Friday, December 19, 2003

The Expedition to the Unknown Amerika. As told by Lewis and Clark. As being finally translated into German by Friedhelm Rathjen, following the original text. This is fantastic. All my German readers, surf over to 2001 and get the book. Now. Before it's sold out: Die Expedition ins unbekannte Amerika. Arno Schmidt liebte ihr "permanentes Gemisch aus Windespfeifen & Grasgewischel; das, wer es einmal vernommen hat, nicht mehr missen möchte", rühmte sie sogar als "ein Buch wie Homer!" und erwähnt sie an zahlreichen Stellen in Zettels Traum. Friedhelm Rathjen hat aus der riesigen Textmasse eine umfangreiche Auswahl getroffen und berichtet in seinem Nachwort anschaulich über die abenteuerliche Geschichte der Expedition. Die Expedition ins unbekannte Amerika. Ein Titel der Reihe der Haidnischen Alterthümer. 11:57:13 PM   Literature | |

The Prisoner. Fab: The Edwin C. Bolles Collection - A digital archive on the history and topography of London. Via the unbelievable Kosmonautentraum. Thank you, Niels! 9:34:02 PM   London | |

The Best Version Ever. Sweet Jane as performed by the Cowboy Junkies. 9:15:38 PM   Cult | |

Twanng. Keef's homepage. Thank goodness he's not a 'Sir Keef' yet. 8:59:55 PM   Cult | |

No 221b Baker Street, London. A birdseye view of a legendary apartment. Fantastic. Brilliant. Great. Also downloadable as a HiRes version in 300dpi. Thanks to Quarsan for the link. 3:23:34 PM   Cult, Literature, London | |

I've had enough. Remember? The hard drive problems of my eMac? Not only that, this stupid Lemon also started developing serious video board problems - flickering screen, etc. Getting it repaired would have cost me in the region of £350, if not more. So I thought: "Mhm, it's Christmas and I've managed to earn some money while in Brussels." A new one, running with 1Ghz, costs £640. Mhm again. Double-mhm. The machine was delivered last night at 21:45 (!) and came equipped with the delightful Panther OS. Which is fantastic. In fact, Panther is überfantastic. It's great. And even Radio runs without any problems. I'm a happy 1Ghz boy now. Oh, how wonderful life can be. 3:00:00 PM    | |