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categoryHIPIHI: Second Life Chinese Style
HiPihi the Chinese version of Second Life has been launched. It is said to have a more user friendly interface and therefore being more attractive to advertisers. We are curious to observe how these Second Lifes are going...
Second Life Hype: a mere copy of real life?
A short comment on the Second Life and its relation to real life. What is it more than real life? It is based on a very critical article of writer Jenni Diski. Diski outlines a viewpoint that endorses...
Triathlon, Ironman, Kommerz und eigentlich geht’s ja so nicht wirklich weiter, oder?
Triathlon wird immer mehr zum Volkssport. Damit steigen auch die Startgebühren. Die Pionierzeiten des Sportes scheinen vorbei zu sein. Das bringt Positives, aber auch negative Aspekte mit sich.
Troubles of mere existence
Change can be innovative but it also can make things fall apart. Here you find some examples on how this may happen. It is fun and irony of the human existence.
An encouraging motto for a day of disasters
Today we tried to be innovative by implementing a videoconference between Germany and Australia, and in the same time do a audiovisual docmentary of the whole process. We failed at the end because the signal transmission between the...
Physiotherapy can be very painful
3. Folge der Comic-Reihe »Rossbad, die Anstalt für die bessere Gesundheit«
Pulp Fiction in typography
A typografcial interpretation of a scene in Quentin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction.
DHEA does not make you younger and it does not make you stronger!
Dehydroepiandrosterone did not proove any efficacy as anti-aging substance or power enhancer. Even though it is still broadly used.