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Tuesday, July 27. 2010

Why kitchenherbs should not be outside

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René Springmeier

in Pictures, The Little Things at 02:30
Guten Appetit!
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Friday, July 16. 2010

The bus is not booting

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René Springmeier

in The Little Things at 22:41
Next stop: Base System Peripherals
The information display inside the bis was suggesting a rather odd route for today...
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Saturday, July 10. 2010

The new card

Posted by
René Springmeier

in Pictures, The Little Things at 17:22
Bankcard
This is not the new card.
Finally I got the new card from my bank. The old one was still working, but had me worry the past months that this would suddenly be over.
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Saturday, July 3. 2010

Mahlzeit!

Posted by
René Springmeier

in The Little Things at 18:29
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Saturday, February 20. 2010

Can you spot the odd thing here?

Posted by
René Springmeier

in The Little Things at 15:07
sinologie_tuebingen_kyoto
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Thursday, February 5. 2009

Word of the Day XIII

Posted by
René Springmeier

in The Little Things at 12:40
Eat your tea.

At first I thought it was funny, then I looked it up in Google and was surprised by the number of hits.

Now I wonder if it is a normal expression in English and what meaning it carries...
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Monday, February 2. 2009

Signs of tiredness 6

Posted by
René Springmeier

in The Little Things at 09:26
The error messages read: "The connection was refused."

Instead I read: "The connection was confused."
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Friday, January 30. 2009

Legal phone calls

Posted by
René Springmeier

in The Little Things at 15:36
The reasons that prohibited using cellphones in buses have been outdated for a long time, but the operator of the local buses here in Tübingen still banned the usage for many years.

But finally it is confirmed that it is now allowed to make phone calls on the buses.

This reminds me that a few years ago a bus-driver threatened to throw me out because my phone dared to ring on board the bus.
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Tidy tenant?

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René Springmeier

in The Little Things at 03:35
Today I saw at the busstop a little ad posted by someone looking for a small apartment to rent. Although he was describing himself in a good way (clean, nonsmoking, no pets,...), his email address did make me doubt all these claims: gollum@...
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Wednesday, October 22. 2008

Umami and Fatty

Posted by
René Springmeier

in The Little Things at 06:18
In school I learned that there are four different tastes: sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Now apparently there is a fifth taste: umami and there is the discussion if fatty is a taste as well.

For those wondering about spicy: It is not a taste, it is an activation of heat thermo- and chemosensitive sensors in your mouth.

via Wikipedia

PS: Hmm, if fatty is recognized as a taste, will Eric Cartman then say "I am not fat, I am tasty!?
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