Le Twitter des cons
I’ve given up Facebook long ago; now I have the proof that Twitter isn’t any better anymore. A little social experiment proved to be “the last straw” (so to speak). Even as I have little motivation […]
View ArticleThe Last Sleep of the Civilization Part I
I’m breaking the radio silence out of rage. So much stupidity while living “in the best of times” is unbearable. Given that I gave up any social media presence, here I am, ranting on my personal […]
View ArticleThe Last Sleep of the Civilization Part II
In the first part of this series, it was about COVID-19. But the symptoms of the impending death of our civilizations include another one, which was visible for quite some time—but the political...
View ArticleLanguage Learning Apps, Revisited
More than three years ago, I discussed a few apps meant to help you learn a foreign language; while I still believe the best way to learn a language is to use printed manuals with audio […]
View ArticleThe world is swarming with incompetents…
Some time ago, during a job interview, I was asked at the end why in some version of my résumé I wrote in the soft skills section “attention to detail; good in finding correlations; good in […]
View ArticleNolite mittere high-tech ante porcos
Following a recent post of mine, I kept reading a number of reviews of recent smartphones, and I’ve been taken aback by the degree of shallowness and sheer stupidity encounter every one in a while....
View ArticleThe myth of the well-administered German city
I’m sure you might misunderstand this text, so let’s put it upfront: Leonberg (71229) is a charming little town in Baden-Württemberg. There are many other lovely little towns in the area, each having...
View ArticleInissia Kapselmaschine, was sonst?
There have been years since various capsule-based espresso systems became popular even in the poorest countries of the EU. I remember a certain moment when the Dolce Gusto Piccolo had an unbeatable...
View ArticleThe coffee saga goes on—Summer Edition
My post on Nespresso-compatible capsules has become unmanageable because of its too many updates. I myself cannot use it as a guide anymore! As I’ve discovered some more capsules, it’s time for a...
View ArticleLearning a language in 200 hours?
German is an impossible language. Right after I got the Zertifikat Deutsch B1, I forgot half of what I’ve learned. This is in part because all the methods and textbooks are stupid–but I’m not going to […]
View ArticleUntil further notice…
…let’s consider the contents of the previous posts as outdated. For the time being I have no motivation to correct or update them, nor to add new posts.
View ArticleCarracci—what else?
I failed to update the blog with the coffees I’ve tried since the last post on this topic. I’ll only tell you what I settled for: Carracci. Despite the fact that they don’t ship to Germany […]
View ArticleShould you live with no sense of smell…
…you’d be missing quite a lot. I happen to be a person to whom the olfactory and the tactile senses are crucial—not that I could imagine myself blind or deaf, but I have a strong memory […]
View ArticleThe day the Chinese puzzles took over
I’m really furious when people don’t bother to look for the original source of whatever they’re posting on the Internet (I feel I have a duty). I’m also angry at how many people are using reddit […]
View ArticleChoosing the right poison
About one week ago I had exactly 50 types of tea at home. By tea, I don’t only understand black-oolong-green-white tea, but also the various plant infusions that are actually tisanes, being them with...
View Article24-Hour Shifts: A Planet of Fools
Since I already posted today on an issue involving both logic and common sense, here’s another one, in the context of a human tragedy in Romania where it has been revealed that the emergency services...
View Article2020: The Year The World Ended
Friday 13 sounds like the best day for expressing some thoughts regarding the state of the world in the times of the COVID-19 outbreak. (And yes, I know: there is a book with the title “1914: […]
View ArticleCOVID-19: Winning the War, but Losing All the Battles
It’s been more than two months since I wanted to write a follow-up to my previous comments on this pandemic, and I never got beyond the title. I finally decided to put a few things there, […]
View ArticleThe Mental Retard In Linux Is Real
Friday, April 23. The day when decisions wanted to be taken, because things happened. Not much did happen, and nothing really important, but I am short-fused at times. Also, Linux […]
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