if you think your self-created stor trooper simply looks to similar to all the others, andrea might have the right hint for you: the facegenerator let's you get your hands on your real physiognomy.

scary, scary: some people messed around in my anonymous ftp inbox. i once installed this for people who wanted to drop some data for me (i do not like e-mail attachments so much). however, the last six months i did not care about the inbox or my ftp logs. so today i discovered a bunch of strange files inside: aborted mp3's, strange default pages, cryptic errorlogs and a picture of jennifer o'neill (whoever that is). hannes immediately had the idea to provide a web service that stores files for free on many of such free ftp servers. see? trust nobody, not even your best mates ;)

exploring windows nt: scheduling events with the "at" command. if i would have known this earlier...

2001 thanks go out to hans_heinz for his stereolab quadruple compilation. "l'enfer des formes" is a long-time favorite of mine!

these memories can't wait: in 1995 i met helge schneider at a gas station in mülheim/ruhr. he pushed his ancient side car motorbike hither because he ran out of gas. i listened to a stereolab tape i got from a beloved one.

whew! loads of wonderful links found today down in the partykeller... and netdyslexia probably discovered the next big i-hype: stor troopers, the "drag-and-drop java avatar-creator" (introducing the new java method neuterGenitals()).

this is the week of the naked truth: nakednews.com – "the program with nothing to hide". and where do the others watch the paperboys dropping their pants?

seriously bored? (or boring?) talk to artificial life's alife bots. and try to be polite. or better: try asking luci to "get naked" one or two times...

no clouds across the moon tonight here in vienna, so i can see it very well: the total eclipse of the moon january 9, 2001.

reminds me of a tacky tune my sister liked so much when she was younger:

"now when i look at the clouds across the moon here in the night i just hope and pray that soon oh baby, you'll hurry home to me" – the rah band, "clouds across the moon"

a nice collection of windows software programmed by gregory braun.

pind's dot com: "why macromedia director sucks and what to do about it (oct, 1999)" – and many more challenging thoughts about software technology.