This is a very well done and funny flash
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There will be no April fool's day post this year. But n0man made me laugh with this funny list of the 100 best April fool's hoaxes of all times. hehe... check out the BBC's broadcast [real media format] of Swiss spaghetti plantations! ( Read more... )

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eyean just pointed me to this interesting post in newsdziner's blog. It's a nice compilation of different versions of the same picture in various newspapers of last Friday, covering the terror attack in Madrid, Spain.

by the way, today is eyean's birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, old man!!

New food for gadget junkies [like me]: Sony Ericsson has two new models out, the K700i [demo] and the S700i. They should be available soon. I will ask my 'source' for the very first units... ;) But despite new features, I will still keep my P900 which is undoubtedly the best allround mobile phone/PDA device that actually works!...


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This nice LJ feature is up and running again...     [for LJ users only]

I was at the movies watching DEEP BLUE. A great movie! If you like snorkeling and diving or if you liked Disney's Finding Nemo, you MUST see this one.


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My dear friend Hale [freaky_turkey] pointed something out to me: According to a survey done by Mercer Human Resources Consulting, the three most livable cities of the world are to be found in Switzerland and Canada. In their ranking of overall quality of life, Zürich and Geneva are the world’s top-scoring cities, followed by Vancouver, Vienna, Auckland and Bern ( Read more... )

It's carnival time in Basel. Starting yesterday, the city is changed during three days. I'm too busy to take or post pictures here, you may read more here or in other LJs, e.g. katjunja's.

People who are working in the office [like me] or those who are too far away to visit Basel carnival ['Basler Fasnacht'] may check out these webcams to get an idea of ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I was at this spectacle again that I wrote about in an LJ entry two years ago. This time again, I was standing inside and outside the old city gate and it was still impressive, although I have seen it many times before. Click here for more pictures and information about that tradition.


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