Stuff

[hmpf]

- From the Department of the Wonderfully Weird: They're playing an organ piece in a church in Halberstadt that will last 639 years because the composer wanted it to be played 'as slowly as possible': http://www.fr-aktuell.de/in_und_ausland/hintergrund/?sid=063f1b697374681c9bb3d27cc6628b24&em_cnt=895645 This has been going on for five years or so already.

- Student protests against university fees in Hesse (is that *seriously* the correct word for 'Hessen' in English?): http://www.flickr.com/groups/49872511@N00/pool/ (This is what I spent most of yesterday doing.)

- Today my computer decided to recognise its 1.67 GHz processor after a year and a half of insisting it was a 1.47 GHz processor. Just like that. I'm confused, but also pleased. Does that mean I will be able to vid faster now?

- And, because I already did a bit of politics here, here's some more: http://www.realclimate.org/

- ETA: before I posted this, the two top posts on my flist were titled "Opera v. Firefox" and "Cavemen v. Astronauts".

- ETA: apparently there was snow in some parts of Germany today. oO

Comments

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

DAMN THAT ARTICLE FOR BEING IN GERMAN! CURSE MY INABILITY TO SPEAK DEUTSCH! DAMN YOU EARS!! You have *no* idea how much I want to read that article about the organ. That's just SOOO awesome!

Plus, YES! SNOW!

(...um...no I haven't been drinking vast amounts of coke. Promise...)

[jazzymegster.livejournal.com]

Cavemen v. Astronauts...

I'd pay to see THAT fight! *g*