Archive 10. January 2011

Ice Sculptures in Nizhny Tagil

Every year on New Year's Eve, ice or snow sculptures are built and exhibited in various places in Nizhniy Tagil. Here are a few that I really liked.

Modernizr could be useful if you want to access newer HTML5 features but don't always encounter the latest browsers (basically a browser switch that someone else has already programmed for you and that you can access via CSS rules from stylesheets or jQuery code).

Malmström: EU Commissioner does not want internet blocks for other topics. Oh, great, we just have to give the EU Commissioner the general filtering tool and then believe her that the EU does not plan and want to expand it to other topics. And then also believe the same for all following EU Commissions, because they would never expand a once introduced censorship tool in its application. I mean, that would be like assuming that the toll data would also be used for purposes other than just the pure billing of road usage. (by the way: anyone who finds sarcasm in my comments is welcome to keep it)

Department of Justice: Twitter must hand over WikiLeaks data to US court. It would be nice if the US would somehow deal with WikiLeaks and the published content in a meaningful way - general suspicions and wild activism beyond any rule of law is much more fun. And don't believe that this would be a purely American problem, our prolethicians are probably already sitting there and considering whether they can do the same. Because such big secrets like the incompetence and arrogance of our Federal Foreign Minister must not under any circumstances become public.