breaks everything again?
Metasploit: Internet Drive-By Shootings
Metasploit: Internet Drive-By Shootings - interesting article about the possibilities of exploiting browser bugs.
BlogHUD: Second Life blogging system
BlogHUD : Second Life blogging system - actually more like a del.icio.us for SL, as you can link and comment on positions in the world. Tagging would be nice, so an interesting catalog of inworld positions could be compiled.
My Boring Ass Life
My Boring Ass Life - Silent Bob (yes, that Silent Bob!) speaks. Writes. Whatever.
Woe betide my Dell - quality tech support by Dell.
Landis is back
Landis is back - and he's gaining time on his competitors again. The top three now within 30 seconds, and Klöden is also in a good position. That's weird. Absolutely weird.
Cheap and willing
Cheap and willing - Exploitation of volunteers. So that the fat cats can get richer. And anyway - the unemployed have plenty of time for volunteer work.