Wednesday 31 August 2011
denkmale, denmรคler
ball and chain or pigs in space
Politicians, justice officials and security experts across several German Lรคnder are meeting to explore the possibility of establishing a base of operations in Hessen that will be able to track newly released prisoners from satellites in space, using ankle bracelets (elektronische Fuรfessel) and Global Positioning technology. Many places are already doing this, with varying success, and I suppose that many of us, jailbirds or upstanding citizens, are already doing this too--submitting to tracking--voluntarily with our mobile phones, updates and announcements.
catagories: ๐ฅธ, technology and innovation
Tuesday 30 August 2011
reagent and chemical kinetics
catagories: ๐ฉ๐ช, ๐ก, environment
Monday 29 August 2011
ready, steady, go or goodnight, irene
geotagging or if you see something, spray something
Sunday 28 August 2011
mรคrchenhaft or funk to funky
catagories: ๐ถ, ๐จ๐ค, ๐, networking and blogging
Saturday 27 August 2011
bibliomancy
catagories: ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐, networking and blogging
Friday 26 August 2011
link round-up: sonnenblume and phases of the moon
Here's a smattering of some of the more interesting items I stumbled upon or was clued on to over the past week:
After the Feast of the Assumption (Maria Himmelfahrt) last week, earlier this week was the celebration of the coronation of the Queen of Heaven, which Wikipedia explained brilliantly, and though true to form in scholarship, sweetly, I thought. I am really enamoured with that website and its dedicated band of contributors, and not just for all the new things that one can learn every day, but also how individual entries are galloping towards completion and perfection, and how challenging certain topics and aspects can be to define, like the meticulous and continuous revisions that go into the gloss of Lolita.
And here was a very cool and inventive gallery of photographs of people posing with the Moon. I want to do this next time we're camping.
catagories: ๐ง , environment, graphic design, holidays and observances, religion, technology and innovation, Wikipedia