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Neat idea: Free Accommodation world wide through Hospitality Exchange – Hospitality Club

Not the latest news, but valuable nonetheless:

Don Box – What goes into a great technical presentation?

When dict.leo.org is down and linguadict.de is slow, the German <-> English Dictionary by the TU Chemnitz comes as a rescue :)

(Thanks to Jo for the link)

I’m posting these links again as MT’s search engine couldn’t find them (hence the strange title of this entry ;)

City Map of Zurich (by TIK)
Sanday
Map24.ch

Currently my favorite radio livestream: Mountain Apple Company (home page). Add the web-cam of your choice, e.g. Maui Sheraton Resort, Ka’anapali, Maui Westin Resort, Ka’anapali, Charley Young Beach, Kihei, Napili Bay, Napili.. etc., mix a Blue Hawaii or a Pina Colada and enjoy a virtual sea breeze of holiday feeling on a rainy working day in Switzerland (or anywhere else as rainy as Switzerland).

Not the real thing, but better than nothing :/

Don’t like it? Just choose another virtual wanderlust destination..

Greece defeats Portugal 1-0 in the Euro2004 finals and is the new football champion of Europe! Kudos, they really deserve it (although I strongly favor offensive instead of defensive football tactics)! Good team-play, excellent tactical discipline, very high efficiency, a strong will and yet very likeable modesty. And of course ‘König Otto’ Rehhagel, a clever and talented coach! What a nice “forward pass” for the upcoming Olympic games in Greece!

Embarrassing situation during the finals for the organizers of the Euro2004: A man known as Jimmy Jump managed to break the (obviously weak) security barrier and run onto the field. Imagine what could have happened if he wasn’t just out for harmless fifteen minutes of fame..

[Update 20040707: Those who came here searching for “Jimmy Jump”, “Jimmy Jump video” etc. etc.: See the comments below for some more information.. feel free to post other resources in the comments section too]

BTW I’d wish the Swiss football team had some lessons in Greece ;) For the future, particularly with regard to the World Cup 2006 in Germany and the Euro2008 in Switzerland and Austria, I hope the amateurish top-management of SFV will be forced to resign soon, and Christian Gross be nominated as the new coach to replace Köbi Kuhn (the first will eventually, the latter probably not happen – unfortunately). Roger Federer, who successfully defended last year’s victory in Wimbledon today, did a much better job than “unsere Nati” :)

fortunately, the pics don’t reveal my disastrous scores in [ ] (insert {q3a|sof|any_fps_game}) ;) older icu pics are here.

talking about disasters: today, the day after tomorrow has been shown in full digital quality for the first time in switzerland! great, a must-see :) drop me a line if you’d like to join in..

Today, my Philips 170B TFT screen unexpectedly ceased working and I doubt I will see a spontaneous resurrection on Easter sunday ;) At least its three-year-warranty is still valid..

i’ll be at the cebit (hanover.de) from mars 19 to 21.

* if you happen to be there too, please notify me via mobile/sms: (deleted).
* if you want me to take some pictures of a particular device that is shown at cebit, just add a comment to this entry (notifications about must-see events or gadgets are welcome too :). i’ll post the pics on this blog.
* if you’re a friend of mine and you want me to buy there sth on behalf of you, just tell me so and i’ll see what i can do.

icq: 196122009 (thanx to stephan for tips). ids of other im providers will eventually follow. i know that i already have a msn id (iirc “h2o_ch”) (“thanx” to windows xp product activation), but i did not use it so far (i guess it’s not supported with my current im client). i also set up an icq account long ago, but unfortunately i don’t remember its id/credentials (r.i.p.). further, as soon as i got my powerbook i will create an id for the aol im (as this is supported by ichat). btw the powerbook will be shipped with mac os x 10.3 “panther” included :)

currently, sim doesn’t work as expected yet (my server-side contact list isn’t available and i doubt i can be contacted at all). might have to do with my firewall. beg your patience.

[update 20031013: it was a client problem. now i’ve rebuilt sim from cvs sources and it seems to work fine]