WE SAID YES!

WE SAID YES!

If any of you always wanted to own a real Enigma cypher machine used by Germans in WWII, you can now bid for one on ebay. Current bid is $14,100. If that is too much for you, you can also try to build an Enigma yourself.

[via slashdot]

If any of you always wanted to own a real Enigma cypher machine used by Germans in WWII, you can now bid for one on ebay. Current bid is $14,100. If that is too much for you, you can also try to build an Enigma yourself. [via slashdot]

I just performed an update of my blogging software. Besides some bugfixes it also comes with some new features. It now has a usermanagement, so multiple authors can write blog posts (anyone wants to be guest author? )
Also the preferences handling has been cleaned up, so now i can set the header graphics via the preferences dialog and don't need to fiddle with the php files themselves. Great!
Well the "related link" seem to have disappeared, so if you added del.icio.us support, you need to re-edit your themes.php and alter the section in the function theme_blogentry:

[pre]
// PERMALINK
if ( $blog_config['blog_enable_permalink']){// New for 0.4.6
if ( isset( $entry_array[ 'permalink' ][ 'url' ] ) ) {
// Show 'permalink' symbol
$blog_content .= ' &#124; <a href="' . $entry_array
['permalink' ][ 'url' ] . '">' .
$entry_array[ 'permalink' ]
['name' ] . '</a>';
//show del.icio.us icon and link
$blog_content=$blog_content . ' &#124;
<a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url='
.$entry_array['permalink']['url'].
'&title='.$entry_array['subject'].'">
<img src="themes/default/images/delicious.gif"
height="10" width="10" alt="Bookmark this"/></a>';

}

}
[/pre]

I put the del.icio.us link directly in the if-clause of the permalink now.

I just performed an update of my blogging software. Besides some bugfixes it also comes with some new features. It now has a usermanagement, so multiple authors can write blog posts (anyone wants to be guest author? ;-)) Also the preferences handling has been cleaned up, so now i can set the header graphics via the preferences dialog and don&#039;t need to fiddle with the php files themselves. Great! Well the &quot;related link&quot; seem to have disappeared, so if you added del.icio.us support, you need to re-edit your themes.php and alter the section in the function theme_blogentry: [pre] // PERMALINK if ( $blog_config[&#039;blog_enable_permalink&#039;]){// New for 0.4.6 if ( isset( $entry_array[ &#039;permalink&#039; ][ &#039;url&#039; ] ) ) { // Show &#039;permalink&#039; symbol $blog_content .= &#039; &amp;#124; &lt;a href=&quot;&#039; . $entry_array [&#039;permalink&#039; ][ &#039;url&#039; ] . &#039;&quot;&gt;&#039; . $entry_array[ &#039;permalink&#039; ] [&#039;name&#039; ] . &#039;&lt;/a&gt;&#039;; //show del.icio.us icon and link $blog_content=$blog_content . &#039; &amp;#124; &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/post?url=&#039; .$entry_array[&#039;permalink&#039;][&#039;url&#039;]. &#039;&amp;title=&#039;.$entry_array[&#039;subject&#039;].&#039;&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;themes/default/images/delicious.gif&quot; height=&quot;10&quot; width=&quot;10&quot; alt=&quot;Bookmark this&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#039;; } } [/pre] I put the del.icio.us link directly in the if-clause of the permalink now.

Yesterday the both of us celebrated their bachelor parties. My girls prepared a nice evening for me, including selfmade pizza and a cool t-shirt showing me with a viking helmet and "Krieger-Braut" (engl: warrior bride – Krieger will be my new name in 13 days – just registered a new e-mail address at GMX: warriorbride (at) gmx (dot) net )
Since it's not the time for wild parties for me, I just allowed myself a half glass of champaigne and we didn't meet with the guys like at Sandra's bachelor party last year.
The guys kidnapped Olaf from our home, blindfolded him and took him to a secret place where he had to face his first task: dress himself as a viking and meet his gang "Herr Olafsons letzte Horde" – and of course have a beer
It must have been a nice and funny evening for all of them, although they had to go through some nasty games (like eating jelly made with booze). I already saw some photos, maybe I put some online later on.
Marrying must be a hot topic at the moment, they met 9 other bachelor parties on their tour through the city.
Wow, only 13 days left. Everything's set and arranged (I hope we didn't forget anything), now I hope and pray for good weather.
Busy times ahead. Looking forward so much for the wedding, our honeymoon and the move into our new appartement.

Yesterday the both of us celebrated their bachelor parties. My girls prepared a nice evening for me, including selfmade pizza and a cool t-shirt showing me with a viking helmet and &quot;Krieger-Braut&quot; (engl: warrior bride - Krieger will be my new name in 13 days - just registered a new e-mail address at GMX: warriorbride (at) gmx (dot) net :-D ) Since it&#039;s not the time for wild parties for me, I just allowed myself a half glass of champaigne and we didn&#039;t meet with the guys like at Sandra&#039;s bachelor party last year. The guys kidnapped Olaf from our home, blindfolded him and took him to a secret place where he had to face his first task: dress himself as a viking and meet his gang &quot;Herr Olafsons letzte Horde&quot; - and of course have a beer :-D It must have been a nice and funny evening for all of them, although they had to go through some nasty games (like eating jelly made with booze). I already saw some photos, maybe I put some online later on. Marrying must be a hot topic at the moment, they met 9 other bachelor parties on their tour through the city. Wow, only 13 days left. Everything&#039;s set and arranged (I hope we didn&#039;t forget anything), now I hope and pray for good weather. Busy times ahead. Looking forward so much for the wedding, our honeymoon and the move into our new appartement.

… umfasste die Dissertation von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, die verschollen war und nun wieder aufgetaucht ist.
Wow. Zwölf Seiten. Sicher galten damals andere Richtlinien für eine Dissertation, aber ich glaube nicht, dass ich es schaffen würde, ein Thema auf 12 Seiten so zu behandeln, dass es mich selbst und auch die Gutachter zufriedenstellt. Es ist viel schwieriger, Dinge "kurz und knackig" auf den Punkt zu schreiben und auch noch lesenswert für andere zu machen. Auch wenn einige (ehemalige) Kommilitonen – insbesondere Geisteswissenschaftler – da vehement protestieren und ihre Texte mit Fremdwörtern und Schachtelsätzen so verzieren, dass sie kein Mensch mehr versteht. "Was du verstehst mein Essay nicht? Dann muss es gut sein."
Dies wird leider von vielen Dozenten aus diesem Metier noch unterstützt. Wissenschaft muss keine Texte für den Mann von der Straße produzieren, aber die vielleicht weniger gute Qualität des Inhalts mit undurchsichtigen Beschreibungen zu vernebeln ist auch nicht Ziel der Dinge. Just my 2 cents …
So und nun geh ich mal noch 12 Seiten schreiben …

[via Harald]

... umfasste die Dissertation von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, die verschollen war und nun wieder aufgetaucht ist. Wow. Zwölf Seiten. Sicher galten damals andere Richtlinien für eine Dissertation, aber ich glaube nicht, dass ich es schaffen würde, ein Thema auf 12 Seiten so zu behandeln, dass es mich selbst und auch die Gutachter zufriedenstellt. Es ist viel schwieriger, Dinge &quot;kurz und knackig&quot; auf den Punkt zu schreiben und auch noch lesenswert für andere zu machen. Auch wenn einige (ehemalige) Kommilitonen - insbesondere Geisteswissenschaftler - da vehement protestieren und ihre Texte mit Fremdwörtern und Schachtelsätzen so verzieren, dass sie kein Mensch mehr versteht. &quot;Was du verstehst mein Essay nicht? Dann muss es gut sein.&quot; Dies wird leider von vielen Dozenten aus diesem Metier noch unterstützt. Wissenschaft muss keine Texte für den Mann von der Straße produzieren, aber die vielleicht weniger gute Qualität des Inhalts mit undurchsichtigen Beschreibungen zu vernebeln ist auch nicht Ziel der Dinge. Just my 2 cents ... So und nun geh ich mal noch 12 Seiten schreiben ... [via Harald]

The biggest relief came with a phone call yesterday morning.

The biggest relief came with a phone call yesterday morning.