PHILAFICATION

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Can’t. Resist. The. Urge. To. Post.

I simply couldn’t. Awesome video showing what Twitter in real life would look like. I guess when you explain twitter to someone entirely new to this, you could say it’s very much a inner monologue/voice over to your life à la JD, probably the best Scrubs character after Dr Cox

Not Numbers, But Names

Just uploaded a couple of pictures I wanted to share on Flickr and came across with this piece. I like it a lot. It was shot at the Holocaust Memorial in Boston. Lined up on the glass plates are the numbers concentration camp inmates were assigned and tattooed in order to rob their name, dignity [...]

My Cellphones Over The Years

Here’s a click-thru gallery of cellphones I’ve used over the last 9 years. Mind the evolution in design and functionality and my brand loyalty. A side note: I’ll have a new cellphone number starting today because I turned away from T-Mobile to Orange. I really don’t care who I blame for dropped calls and over-priced [...]

Come Fly With Me

“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.” (Mel Brooks)
As long as it’s dizzy and not I-am-about-to-vomit-queasy.

More Powerful Questions Please

May 3rd is the International World Press Freedom Day reminding people around the globe that only with freedom of press we can catch the elusive term of liberty. The internet with all its derivative forms of journalism plays a crucial part in the quest for freedom of press. Based on what A. J. Liebling (an [...]

Free Spirit of A Glowing Night

“It’s simply a very romantic place. Just one look at any of those streets, and you couldn’t be anywhere else – it’s so beautiful, and there’s that location, and the sense of the free spirit. Who couldn’t become ravenous in such a place?” (Julia Child)

Raison D’Etre In CA

Excuse this lame anglo-french approach in the title. Here one more reason to get onto a plane and escape the fierce Austrian winter…
“It never rains in Southern California” (Albert Hammond)
Not so in Vienna. Is all I’m saying.

Tis the Season – In the ER

Sorry to interrupt your Christmas Eve ceremony. But I just wanted to drop a quick note that tis most definitely the season. You know it’s Christmas when Phil has to rush into the Emergency Room of the hospital in Krems. Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious, just a failed attempt of cutting my middle finger apart. [...]