Nes is really beautiful and a good place for cycling or strolling around the beach, or just lazing on a sunny afternoon in the breeze ..
still on vacation
7/18/2005
7/04/2005
66 - Blog Vacation
This blog is on vacation for a few weeks, even a blog deserves that! It might work part-time if it happens to come across an internet-café or the like.
Bye-bye, have a nice time!
Bye-bye, have a nice time!
7/03/2005
65 - Boardgame of the Year 2005
A little late, but now's the time for games: The Boardgame of the Year: Niagara.
Here's a review from Mikko Saari`s Gameblog.
Here's a review from Mikko Saari`s Gameblog.
64 - Fahrenheit 451
Yesterday I bought the Fahrenheit 451(novel by Ray Bradbury, film by Francois Truffaut)-DVD from the Sueddeutsche Cinemathek. I saw it on TV a few years ago. Fantastic film!
Here's a (wiki)-quote:
"The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are. They're Caesar's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, 'Remember, Caesar, thou art mortal.' Most of us can't rush around, talking to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book. Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore."
And I really think, Oskar Werner who plays Montag, and who was - by the way, born in Vienna in 1922 and died in Marburg an der Lahn in Germany, in 1984 - was one of the best actors ever!
Here's a (wiki)-quote:
"The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are. They're Caesar's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, 'Remember, Caesar, thou art mortal.' Most of us can't rush around, talking to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book. Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore."
And I really think, Oskar Werner who plays Montag, and who was - by the way, born in Vienna in 1922 and died in Marburg an der Lahn in Germany, in 1984 - was one of the best actors ever!
63 - City of Vienna supports Live8
7/02/2005
62 - Make Poverty History - Live 8
"On 6th July 2005, the leaders of Great Britain, the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia will meet at Gleneagles in Scotland to talk about world affairs, including Africa. They will be presented with a workable plan to double aid, drop the debt and make trade laws fair.
Live 8 is a series of concerts and events across the world which are being staged to highlight the problem of global poverty. It's a chance for ordinary people to call on world leaders at this year's G8 summit and tell them to put a stop to the needless deaths of 30,000 children every single day."
There will be concerts in Berlin, London, Rome, Paris and Edinburgh, with 100 artists, a million spectators, two billion viewers and one message: Make Poverty History
Live 8 is a series of concerts and events across the world which are being staged to highlight the problem of global poverty. It's a chance for ordinary people to call on world leaders at this year's G8 summit and tell them to put a stop to the needless deaths of 30,000 children every single day."
There will be concerts in Berlin, London, Rome, Paris and Edinburgh, with 100 artists, a million spectators, two billion viewers and one message: Make Poverty History
7/01/2005
61 - Sloterdijk on Europe
Sign and Sight has a very interesting interview with Peter Sloterdijk under the header "Damned to expertocracy".
There's a small extract:
....."The 21st century is becoming a neo-authoritarian laboratory, one where capitalism no longer has a need for democracy.
Something you're in favour of?
Of course not. It's with feelings of deep regret that I watch the domain of freedom being eroded bit by bit. The current situation is similar to the 1930s, when several kinds of authoritarianism were on offer all over the world. I think political systems are again experiencing a transition to postliberal forms. You have a choice between China's 'party dictatorial' mode, the Soviet Union's 'state dictatorial' mode, the USA's 'sentiment dictatorial' mode and finally the 'media dictatorial' mode of Berlusconi's Italy. Berlusconiism is the European test balloon of the neo-authoritarian turn.
Read more ....
There's a small extract:
....."The 21st century is becoming a neo-authoritarian laboratory, one where capitalism no longer has a need for democracy.
Something you're in favour of?
Of course not. It's with feelings of deep regret that I watch the domain of freedom being eroded bit by bit. The current situation is similar to the 1930s, when several kinds of authoritarianism were on offer all over the world. I think political systems are again experiencing a transition to postliberal forms. You have a choice between China's 'party dictatorial' mode, the Soviet Union's 'state dictatorial' mode, the USA's 'sentiment dictatorial' mode and finally the 'media dictatorial' mode of Berlusconi's Italy. Berlusconiism is the European test balloon of the neo-authoritarian turn.
Read more ....
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