Letzte sententia fredericiana News Coming Up: Server Maintenance A little technical side note: On Thanksgiving, November 27 between 5am and 7am UTC our server host will perform upgrades on their network infrastructure, leaving this website (and all other domain names and services associated with its server) unavailable for probably about half an hour. Sorry in advance for the inconvenience. You should be sleeping at the time [...]... Monty Python’s YouTube Channel Works With, Not Against the Intertubes The famous British comedy group Monty Python was sick of finding bad-quality uploads of their comedy sketches on YouTube, so they decided to do something against it. It is unknown if they considered calling Metallica for advice on how to start a proper crusade against the Interwebs, but what is known is that they started their [...]... Meh. The ultimate expression of indifference, “Meh.”, made it into the dictionary: Meh, which can mean unimpressed, mediocre or boring, was chosen as the public’s entry for the 30th anniversary edition of Collins English Dictionary which will be published next year. While the term is probably not another term originating in “the Simpsons”, it was prominently featured in [...]... OLPC Laptop Goes on Sale in Europe The “One Laptop Per Child” laptop (“XO-1″) is due to go on sale in Europe tomorrow, November 17: The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation is planning to sell the devices via online store Amazon’s European outlets from 17 November. The machines will be sold under the Give One, Get One scheme that the OLPC organisation has [...]... Tomato Rumors Funny picture from leungski on flickr: From the description: Chrystie realized this was more than a growth spurt, and there was no such thing as “big boned.” Rumor had it she was genetically modified. (thanks to whoever posted this on IRC, and sorry for forgetting who it was)... CMU has 11th Highest Tuition in the US CMU’s newspaper “The Tartan” has an article about Carnegie Mellon University’s tuition being the 11th highest in the nation: Tuition is on the rise, according to a new College Board list citing Carnegie Mellon as having the 11th highest tuition in the U.S. (…) Tuition costs are not the only concern for prospective students. Ranked 11th as the [...]... 100 First Presidential Days A “GOOD” poster illustrating the first 100 days of the presidency of every American president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. (It’s CC by-nc-sa licensed, awesome). I like what different ideals are expressed by the inauguration speeches, and all the details, such as the popular vote. By the way, if you are fast enough, allegedly this can be bought [...]... Duad mr loid Unbekannter Fehler. Betreff ‘’, Konto: ‘pop.gmx.net’, Server: ‘mail.gmx.net’, Protokoll: SMTP, Serverantwort: ‘501 Duad mr loid, ohne ESMTP ghad hier gar nix‘, Port: 25, Secure (SSL): Nein, Serverfehler: 501, Fehlernummer: 0×800CCC63 Eine schwäbische Fehlermeldung aus einem Stuttgarter Studentenwohnheim.... CSS Language Icons I just implemented a little eye candy for my blog: Language icons in front of links. Actually, it’s only one language so far, German. The reason I am doing this is because on occasion I link to German articles that are no use clicking on for people who don’t understand a word in German — or [...]... President-Elect Obama and International Expectations World leaders have hailed the election of Senator Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States. … writes BBC News and expresses what I am sure at the very least most of Europe thinks: That Obama’s election for president is not only good for the United States, but good for the world. German politicians [...]...