Saturday, December 7, 2002

This is exactly what we need. Toilegami: Toilet Paper Origami Via Linkfilter. 9:42:49 PM    comment []

And I thought only British Rail is never on time... Endeavour finally lands. The space shuttle Endeavour landed Saturday afternoon at the Kennedy Space Center after three days... [spacetoday.net] 9:39:16 PM    comment []

More weblog! Got that one straight out of my referers, (in German) and a nice title too: Kosmonautentraum 9:35:44 PM    comment []

And another interesting weblog, straight from Silicon Valley! Fab. Found it in my referers... www.gulker.com - words and pictures from Silicon Valley 4:50:14 PM    comment []

Copyright. Well done, Bundesgerichtshof! Winnetou bleibt frei. (in German) "Auch der Karl-May-Verlag kann die Rechte am Namen des Indianerhäuptlings nicht für sich monopolisieren. Der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) hat in einem am Freitag veröffentlichten Urteil eine Beschwerde abgewiesen, mit der sich eine mit dem Bamberger Verlag verbundene GmbH den exklusiven Markenschutz an der Bezeichnung Winnetou sichern wollte". Via netbib weblog. Apparently they tried something like the company that in fact got the copyright to 'Father Christmas' on the web...unbelievable. This is via Armin, btw. 4:34:26 PM    comment []

I'm in a Santa Claus mood, so here's more about the old fellow's origins: Discovering the truth about Santa Claus 4:09:55 PM    comment []

Well, folks, I'll see if can get another RatSwine cartoon done over the weekend - but I won't promise anything, since there's a pile of bills on my desk that needs to be dealt with urgently. And it's weekend, which means I'm lazy. In the meantime, have a look at the Davos weblog, it's written by an American living in London - and he writes speeches for Tony too! 12:37:26 PM    comment []

That's something I like: Vintage consumer test reports, like this portable electric hair dryer from 1961. This model is typical of dryers that constrain the user with a short, close-coupled hood. We judge this type least convenient. 9:22:22 AM    comment []

How to search the web. intro.htm: Fravia's web-searching lore Via Linkfilter. 8:35:47 AM    comment []

This is like a bad dream. Recursive 8:28:05 AM    comment []