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Popular Culture:

• Weird ways of thinking ~ seriously, why don't they go to Africa and tell this to people who don't have enough to eat and drink.

Nerd Culture:

• Beating FLAC with libpng (via)

Science, Software, Hardware:

• Why Do Helium Balloons in a Car Move in the Wrong Direction When You Brake? ~ I never thought of this before, but when you think about it, it is clear.

Zeroth World:

• Brain-controlled exoskeleton to help kick off FIFA 2014 World Cup (und die Meckerziegen dürfen natürlich nicht fehlen ...)

Comics/Images/Audios/Videos:

• Spaghetti Monster in Gdynia (Poland) ~ he boiled for your sins.
• First World Problems
• Why The Long Face?

Quotes:

• I call my weed "The Quran" Because burning that shit will get you stoned

Popular Culture:

• Germany's first waste-free supermarket
• Mehrere Familien der „Zwölf Stämme“ fliehen ~ das haben die Behörden ja mal richtig verkackt.
• Word of the day: epibreren (epibrate)

Nerd Culture:

• KLAX multi-tool axe ~ what could possibly go wrong?
• folding colander
• The Cult of Bayes' Theorem

Science, Software, Hardware:

• Hi-tech glasses aim to assist the blind with directions and obstacle detection
• Laser tech allows for longer-distance sensing
• SBCL adds initial support for Android on ARM ~ nice, though I don't use CL so much anymore.
• Donor Cable Bracelets Lets You Share Power to Those In Need
• Closing over the loop variable is just as harmful in JavaScript as it is in C#, and more cumbersome to fix
• Health costs to bystanders from coal and nuclear electricity ~ "Several analyses show that coal-fired plants can release substantial radioactivity"

Zeroth World:

• PetPace collar monitors your pet's health
• Lasers could be used to detect drunk drivers
• Known inconsistency not fixed in release for one year ~ fixing inconsistencies. The new software problems.
• Robotic Limbs Give You An Extra Pair of Arms
• Tadacopy: Free photocopy for students ~ brave new world...
• Amerika überwacht Gefängnisinsassen per Radar ~ ja, das klingt nach Amerika.
• Ear Grown From Van Gogh DNA On Display

Comics/Images/Audios/Videos:

• meh

Quotes:

• meh

Popular Culture:

• AfD oder NPD?
• Russia Today Documentation on North Korea (via) ~ och nööö...

Nerd Culture:

• Soda Can Theremin

Science, Software, Hardware:

• Annoying key combination that you should unmap in Linux
• A JavaScript stack trace in any browser
• There is a Movitz-Fork again ~ :3
• sslh – a ssl/ssh multiplexer for Linux
• Pipelight is a special browser plugin which allows one to use windows only plugins inside Linux browsers.
• Scientists create weavable Li-ion fiber battery yarn
• Microsoft unveils Skype Translator

Zeroth World:

• Virtual Reality for Chickens ~ Wenn Hitler diese Technik gehabt hätte, vielleicht hätte er niemals Expansionskriege geführt.
• 3D fruit printer could crank out Frankenfruits on demand ~ what a time to be alive :3

Comics/Images/Audios/Videos:

• User Interfaces
• Invention
• A Piece Of Bad News
• Modern Art
• Hunting

Quotes:

• Say "no thanks I'm a vegetarian" when people hand you their newborn baby
• I tried counting my blessings but it just got so boring
• NSFW Scool is like a boner - It's long and hard, unless you're Asian

Back from the land of the snaileaters. Well, snails appear to be more like decoration than actual food. I did not eat them anyway, since they are animals, and I guess they are capable of feeling pain.

The first french guy I met who actually spoke a language I could understand (English) was my arabian-looking taxi driver, who was probably a muslim. I did not ask him about that, for obvious reasons. We talked about the traffic in Paris - I was shocked about the rudeness of the drivers there, which was even worse than in Munich. He told me about traffic lights with integrated cameras who would take a picture of drivers passing a red light. It was interesting, and he was very friendly.

So, as I was in Paris anyway, I decided to use my free time to watch some sights and take some pictures. There is a lot of local street art in Paris, and it is hidden in places you will not expect it.

Not only is there a lot of art, they have very decorative bins.

And accessibility.

The buildings are nice.

And Eiffel Towers ...

Thousands of them ...

And a very big one, too ...

I was also at the Louvre museum. On my way to it, I saw some bridges with locks on it. This is a new ritual that is done in Germany too, but in Paris the bridges look like hedges made of metal.

Paris is truly the town of love! Just look at this guy:

In front of the Louvre museum, they have four sockets for tourists to let them take pictures of themselves doing the Hitler greeting.

Somehow I did not feel comfortable with that, and decided to have a breakfast before going inside. There I met some nice girls who stole money from my wallet. I would have expected this in, like, Brazil or something, rather than in Paris. But on the other hand, there are also gamblers in the streets I wouldn't have expected in Paris ...

And of course, this can happen in every town. Still, Paris will always be the first town where money was stolen from me. At least they knew how to get money. This guy obviously didn't:

In the Lovre, of course, I had to watch the Mona Lisa. It surely is a nice picture, but I don't actually know why it is hyped so much. There is a lot of nice art in this museum, even for philistines (like me ...). I found the following piece of art especially appealing, since it reminded me of ... well ... watch for yourself ...

So ... Yeah. Nice town.

Popular Culture:

• Stierkämpfer in Mexiko tödlich verunglückt ~ (:

Nerd Culture:

• not this time :(

Science, Software, Hardware:

• Quadriplegic Racer Drives a Corvette
• ChromeShades is a tool to help you make your site more accessible to blind users
• Fangs Screen Reader Emulator

Zeroth World:

• Solar Roadways ~ useful to some extent, I guess.

Comics/Images/Audios/Videos:

• Lemons
• Tunnel

Quotes:

• If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative. (Woody Allen)

Popular Culture:

• Der Busengrabscher – ein schwarzes blindes Schaf ~ und dabei ist Prostitution in Deutschland doch eigentlich legal.
• Drogentest Kokain Reinheitstest - 10 Ampullen ~ dafaq?

Nerd Culture:

• Human-Sensing Fan Only Blows Where There Be People
• Why Ocarina Of Time Offended Muslims
• The Infinite Space Between Words
• World’s Smallest Comic Etched Onto a Human Hair

Science, Software, Hardware:

• Was der Beitritt zu E-Mail made in Germany kostet ~ "yada yada yada zwischen 9500 und 30.000 Euro yada yada yada" ~ zum Glück wird das eh wieder ein Griff ins Klo, so wie alle deutschen IT-Projekte.
• JavaScript Madness: Keyboard Events
• Repellent Clothing Protects You From Ticks

Zeroth World:

• SMS von gestern Nacht
• Reisebüro wirbt für künstliche Befruchtung mit Geschlecht auf Wunsch.
• Unternehmen wählt Computer in den Vorstand

Comics/Images/Audios/Videos:

• Green Tax Shift
• Earth fever
• Free like a bird
• NSFW: The little engine
• NSFW: The Jonestown Death Tape
• Nested Doll

Quotes:

• The only thing that Chinese people don't eat that has legs... ...are chairs.