Mankind Stupid
Sometimes, it’s plain better to be clever and let go. Here’s a prime example of utter stubborness and stupidity: almost everyone coming from this direction take a shortcut across this piece of lawn. The solution? Perhaps a few cobblestones?
Instead, they put up criss-cross some totally ugly tape, because yeah, we want to keep it pretty. This has been going on for months. Come on!
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Twitpic’s explosive growth
Twitpic’s reponse to why they’ve had scaling issues comes as no surprise. It is probably no coincidence that the main surge happened following the plane-in-Hudson twitpic, at least from the looks of it. There are a few other services out there, but Twitpic is somewhat convenient and ubiquitous. And there aren’t many services users are willing to forgive for downtime.
Deskploration
Sometimes I wish our very own human eyes would have an adjustable iris.
Dilemma
Passing by Marienplatz today, Munich’s main square was being cordoned off to allow ultranationalist party NDP to set up an election booth.
Next weekend, we have parliamentary elections here in Bavaria, and NPD is participating. Not that they stand much chance of achieving any significant results, but I always wonder whether it is worth attributing them any attention at all.
I think the electorate here is clever enough, or economically well enough off to not cast too many protest votes, but that is not the point. What if we didn’t pay any attention to extremist parties? It’s a tough one to call, but it probably makes sense to show up with plenty of security forces, if only for NPDs safety.
Anyway, moved on to the salad bar and left those sad characters to their own fate.
Geschäftsidee: Hüpfsteine
Gehört an jedes offene Gewässer: Der Automat für optimierte Hüpfsteine. Zielgruppe: das Kind im Manne. €1.- pro Stein ist nicht zuviel verlangt imho. (Klick für gross)
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Welcome to Irakli West's personal pages on the Web. I am Danish, live close to Munich in Germany, and run FWnetz, an online magazine and training resource for firefighters. I am also a digital strategy consultant.
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