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Build yourself an album cover

2008-01-15

I simply had to join this CD Cover Meme :) – found first at Fearblog, and e.g. the Dia-Blog has some links, and there’s a large Flickr pool, too.

It works like this:

And be so honest and really take the immediate results without reloading. Then put it all together, and this is my result:

(» original photo – Jael, if you don’t want me to use it for this just-for-fun purpose, sorry, just let me know and I’ll remove it. — Original quote from Woody Allen: “Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.”)

You don’t have to record music of your own, of course. (Phew!) Now anyone who wants may take this baton and create his/her own random album…

PS: The evaluation of my “Music 2007” blog carnival that ended yesterday should be done by tomorrow, at most on Thursday. And tomorrow will see the next instalment of my Music Quiz series.

Climate-neutral hearth bonuses are degenerate!

2008-01-15

The second place of “Word of the Year” (in Germany) is the “winner” of the “un-word” (doublespeak) 2007: Herdprämie ≈ hearth bonus. Number 2 and 3 are “klimaneutral” (climate neutral) and “entartet” (degenerate) – read more (as long as the official site is not updated yet) e.g. at Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (shouldn’t they translate press releases if they offer an “English” link??).

Parcel tracking is good…

2008-01-14

…but it could be implemented a little better sometimes.

Mi. 21:23: E-mail with dispatch confirmation of a shop (emphasis mine):

Immediately after the order is placed, you have the possibility to track the shipment’s status online.

http://tracking.[…]

Important notice!

It may be that your package number is known to the system only up to two days after dispatch handover and thus only then its course can be tracked.

Strictly speaking, you might even say that this is not really contradictory. It certainly isn’t practical, though.

The rest is rather banal:

I checked on Thu at about 19:00: no status. Could the package arrive today, then? Or can’t it? No. And also Thu ca. 18:00: no status. Only Thu ca. 22:00: status from Mi. 20:35: “Shipment handled in dispatch center” (everything in my translation, by the way).

Fri ca. 10:00: status from Fri 4:45: “The shipment has gone on tour.” (Only this last status was shown.)

Fri ca. 13:00: status from Fri 10:15: “The shipment has gone on tour.” By the way, where can you buy tickets for the tour? Who’s the supporting act? :P

Fri ca. 14:30: package arrived.

Others are a little more extensive… but alright, as long as the products arrive safe and reasonably fast, it’s fine with me. And when I find topics to write about that are more interesting than this, it’s even finer with me.
:bigsmile:

Textual cat content

2008-01-14

A JavaScript-animated dancing kitten in Ascii art [?] – here’s half a freeze-frame:

                                                          ,,
                                                     ,caTAAs
                                                   ,CRRRRRRC
                                               ,  ,RRRRRRRRc
                                           ,,   cRRRRRRRRTCc
                                          ,,,, ,TRRRRRRRTCs,
     CRRRRRTc,,,,,         ,,,,,,,,    ,,,,   TRRRRRRRAaccc,
   cARRRRRRRRRRRa,   ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,   ,,,  ,RRRRRRRRRAac,cc,
   ,sTRRRRRRRRRRRATTs,,,,,,,,,,,, ,  ,,,,, ,CRRRRRRRACs,,cac
     ,CTARRRRRRRRRRRRRTc,,,,,,, ,,,,  ,  ,    sRRRRACc,,,sAs
     ,CCCTARRRRRRRRRRRRCc,,,,,,   ,,, ,,,     ,csaCCCc,,,aAa
     ,asccsCTARRRRRRRRTacc,,,,  ,, ,        , , ,,,cc, ,c,,
     cACc,,ccaCARRRRTsccc,,,,,, , ,         ,, ,,,,,,,,aTc
     sRTc,,,ccaTRRAacccc,,,,,,,,,,,  , ,,,,,, , ,,,,,,cCTc
     sRAs,  ,,csssssccc,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc
     ,sCTa,  ,,ccsccccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,
       ,aac,,,,ccssccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,c,ccc,,
          cacccsssscccc,,,cccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sTAARRAac,cccc,
         ,aCscssssccc,,cccccc,,,,,,,,,c,,,,,,cTRRRRRRAccc,ccsc
         ,sCscccccccccc,cccccTATscc,,,,,,,,,csccaARRRRcc,,,cccc,
          saccccccccccc,ccCRRC,CRRsc,,,,,,,,,cTRRRRRRa,,,,,,,cccc,
         ,saccccccc,,c,ccsARRC CRRCc,,,,    ,,TRRRRRAc,,,,,cc,,,cc
       ,TTacc,,cccccccccsTRRRRRRTsc,,      ,        ,,ccccccc,
       ,TTasc,,c,,,,,,,,csCTRRRRsc,,               ,,ccccccssc
     ,caTCascc,,,,,,,ccc,,,,,sTac,     ,sCc,,,,,,,,ccssccsas,,
     cAATCacccc,cc,,ccccccc,,,, , ,,,  ,TAa,,,,,,,,,caTCacc,
     cTTCascccc,,,c,,c,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,,,,,ccccccaCCc
   cTATTTCCasccccccccccccsssasscc,,,,,cccccccccccccsc,
   cTTaCTTCasccscssccccccssaaaasccccccccccsscccccsccc
       ,aTCCCCCCCCCCaaassscccccsccccccccsssscssaCCs
         ,CAATTTTTTTTTTTTTCCaCaaaaaasssaaaCCAAARa
          cccccc,,aARAAAAAAAATTTTTTTATATATACCCCTc
                  cTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCaTTTCTCCasccccc,,
              ,,,,c,ccccccccccccccccscsscccccccccsc
            ,,,,,,c,ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
            ,c,,,,,,cccccccccccccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,cc,
           ,cc,  ,,,,ccccssccccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,
         ,aCc,, ,,,,,,,csassccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,c,
         ,ss,,,,,,,,,,,ccssscc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,cc,,,,
           ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sascc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

See the whole kitty on this Russian page (you can change the text size in the select box). If I interpret Altavista’s translation correctly, the title means “for dear friends” and the text “Watch it when you’re sad… remember the best” or something like that.

(via Bastie.Silke via Bloggerei.de)