As a result of some email correspondence with the Facebook people, I am proud to announce that the major Austrian universities are now on Facebook! You may thank me below.
Month: August 2006
More Bad English: Going a Noun
Miami Vice, Some Spark, and Some Bones
After a long day of work yesterday (9:30am to 5pm), I went to see Miami Vice with Kerstin, Oliver, and Thorsten. The movie was pretty good, although the ending was kind of sub-par. This might be attributed to what I read on Wikipedia, namely that Jamie Foxx walked off the set before the movie was…
Third Place at Trivia Night
Wednesday night we ended up coming in third place at Merry Monk’s trivia night. We won the “Booby Prize”, which was four double-shot bottles of Jameson, a Jameson pen, lanyard, CD holder, etc. Second place received €30, and first an insane €80 and a full-sized bottle of Jameson. I should mention that we partly owe…
Six Years Ago
This week always causes flashbacks in my head as it is the week when school started for me the last seven years. This year it’s especially awkward since I’m not currently in any educational program… The first time in two decades. My dad’s apartment here in Vienna is full of history, mostly because I never…
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Trivia Night, Fall Kick Off
I’m looking forward to two events this week: Trivia Night on Wednesday and my self-proclaimed start to fall this Friday. Trivia Night at Merry Monk has expanded quickly since the first time Chris, Oliver, Stani, and I participated (and won) the first time in June. After a four-week hiatus due to the World Cup, it…
Weblog Now Synced With Facebook Notes
Facebook added a “Notes” feature today that functions just like a weblog. Other friends networks have done this as well, but they often aren’t used much because it would require the user to switch weblog hosts. Facebook fortunately has an import feature that allows users to continue posting on their usual blog. Entries are then…
Rolling Stones Photos Posted
I finally figured out why my PowerBook’s CD drive was jammed… I had screwed a too-long screw when I had reassembled it, which blocked the drive! Since that problem is solved now, I was able to import and upload the pictures Oliver took during the Rolling Stones concert here in Vienna in July. Many of…
“Houston, We Have a Light Rail Problem”
In the 1960s Houston, like many U.S. cities, decided to abandon its streetcar network. Thirty years later it decided it wanted it back, in its modern form, light rail. On January 1, 2004, its new METRORail system began operation… And then everybody crashed into it. Houston’s light rail crash rate was 25 times the national…