two days until election day... too much hot air in the mid of november. fortunately, maschek make my day.
via e-mail from betablogger.
Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this after Hu Jintao was named head of the Communist Party in China.
HU'S ON FIRST By James Sherman
(Scene: The Oval Office. Enter the National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice.)
George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening? Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China. George: Great. Lay it on me. Condi: Hu is the new leader of China. George: That's what I want to know. Condi: That's what I'm telling you. George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China? Condi: Yes. George: I mean the fellow's name. Condi: Hu. George: The guy in China. Condi: Hu. George: The new leader of China. Condi: Hu. George: The Chinaman! Condi: Hu is leading China. George: Now whaddya' asking me for? Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China. George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China? Condi: That's the man's name. George: That's who's name? Condi: Yes. George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China? Condi: Yes, sir. George: Yassir? Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East. Condi: That's correct. George: Then who is in China? Condi: Yes, sir. George: Yassir is in China? Condi: No, sir. George: Then who is? Condi: Yes, sir. George: Yassir? Condi: No, sir. George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone. Condi: Kofi? George: No, thanks. Condi: You want Kofi? George: No. Condi: You don't want Kofi. George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N. Condi: Yes, sir. George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N. Condi: Kofi? George: Milk! Will you please make the call? Condi: And call who? George: Who is the guy at the U.N? Condi: Hu is the guy in China. George: Will you stay out of China?! Condi: Yes, sir. George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N. Condi: Kofi. George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone. Condi (On the phone): Rice, here. George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you get Chinese food in the Middle East?
words of the day: potted meat food products and mechanically separated chicken.
neat url in my referrers: asciirock.
after almost two years of work (well, some work and many pauses) sora.at finally got relaunched! just in time for the next austrian elections. still having some tiny quirks, though, but these rather are due to editorial (mis)conceptions...
...and rendering static html documents with helma.
although that would not have been necessary if client-servant-communication had been better... (but that's a different story).
at least this servant gets paid, doesn't it?
you know it.
very fine from liechtenstein very nice aus der schweiz: beats biblionetz.
rss revisited.
dive into mark: "history of the rss fork", "the case for simplicity".
sam ruby: "adding namespaces to the rss 2.0 spec was a bold step that may break a number of assumptions that tools were making, but mades possible a large number of innovations and creativity"; really simply syndication.
dave winer: "philosphy in re: rss 2.0" (summary: "it's a format, not a standard").
"the road to rss 3.0 as seen on aaron swartz"; aaron's amusing 3.0 spec.
conclusio: nothing new, yet. sticking with 1.0 and a cup of tea.
los logos – "society for the conservation of urban visual heritage" (via hirn&verbrannt).
yes, the idea is good but the interface is not ready, yet.