February 2000

Confusion for Germans learning English: a lot of words that sound German are actually Yiddish How about a ‘Random Zeldman’ macro, so we can put these icons on our pages at random?

Just fed. Mama’s reaction: “There’s no alcohol in m milk, honest!” Wired: “AOL Europe announced Tuesday that it plans to give all German primary and secondary schools and 900,000 German schoolteachers free access to the Internet.” (Via scriptingnews) AOL Europe is located in Hamburg on Millerntorplatz, at the foot of the world-famous Reeperbahn. More on [...]

“manilaExpressImage” Jeremy Bowers Manila Express(tm) for Netscape For the rest of us! This weekend, instead of adding content I’ve been tweaking the layout.

We were finally able to photograph a big smile from Christopher. Mama’s trick was to take his current favorite toy (a garish Beanie Baby named “Spangle”) and dangle it next to the camera. Week 8 Photos at PhotoPoint An open and shut case of bednapping at Familie Berg: “Datt Bett is fott”! The text is [...]

Time to break out the baby pictures… I need hits for the Top 100! About to replace me in the Top 10, and much more deserving, is the discussion section of popo.at, an Austrian site with politcial reaction to their new government. popo stands for “politcal potential”. Move your popo and your ass will follow! [...]

It’s Valentine’s Day. Mama and I just remembered… we first noticed each another 20 years ago today! (Actually, it was the first or second weekend in February 1980, which would be the 3rd or the 10th. But Valentine’s Day is easier to remember.) It was a gathering of AFS exchange students. I had just returned [...]

Christopher received visitors today. The first was a surprise. Hermann from the farmplace across the road stopped by. He originally owned the land where our house now stands. In the evening 2 friends of Mama’s came by for raclette. Christopher was the perfect host. He slept during our meal, and politely took his meal later. [...]

You can stamp your own license plate at ACME License Maker I nearly forgot, we have two cars! Reuters UK: U.S. rebukes Austria, German opposition defends “Politicians from Germany’s CDU and its Bavarian sister party CSU met Schüssel in Vienna to express their support and condemn efforts by Austria’s 14 EU partners to isolate the [...]

popo.at is the latest addtion to German EditThisPage / Manila Sites, even though it’s Austrian

After it was too wet last weekend to work on our mole/gopher problem, we were finally able to take action today. We opened up all the molehills, squirted in the mole repellent (which has an odor like concentrated hog manure), and then trampled down the hills. The ground was so wet, I’m sure the moles [...]

Jim Roepcke: Casual Friday for the telecommuter (via carpediem) Mannesmann, Vodafone Set To Merge New York Times: Haider’s Party Sworn Into New Austrian Government “(T)he icy manner and averted gaze of President Thomas Klestil conveyed all his personal distaste for the intermittently hate-mongering politics of Mr. Haider’s rightist party” Christopher passed his “U3″, the third [...]

http://www.hislifeasaboy.com has a couple of new pictures Bier Verbot! The city has banned the Hamburg SV soccer club from selling strong beer at the stadium…. just before their match with league-leading Bayern Munich on Sunday. “Webspace” Trademark Revoked (in German). German trademark owners who are not actively using their trademark can no longer claim damages [...]