ich war ja einer dieser leute, die irgendwie immer daran glaubten, dass es schon gut kommt, dass sich die welt bald zum besseren wandlen wird - jetzt nicht so age of aquarius mässig, aber irgendwie schon. ich glaubte, dass die welt immer toleranter wird, offener auch, die menschen immer informierter und dadurch grosszügiger. und eine zeitlang gegen ende des letzten jahrhunderts sah es auch echt ziemlich gut aus.

doch diesen glauben habe ich seit einigen jahren verloren. alles wird eigentlich nur noch beschissener, die menschen werden untoleranter, die extremisten aller schattierungen gewinnen immer mehr boden, trotz unverkennbarer, öekologischer notlage mag niemand seinen lebenswandel auch nur ein wenig anpassen (nach 34 mal in einem jahr habe ich aufgehört zu zählen wieviel nur mir als vegetarischer einzelperson und projektionsfläche “ich habe halt gerne fleisch” gesagt wird). sogar das bloggen interessiert mich inzwischen keinen deut mehr. inzwischen bin ich so desillusioniert, dass ich meine zeit am liebsten in einem stupiden videospiel verplempere - die rückkehr zum nihilismus.

wie weiter? eigentlich ist da nichts. und aus nichts kann nichts werden. doch was ist, kann nicht zu nichts gemacht werden. aber wenn da eigentlich nichts ist… der endlose loop unserer verfickten existenz.

och gott, ich hass mich wenn ich so drauf bin. aber es muss doch wieder mal gesagt sein…

Tags: rant, depression, nihilism

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Tags: art, swiss, switzerland, zurich

weeehheeeee, moss and the gang are back, very much so, and what a great first episode to season 2 this was. the IT crowd still is hilarious; it’s great to have this series back, but mostly moss really, a huge fan of moss i am. it took only 23 minutes to download, *hint hint*.

Tags: theitcrowd, tv, series, british, humor

sachen gibts. da sucht man ganz harmlos noch bluetooth geräten und siehe da, jemand in meine nachbarschaft hat sein phone oder seinen computer muschi getauft. die frage ist bloss, handelt es sich hier um einen fall von muschi neid? oder anders gefragt, würde je eine frau ihr phone muschi nennen?

Tags: bluetooth, gadget, mobilepone

[teh glorious interweb what got stuck in my camino tabs this past week]

book lists

100 Most Influential Books Ever Written - “1. The I Ching 2. The Old Testament 3. The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer 4. The Upanishads 5. The Way and Its Power, Lao-tzu”

Sci-Fi Lists - Top 100 Sci-Fi Books - “1. Frank Herbert Dune 1965
2. Orson Scott Card Ender’s Game 1985 3. Isaac Asimov Foundation 1951 4. Douglas Adams Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 1979 5. George Orwell 1984 1949″

baby names

Tots getting Internet identity at birth - “One of the criteria was, if we liked the name, the domain had to be available.” so all you zuppinger’s out there, you can forget it to name your child jan, cause janzuppinger.com is mine! nah nah nah nah nahhh.

Google Baby - last week the child named @, but as it turns out there exists already a child named google, *sigh.

swiss/german focus

SVP-Video: Jugendliche getäuscht - “Ein Wahlkampf-Video der SVP Schweiz sorgt für Empörung: In Biel gedrehte Szenen zeigen sieben Jugendliche, die Drogen verkaufen und sich prügeln. Die Jungen glaubten, dass es um Gewaltprävention gehe – weit getäuscht.”

OpenExpo - “Das Ziel der OpenExpo ist die Förderung von Open Source Software im Unternehmensumfeld.”

etoy.CORPORATION / Bus trip Môtiers - “Join etoy.AGENTS on a day out in the green hiking trails, waterfalls, power plants, black holes, absinth, lush forests and art in open air. Book this day in your calendar for a special tour to Môtiers together with etoy.”

bengston: Travelogue out now! - “It’s a gritty little tune and a homage to recent trips undertaken. It boasts a raunchy beat, weird little noises, a weighty bass and a gonzo loop on top.”

Friends of frenZINE - william wall reacts to the frenzine issue that quoted his book “this is the country”.

fun fun fun dj mixes

osymyso-Fasterer Mix.mp3 - osymyso mixes quality with humor, as usual.

osymyso-Slowerer Mix.mp3 - and yet another lovely osymyso dj mix.

news and abuse

Bush Administration Declares War on Mountains and the People Who Live There - “President Bush is poised to issue regulations that will permit and encourage mountaintop mining, a controversial practice in which the tops of mountains are blasted off and dumped in nearby valleys.” will there be one fauxpas, that this administration might skip?

Man arrested over wi-fi ‘theft’ - “A man has been arrested in connection with using a wi-fi broadband connection without permission.” alright, it’s not cool what he did, but arrested???

Undercover Cops Incite Violence in Montebello - “Canada’s police are paid to go “undercover,” dressed as activists, in order to provoke protesters into acts of violence.” and later in the week the police admits to using these undercover agents, but claims they were not provocateurs. helas, i hate to say the obvious here, we always knew …

After Spam, Next Inbox Menace Is ‘Bacn’ - “It’s not really spam. You want to read it (and probably would), you just don’t have the time.”

Twitter goes to the MTV Video Music Awards - “Could this finally be what breaks Twitter out of the early-adopter geek set and into the population at large? The microblogging service has partnered with the inarguably mainstream MTV for its upcoming Video Music Awards”

Doma Buenos Aires - “Since 1998 the Argentinian DOMA Collective is an important part of the Buenos Aires Street-Art scene, doing urban installations, stencils, street-projections and absurd campaigns.” [via neat]

Nightclubs are hell. What’s cool or fun about a thumping, sweaty dungeon full of posing idiots? - “Clubs are despicable. Cramped, overpriced furnaces with sticky walls and the latest idiot theme tunes thumping through the humid air so loud you can’t hold a conversation, just bellow inanities at megaphone-level.” i really enjoyed reading this column a few weeks ago in the guardian, so now that i stumbled over its web link… enjoy!

Music from the hit series, Weeds - weeds, the tv serires, not only has an excellent soundtrack, but also a usable website that let’s you enjoy it.

useful flowchart - from “is it fucked up?” to “no problem” in one hip flowchart. [via bb]

OMIM - SKIN CREASES, MULTIPLE BENIGN RING-SHAPED, OF LIMBS - oh lord, the michelin baby, the one we all laughed so hard about, it actually has a rare disease. shame on us. [via neatorama]

Are Digital Music Watermarks a Blessing or a Curse? - “With EMI selling its entire catalog DRM-free and Universal soon to experiment with its open-MP3 format, the major labels are finally showing a willingness to abandon the rusty armor of digital rights management. Or are they?”

CR - “Here’s a fun way to fritter away an hour of your life: search Google Images for logos that have the same initials as your own name.” note to self: must do that sometime.

d85d4440aa0496700424199290b06b31de6.jpg - a man’s gotta eat, even if his name is ronald mcdonald.

Barking Dogs Atlas - “Is your neighbor’s barking dog driving you crazy? Here you can add their location to the Barking Dogs atlas.”

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Tags: linkdump, books, djmix, frenzine, babies, svp, swiss

it’s that time of the year again, i am getting ready and getting exited to visit ars electronica in a few weeks. goodbye privacy, the theme of this years festival, seems relevant and interests me very much - this could be a good year:

Mobile and ubiquitous—no longer just here and now, but being present wherever you want to be, whenever you want to be. These long-nurtured yearnings that have been projected so euphorically onto new technologies have now materialized into the reality of our time. A reality that is woven from a network in which every user is a node, every exit simultaneously an entrance, every receiver a transmitter too.

the ars electronica will take place in linz from 5.-11.9.2007.

exactly one month later, 5.-7.10., the arse elektronika will take place in san francisco, the tagline reads “pr0nnovation? pornography and technological innovation”:

A conference about pr0nnovation?
According to a study by Simon Smith, more than 800 items were registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as sex toys between 1840 and 1997. Among them was a condom with a built-in computer chip that can play music. Progress?

From the depiction of a vulva in a cave painting to the newest internet porno, technology and sexuality have always been closely linked. No one can predict what the future will bring, but history indicates that sex will continue to play an essential role in technological development.

this made me lol, of course. funny.

Tags: arselectronica, festival, conference

when the Super Mario Brothers and Pam Anderson meet PETA the result is Super Chick Sisters, quite an enjoyable game over at kentuckyfriedcruelty.com. PETA is using this nintendo like online game to fuel their Boycott KFC campaign.

Tags: game, PETA, activism

Tags: greenpeace, spencertunick, environment, ecology, activism

[teh glorious interweb what got stuck in my camino tabs this past week]

remember bennie and the jets?

22_-_Biz_Markie_-_Bennie_And_The_Jets.mp3 - <3!!! the classic @ wfmu

YouTube - Biz Markee Performing “Bennie and the Jets” - “the diabolical one with a crazy fucking performance.”

Treasure Trove of Found Sound Vocal Workouts - “the majority of these recordings were made singing along with records while playing with tape recorders or computers.” some of these are hilarious but no one beats the biz.

file under: girls pushing [geek] product

Ubuntu Girl - Spread the Linux with a chick - “Don’t waste your time on listing all advantages of switching to Linux from Windows, there are a few better ways to evangelize. For instance, I’m sure this picture will be much more successful than any other right-minded strivings…”

She’s Only Wearing a Nintendo - just what it says on the tin, and yes the two joysticks would be the “bra”.

online video killed …

Popping Duo from Japan - “Hamutsun Serve is a delightful Japanese “popper” duo who performs a street dance style known as popping”

LILLIPUT PUT - amazing collection of cute animations produced in 1980 for swiss italian tv station tsi by Bruno Bozzetto.

my blogging days are…

Blog Action Day - “On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic.” registered, check.

Why Bloggers Will Change the World, and How You Can Help - “thousands of bloggers unite, for just one day, to talk about one issue. Will that change the world, just one day? Not immediately, but it in effect unites the blogging community.” alright, hold your horses here. but still nice to read that someone still believes in blogs.

Blog Day - “Are you a blogger? Are you ready to be part of something big? Do you want to leave a mark on the face of the earth? CELEBRATE THE 3rd BlogDay ON AUGUST 31st”

news and abuse

The CD turns 25! - “On August 17, 1982 at a factory outside Hanover, Germany the Compact Disc was born - and that means that the CD is celebrating it’s 25th birthday today!” for some odd reason my exitement about this birthday is not that huge.

Another LCD Short - another brilliant anim gif.

Court acquits allofmp3.com site owner - “A Russian court found the former boss of music download Web site www.allofmp3.com not guilty of breaching copyright on Wednesday in a case considered a crucial test of Russia’s commitment to fighting piracy.”

Chinese couple name child “@” - “A Chinese couple tried to name their baby “@”, claiming the character used in email addresses echoed their love for the child.” imagine the mother wondering: damn, where is @ at? and what will be his email adress, please? @@somechineseurl.com?

Tony Wilson, big god - “Factory Records’ Tony Wilson has died, aged 57. It’s a shock.” “Some make money, others make history” [thx michael]

How “Guitar Hero” saved guitar music - “Contrary to some purists’ claims, the popular video game is inspiring kids to rock out for real.”

Toilet Paper Origami - “Toilet Paper Origami (also called toilegami) is the origami-style folding of toilet paper. There are two ways to do toilegami: fold the toilet paper while it is still on the roll, or fold a single sheet of toilet paper.” oh sweet jesus.

Crateman Ventures Into The City of Melbourne - more images created by aligning crates on a wall [via wooster]

Contests: Tay Zonday - “Tay is offering his “Chocolate Rain” for remixing, and we’ve added some free loops to the download to help get you started.” [via bengston]

Cory Doctorow on “Potemkin DRM”/A> - “We’ve just the published latest column on DRM from Cory Doctorow, who - following - continues to take the industry that’s selling digital rights management to the media.” sit back and enjoy, its cory-rant-time.

Nokia Warns of Faulty Phone Batteries - “Nokia Corp. warned Tuesday that up to 46 million batteries used in some of its cell phones could be faulty and pose a risk of overheating.”

Girl overdoses on espresso coffee - “Jasmine Willis, 17, developed a fever and began hyperventilating after drinking seven double espressos while working at her family’s sandwich shop.” next she will try shooting it up.

knife.hand.chop.bot - “The User puts his/her hand into the Machine and starts the knife game at the push of a button. The knife starts to hit the space between the fingers, first slowly then continually getting faster.” nope.

The Smoker’s lung - a glass lung filed with cigarette stubs, german anti-smoking campaign.

Get Your Music Off of Your iPod - “Dumping your entire music collection onto an iPod is a simple, one-click process. But what about getting your music off an iPod? You’ll find that’s not so easy.”

RedandJonny - 2 stormtroopers in love

Matryoshkus - “Includes: bit, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte figures.” i always loved these russian dolls, does that make me an anal-retentive? [via neatorama]

Top Ten (10) Most Expensive Paintings Of All Time w. Pics - “a list of the Top Ten Most Expensive Paintings of All Time and an explanation of what makes them so special and worth the exorbitant price.”

Web 2.0 Leaves Porn Behind - “Porn gets a lot of credit for pushing technology forward. You probably owe your DVD player and your video-on-demand service to dedicated porn fans with discretionary income. But as web technology evolves to support true personalization and community — into Web 2.0 — porn is falling further behind the curve.”

Plastic bags are killing us - “The most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth, the lowly plastic bag is an environmental scourge like none other, sapping the life out of our oceans and thwarting our attempts to recycle it.” oi, stop dissing plastic already.

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Tags: linkdump, bizmarkee, linux, nintendo, blogs

yesterday we went to the pong.mythos exhibit. quite nice. next to the obvious pieces like pain station by //////////fur//// and Tft Tennis v180° by Dirk Eijsbouts there were also a number of artistic pong renditions that i had never seen before, most notable maybe Pong Dress that was shown - or should i rather say worn? - by one of its creators, i think her name is marguerite charmante.

from their website:

the little black dress as erotic real playground for pong? when marguerite charmante wears her new neck top and offers the game controllers, attached at her lap height. we cannot resist being seduced to play! a charming seduction for playing, since it is possible to play the stylish plastic LED-grid, which covers chest and stomach area of the dress. from underneath the electric circuit tracks shine through. they are bundled on the side of the heart. pong is the name of the game: hit the dot back and forth with two sticks - this time all new on a 3D playing field, that is moving, chatting and laughing. we hit the dot with some spin from the height of the belly button and aim at the left nipple.

Tags: pong, exhibit, history, computergames