Monthly Archives: March 2005

my colleague christian had sent me a link to ipodder: basically a really simple syndication (RSS) client that knows about “MP3 audio enclosures” — think of audio blogging instead of text blogging. the process of offering MP3 audio “blogs” is … Continue reading →

over a month ago dorothee’s archos jukebox went dead: the harddisk had decided to call it a day (and seemed also determined not to answer any further calls to duty from then on)…sugar…:-(…after looking around for a bit (the archos … Continue reading →

just back from a fantastic night out: it was the 40th birthday of one of our friends — to celebrate the occasion they had organized a jazz concert with the cécile verny quartet in the theater ticino in wädenswil…to quote … Continue reading →

dorothee had noticed in the local paper that a new irish pub had opened in “downtown” erlangen, wheelers pub. from the description it sounded rather better than the other irish pubs we had sampled (murphy’s and the fat lady sings), … Continue reading →

well, temperatures did reach 19°C today (see snapshot of the thunderbird world weather plugin! on the left) so, it really is “goodbye, winter!” (…and “hello, allergies”, but that is a different story).

according to the weather forecast on the online portal of the tagesanzeiger winter’s grip on our region is quickly waning: by wednesday we are supposed to have 17°C!…now, where did i put my shorts? p.s.@17:27: at the moment, though, it’s … Continue reading →

yesterday’s tagesanzeiger (last issue, subscription just expired) had a notice about the monet’s gardens exhibition currently at the zürich kunsthaus and we decided to give it a go today afternoon. so, we have an early lunch (well, early for us, … Continue reading →

stumbled, by coincidence, over a new online music store: MP3Tunes. they don’t have the main stream junk (who wants that anyhow?) but do have interesting independents — even old acquaintances such as david nevue are listed! it’s another of michael … Continue reading →