theodore kaczynski: "Industrial Society and Its Future" (aka "the unabomber manifesto").

kanzlercast.

mixing code with markup is not a good thing – or: Why the light has gone out on LAMP.

word of the day: hechescher¹ (via supatyp).

respect, helpfulness, sharing, community, caring, trust and unselfishness finally pay off.

regarding o'reilly and the web 2.0 trademark case i rather feel more and more suspicious about another profitable company (providing a product i really like) emphasizing so strongly on idealism, ethics and humanism – ie. attributes i acknowledge to be good and meaningful – by using the african word ubuntu.

well, the web 2.0 fiasco is a lesson in (or at least a reminder of) needless naivety.

whit monday.

possibly, "whit" could have quite an interesting etymology leading to "wight" which originates from the swedish word vätte meaning "spirit of the earth, gnome"...

could have because in fact (or rather: according to wikipedia) it comes from white "in reference to the white robes worn by those baptized on the previous Easter".

the avantgarde of 1990's graphic design class and its problematic attitude towards, struggle with and misinterpretation of the web becomes manifest with redesigns like (for example) the one of emigre (via kottke).

of course, there are similar examples much closer at hand but due to some "intuitive" expectations for a mid-term time frame the benefit of doubt is big enough for some more patience.

"[...] Wobei es natürlich sehr viel schwieriger ist, die alte kakanische Nutte zu überleben, diese schlimmste unter allen Rabenmüttern, die ja nicht nur die Psychoanalyse, die Philosophie und die Barmherzigkeit aus ihren Gefilden verjagt hat, sondern auch immer wieder unbedeutende, kleine Bürger in der brutalsten Weise von sich stößt. Darin besteht wiederum die seltsame Größe Wiens, sich auch um die unbedeutenden Gestalten in aufwendiger Weise zu kümmern. Ihnen mehr zuzusetzen, als sie eigentlich verdient haben." – Heinrich Steinfest: "Ein dickes Fell".

carnivale.

es wird kalt ich dreh die heizung an es wird warm ich dreh sie ab.