I wrote this a few days ago, but then hesitated to post it.
Why would I keep moaning about my idiotic life?
Who cares?
What’s the point of such a post?
Today I decided to post it anyway, who knows, maybe it will help me to turn a page and to move on.
I am so low, something has got to give.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

This is how my days look like.

I get up at 5:30 to meditate for half an hour. At that time it is quiet. As an atheist I don’t believe in god or any other deities, nor in any other religion, buddhism may come closest. Still I consider it a good thing to just sit in silence for a while and face the emptiness, experience the nothingness that I am. At the end of the meditation I repeat a few times “May all beings be happy”. Note how I say “all”. That would theoretically include me even though I realize that I could never be happy. At the same time I am fully aware, that if I am not happy myself, wishing happiness for others won’t be of much use.

That concludes the semi-useful part of my day.

Around six my wifi starts up and I grab my iPad to check email, twitter and finally my RSS feeds to get my first news fix of the day. The interesting things that I find I post on various social media websites – delicious, twitter, facebook, tumblr, pinterest and mlkshk. I am a news junkie, no harm done to others in that. But I use an iPad and a Macbook Air for my news intake, fully aware that these machines were assembled in China under very questionable working conditions, then shipped halfway around the globe, some of the components that were used are toxic to the environment and Apple is a huge corporation that like all huge corporations should be boycotted. My huge online time contributes to worldwide server usage, which fast is growing into one of the major energy wasters. My daily allowance according to the 2000 watt society is probably covered by my internet, tv and other computer usage alone.

Around 6:30 I wake up my wonderful wife, which is the absolute highlight of my day. I love the sounds she makes and how beautiful and peaceful she looks when i wake her. We share a glass of Chi, which I justify because I think it’s good for my health. Chi is the closest to proper Kombucha I can find in Switzerland. But Chi is produced here in Switzerland by the cult community formed by the late Sri Chinmoy. So much for my atheism supporting a religious sect. While is not produced locally at least it does not get shipped half way around the globe. Really I should just make my own Kombucha, which is very easy to do. But I am too lazy to find a “mother”.

Next I go to my garden plot and dig around in the dirt for a few hours. I am a terrible gardener and really hate the work, but this gives me the illusion of doing something useful. Since I can’t seem to find a job or a career that interests me, I deceive myself in believing that this urban farming thing could be my “job” of sorts, my calling, and more gravely, that it could contribute to making the world a better place. But of course it does no such thing. Our plot with its 150 square meters is fairly big and should suffice to feed the two of us for nine or more months out of the year. But I fail miserably, we only eat homegrown food seven or eight months of the year. I still buy most of my seeds, despite being fully aware that worldwide seed production is controlled by just five huge international corporations, Mosanto et al. Some of the tools I use are produced in China and in other such countries. We are supposed to garden organically in these family gardens, but my direct neighbor secretly uses a ton of poison on his plot, fertilizers, pesticides and what have you, which means a. his vegetables grow twice as fast and are twice as big as mine, b. all the pests move from his to my plot and c. some of the poisons get onto my vegetables. According to knospe, the swiss organic food certification standards, the food I grow is not even organic, since it is produced in such close vicinity to non-organic farming.

Then I go home and make some tea with organic milk. Organic milk that gets shipped here across the country. Or not. I wouldn’t know. I can’t really buy local organic milk. To be brutally honest the only reason I still buy organic food is to calm down my bad conscience. It still costs much more to buy organic food, but the organic food market has turned into a joke since the major supermarkets have jumped on the organic food bandwagon. Recently I bought organic chickpeas “Produced in China”. Oh really… I keep buying organic because I think it healthier and because it gives me the illusion that this contributes in some absurd and esoteric way to make the world a better place. But I know better, it does not. You can’t shop to make a difference, there is no such thing as green shopping. It’s all the same mechanism, exploitative to the earth, and questionable on so many more levels. Supermarkets kill small businesses, the work conditions of people in the food industry, organic cucumbers from Spain all year long, and I could go on…

It is now time to take a bath and eat a banana. Yes, you guessed it, a fair trade and organic banana, see above. The bath uses more water than I should be allowed to use per day, considering that water scarcity is a reality. It does not matter that we have plenty of water in Switzerland, to really make a difference I would have to consider the global picture and take a bath only once or twice a week. Clean water will soon turn into such a rare resource that we won’t be allowed to waste any of it. As most others I keep wasting water as long as I am allowed to do so.

The rest of the morning I try to read my books, if the noise level allows it, checking and re-checking twitter, facebook and email, watching jon stewart and other videos stuck in my browser from my morning internet surfing. Yes, yes, wasting more energy, justifying nuclear power plants, see above.

At noon I fix a lunch. I am still vegetarian, again out of some sense of guilt or weird antiquated principle, and most probably just out of habit. But I am fully aware that eating vegetarian does not make the slightest bit of a difference. Some claim I would have to go vegan to make a difference, but I find that claim quite questionable, if only for all the soy that gets shipped half way around the globe. I believe the best I could do is eat only local, seasonal food, that either I produce myself, or that gets produced by people I know and trust. Eating some meat would make sense, for many reasons, just one reason here: you need manure to produce good vegetables. Usually my lunch consists of shop bought bread and cheese, yes yes, all organic, LOL, see above. Foods that I neither produce, nor know who does, and just blindly assume that it was produced in ethical and ecological ways, which knowing humans, it probably wasn’t. On the TV I watch the weather and the news, which is probably just a habit to try and make me feel superior, since I got all the news much earlier online on twitter and elsewhere.

In the afternoon I usually try to have a small project, fix stuff, in summer organize something for my urban farm, make jam, conserve food, what have you, currently I want to make preserved lemons, or sometimes I go shopping. Blah. The rest of the time or if I am depressed (most of the time) I just lay around, agonizing. Sometimes I watch a movie or play a game.

I try to read whenever I can, which is rare. It is usually too noisy, so I can’t concentrate. We live above a family with two small boys, both of them around two, just a year apart. Two boys in their terrible twos. Great. All day long they have a competition going who can cry the loudest. If they don’t cry they bang shit on the walls or floors, or run around in those clumsy, loud infant steps. If the kids are quiet you can usually hear their mum screaming around. Because of them, it is almost never quiet in our flat. When they go out to the playground, I know it would now be possible to concentrate enough to read my books. Sometimes I manage to find it in me to pick one up, but usually I just fall asleep enjoying the temporary quiet.

My wife and I, we don’t have kids. A while ago we decided not to have kids. We had tried to have one for some time, but it never worked out. We then started to see the advantages of not having kids. There are already way too many kids on this overpopulated planet, it is one of the biggest ecological contributions you can make, not to put any more kids on to this planet. Plus kids are noisy and obsessed with themselves. Me me me. Pure ego. So, no own kids, but live above two small boys who terrorize me all day long? Brilliant. I try not to hate the kids, but I’m afraid I hate these two more and more every day. And I really question their parents for being so egotistical to bring kids to this fucked up place. We don’t have kids, but most of our direct neighbors have two or more. On balance the positive ecological effect of us not having kids is instantly erased.

There are many more such things. If I move around the house I usually walk up and down the stairs, in order not to use the elevator and save some energy. I live in the fifth, the top floor. People in the floors bellow us, even people living in the second floor, use the elevator all the time. What I manage to save in energy by walking the stairs gets used up by them. I also don’t own a car. I really love to drive, but ecologically I can’t justify owning a car. Again, everybody else in our house owns a car. For my vacations I try to only visit locations I can reach by train, I try to fly as little as possible. Meanwhile my friends and family travel to thailand over christmas. Whatever I may save in energy and resources the people in my direct vicinity waste ten fold. And in these individualistic times I can’t even confront them with it…

In the evening my wife comes home and we fix an early dinner. We like to cook and eat well, creative, luscious vegetarian cuisine. We should feel so guilty that we choke on every bite, because we are so privileged, with all our fancy spices, ingredients and cooking gear. After dinner we hang out on the couch and watch mostly shit movies, that happen to be aired on our subscription cable channel. This is how time is killed best till bed time around 9:30.

Usually around 3 in the night I wake up with a start. It is then that I see clearly what a joke my life is. My pathetic attempts to be a responsible, ecologically conscious, considerate human on this planet are just so futile, that it is beyond ridiculous. Maybe I should rather start to do things that contribute to rid the planet of this cancer that we humans are… But I am too scared of the consequences.

Usually on saturday i join some protest or other, occupy, anti-nuclear, what have you. I pretend that we can make a difference. But I am not a reformist. I am convinced things would need to change on a much more fundamental level. What needs to happen, and I don’t even know if I can call it a revolution, would involve such a deep questioning of our ways by each and everyone of us, that it seems impossible that it could ever happen. Everyone has so many blind spots. Even I do, and I am one who honestly tries to look at things and to question my ways. Or so I delude myself…

[weekly linkdump, somewhat edited]

#watch and

Poses.mov – yolanda dominguez has women pose in those impossible model poses in the street

Cristiano Ronaldo in LOVE with Jose Mourinho – meow

pedro reyes: baby marx at walker art center – "baby marx, an ongoing project by mexican artist pedro reyes that looks at the potential for mass entertainment to operate as a radical educational tool. an architect by training, reyes works across platforms and disciplines-including design, installation, and video-to explore sites and scenarios of collective interaction."

Ghosts With Shit Jobs – mockumentary portrays US economy from 2040 shows the jobs americans have to do that no chinese would do

Polish Spiderman Wreaks Havoc – he's a bit of a prick. but a few scenes are great

June Bum Park 1 Parking – korean guy parks cars with his hands

Pig Farms: an Animal Equality documentary – mmmh, jamon…

#learn

Stocking Is the New Planking – recreates stock photography poses

The End – "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." orly? as flash game about death

Wikibituaries – "Everybody knows that all the major news media maintain a load of obituaries on the shelf ready for when ageing or particularly hardcore public figures drop off the twig, and equally there's the old wikideaths lark of killing people off on Wikipedia. Why not bring the two together to create a resource where a community of – admittedly probably a bit morbid – people maintain a resource of user-generated obituaries for slebs and other public figures?"

Genre busting: the origin of music categories – "Where did the terms retro-nuevo and skronk originate? Or hip-hop? Michaelangelo Matos runs through an exhaustive catalogue of music's phrasemakers and trendsetters"

Narco cinema: b-movies – "The name says it all. Narco cinema churns out low-budget, action-filled B-movies that star drug dealers, corrupt cops and politicians, strippers, explosions, blood baths but also plenty of trucks and those vehicles that are twice the size of my flat. "

OpenART i Örebro – Open Art Biennale features Mark Jenkins

From utopia to dystopia and back again – See No Evil, Bristol – "This weekend saw the final unveiling of the the See No Evil project in Bristol; Europe’s largest street art exhibition. It is, to say the very least, an extraordinary, breathtaking achievement. Graffiti artists not just from Bristol but around the globe descended on Nelson Street, transforming the whole area from drab, urban decay into what feels like a new – almost virtual – space."

Why IP Addresses Alone Don't Identify Criminals – "First, an IP address doesn't automatically identify a criminal suspect. It's just a unique address for a device connected to the Internet, much like a street address identifies a building."

Twitter traffic during the riots – "The Guardian has compiled a unique database of more than 2.5m tweets related to the riots, showing that the majority of surging social media traffic occurred after the first verified reports of incidents in an area" slow twitter is slow.

‘The Lady’ Trailer and Shepard Fairey Poster: Luc Besson Tackles Political Resistance – "The Lady stars Michelle Yeoh as Burmese revolutionary leader Aung San Suu Kyi — this is a real-life story of political oppression and resistance. The first teaser trailer, which shows Yeoh in character taking the stage in front of a throng of wildly cheering supporters, has just dropped. Along with it comes the film’s first poster, designed by Shepard Fairey"

World Press Photo – "View the entire collection of winning images from the 54th World Press Photo Contest."

Knit Your Own Mini Ninja – "Knitting kit to knit your own mini ninja Includes: booklet, yarn, felt, darning needle, knitting needles, needle & thread, and toy stuffing"

Can’t Take the Heat – "Burning Man started at Baker Beach, and we can reclaim Black Rock City here within San Francisco limits if we can visualize The Playa happening at home. Here are a few suggestions for taking a Burner staycation."

eve bailey: shoulder path – "'shoulder path' project concentrates on the form generated by a backward roll. the shapes of the structure fold and unfold recording the geometry of the successive positions of the action."

From Goblin to Morricone: the art of horror movie music – "The scariest horror films don't just make you want to cover your eyes, but your ears, too. Stephen Thrower on movie music with real menace" stephen thrower of coil/cyclobe reviews trends in horror film music through the decades

Say Something Nice – "For our latest mission we constructed a custom wooden lectern with a megaphone holster and an attached sign that read, “Say Something Nice.” The lectern was placed in public spaces around New York and then left alone."

David Graeber: Bursting capitalism's bubble. – "there seems to have been a profound contradiction between the political imperative of establishing capitalism as the only possible way to manage anything, and capitalism’s own unacknowledged need to limit its future horizons lest speculation, predictably, go haywire. When speculation did go berserk, and the whole machine imploded, we were left in the strange situation of not being able to even imagine any other way that things might be arranged. About the only thing we can imagine is catastrophe."

If PHP Were British – "would_you_mind { // Code here } actually_i_do_mind (Exception £e) { // Politely move on cheerio('Message'); }"

ryo yamada: infinite landscape – "'infinite landscape', an architectural installation in the center of a lake at the museum of contemporary art in sapporo, japan. a narrow path leads visitors from land over the water towards a box modestly clad with oriented strand board, OSB. upon entering the enclosed structure, the internal walls and roof are black, blocking the passage of light and indirectly, a sense of direction or time."

Pablo Delgado's small world – "Tiny figures are popping up all over London's East End thanks to this Mexican artist"

[delicious.com/pieceoplastic or subscribe to this RSS feed - with all the typos]

last night i went to a talk by p.m., the author of the pretty great bolo’bolo book all these years ago. older, distinguished, grey haired he presented a new, equally simple theory, how we could organize the planet, yup, the whole damn planet, and keep everyone at 1000 watt energy usage. it was brilliant, humorous, smart, ironic. the numbers seemed to make sense. neustartschweiz.ch

as i sat there i thought to myself, let’s just go with this, let’s just give this theory a try. but instantly after his talk people started to nitpick the theory, getting stuck on terminologies and details. how will we ever change things if even a small room of not even 100 lefties can’t agree on anything?

it’s goddamn hopeless…

this talk was part of the vision2035.ch event-series organized by mathias stalder

[weekly linkdump, somewhat edited]

online video killed the …

Björk talking about her TV – björk making tschökes about how tviii wörkshh. why do islandic all sound like they are drunk all the time?

BBC news presenter gives the finger – "BBC news weather presenter Tomasz Schafernaker sticks a finger up to another presenter and then gets caught causing him to spack out." a true woops moment.

Target Ain't People – “www.targetboycott.org —-Learn more—Take Action—Sign the Petition—- In January, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations can spend unlimited $$ in our elections. In July, Target gave $150,000 to the anti-gay, anti-worker candidate for Gov. of MN.”

How To Be Alone – "Davis wrote the beautiful poem and performed in the video which Dorfman directed, shot, animated by hand and edited" [via ze frank]

schmooze and abuse

Why Isn’t There A Better Way to Text While Driving? – "It’s deadly. It’s irresponsible. And we’ve all done it. Before you commute home think about this: Why isn’t there a better solution to texting while driving?"

This is England '86 – "The BAFTA award-winning This is England is back in a brand new four-part series, This Is England '86, and it's coming to Channel 4 in September." MUST. RECORD. THIS. (hint!)

Saffron risotto cake with grilled veg recipe – "A savoury rice cake that makes the most of summer" this one is by jane baxter, still nammie

How to Protect Your Privacy on Facebook Places – "Like all location products, the new application publishes potentially sensitive information, since a stream of information on location can provide a detailed picture of your life. Some locations might appear cool at one moment, and yet become something you'd rather forget the next."

Women can think themselves to orgasm without a man's help – "scientists are uncovering the real secrets of an explosive sex life – and, for women at least, it’s all in the mind." do try this at home.

Expandable Trek BP Titanium – "Brenthaven's Expandable Trek BP is now 'zero impact' which means Brenthaven promises to invest in Green projects that offset any impact our products have on our environment." My next backpack?

Facebook Unveils Service to Announce Locations – "Facebook introduced a long-anticipated service called Places on Wednesday that could help the company tap local and small-business advertisers and sharpen its competition with Google."

Pirate Party of Sweden says it will now host Wikileaks – "Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (left) and Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge reached the agreement last weekend Sweden's Pirate Party, which already hosts the controversial site The Pirate Bay, could act as a safe harbor to Wikileaks, especially if the party wins seats in upcoming Swedish parliamentary elections on September 19."

Don’t Be Ugly By Accident! – "oh, also—iPhone users have more sex." oh noes…

Wally Five – $143.00 : Woolly Pocket™, The good life grows in Pockets™ – "Drive your plants up the wall with Wally! Create an instantly lush vertical garden and experience the magical fun of plants in any environment." this is awesome, made from recycled plastic it will last decades.

Four Lions / Out on DVD & Blu-ray 30 August – "Chris Morris's debut feature is out on DVD & Blu-ray & EST on 30 August Four Lions arrives on DVD, Blu-ray & EST with a host of exclusive extras including deleted scenes, festival footage, interviews & featurettes reflecting the wealth of research undertaken to take on the subject." finafuckingly

PadPressed- Make Your WordPress Blog Look Like an iPad App – wordpress plugin that makes your blog feel like a native ipad app, swipe, social sharing, touch navigation. but it's a bit pricey for a shit blog like mine.

Journalism Warning Labels – "It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but there's no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other questionable content."

“The Pirate Bay Really Sucks,” Says Co-Founder – "We need some form of new technology. So, that’s kind of the future for The Pirate Bay, hopefully dying, and being replaced with something better of course, because the Pirate Bay really sucks"

Boy, 13, hit by lightning at 13:13 on Friday the 13th – "He had a minor burn to his shoulder and was taken to hospital as a precaution. It could have been a lot worse," he said, adding: "It's all a bit strange that he was 13, and it happened at 13:13 on Friday the 13th." uhm, really?

Paris fast becoming queen bee of the urban apiary world – "Tourists are not the only ones swarming down the Champs-Elysees and through the Luxembourg gardens this summer. Thanks to a renewed interest in apiaries, Paris is fast becoming the urban bee-keeping capital of the world."

DJ Food | Remember The Future? mix – "I love this stuff, real oddity bin stuff, plenty of madcap psyche, dance craze records, vocoders and even a country ode to an electronic brain." and i concur

swiss focus

Erich, warum bisch Du nid Ehrlich – "Machen wir das unmögliche möglich und bringen Müslüm in die Charts! Die Reitschule braucht am 26. September 2010 unbedingt eure Stimme – Ein NEIN zur Reitschul-Initiative! Jede Stimme zählt!!!"

[delicious.com/pieceoplastic or subscribe to this RSS feed - with all the typos]

If you watched the BBC election coverage last night, you probably saw David Cameron’s appearance at one of the UK’s little rituals—the local election board proceedings. Cameron had to share the stage with a half-dozen nutcases, including one dressed like Jesus, who were running in minor parties. The first hand he shook belonged to some strange ranger from the Monster Raving Loony party.

brillant image, simple as that…

die schweizer medien rätslen über den young boys spieler ghezal. es fallen worte wie seltsam und unerklärlich, wenn sein plötzliches verschwinden anfangs dezember erwähnt wird.
mein erster gedanke zum thema, ghezal’s verschwinden erklärt sich mit dem seltsamen und unerklärlichen resultat der minarett abstimmung.

Die Entscheidung vom vergangenen Sonntag gegen den Bau von Minaretten hat weltweit Schocks und Missbilligung ausgelöst und dem Ruf der Schweiz als ein Land der Toleranz und des kulturellen Pluralismus empfindlichen Schaden zugefügt.

Zeigen wir der Welt, dass wir dieses Verbot aufs schärfste verurteilen und dass die Schweizer Bevölkerung sich grundsätzlich entschlossen gegen Angstmache und Vorurteile stellt.

Geben Sie bitte nachstehender Petition auch Ihre Stimme – sie wird in Zeitungen muslimischer Länder veröffentlicht, sobald wir 100.000 Unterschriften gesammelt haben.

Sunday´s vote against the building of minarets has sparked shock and widespread condemnation from all corners of the world, tarnishing Switzerland´s reputation as a land of tolerance and cultural pluralism.

Let´s show that we strongly disagree with the ban and that Swiss people remain genuinely committed to fight fear and prejudice.

Add your voice to the petition below, and it will be delivered to newspapers across the muslim world when we reach 100,000 signatures.

sign here

Ich schäme mich für das Resultat der Minarett-Initiative! – saturday 14:00 bundesplatz, bern. i’ll be there if my cold is gone.

jon stewart and john oliver making fun of it all

” Um auch noch die Letzen zur Abstimmung vom 29. November zu motivieren, werden wir am 19. November in allen grossen Bahnhofshallen eine Smartmob durchführen:

- Treffpunkt ist um 17.45 in der Bahnhofshalle
- Punkt 18.00 Uhr fallen wir alle zusammen auf den Boden, mitten in der Menge der Pendler, und bleiben dort während 4 Minuten wie tot liegen. Dies als Symbol für alle Menschen die durch Schweizer Waffen sterben, die wir aber nie zu Gesicht bekommen
- wichtig ist, dass alle möglichst rot angezogen sind -> visueller Effekt
- nach den 4 Minuten kann jeder wieder seine Weg gehen

Während dessen werden Flyer an Passanten verteilt, die über die Initiative und den Smartmob informieren.”

Smartmob für ein Ja zur Initiative “Exportverbot von Kriegsmaterial”

teh glorious interweb as it got stuck in my camino tabs this past week – the edited version.

online video killed the …

Incredible, amazing, awesome Apple – "Note: No cuts are repeated." sad, more like.

9.12 DC TEA PARTY – MARCH FOOTAGE WITH INTERVIEWS – "we went to Washington DC to document the Tea Party protests against, well, a lot of things, including health insurance reform, the IRS, abortion, global warming, and our "socialist/communist/fascist/Nazi/Muslim " president, Barack Obama." it is soooo scary what is happening in the US.

schmooze and abuse

MP CHANGE – lets you upload a photo of yourself that will get animated. it’s a bit creepy. [via b3ta]

kanyelicio.us – kayneliced mah website then. [via b3ta]

Net Hoax Convinces Germany of Fake U.S. Suicide Bombing Attempt – "All of Germany was bamboozled Thursday by a bizarre scheme that tricked the country’s main wire service into reporting an attempted suicide bombing in a California town — an attack supposedly perpetrated by a non-existent rap group called the “Berlin Boys.” The work of German filmmakers peddling a satirical movie called Short Cut to Hollywood, the elaborate hoax involved at least two faked websites, a faked Wikipedia entry and California phone numbers for “public safety” officials that were actually being answered by hoaxsters in Germany using Skype." zes germans, sigh.

Big New York Event – Sept. 21 – "Come join the Yes Men and a large coalition of activists in some massive plans to save the world on Monday, September 21 in New York City. It could make a really big difference, and it'll be tons of fun. We can't guarantee making history – but we're sure going to try." sounds exiting. wish i was in NYC. beam me over, scotty.

Robots – The Old Robots Web Site – "DID YOU KNOW : THIS WEB SITE IS USED TO IDENTIFY, RECORD AND RETAIN INFORMATION ON ROBOTS"

Denmark pulls 'promiscuous' video – "A video promoting tourism in Denmark has been removed from YouTube after complaints it promoted promiscuity."

Some Notes On iTunes LP – "Feature-wise, an iTunes LP is a DRM-free album in high-quality 256kbps AAC format, along with digital extras (visualizer(s), photos, videos and interviews) wrapped in a custom WebKit-powered site."

The Putting Lot – "Welcome to The Putting Lot: Bringing miniature golf to Bushwick, Brooklyn for the summer of 2009! The Putting Lot explores the possibilities of vacant lots in the city with an emphasis on community spaces."

swiss/german corner

Watchlist: Princess Hijab – “Ich bin eine visuelle Terroristin”, sagt Princess Hijab, “der Dschihad ist meine Kunst.”

BD Skittles Portrait Photo 2009 – by Rolf Siegenthaler added to BD info pages.

delicious.com/pieceoplastic or subscribe to this RSS feed – with all the typos.

the black sheep campaign used by SVP (xenophobic rightwing party of switzerland) during last years elections is getting imitated around europe:

discovered in sevilla and uploaded to flickr by regine of we-make-money-not-art.com

edit: gut gespielt. und keine angst vor peinlichen drohungen. wer je mit einem kind im trotzalter zu tun hatte weiss, trotz ist ein miserabler motivator. die svp wird sich in der opposition verheizen und spalten, bald wird sie wieder angekrochen kommen.

aber trotzdem, bloss da sitzen und warten und nichts tun geht auch schlecht…

[photo 2: by my mum]

dic-zh is the name of the crew who made this video in the hip hop vs. svp genre. i didn’t know these guys, but love their work. “you can sue us, it’s ok (we’re broke anyway)”, it says at the end, and maybe, just maybe they even hope to get sued. here’s another video they did.

[via bernergazette - da revival]

yesterday apple put the “a greener apple” banner on their front page, linking to an open letter by steve jobs explaining the companies strategy to become greener.

Today is the first time we have openly discussed our plans to become a greener Apple. It will not be the last. We will be providing updates of our efforts and accomplishments at least annually, most likely around this time of the year. And we plan to bring other environmental issues to the table as well, such as the energy efficiency of the products in our industry. We are also beginning to explore the overall carbon “footprint” of our products, and may have some interesting data and issues to share later this year.

I hope you are as delighted as I was when I first learned how far along Apple actually is in removing toxic chemicals from its products and recycling its older products. We apologize for leaving you in the dark for this long. Apple is already a leader in innovation and engineering, and we are applying these same talents to become an environmental leader. Based on our tangible actions and results over time, hopefully our customers, employees, shareholders and professional colleagues will all feel proud of our ongoing efforts to become a greener Apple.

Steve Jobs

my apple fanboy meter just went up a few nudges [no real need to say that it was at an all time low in recent times]

btw. greenmyapple won a webby in activism category; very nice and much deserved for a very cool online campaign.

[via wmmna - digg - shey.net]

this is as shocking as it is funny… omg. is this a fake?

[via Top 10 April Fool Pranks 2007 and i'll admit it, i almost believed the tin foil hat, for a second there ... or did i want to believe it?]

december 2006 – bundesrat target practice

la class politique 2006 throws in the towel. this is our last entry, year 2006 complete and bye bye.
finally we are able to admit, that these silly shopperies seem to pretty much amuse only ourselves. if that …
the only “feedback” we ever received was a c&d letter back in 2004.
so i guess, yes, we are stubborn to keep trying that long …
but now it really is time to move on to new projects.

as always, we are grateful for ideas, suggestions and constructive criticism.

photoshoppery: franziska nyffeler
idea: franzsika nyffeler & jan zuppinger

sam has remixed the telemarketing propaganda message that was sent out to 5000 households in zurich last week by rightwing politician ueli maurer.

me likee.

So tönt das Original.

Ich dachte die Sache könnte ein bisschen peppiger sein…

Der Remix.

[via tobistar]

november 2006 – bundeshexen calmy-rey und leuthard

federal councillors calmy-rey and leuthard are brewing a truely indigestable soup.

as always, we are grateful for ideas, suggestions and constructive criticism.

photoshoppery: franziska nyffeler
idea: franzsika nyffeler & jan zuppinger

october 2006 – bundesratte blocher and nationalaffe maurer

federal councillor christoph blocher is making fine progress in sawing switzerland out of the landscape.

national councillor ueli maurer seems to ask: “christoph, am i doing this right?”.

as always, we are grateful for ideas, suggestions and constructive criticism.

photoshoppery: franziska nyffeler
idea: franzsika nyffeler & jan zuppinger

september 2006 – mr. maurer

with the vote coming up it is high time for ueli maurer to visit his baber. we recommend dällebach kari. i am sure federal councillor calmy-rey would love to accompany him.

as always, we are grateful for ideas, suggestions and constructive criticism.

photoshoppery: franziska nyffeler
idea: franzsika nyffeler & jan zuppinger

august 2006 – anonymous puking doggy

we are not the only ones having to puke with all this neo-patriotism.

as always, we are grateful for ideas, suggestions and constructive criticism.

photoshoppery: franziska nyffeler
idea: franzsika nyffeler & jan zuppinger