Should I break the how-to's (#25) should I break it? I don't want to but I don't know what to do. Ah well, I will keep it to myself and only tell special ones, then.
By the way, the post is one of the winners of 2005 bloggies, you know..
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
the dom effect
Hihihi.. not a post about DOM, but about the oh-so-getting-to-my-excitement-trigger Hamburger Dom. Believe it or not, they change it!
First change, I will not know that Dom was there starting last Friday, March 18th, had Jürgen has not told me so, because there are no advertisements on the S- or U-Bahn's around Hamburg unlike the last time around. I still don't know whether they are still working with HVV as partner or not, but there are no advertisements. Period.
Second change, I knew that I read something about Hamburger Dom some time last week on the streets of Hamburg, but I was not 100% sure, because, they have different logo now. It is more like 70s-retro-MTV logo, not Hamburgish at all. And there's an image of heart representing love, which will be explained in about a minute.
Third change, they have a much much better web site. Eventhough it is still designed based on frames, but much better than the last one, which looks like jumped out of the early 90s.
Fourth change, they introduce the tagline: Das Herz von Hamburg (The Heart of Hamburg or the Heart from Hamburg?).
Fifth change, the big fireworks will be displayed not on every Friday. Gotcha! They displayed it on the 26th instead of the 25th due to the Karfreitag. Hehehee..
Sixth change, they attach a sie sucht ihn or er sucht sie feature inside the Dom. I wonder why there are no er sucht ihn or sie sucht sie darin. It's a part of big program called Love World. I think it will be only for this Frühlingsdom, but I can't be certain to that. There are even interesting event regarding this Love World event. Hmm..
What is not changed when I visited it last Saturday is the surroundings, the people, and the attractions. God, I love them so much. By the way, I was asked to join the camel race there, and guess what, I WON! Hahahaha.. As a reward, I got a box of Domino and a small turtle doll. Made me want to play and play again.
See you in St. Pauli!
First change, I will not know that Dom was there starting last Friday, March 18th, had Jürgen has not told me so, because there are no advertisements on the S- or U-Bahn's around Hamburg unlike the last time around. I still don't know whether they are still working with HVV as partner or not, but there are no advertisements. Period.
Second change, I knew that I read something about Hamburger Dom some time last week on the streets of Hamburg, but I was not 100% sure, because, they have different logo now. It is more like 70s-retro-MTV logo, not Hamburgish at all. And there's an image of heart representing love, which will be explained in about a minute.
Third change, they have a much much better web site. Eventhough it is still designed based on frames, but much better than the last one, which looks like jumped out of the early 90s.
Fourth change, they introduce the tagline: Das Herz von Hamburg (The Heart of Hamburg or the Heart from Hamburg?).
Fifth change, the big fireworks will be displayed not on every Friday. Gotcha! They displayed it on the 26th instead of the 25th due to the Karfreitag. Hehehee..
Sixth change, they attach a sie sucht ihn or er sucht sie feature inside the Dom. I wonder why there are no er sucht ihn or sie sucht sie darin. It's a part of big program called Love World. I think it will be only for this Frühlingsdom, but I can't be certain to that. There are even interesting event regarding this Love World event. Hmm..
What is not changed when I visited it last Saturday is the surroundings, the people, and the attractions. God, I love them so much. By the way, I was asked to join the camel race there, and guess what, I WON! Hahahaha.. As a reward, I got a box of Domino and a small turtle doll. Made me want to play and play again.
See you in St. Pauli!
Friday, March 18, 2005
bookishly hooked
By the time I had nightmare last night, I knew I could get in trouble. By the time I looked at my radio/alarm/clock this morning and it was blinking 9:03 and I have not even taken a shower yet, I knew the trouble can get worse. By the time I hesitated to walk briskly eventhough the wind was blowing and making 11 degrees felt like 5, I knew exactly that I am in trouble.
The trouble is getting hooked to Angels and Demons (A&D), a thriller by Dan Brown.
I was starting reading it yesterday morning, due to my inextricable boredom in 8-minute-bus-ride from home to work. 8 minutes and I got bored? There's something wrong with my system. At that time, Brown had only the chance to introduce me to three things: antimatter, ambigrams, and Illuminati. First two I have never heard before, but the last one is somewhat familiar.
Four and a half hours after that, I insisted to take a shorter-than-usual lunch break, and googled ambigrams in my work station. I even designed my not-to-be-proud-of first 180° rotational ambigram. Hopefully it will be able to be published here somehow someday. And of course, I paid Dan Brown and John Langdon [ambigrams artist for A&D] themselves a visit.
I then insisted to have an earlier Feierabend so that I could go to the gym and read the book [I don't normally read books in this gym because there are only two-minute-pauses and I'm not doing bicycle for cardio, I run instead. Nobody runs and read, oder?], and then go home and read the book, prepare dinner and read the book, have dinner and read the book, and finally, lay down and read the book. From those I learned more about CERN, X-33, Robert Langdon, Maximillian Kohle, and of course, Vittoria Vetra.
The acquaintance brought another foreseen trouble. Nightmares. I often got nightmare when I got hooked to novels. I dreamt about being caught in the middle of murder scene when I read Crooked House [Buku Catatan Josephine] by Agatha Christie. The scene I was in was unlike that, but it also involved a little girl, and a young assisstant.
I dreamt about having dangerous safari trip in Afrika when I read Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. And reading A&D, made me dream about having a fight with my Dad. The idea was funny, because the only dad-child relation in this book is Leonardo and Vittoria, is described far from possible to have a fight. But my fight resembles the fight between Vittoria and Kohle [Don't blame me for calling Vittoria not by Vetra, the author did that], the last scene that I read before sleeping, not resembles my relationship with my Dad. Funny where dreams may take you.
And this morning, I had a chance to virtually travel to Vatican City, meet Swiss Guard, picture the chamberlain, and get hooked more and more. But as soon as I finished climbing the stairs to the second floor, pulling out the heavy door [doors are damn heavy here in Germany], turning on my computer, I am back in Bremerhaven.
I will not write crafty words like other critics or reviews, since this is not a review, I am not a critic, nor good in making crafty words. Just five simple words. "Tell me more, Mr. Brown."
[the book is not even finished read, some of emotional or obsessed sounded situations and actions may change, lessen, or greatly increase by then]
The trouble is getting hooked to Angels and Demons (A&D), a thriller by Dan Brown.
I was starting reading it yesterday morning, due to my inextricable boredom in 8-minute-bus-ride from home to work. 8 minutes and I got bored? There's something wrong with my system. At that time, Brown had only the chance to introduce me to three things: antimatter, ambigrams, and Illuminati. First two I have never heard before, but the last one is somewhat familiar.
Four and a half hours after that, I insisted to take a shorter-than-usual lunch break, and googled ambigrams in my work station. I even designed my not-to-be-proud-of first 180° rotational ambigram. Hopefully it will be able to be published here somehow someday. And of course, I paid Dan Brown and John Langdon [ambigrams artist for A&D] themselves a visit.
I then insisted to have an earlier Feierabend so that I could go to the gym and read the book [I don't normally read books in this gym because there are only two-minute-pauses and I'm not doing bicycle for cardio, I run instead. Nobody runs and read, oder?], and then go home and read the book, prepare dinner and read the book, have dinner and read the book, and finally, lay down and read the book. From those I learned more about CERN, X-33, Robert Langdon, Maximillian Kohle, and of course, Vittoria Vetra.
The acquaintance brought another foreseen trouble. Nightmares. I often got nightmare when I got hooked to novels. I dreamt about being caught in the middle of murder scene when I read Crooked House [Buku Catatan Josephine] by Agatha Christie. The scene I was in was unlike that, but it also involved a little girl, and a young assisstant.
I dreamt about having dangerous safari trip in Afrika when I read Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. And reading A&D, made me dream about having a fight with my Dad. The idea was funny, because the only dad-child relation in this book is Leonardo and Vittoria, is described far from possible to have a fight. But my fight resembles the fight between Vittoria and Kohle [Don't blame me for calling Vittoria not by Vetra, the author did that], the last scene that I read before sleeping, not resembles my relationship with my Dad. Funny where dreams may take you.
And this morning, I had a chance to virtually travel to Vatican City, meet Swiss Guard, picture the chamberlain, and get hooked more and more. But as soon as I finished climbing the stairs to the second floor, pulling out the heavy door [doors are damn heavy here in Germany], turning on my computer, I am back in Bremerhaven.
I will not write crafty words like other critics or reviews, since this is not a review, I am not a critic, nor good in making crafty words. Just five simple words. "Tell me more, Mr. Brown."
[the book is not even finished read, some of emotional or obsessed sounded situations and actions may change, lessen, or greatly increase by then]
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
blogs: here, there and everywhere
This morning, logging in to my Yahoo! Mail, witnessing this subject on my inbox "Friendster: New Blog Announcement from xxx". Change xxx with a Friendster profile.
It turns out that Friendster now implants blogs for their user. Na ja, everyone has the right to own a blog, doesn't everyone? Hehehe..
But for sure, due to the this hype, that hype, these hypes, I don't think I will set another up there, just due to this reason. [read the comments please. Oops, but I think it's in Bahasa Indonesia.]
Just one remarks dafür. Powered by TypePad??!! O-M-G! I wish they had come earlier. Hehehe.. Oder söllte ich dort umziehen? Hehehehehh..
[edited almost the day after to add this entry]
OK, it's no secret then if the next days or weeks I will get e-mails from Friendster with the same subject, different xxx. Sigh..
It turns out that Friendster now implants blogs for their user. Na ja, everyone has the right to own a blog, doesn't everyone? Hehehe..
But for sure, due to the this hype, that hype, these hypes, I don't think I will set another up there, just due to this reason. [read the comments please. Oops, but I think it's in Bahasa Indonesia.]
Just one remarks dafür. Powered by TypePad??!! O-M-G! I wish they had come earlier. Hehehe.. Oder söllte ich dort umziehen? Hehehehehh..
[edited almost the day after to add this entry]
OK, it's no secret then if the next days or weeks I will get e-mails from Friendster with the same subject, different xxx. Sigh..
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Design is Kinky
So, since today I can not work, err, I am able not to work, err, how to say it in English?? (gue bisa gak ngerjain apa-apa)
Anyway, due to some circumstances, I am not doing any work today. Well, not not doing any, but doing only some minor work in my major work. In the midst of my check to the situation in bloggies, I dropped by to design is kinky, a forum of graphic designer based in Australia. Here's the snapshot
Nothing really special, I think, but I noticed the banner of this website, have you any idea what it is? Hehehee..
I think for most people in the world, it resemblances to nothing [maybe people will think that it is some kind of inkblot]. But as soon as I recognized it, and realized that I miss it more or less. Ah, well..
[hint: it might have been treated with flip horizontally and adding some distortion filter(s)]
Anyway, due to some circumstances, I am not doing any work today. Well, not not doing any, but doing only some minor work in my major work. In the midst of my check to the situation in bloggies, I dropped by to design is kinky, a forum of graphic designer based in Australia. Here's the snapshot
Nothing really special, I think, but I noticed the banner of this website, have you any idea what it is? Hehehee..
I think for most people in the world, it resemblances to nothing [maybe people will think that it is some kind of inkblot]. But as soon as I recognized it, and realized that I miss it more or less. Ah, well..
[hint: it might have been treated with flip horizontally and adding some distortion filter(s)]
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