Bad manners make a journalist.

08:06 pm: Google Privacy Tools
I posted the link before, but decided to put it in a public post again:
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/tools/

Feel free to link to it, should you see the need. There still seem to be many people, who do not know about this and might appreciate it.

08:03 pm: Dragon Eggs.
I've seen this dragon egg thing in ina's journal, clicked on it and have no idea how it is supposed to work. But I got myself one:



So... I guess I'll have to take care of it now? It looks pretty though, doesn't it? :)

02:04 pm: Shift happens.
You might already know it. I didn't. It's really interesting!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q

And here are the various updates to the original presentation:
http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/History+of+the+Presentation

09:10 am: more Science
This is really lovely: http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science/
Science-themed kiddie-songs....

02:50 pm: Cinema and Science
This looks quite interesting: http://www.cisci.net/start.php?lang=1
The website explores the science behind the movie magic.

08:57 am: Oh Mandy....
The King has left the building.

( The latest on Criminal Minds. )

01:56 pm: Interesting Link
Here's a link to a database of english accents: http://accent.gmu.edu/index.php
Hopefully, they will add a few more regional ones from native speakers... But still, it's fun to play around with.

04:00 pm: Atlantis.
Natalie Meilinger, Grundschullehrerin in Palatine, einem Vorort von Chicago, ist bestens darüber informiert, was an Bord der "Atlantis" vor sich geht: Statt ihren schlafenden Sohn John zeigt ihr Baby-Überwachungsmonitor Live-Videos aus dem Spaceshuttle, berichtet der Sender "CBS2 Chicago".

( Ob im Kontrollzentrum in Houston nun schlafende oder quengelnde Babys auf den Monitoren erscheinen, ist nicht bekannt. )

Quelle: http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,,OID6957234_REF1,00.html

07:58 am: movie ratings
"It appears that, in your infinite parenting wisdom, you saw fit to bring two kids – an approximately four year old boy and 1 year old girl – into the particular screening of 'Hostel: Part II' I was present for."
(http://www.filmwad.com/featured-an-open-letter-to-parents-who-bring-their-children-to-extremely-violent-horror-films-2898-p.html)

Two questions:

1) What good are movie ratings, if they are not enforced? I didn't even know that you could bring toddlers to films with an R or NC-17 rating... WTF?

2) What did those people think?!

10:40 am: Alles Gute!!!
chinawolf, I wünsche dir alles Liebe und Gute zum Geburtstag! :)))