itunes info in sidebar
because something was f[beep] up with the way kung-tunes posted the trackinfo from my itunes to the sidebar, here’s the roundup on how i did it (adding to this post): go to mt’s control panel. make a new blog (itunes). make a new category (nowplaying). hit “edit category attributes”, toggle “accept incoming trackback pings” to yes. jot down the trackback url. add that url to kung-tunes preferences. make the format of kungtunes notification: add three files to the sub-blog (here: itunes), now_playing.html and lastfive.html and last30.html. for each of the three above files add something along these lines to the code: (MTAmazon optional for album cover) by <a href=“itms:// phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/ advancedSearchResults?artistTerm=<$MTPingBlogName encode_url=“1”$>” title=“Search at the iTunes Music Store”><$MTPingBlogName$>
weblogs in the news
nick luthi (one of the bloggers over at the berner gazette) wrote a nice article about weblogs in (one of) the local newspapers. he nicely explains terms like blogosphere and points out some hints on how to start your own weblog. give it a read! ps: if you don’t have a hard-copy of todays bund, go and read the article now, i don’t know how long it will be freely available in the eBund, i suspect that in a week you’ve got to pay for the access. oh, and by the way, the article is in german.
picture of the week
i’ve been thinking about posting a picture per week for a really long time, and with the picture below i want to start that series. (kind of like the way jeremy hedley does). my pictures will probably never reach the artistic potential of the one’s he posts, nonetheless i’ll try to share some pictures i like with you the picture below was this afternoon in the rosengarten here in bern. hidden behind the tree is the cathedral, the mother on the right side of the tree was telling her kid stories for the whole time i was sitting there (around two hours) which i thought was really nice.
sony - apple teamup? [update]
there’s always quite a bit of rumor that sony and apple might teamup sometimes (or the one is buying the other). from the perspective as a gadget-lover this would result in the most technically advanced (sony) gadgets which are on top of the industrial design scale (apple). here’s another evidence that both companies share the same views: if you look at the promotional pictures of sony’s latest hot gadget, the librie they seem to be shot by the same photographer that also does the promotional pictures for apple. the librie seems to float in front of a white surface, with a subtle shadow, shot from a slight frog perspective. here’s the direct comparison for you to judge:
new buttons
thanks to the fabulous button maker my blog now features two new buttons in the lower sidebar. (besides the other ones, which were also made with the button maker, ages ago). once a button which links to my amazon wishlist, just in case you want to send me a gift and the other is a button which links to my orkut-profile (which is something like FOAF for dummies :-). you’re free to join there and help build my network of friends.
ffaf is over
thanks for everyone participating on my free-for-all-friday! some blogs which i will check out soon are now on my 2do list. (the password is now changed to something private, so you cannot login anymore) now i need to go to bed, i just returned from the only swiss show of princess superstar the concert is not over yet, but i have to get up quite early tomorrow. oh, and yes the show was really good, it just started way too late!
Locked Outside!
I pulled this out of my old school composition book. Typed fresh and posting here, I don’t know if anyone is going to like this or not. What does it feel like to be locked away from home? No transportations, nowhere to go; only one you can blame is yourself. It doesn�t feel that bad after trying everyway to get back, now I could get mad at myself and consider the rest of the day as a bad day, or I could just make the best out of what I have. So, I have decided to write journals and walk around my neighborhood. I still remember the good-old-days; when I used to come out here in the same playground and ride my bike and play around with the other kids. It seems like events from yesterday. Anyway, I have lived in this neighborhood for a good six years now. Behind my house, there is an elementary school: IPS school 105. Soon after I decided to come to the playground, which is about 200 feet away from my house. I found myself in the playground sitting and observing kids playing kickball. It was amusing to me to picture myself being a kid again and what it�s like to be a kid again. But, I rather observe nowadays than actually participate. Although, I wouldn�t mind partake in, but I love to observe people. I find it quite time passing event. Sometimes, I want to figure out why certain people do certain things also what goes through certain people�s mind. Through observing their behaviors in an anonymous way, I can find out a lot about certain people.
pounding hammer
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snow
sigi… your phd sounds cool… (no pun intended) and speaking of snow I’m reading a really cool book at the moment called “high risk” (i think, not got the book handy… doh!) and it’s about avalanches and Everest… really enjoyable page turner… Speaking of PhD’s snap.. I’m also doing one… total opposites… mines in astronautics… and in the sunny climes of Southampton, England… Be good have fun… DJ ::… tbc …::
nina haberthürs first blogging
My Name is Nina, actually Anina (which is a palindrome ;-) I am the sillylittlesis of Habi. Here I am trying to do what my freaky brother Habi does most of his spare time…He is an addict!!! Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any stupid pictures of habis and my Childhood to put here. But, I don’t think I would have been able to place them here anyway… Have fun, Nina