Sonntag, 5. Januar 2003

Card Tricks: Frank thinks I was fooled by this trick. Think again! I just didn't want to give the secret away...ok, so I had to read the spoiler... Actually, my wife caught onto it straight away..now what does that tell you. Nothing. Exactly!!

Books books everywhere: Looks like Steven has something ahead of him. I am interested in which Python book he recommends and which Cocoon book he likes... :-)..

Language problems: Russell leads with a story from Ritchie Hughes about language problems. Ok, here's mine (repeated at least once a year - either in the UK or in the US): Whenever I arrive in one of the two countries I am greated by "where did you learn to speak English?" ...me ... "Umm.. actually it is my native language"...them..."oh, well you speak with a German accent".. Duh. Actually after a few days that goes away and I actually start dreaming in English again. Way strange.

Family ties: Mum rants about Biz's blogging book that I gave her for Christmas. Biz picks up on the rant. I wonder if Biz realizes the connection? (Hint: I tech edited the book).

Added: Armin has added me to his great site. Thanks!

ESP Test: This is great. Try it out and be amazed. Obviously there's a trick (or is there????) (via Jon).

Interesting data: Russell has some interesting figures on the state of IT jobs. The fun (?) thing about booms (whether in IT or the stockmarket) is the fact that you can't predict when they will start (just as you can't predict when they are over). Only in hindsight can you "see" what happened.