Minefield, pfft… what kind of name is that?

From a funny love letter Mozilla received. It’s part of a nice picture series wired.com took at the Mozilla headquarters. Check it out.

If there’s one word that can summarize US Visa applications, it’s fees…

Today I already had the pleasure to pay three of them:

• SEVIS fee (= a database entry in the student exchange database), USD 100.-
• Visa appointment scheduling fee, USD 10.-
• Visa application fee, EUR 89.08 which is about USD 140.-

So before the application form is filed, you are already spending 250 Dollars in fees (not to mention the cost of driving to the embassy in Frankfurt). What eases the pain a little is the good euro-to-dollar exchange rate at the moment.

But of course unlike last time I don’t seem to be required to prove my proficiency in English so that saves me another few hundred dollars. Looks like it’s my lucky day.

Als ich gestern dieses Flugblatt gesehen habe:

… dachte ich: Wieviel beliebter könnten eigentlich Statstikvorlesungen sein, wenn man sie Statistik mit Stifti taufen würde? Spiel, Spaß und Spannung in einem! Abenteuer im Zahlenraum zwischen 0 und 1!

Kein Wunder, dass die Vorlesungen einen eher schlechten Ruf haben. Alles eine Frage des Marketings.