http://www.madsnail.net/blog Madsnail's blog v.3 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:43:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oh boy, I've been waiting for this for a real long time. This has been quite a challenge to get this frame in Germany, I would never have thought... Anyway, it's here, and I love it! Here's a few pictures for posterity: [gallery] The pictures are not too good, I'll edit one of these ... http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2008/10/17/salsa-casseroll-frame-finally-arrived/ I haven't posted on the blog in what? over 3 months? One can tell I have had a lot less time lately.Anyway, the blog is practically dead, and I'm thinking of ways of reviving it. To make it interesting for me, so I actually get the motivation to write something ... http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2008/09/03/latest-activity-none/ When you found a company and choose a name for it, you have to make a little background research to see if your company name is not an insult in another language, or that generally it doesn't sound ridiculous. I had to laugh hard when I stumbled upon the name of ... http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2008/05/29/dull-entertainment-an-interesting-company-name/ It's been awfully quiet here for the past few weeks, but it's because I've been quite busy. One of the things I've been busy with is learning German. And I've just found the most useful plugin I could hope for: a dict.cc plugin that sits right in the Mac OS ... http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2008/03/22/dictcc-plugin-for-dictionaryapp/ If you're interested in cement blocks and strong language, go see it here:  8*8*16 Cement Block - 1$ http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2008/02/14/best-craiglist-add-ever/ Or does she think we're stupid? No no, this is not groundless attack from my part, this really is a legitimate question. My question has been prompted by her reaction to this story. The Nouvel Observateur claims that her new husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, has sent an SMS to his ex-wife Cecilia just ... http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2008/02/13/is-carla-bruni-sarkozy-stupid/ Man convicted of sending penis photo by phone.  Via SexRev2.0 With the words "sex" and "penis", I'm sure to get a lot of visitors on this page :) For you guys who googled those words, sorry if this is not what you expected! http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2008/02/07/mms-molestation-message-service/ Traveling with Eurolines is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get... In October I faced the rats, in December I faced the cold, what is it gonna be next? And when you're not fighting rats in a dirty parking lot at Karlsruhe Hauptbahnof Süd or fighting the ... http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2008/01/10/eurolines-kann-totlich-sein/ I cycle quite a lot in the beautiful French countryside, in Auvergne. It's a very nice region, and I love it. The only inconvenience, apart from a few nasty hills, are farm dogs. Those little guys are not always attached on a leash or kept in a close perimeter, and you ... http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2007/12/22/cycling-and-dogs/ In case you missed it, nine countries have joined the Schengen area today: our three Baltic states, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia and Malta. For European citizens, we can travel through all those countries with just a simple national ID. This is even better for non-EU citizens who can now ... http://www.madsnail.net/blog/2007/12/21/400-million-people-border-free/