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Tattoo Found!

A tattoo was found in our flat after the recent after party on last Saturday morning. Please contact the 24 hour information desk if you are missing a colourful tattoo ever since Saturday.

Gold And Blue

Forster and Partners Ring-Karree, taken this spring.

Rain Rain Falling Down

Looking at web cams of Kuala Lumpur it seems to be pouring down with rain every day for long hours. Which wouldn´t irritate me that much if it wasn´t just five weeks until we fly over there! But looking at the statistical data, there should be half as much rain in June, making it the second driest month of the year! But maybe, just maybe the weather predictions are all wrong by now anyway?! Looking outside here April should be wet and having mixed temperatures, while we do see an early and sort of very dry August this year. So would it help to swim to Malaysia instead of flying?

Gliese 581c

Finally an expoplanet has been discovered that could be similar to Earth. 1,5 the size of our planet, 0 to 40 degrees warm and maybe hydrogen around. It should be perfect for New Years Eve lovers, as is circles around it´s small sun in 13 of our days. Wheeee, those years are passing fast here...

So all we need now is a Russian billionaire, a space ship and some fuel to blast him over for a short visit. Travelling at the speed of light he should be there in roughly 20 years. Book yer tickets now!

A Day At The...

...Zoo might be exciting for kids, but it can be quite exciting if one has  a 10 mega pixels cam around too. I didn´t realise so far how good the quality of my latest cam is even with the digital zoom on. Where the old one came up with dodgy ones at full digital zoom, the recent one still produces cool shots. So beware sleepy animals in the sun, the ZOOM comes to the Zoo to produce Zoo TVC.

Muzik Reloaded

My greedy ISP stated that the download limit of 2 GB has been exceeded, due to the demand for the three tracks from the Optical Machines EP, cancelling all downloads for the rest of the month. So these files have been transfered to the TypePad account now, which serves them even quicker for you. So if you´re interested in those tracks, go ahead:

Arlanda

Silence

Weightless

Couple

Spotted this March in Sintra, Portugal.

Ismale Ax

Here are anagrams of  Ismale Ax:

MEAL AXIS
MALE AXIS
LAME AXIS
AXLE SIMA
AXLE SIAM
ALEX SIMA
ALEX SIAM
EXAM SIAL
EXAM LISA
EXAM SAIL
AXES MILA
AXES MAIL
AXES MALI
AXES LIMA
AXE ISLAM

More Random People

More people have been added to the Random I photo section. If you spot yourself on the pictures, I would be keen on hearing from you! But this would be too random, I guess. Or do commuters from Lisbon, corn roasting ladies from Ko Samui or Iberican sushi lovers read this blog?

Every Cowboy...

...needs to have a shotgun, pistol or at least an automatic rifle with unlimited ammunition plus a couple of grenades. That does not imply that weapons are dangerous, deadly or harmful in general. It even does not mean the National Rifle Association is wrong with all it promotes. They are supporting a good cause, defending the principal rights of all weapon tooting American citizens and therefor should not be criticised. So please fell free to look at their marvellous site and feel safe afterwards if you´re living in Europe, Asia or wherever guns are not that easy to get hold of.

Turn It Up

The open air season started early yesterday, the weather felt more like August than April. Needless to say two officials came down and wrote some tickets, because the party was not granted a license. Ah yeah, that´s just a big birthday party where people somehow pay for their drinks... Anyway, before the volume had to be lowered we listened to this:

If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me

Could be the anthem for the party generation...

Dä Sümmer

The summer is here as far as we are concerned. I remember years with snow in April, but that happened a long time ago. Very long time ago... To shelter us from global warming and radiation, the umbrella for the terrace has arrived! BBQ tomorrow, folks!

Ballonhouse

Another local shop window, taken a couple of weeks ago.

Random I

The latest photo series is called Random I. It will show random people I spotted on my travels. It´s a bit of a cousin of the Passing Strangers photo section, but will be presented in colour, with added digital treatments.

We start off today with a lady sitting in a street cafe in Lisbon on a Saturday morning. Let´s call her Mo, I didn´t ask for her real name. Nor did I ask the man we spotted in the Chinese quarter of Singapore who´s also in the section. Maybe his name is Zhang.

Electric Cafe

Anyone interested in electronic music should consider keeping an eye on the new internet forum called Electric Cafe. So far the focus is on Kraftwerk but with the site growing and more people posting there, topics might get more diverse. So far there are already categories for Tangerine Dream and The Aphex Twin. Not to forget "the old bore" Klaus Schulze.

I See Clouds

What good was cleaning the terrace from the last bits of Kyril induced mess yesterday, getting the table and chairs out of their winter covers when now the sky is cloudy? Wait, the very second I´m writing this a beam of sunlight pans across the street. So we´ve got three days of Easter left, things might get better! See you in the deckchair...

Doing It In Style

If you´re a mobile fanatic or simply interested in leaving your relatives and friends speechless one day, you should have a look here. Ranging from 125 to 1000 $ this African shop offers you a wide selection of coffins with a difference. Which makes leaving the world as a Nokia mobile, trainer or pink fish so much easier.

Don´t Believe The Hype

We reckon Keith Richards is still having his bit of fun with the media today. I can´t recall how many times he was pronounced dead, had his blood washed, rose up again, dropped dead etc. in the last 30 years or so. Besides falling off palm trees his recent media stunt deserves a place in history. Or does the media manipulation around it deserve a price? Anyway, "It's Only Rock'n'Roll...".

Liquid Silver

A window of a local shop, taken last month.

7000 Revisited

Just a month after the first major fall back DAX is scratching the 7000 mark again. Avid readers might conclude the next crash is due. But here at chrystal ball central we think it will last a little while longer. But we do expect major changes past July or whenever the situation in the Middle East or the US real estate sector escalates and/or the hurricane season is back on the map. So do adjust your financial side just in time, will you?!

Wow

Our sources say Miracolix was spotted today with a brand new laptop and a pre installed Windows Vista on it. Does that mean we now have finally some legit OS in the house?! Cowabunga! Will Miracolix.org eventually go online, after a summer of programming on the terrace?