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Apparently too many “singular cases” for the Telekom…

2007-11-27

But isn’t the Telekom or its brand T-Mobile pulling out of cycling sponsoring due to doping a bit late? Seems to me like they’re pulling the emergency brake only after the train had derailed long ago. (Maybe they have to concentrate too much on the iPhone, which they are selling exclusively here in Germany. ;) )

Well, so let’s get on with another new beginning, with a new sponsor here and there, with clean cyclists and still doping cyclists, with new cyclists, old cyclists, new coaches and trainers, old coaches and trainers, new doping methods, old doping methods…

:teufel:

Somehow, I doubt that there have been essential improvements recently and that there will be such improvements soon.

More also (in German) on Spiegel, Focus, N24 and many more.

Editorial blog parade

2007-11-27

This is about a German blog parade about blog editors. Anyone really need a translation?

Blogeditor-Parade Die Prinzzess wüsste gern, mit welchem Editor man so seine geistigen Ergüsse zu Papier Blog bringt… ihre Fragen im Einzelnen:

  • Welchen Editor nutzt ihr zum Bloggen?
    Extern oder intern?
    Für kleinere Beiträge reicht mir der WordPress-interne Code-Editor, für größere nehm ich UltraEdit und kopiere das Ergebnis dann in den internen Editor rein.
  • Kosten?
    ab $ 49.95
  • Warum gerade diesen?
    Weil ich ihn schon “ewig” für alles mögliche, inkl. meiner Programmiertätigkeit, verwende.
  • Welche Besonderheiten bietet er?
    Er ist ein seeeehr umfang- und funktionsreicher Profi-Quelltext-Editor… hat natürlich keine direkte Blog-Anbindung.
  • Welche Features vermisst ihr?
    Hmm… HTML-Export des Syntax Highlighting wäre endlich mal fällig…
  • Support bei Problemen?
    Wenn’s mal nötig ist: direkt per E-Mail (gut), dazu User-to-User-Forum.
  • Bemerkungen
    Man sollte mit HTML-Quelltext nicht auf Kriegsfuß stehen…

Ich hatte mir kürzlich auch mal Microsofts Windows Live Writer angesehen – funktionierte soweit, aber der HTML-Code (wenn man denn mal schnell was nachbearbeiten will) ist unübersichtlicher, er scheint an manchen Stellen nicht so perfekt mit der Zweisprachigkeit meines Blogs zu harmonieren (v.a. bei den Tags), und er unterstützt z.B. die benutzerdefinierten Felder von WordPress, in denen meine musikalischen Zitate stecken (passt dieses hier – vom Song-Titel her – heute nicht besonders gut? ;) ), nicht. Was natürlich bedeutet, dass ich doch wieder den internen Editor bemühen muss, also kann ich (trotz WYSIWYG-Editor) gleich auf den Live Writer verzichten…

Update 16.12.: Die Auswertung gibt’s jetzt bei der Prinzzess, mitsamt Tortengrafik – teilgenommen hatten:

Siegfried RSS-Editor
Rene Flock
Nils BlogDesk
SEO Expert Blog Notepad++
Sehpferd Serendipity-Editor, Word
Volker Serendipity-Editor, Scribefire
Micha WordPress-Editor, Aptana
JeriC Serendipity-Editor, Form. Toolbar f. FF
Schlumpf WP-Editor, Blogdesk
Falk Texteditor, nicht näher benannt
Conny Notepad, WP-Editor
Birgit Blogdesk
FeedZappr MarsEdit
Liliana Serendipity-Editor, Seamonkey
Andreas WP-Editor, UltraEdit
SaschDaily WP-Editor
miradlo WP-Editor, Quanta
René Live Writer
Prinzzess Live Writer
mkellenberger Live Writer, Word, WP-Editor
Teddykrieger Podcasterblog Blog.de-Editor, Live Writer
Horst Schulte WP-Editor

The gayest site on the web! [Update]

2007-11-26

No, not this one here. It’s the “Conservapedia”, self-proclaimed “trustworthy encyclopedia” with lots of information “information” and “educational” articles of American arch conservatives. At least that’s what Skepchick Rebecca – she also created a nice graphic for this award – says with regard to the Conservapedia’s statistics:

Most viewed pages

1. Main Page‎ [1,951,628]
2. Homosexuality‎ [1,811,919]
3. Homosexuality and Hepatitis‎ [518,399]
4. Homosexuality and Parasites‎ [453,067]
5. Gay Bowel Syndrome‎ [429,888]
6. Homosexuality and Promiscuity‎ [422,592]
7. Homosexual Couples and Domestic Violence‎ [374,457]
8. Homosexuality and Gonorrhea‎ [332,264]
9. Homosexuality and Anal Cancer‎ [294,854]
10. Homosexuality and Mental Health‎ [294,226]

:lol2:

Update 27 Nov: Apparently these numbers were “slightly” fudged using bots, for the fun(?) of it – see the comments at Infothought. It seems, though, that the folks from Conservapedia don’t mind (see comment from the “anonymous coward” loc.cit.)…

Data retention against file sharers

2007-11-26

Somewhat natural that all data, once collected, induces greediness in areas that have nothing to do with the originally mentioned and intended cause – here protection from terror –, no matter if they are useful for that in the first place:

The legal committee of the German Bundesrat (federal council) apparently wants to use this retained data for civil-law information requests from rights owners like the music or movie industry… what will be next?

More at golem.de and heise.de (German).

Stop data retention - www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de

Picture riddle 1

2007-11-26

I admit, sometimes I steal copy seize ideas from other bloggers… :mrgreen: (‘cos they’re good!)

This time a little picture quiz: What is this?

Bilderräddsel 1

Yes, alright, it’s an image file showing a slightly blurred clipping from a photo of something. But of what, that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer… But I digress. :P Suggestions (for the riddle, not for my digression)? :)

The solution, guessed by juliaL49: a parking garage. :clap:

Specifically, the parking garage of the Neue Messe Stuttgart above the autobahn. Here’s the full photo (from the corridor between the two parts) – the clipping is from the upper right corner:

picture quiz 1 solution