Monthly Archives: April 2004

the EU just got bigger today…hmm…that must mean that switzerland just got smaller, if we look at it from the other side of the fence. question: how much smaller did switzerland get? answer 1: before 1st may we had 15 … Continue reading →

just stumbled over a very fitting op-ed in the nyt: “bushworld” (requires free registration but worth the reading) In Bushworld, you don’t consult your father, the expert in being president during a war with Iraq, but you do talk to … Continue reading →

the weather is fantastic: mostly sunny…the trees in front of our apartment are all of a sudden turning green — as if they’ve suddenly taken a look at their watches, realized “oh no, it’s almost may!”, and have frantically, over … Continue reading →

just stumbled over this interesting fact on german television (ard): some of the migrating birds who spend spring and summer in germany are not flying towards the south anymore but instead spent the winter in…the UK! scientist reckon it’s got … Continue reading →

slowly catching up on my todo list: managed to create a nice set of album pages from my harrogate pictures …found bins, a very nice perl based tool for turning a set of images into a web album. have a … Continue reading →

today is our 17th wedding anniversary! the idea is to get the 9:35 train to zurich, change to the 9:07 to romanshorn, take the 10:35 ferry to friedrichshafen, then the 11:25 boat to meersburg — hopefully the weather will concur, … Continue reading →