Monthly Archives: Oktober 2008

Urban Legend: Kurt Tucholsky, 1930 in der "Die Weltbühne"

Posted on 31. Oktober 2008 by jplasser

Beinahe unheimlich diese Ähnlichkeiten (der letzte Absatz beschreibt den einzigen Ausweg?): Hinzugefügt am 5.11.2008: Die Ähnlichkeiten sind deshalb vorhanden, weil das Ganze eine Urban Legend ist. Das Gedicht stammt nicht von Tucholsky und ist auch nicht aus dem Jahre 1930. … Continue reading →

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Shoelace Knots

Posted on 30. Oktober 2008 by jplasser

My 7 year old has refused to learn how to knot a shoelace. But now I bought him some real shoes with real shoelaces and so he finally will have to learn the knot. But what is the easiest way … Continue reading →

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Life, Job And Other Joys

Posted on 30. Oktober 2008 by jplasser

Netapp’s Rusty Walther has a nice list on ”What’s your Top 10 list of how employees can provide world class customer support?”. I really like his last point: It’s a job, and an important part of your life.  But there’s more to … Continue reading →

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Finished. Somewhat.

Posted on 28. Oktober 2008 by jplasser

Last weekend I finished one of the biggest parts of work in our new home and so we now have the kitchen and living room almost ready. Just some details are left to do there, like installing lamps and blendings … Continue reading →

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Note To Myself: Don't Use Keyboards!

Posted on 24. Oktober 2008 by jplasser

Compromising Electromagnetic Emanations of Wired Keyboards.

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Another busy weekend

Posted on 18. Oktober 2008 by jplasser

I hope this is the last really busy weekend this year. After we got the kitchen on tuesday we decided to paint the walls in the living room this week (what we didn’t do because of lack of time). So … Continue reading →

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Clever Counterterrorism Tactic

Posted on 14. Oktober 2008 by jplasser

This is really clever (found on Bruce Schneier’s Blog): Used against the IRA: One of the most interesting operations was the laundry mat [sic]. Having lost many troops and civilians to bombings, the Brits decided they needed to determine who … Continue reading →

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Moving …

Posted on 3. Oktober 2008 by jplasser

We have just been moving to our new home, what makes the following cartoons really hilarious: We thank all our friends and parents that where so kind to help us with moving.

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