dreikönigskuchen-geheimnis gelöst (with short english explanation)
aus aktuellem anlass und schweizbezug in deutsch: letzten donnerstag abend (dreikönigstag) war ich mit mara essen. (lustigerweise per zufall am gleichen tisch wie urs, leider sind wir nicht richtig ins gespräch gekommen, er war mit seinem kollegen über anderes am diskutieren[1]). aus aktuellem anlass kamen wir auf die dreikönigskuchen zu sprechen. mit meiner rudimentären statistischen ausbildung hab ich behauptet, dass fairerweise der könig im kuchen völlig zufällig verteilt sein sollten, das heisst also in 6 von 7 fällen aussen, in 1 von 7 fällen innnen [2]. irgenwie hab ich dann mit mara gewettet, dass das so ist (ich weiss aber nicht mehr was wir wetteten…). ich wollt dann grad mal bei den jowa-gielen anrufen, um nachzufragen, aber die arbeiten ja abends nicht mehr. freitags hab ichs dann vergessen. heute beim velölen kams mir wieder in den sinn, und ich hab dann heute nachmittag nach schönbühl telefoniert.
picture of the week 01
yesterday i’ve been diving again. yes, diving in the cold thuner-see, the water was around 5°C. we’ve again been at the schönörtli (german for nice place). because i wore a dry suit [1] i was only nearly freezing my ass off (more the hands than the ass, ‘cause i was wearing wet gloves). the dive was really spectacular, the sight underwater was amazing, much better than in the summer. and it’s really fun to dive with a dry suit, you feel like stuck in a balloon and can shift the air in thta balloon depending on the position you have. the picture below shows raymond and beat during their dive, having a break at the surface. can you see how clear the water is, you’re able to see the stones at the bottom…
those mash-ups don't stop!
i’ve already mentioned some mash-ups, here comes one more, not exactly a mash-up, but a band that mixes metallica and beatles songs: beatallica. all 11 songs can be conveniently downloaded as a torrent-file or as single .mp3-downloads. get them while they last. oh, and just to make this post more complete (or actually post a real mash-up), did i ever mention the beastles? an excellent mash-up between the beatles and the beastie boys. beatallica: [via powerbook blog]
spy on other people [update2]
this reminds me of the old days on the internet, where one was able to steer a model train via a remote interface [1]: use google to find “vunerable” security cams. if you take a look at this google search then you will find a huge amount of unsecured webcams, most of them might be security cameras. pretty much all of them can be controlled via your browser [2] so you’re free to spy on all different kinds of things, may it be car rentals, laundromats, japanese hotel lobbies or bays or a whole friggin list of things!
picture of the week 00
i wanted to (digitally) record the ibrahim ferrer show that drs3 aired last thursday evening so the post about enabling your ipod to record anything on hackaday came just right. but after installing linux on my first-generation ipod (see here) with the extremely painless ipodlinux installer i could not get it to record more than 5 second snippets (but played some games on it…) so i figured out an easier way. i started the live-stream of drs3 and used wiretap1 to record the concert. nonetheless i’ve now got two working operating systems on my ipod.
new pictures are online
i’ve been thinking about uploading all the images to flicker, but then thought it’s probably better to upload them to the /pics-section: the pictures from our new-years-eve-party in tinus lodge are now online. but watch out, it’s mostly for our amusement, because most of the pics show slightly drunk people and might be extremely boring to you…
gmail invitations [update]
i again have got to give 4 2 1** no invitation** to gmail away. if you want one, leave a comment. i’ll give away the invitations to the four out of the first ten to comment which give me the best cause to give ’em a gmail-invitation. so be creative and dont just write “i want a gmail invitation!!”. make me laugh and i’ll give you an invitation!
oh, and...
look who's got himself in trouble!
jan-o-plastic (and his photoshopping monkeys and fran) made a funny little calendar (i wrote a post about it some time ago) with members of the swiss parliament. now mrs ruth metzler thinks she’s more important than all the other stuff that is going on in the world now (christmas and new years eve are just wee bits among it) and sends piece a cease and desist letter to take down the “offending image” (which has been mirrored already)although one can be different opinions on how the image is of artistic value different questions spring to mind:
sad but true
Why are you getting all worked up about fifty thousand people dying from an earthquake? Every single day 25,000 children die from easily preventable diseases. Every single day 24,000 people die from hunger. Do they not count? Natural disasters happen. We can’t prevent them, and ultimately they kill very few people. Hunger and disease problems in developing countries? That one is directly our fault. We literally created that catastrophe with our aggressive foreign policies, thus we ignore it. If you want to actually help the world, don’t waste your money on Sri Lanka. Focus on curing poverty and stopping our first world governments from continually kicking down any nation that tries to climb out of that poverty.