RaSchi’s Valhalla

… when you could actually call a product “SPAM”

Reading my c’t (admittedly still with some vacation backlog) I stumbled upon this link to “Sprachnudel” - a German slang dictionary - wikistyle. It’s a dictionary of German slang expressions, of course built by the community, featuring the nowadays standard features such as tagging (incl. tag cloud), RSS feed, etc. The “random word” button seems […]

I guess all readers know Murphy’s law: A slice of toast always lands on the buttered side when dropped. And I guess most readers also know, that cats typically land on their feet when falling from tall enough hights. Now what happens, when you strap a toast with non-buttered side to the back of a […]

I am said to be SupermanSuperman 75%Green Lantern 65%The Flash 65%Spider-Man 65%Supergirl 60%Robin 50%Catwoman 45%Iron Man 45%Wonder Woman 35%Batman 35%Hulk 30%You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

P.S.: Anyone rated anything else but Superman???
[via Parcival]

Against my usual habit, this post simply has to be in German, it doesn’t make sense in Englisch.
Ich sitze gerade im Starbucks, Steinenvorstadt in Basel. Da ich den Schlüssel der neuen Wohnung noch nicht habe (und vermutlich der Internet-Zugang auch nicht die erste Installation sein wird), nutze ich hier den Swisscom Hotspot. So weit, so […]

[via Das Kluge Blog]

Denmark seems to follow a new idea how to fight speeding among motorists: Speedbandits. I have the gut feeling, that this might fire back when motorists distracted from traffic start to cause more accidents than speeding motorists.
[via e-mail from Dani]

You might remember this little animation clip, where a stick figure in MS Paint went nuts. Now, there’s Animator vs. Animation, Part II. And it’s almost as good as the first one (one must admit that the surprise factor is gone after having seen the first one, but it’s still awesome animation).
[via BasicThinking]

I know it’s a little late, but still this one’s good enough to still post it:
While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. “Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “Before you […]

This is a sketch by the Frantics, a Canadian comedy group from the eighties which recently rejoined. I just found the clip on Google Video. Originally it was aired on a radio show, but the video is quite cool as well. See the script here.