Just for record-keeping: the Swedish do not have the most attractive soccer team. There my colleagues informed we wrong.
True, after Louis Figo it is difficult to find another player that can match his … charm (I am desperately trying to avoid »sex appeal« here).
I mean, honestly: this guy looks just great. Now everyone is talking about Ronaldo, but he’s just a … I don’t know. He looks like he’s going to cry every time he doesn’t score or someone fouls him. Figo is a man, Ronaldo just a kid.
So, where …

I don’t know about you guys, but I need to have at least one good laugh a day. And www.icanhascheezburger.com gives me that pleasure … sometimes it even makes me cry and my stomach hurt for hours later on. Still, it is highly recommended if you like cats and if your English skills are good enough.
This is the latest one that made me ROFL And you know why? Because my cat does exactly the same!
Funny, isn’t it? It seems that is genetically programmed into all cats (Max used to …

Just don’t. Ever. Pluck your eyebrows after attending a scifi convention.
Seriously. After being around Vulcans for three days, eyebrows going up in almost a straight line will look absolutely normal to you. The only problem is: after you realize why you always have to think of Spock or T’Pal  every time you look in the mirror, there’s nothing you can do about it. 

Auf der Suche im Webkatalog meiner Universitätsbibliothek bin ich gerade über ein Wortungetüm gestolpert, welches meine Kritik am zunehmenden Denglish zumindest kurzzeitig verstummen lässt.

Und ich dachte schon, mein Vater sei mit der Bezeichnung “Scheibe” für CD’s und DVD’s besonders kreativ, aber Videoplatte!?!
Ich hoffe, niemand versucht nach dem Lesen dieser Bezeichnung den Lesearm eines Schallplattenspielers auf eine DVD zu setzen …

We all love keyboard shortcuts, right? One of my all-time favorites is “Cmd-Z” or “Strg-Z” to the Windows users. It let’s you undo the last thing you did, for example deleting a sentence in a document or using the wrong brush in your gorgeous photoshop art.
I myself have become quite accustomed to employ all these little helpers to ease me through my work flow. Right now I was taking notes of a text I had just read for my exam and I accidentally pulled the little yellow sticky off the …