Since my mouse is still at the 112th Precinct(= a police station) in Queens, and I can’t / shouldn’t / won’t use my girlfriend’s mom’s mouse any more, I bought a new mouse today. Ever since I started using a Logitech MX Revolution at work, ever since I set it up so that this fancy new wireless rodent of mine lets me do such awesome things as navigating though my source code with the arrow buttons, jumping from one instance of a selected string to the next or previous one, ever since I bound a CTRL-W-keystroke on the backward-pull of the 2nd mousewheel in order to be able to close tabs and windows alike with an elegant little pull with my thumb, ever since I did that, I felt like I was walking with crutches when using my laptop without that Übermaus. You know, like using a computer without a mousewheel.
Those days are over, I got an MX Revolution now, and here comes the interesting part for you (Potentially):
Über-Options is a little tool that lets you map ALL mouse buttons & wheels to whatever you like.
I googled a bit for something like this because Logitech’s Software didn’t allow me to bind keystrokes to the secondary wheel. Now I can, thanks to überOptions!
If you are going to spend some time in front of you computer with a browser open without being terribly busy, be sure to check out “Breaking the Tower”, a nice little strategy game. It only consists of one level, but it’s actually fun enough to go back and play it over and over again.
Surprisingly, it’s a Java Applet. I kind of expected it to be Flash when I opened the page.
One nice aspect of the game is that you don’t need to be actively playing all the time. What I did was I started the game and then went back to browsing other sites and then came back and see my resources in the hundrets. Yes, it is pretty much a very simple clone of “Die Siedler” or “The Settlers”, but it hit the spot. I think it is a good example of what casual games can be. Simple does not have to mean stupid.
Wenn ich Bekannten erzähle, dass ich im Moment in New York lebe und arbeite, höre ich doch immer wieder Bedenken wegen der gefühlten höhreren Gefahr eines Terroranschlags.
Jedem aber, der immer noch glaubt, dass es in New York oder in den USA im allgemeinen gefährlicher ist, empfehle ich mal, sich diesen Artikel des Magazins der Süddeutschen Zeitung durchzulesen. Ich hoffe, dass Deutschland auch weiterhin Glück haben wird, aber ich kann vorstellen wie schnell sich die allgemeine Stimmung in Deutschland ändern würde, wenn ein paar dieser “bösen Buben” mal etwas mehr Glück haben würden.
Was ich allerdings nicht ganz verstehe ist, was diese randweichgezeichteten Fotografien im Miniaturlook mit dem Thema zu tun haben.
This week I went to see NadaSurf’s show in the Williamsburg Music Hall. It wasn’t as crazy as the concerts a couple a years ago. I guess they have aged a bit. Still a great show! This is what it looked like:
And even more for die-hard Nada Surf supporters: I liked these two pictures so much that you can download them as fake vinyl covers or desktop wallpapers. I hope I make some younger girls happy with the following:
So when reading my emails today I noticed that Nada Surf’s new song “Whose Authority” is currently #1 on CampusCharts. (Reminds me of Kanal-C…).
Must be all part of their latest campaign for the release of their next album “lucky“. They also got a new website. I feel like Nada Surf’s site gets a complete overhaul with each album release. I’ve been listening to the few new songs on their website for quite a while today…
Years ago, I’ve been to two of their shows (München & Southside) which were both amazing. Francesca pointed out that their lyrics are not very deep, which is probably true. But I still like their songs a lot. The singer has a high pitch voice. They use guitars after all. That’s basically all I need. Anyways, looks like all their shows are sold out already. We got lucky and got tickets for the show in Williamsburg. OK, no we were not lucky - we ordered 2 months ago.
So I googled for the song title and now watch this video by one of my all time favorite bands:
Nada Surf, New York City and fast bikes.
I likes.
I started to love bikes with slim wheels ever since I bought a Cross bike in Bologna a couple years ago and rode it in the Vespa-infested streets of Bologna, up and down sunny Tuscan hills, through the chilly forest valleys of my German home and on the beaches and hills of Genoa. That particular bike actually traveled quite a bit together with me and saw the following places: Bologna > Bad Mergentheim > Augsburg > Genoa (by train & plane) > Augsburg > Bad Mergentheim. That’s where it’s living now if my brother hasn’t sold it yet. Now I actually thought of taking it with me over the Atlantic when coming home from my Christmas visit but a.) I had enough wine to smuggle into the US and b.) it just seemed very wrong. Now over the recent days I’ve been contemplating buying one… Which one is it gonna be? A cross bike? I’m a bit reluctant to go for a pure road bike considering the dire state of the roads in NYC.
