Weblogs

Hmmm… I thought I linked to Blogging as a Form of Journalism by J. D. Lasica, but I can’t find it. It’s the first of two parts of a very well-written article about weblogs, and here is the second part: Weblogs: A New Source of News – Dan Gillmor, Doc Searls and Dave Winer about weblogging.

Link via Jeff and Doc Searls.

How online is your life?

Try Paul’s Online Life Purity Test to find out. I have 54.0% online life in me.

Romantic gifts

Ananova: Forget flowers – hi-tech is a turn-on. “Lab tests have shown that when it comes to romantic gifts, partners prefer electronic gadgets to flowers. Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire used skin sensors to test the emotional response of volunteers who were given gifts. A DVD player registered the highest reaction while chocolates got the lowest.”

Email and Internet

My SpicyNoodles email address is not yet working again. Meanwhile, use uzsv0k@uni-bonn.de. Thanks!

Yesterday, our internet access was gone as well, hence no page flip. I got a lot of work done yesterday!

Amsterdam

On Sunday, André and I visited the Historisch Museum, spent some time at the Begijnhof, met Christopher, Frauke and Scott for a cup of coffee in the afternoon, walked around the city some more, and had dinner at a Thai restaurant before returning home. The photos are here.

For more photos, go visit PapaScott. This picture cracks me up…

No, wait, this one is even better!

Amsterdam

Okay, the first bunch of photos are ready… I’ve divided them in two groups:

Scripting News / Weblogger dinner. With 14 photos.

More photos from Sunday to come tomorrow!

Community

Al, I don’t think your patients want to see this photo of you…

On the other hand, I think I would like to attend one of your cooking lectures!

Birthday Boy

Oh, if I had known what a special day Saturday was, I would have gotten up ten minutes earlier to flip the page…

A very happy 50th Birthday, Craig!!! Sounds like you had a wonderful day and celebration!

Back home

We’re back! Our train from Amsterdam was about half an hour late last night, but we made it home at around 11 pm. Although the weather could have been a little warmer, we spent two interesting days in Amsterdam, meeting quite a few people on Saturday at the dinner. More later, I haven’t uploaded the photos yet… For a first impression, go to Papa Scott, who took the most unusual means of transportation to Amsterdam.

Oh, and Oliver Wrede from Cologne, Germany, posted bunch of photos last night.

Famous after all?! Almost…

Looking in my referrers today, I found Pah, the weblog of David Golding. He links to an article at The Australian: Tell someone who cares. (Some may already have read the article since it mentions the Kaycee hoax near the end.)

This is a very well-written article about weblogs, and also one of the very few that does not point to any of the so-called A-list blogs. Of the weblogs that are mentioned, I have seen only a few before, but many I’ve never heard of.

David Golding also links to the print version that includes a Blog-hopper’s guide box (not included in the online version), in which I read:

“Andrea’s Weblog, by Andrea, German student. Charming, straightforward.” Thanks!

Whoops, I just noticed that Doc Searls pointed to the very same article yesterday and commented on it as well. He suggests Blews as a term for news from blogs.

Health

BBC News: Tea ‘good for teeth’. “Scientists believe that drinking tea may be a good way to keep your teeth healthy. They have discovered that compounds found in black tea may attack harmful bacteria in the mouth that cause gum disease and cavities.”

A Tribute to Douglas Adams

Today is Towel Day. From the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:

A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value – you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine soredly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you – daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

There also is Happy Adams Day, which is set to be on February 11, the 42nd day of the year.

The end of the whole mess

Randall van der Woning has put together the whole story. Read it here.

Going to Amsterdam

We have wonderful weather here in Europe! It’s warm and sunny, just great, and it is supposed to stay like this on the weeked. I’m looking very forward to going to Amsterdam tomorrow! The Scripting News/Blogger dinner should be fun!

Don’t expect any updates here before Monday. And do expect some weblogger photos then!

Have a great weekend, everyone!