Archive for the ‘Various stuff’ Category
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
As the topic air pollution has come up a few times here, I have created some videos to help everyone find a nice spot for living healthy. First of all, AMFIC publishes measurements and forecasts of air pollution in China. Unfortunately you cannot look at past measurements comfortably, therefore I ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Another post totally unrelated to China, but I have to talk about it. One of our politicians in charge of the harmonious German society, Ursula von der Leyen, has proposed a new law to make the internet more safe for minors. This law has not yet been approved, but if ...
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
This is so off topic, but it is so cool, I just have to post it ;)
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Learning Chinese is en vogue and with the recent rise of the Chinese economy it might be the next big thing. However I remember the time when I started out, that was in late September 2007. At that time the possibilities for learning Chinese online can be best described as ...
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
We all read the news: The western nations couldn't agree to the terms of the poor nations. Many blamed Barack Obama for the miserable results. But how can Obama, who has been in strong favor of a change towards more environmental protection, block the Copenhagen negotiations? My guess was he ...
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
A bee nest in a tree vs. modern day flamethrower. The peoples liberation army shows what is hidden in their weapon racks. Enjoy the fireworks.
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Those who read the tech blogs and tech news sites regularly already know what the title of this post means. For those not involved this particular piece of news might be of interest, too. The internet authorities have decided, that they want allow all kind of characters in domain names. ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
For your daily entertainment needs, check out this Korean dancing group.
Welcome to the 70s
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