Oook! - The Little Things

Why kitchenherbs should not be outside

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:30:28 +0200

Guten Appetit!

The bus is not booting

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:41:33 +0200

Next stop: Base System Peripherals

The information display inside the bis was suggesting a rather odd route for today...

The new card

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:22:27 +0200

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.

Mahlzeit!

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:29:01 +0200

4:0

Can you spot the odd thing here?

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:07:00 +0100

Word of the Day XIII

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:40:21 +0100

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...

Signs of tiredness 6

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:26:21 +0100

The error messages read: "The connection was refused."

Instead I read: "The connection was confused."

Legal phone calls

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:36:51 +0100

The reasons that prohibited using cellphones in buses have been outdated for a long time, but the operator of the local buses here in Tübingen still banned the usage for many years.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

Tidy tenant?

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:35:58 +0100

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@...

Umami and Fatty

nospam@example.com (René Springmeier) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:18:33 +0200

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!?