Die armen Idahoans: In Amerika gelten sie (wohl zu Unrecht) als ausgemachte Hinterwäldler und sind dem Rest des Landes immer für einen Scherz gut. So schreibt die Satirezeitung "The Onion":

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Ganz ehrlich, wer wollte noch nie einem Stofftier mit dem Skalpell zuleibe rücken? Niemand? Äh, okay.

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Gestern sah ich in der Verbandszeitung (der "Blasmusiker") des lokalen Blasmusikverbands eine Anzeige für einen Fotowettbewerb (junge Musiker sollen Fotos vom Musikmachen einschicken).

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Samsung hat eine schöne Werbung für seine Mobiltelefone gemacht, die nun auf den ersten Blick nicht sonderlich viel mit Handys zu tun hat, dafür aber um so sehenswerter ist -- "Millimetres matter":

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Sara Jean UnderwoodSara Jean Underwood, Studentin an der Oregon State University, ist zum Playmate des Jahres 2007 des Amerikanischen Playboy Magazins gekürt worden.

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So yeah, another day, another blog meme, and this one seriously is on the cheesy side but fair enough: I am C++. ;)

You are C++. You are very popular and open to suggestions.  Many have tried to be like you, but haven't been successful
Which Programming Language are You?

I am not sure if that's a good or a bad thing -- especially considering I haven't coded in C++ in, well, forever. The closest I've got in the last years was Java cause most programming assignments in my university are in Java. And whenever I can choose freely, let's just put it like that: C++ is usually not on top of my list.

Now, which one are you?

(via binblog and JP (who is Prolog: talk about weird programming languages!))

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Sun’s engagement in OpenOffice.orgI'm delighted to hear that Sun announced today joining the Mac OSX port of OpenOffice.org.

Sun, who founded the OpenOffice project by open-sourcing the StarOffice program code shortly after they acquired its former vendor StarDivision, are going this way due to the increasing use of Macs. They write:

Why is Sun joining the Mac porting project? If you look around at conferences and airport lounges, you will notice that more and more people are using Apple notebooks these days. Apple has a significant market share in the desktop space. We are supporting this port because of the interest and activity of the community wanting this port.

I am very glad to see this happen as it makes a native "aqua" port of OpenOffice much more likely to happen in this century than it was ever before.

And since most people at Mozilla are using Macs these days, this seems to be something to look forward to for a whole bunch of people.

(via TUAW)

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Vor einiger Zeit hatte ich darüber gebloggt, dass ich den neuen AGB des StudiVz widersprochen habe. Anders als zu erwarten hatte das aber bislang keine Folgen: Ich erwartete eigentlich, dass das StudiVz meinen Benutzeraccount nach einer gewissen frist löscht (wie zuvor zu lesen war). So geschehen bei Kommentator Sunnyman, dessen Account zwischenzeitlich sang- und klanglos verschwand (jemanden benachrichtigen bevor man seinen Account löscht hält man offenbar im Hause StudiVz für höchst entbehrlich).

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Foxkeh, the Mozilla Japan MascotMozilla Japan's Mascot, a little "firefox" named Foxkeh, became popular across the Japanese speaking Internet quite quickly and wherever he goes, people seem to like the cute little fellow.

I personally always liked his monthly wallpapers (featuring foxkeh and the current calendar), though admittedly I wasn't quite able to read Foxkeh's Japanese blog.

As of today though, Foxkeh has an English blog as well, foxkeh.com, and you should check it out.

After all, you are as curious to learn new things about the web and Firefox as Foxkeh is, aren't you?

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Oh-wow, ich will dieses T-Shirt. Das habe ich schon letztes Jahr einen Freund tragen sehen, und gerade heute ist es mir wieder eingefallen:

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