Archive for January, 2006

German Alphabet

das Alphabet - The German Alphabet and Its Sounds

**Buchstabe / Letter** **Aussprache / Pronunciation** **Beispiele / Examples** A a ah ab (from), der Apparat (appliance, phone) Ä ä ay der Äther (ether), die Fähre (ferry) B b bay bei (at, near), das Buch (book) [...]
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German Accent Names

**Character** **English name** **German name** á acute Akut à grave Gravis ? breve Brevis ? caron Caron â circumflex Zirkumflex å above Ring oben ? dot above Punkt oben ä diaeresis Diärese (= Umlaut) ã [...]
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Four things

So Claudio Franco picked moi for this chain letter meme

Four jobs I’ve had in my life

Jobs while at University and school (working on the copies store; word processing for essays; small software projects; making and selling bracelets and necklages; painting; making and selling cakes and salty pies; ….)
Project Manager for IT multinational companies
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Deutsche Kantine

What would you choose ?

Mettwurst
A “Grünkohl ´bürgerlich´ Mettwurst (S) / Curley kale ´Country style´ Smoked sausage (P)“.

Gemüsemaultaschen
A “Gemüsemaultaschen mit Zwiebelschmelze / Noodle pockets filled with vegetables, onions in butter”.

Hühnerfrikassee
Or a [...]


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Back in the old days

there was tinfoil toys, hand made cars. what is trash tou you can be a treasure to a child. Like this cool Coke-can Aeroplane Model!

check http://www.arvindguptatoys.com out for more.


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AFK - Away From Keyboard

Mabber (similar to Meebo) went live (ßeta) today. No more AFK’s excuses :D

Go communicate everywhere, anytime. Use mabber either on the web or download the mobile client for your Java-enabled phone. Chat away with more style and cheaper than using plain old SMS text messaging.


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The Best Invention Ever

I had though on getting one of this but was skeptical about it and thinking that would end up having to make bread like the old days, but yesterday, after seing how this works, I say : GREAT INVENTION heheh

And I’ve put it under “gadgets” ‘cuz it’s one
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The end has to be just around the corner

yesterday we saw (from the tv) Portugal covered in white.
I say hell frozed over :D

Snow sweeps through Portugal

Heavy snow is blocking motorways and several major roads in Portugal and Spain.

The Portuguese seaside town of Figueira da Foz saw its first snowfall in 50 years yesterday.

Lisbon, which was [...]


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Die Maxkirche im Düsseldorf

Maxkirche - Anna-Maria-Luisa-Medici-Platz

BR: Burp! I’ve eaten too much. Can we please stop making more food already?
LS: Don’t even thing about it. Today we’re doing a “Portuguese Sunday” and we’ll be eating from morning to dawn.
BR: Oh no! Then let’s just go downstairs to walk a bit, digest the tons of [...]


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Gifts for Geeks

from an old post from Jaime Cardoso’s Blog, the
Prediction Flowchart for Geek Gifts, designed for Xmas presents but can be applied to any season :) enough with socks! Weeks want presents too! :D


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