January 2010
9 posts
Die Möbelmacher →
Fernsehbericht des Hessischen Rundfunks über den legendären Möbelhersteller Thonet. Nicht über die glorreiche Geschichte, sondern über die Gegenwart des Unternehmens.
Geocaching LPC Tour Day 3
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On the third day of our Geocaching Tour, we got together our gear and left for the north of Berlin - the Caches “Heilstätte Grabowsee” and “VEB Backwarenkombinat” were the last two targets of the tour.
The Sanatorium Grabowsee was build in the beginning of the 20th century. Until the 2nd world war it was used as a lung-sanatorium...
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son...
– Charles Wadsworth
German Electronic Music History
A documentary on the roots of the electronic music scene in Germany: Krautrock.
Featuring: Can, Amon Düül, Neu!, Cluster, Faust, Kraftwerk and an übercool scene with Iggy Pop (at about 32:00).
(via New Urban Music Blog)
Geocaching LPC Tour Day 2
Created with flickr slideshow.
Küsst die Faschisten, wo ihr sie trefft.
Kiss the fascists where you can.
– Theobald Tiger (aka Kurt Tucholsky), Die Weltbühne, 31. März 1931, Nr. 13, S. 452.
Full German Text here.
On November 4-5, 25 Real Good Chairs were dropped around NYC, free for the take. Many were GPS-enabled. Watch the film to see what happened.
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin - Fakebook →
The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” faked some facebook pages to show how some of the most powerful politicians (Obama, Merkel, Ahmadineschad, Berlusconi) communicate on facebook. Hilarious!
Click on the Obama picture to see the pages for the other politicians.