Thursday, May 27, 2004

This is Cult. And definitely an entry for The Old Fart MP3 Competition. Roy Black. A website by Jürgen Koppelin, MdB (Mitglied des Bundestages); those politicians surely know how to spend their time. Fantastic. And here is Roy Black with Du bist nicht allein [MP3, 3.4MB]. Because I couldn't find this particular song anywhere on the web, I'm hosting it on my own server. Which means, it'll disappear Sunday Morning (Velvets Cover by Cactus Blanket; the original is God knows where) at the latest. Oi! That's a double entry! SWR, please jot down 2 points for The Cartoonist! And I guess you are getting a fiver for Back in the USSR? Bugger: all in the absence of IT&W. Well, while the cat's away, the mice will play. Ok, this is gruselig; but not necessarily uncool. As a matter of fact, it's quite fab. 6:14:15 PM     |

Kaliman. El Hombre Increible. No idea what it's about, but it's great. Via Eye of the Goof. 3:39:26 PM     |

Understanding the Brits. I've blogged this before. And here it is again, because it's just too good. George Mikes: How to be an Alien. Fab. In fact, it deserves a double-fab at least. And I guess Majo will like it anyway - if he ever returns from Legoland. When I arrived in England I thought I knew English. After I'd been here an hour I realised that I did not understand one word. In the first week I picked up a tolerable working knowledge of the language and the next seven years convinced me gradually but thoroughly that I would never know it really well, let alone perfectly. This is sad. My only consolation being that nobody speaks English perfectly. Remember that those five hundred words an average Englishman uses are far from being the whole vocabulary of the language. You may learn another five hundred and yet another five thousand and yet another fifty thousand and still you may come across a further fifty thousand you have never heard before, and nobody else either. 1:47:23 PM     |

This is Fantastic. I just happened to notice the Memex 1.1 Radio Weblog - it's from Cambridge (UK)! Brilliant. Fantastic. Fab. Great articles, lots of nice photography, and having lived in Cambridge myself for about 6 years, I can only agree: Summer always catches Cambridge unawares. One day it's wet, overcast and cold. Then, when you least expect it, you find yourself living in one of the most achingly beautiful towns in the world. 1:11:34 PM     |

It's Sketchbook Time again. Phew ... those 'faces' must be at least 6 years old. Sorry about this - I was just looking through some old stuff of mine. 12:54:21 PM     |

The OS X Security Issue. John Gruber explains the unexplained and how to prevent the unpreventable. Great article. Via Universal Rule. 7:30:11 AM     |

EVAs. The Swiss artist Max Grüter renders Extra Vehicular Activities. In short, Astronauts. And fab they are. Whole lotta thanks to Reimund for the tip! 7:14:53 AM     |

Musical Type. Typographic Illustration. With music. Great. 7:05:26 AM     |