Archive for September, 2005
c-evo
C-evo is a freeware empire building game for Windows.
With a time scope of several thousand years, it covers aspects of exploration and expansion, industry and agriculture, warfare and diplomacy, science and administration. C-evo follows the spirit of popular turn-based strategy games from the mid 90s, but with more emphasis on powerful AI and careful design of the rules, resulting in a true challenge.
Zeigerpointer
Der Zeigerpointer (eine tautologische deutsch-englische Wortschöpfungsfreiheit, die wir uns erlauben) ist die kärgste Form der printmedialen Kapitulation.
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Helfen Sie uns bitte bei der Sammlung und Archivierung aller Zeigerpointer auf unserem Planeten. Bitte scannen. Bitte hochladen. Bitte. Danke.
The Zeigerpointer (a German-English word-mix tautology that we feel free to give birth to) is the most penurious form of capitulation in the print media.
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Please help us to collect and archive all the Zeigerpointers that have been photographed on our planet. Please scan the pictures. Please upload them.
Mu
Holy Cow Statue Discovered in Mazandaran
“Some cow statues have been discovered in the archaeological excavations of Gohar Tepe, one of which is left almost intact. These sculptures which are in shape of rhytons were being used in religious ceremonies,”
via The Daily Grail
Paper Plane
Verschiedene Modelle zum Nachbauen
F17 – Nighthawk (wird wohl nicht fliegen)
Computerized Magic
Ask any child what the top two most awesome things in the world are and you’ll get the same answers: Magic and Computers.
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In our very first edition, we take the classic card trick, and blast it into the 21st Century. It’s magic like you’ve never seen it before!
Death or Alive
Was haben Harpo Marx, Papst John Paul I und Miles Davis gemeinsam?
This site tracks whether famous people are still alive or whether they have passed away.
Fastwalker
“Fastwalker” is a term NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) invented to categorize objects that approach from space, enter our atmosphere, maneuver strangely about, and then leave the atmosphere again in a manner that is not consistent with the aforementioned boosters, birds, and bolides!
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It is a word also used to describe trans~lunar phenomena (tlp’s):
anomalous objects with the particularly peculiar flavor of *things* ufological… moving quickly across the face of the full moon and filmed through quality telescopes on Earth… or on shuttle flights…
via The Anomalist














