DIE ZEIT and the Radio Bremen jury present:
Mirjam Pressler’s Novel “Nathan and his Children” - adapted from Lessing’s great poetic drama
Reviewed by: Siggi Seuss [Translation by: Allan Dorr]
Date: 10/9/2009
January 2009. In front of running cameras, a Palestinian doctor working in an Israeli hospital is given the news that a recent bomb strike has hit his house in the Gaza strip and three of his eight children were killed. Many Israelis react indifferently toward the photographs. Some even ridicule the mourning father. 800 years after the Crusades there’s still fanaticism, regardless of where you look. Read the rest of this entry »
Anthony Myers, from NewsFlash, thrust a microphone into my face to interview me about my Adobe Flash experiences for the past 12 years. For anyone else who’s been with it this long, you’ll remember the original Macromedia product that you had to fool around with for days in order to do any scripty stuff. Now you can copy and paste from hundreds, probably thousands, of forums, including Adobe’s own set of guides and even their built-in help.
Let me know if you want one.
I’ll either choose the first three commenters, or draw your name randomly from a hat. Or whatever.
Please send me your name, e-mail address and a short comment… and I’ll oblige.
I wanted to take this opportunity to send a few comments about the recent road closings in the Presidio. Specifically regarding Presidio Boulevard.
My bike ride home from work is usually along the Marina, over Fort Mason, along Crissy Field, and up Presidio Avenue to Masonic.
For the majority of the way this is the most calm of bike paths to get from downtown… The others being along mostly busy stretches of road.
The only place that is traditionally very full of vehicles and without a lot of light, is the section on Presidio Boulevard, where the Eucalyptus trees are so fragrant, and recently, some very kind National Parks Policemen have been blocking the roads to all motorized vehicles.
I have to admit: I like it, for the most part. I do understand that it is only a temporary closing. But the signs make it a little confusing. They show tree cutting and no bikes allowed iconography. But it seems to me that neither of these are the case.
As I ride up that way, though, now that no cars are flying by – where before if even for that few seconds I was able to see where I was going – now, I feel that it is a little dark and lonely when going through there in the evening.
Even as the nights are starting earlier, it seems to me that it would be of great benefit to have more lights on that stretch, whether or not you allow vehicles to continue to race up that road.
Of course, my preferred solution would be that you block off the road permanently, make a bike-only Presidio Blvd, which is visible at night, but has enough room for more bike traffic to come.
Thanks for listening.
1. My HP Deskjet 3740 disappeared. No, really. The OS made it invisible. Even the paper was all gone. It came back a little though, when I installed the Ghostscript drivers. Everything was a little faded, not quite on this plane for a while. Now, with updated “official” drivers, I’m back on track. (Use Software Update.)
2. Cyberduck only has a BETA version out. And that was a little wonky the last time I tested it.
Apple Remote control functionality is not fully compatible with Desktop on the new OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). We are currently working on a fix.
Other than that, I’ve had a few issues where some code somewhere asks for Rosetta. I guess there were still a few lingering PPC apps on there for some odd reason or other.
Next stop: time to fire up a game. Spore will probably die.
I spotted a new vegan snack today: a dark chocolate-coated, peanut-butter rice/soy crisp protein bar. When I took it up to the register, this is what the guy said, “I’m sorry, sir but this item I can not sell you.” I gave him a very puzzled look, at least partially because I wasn’t sure if I misunderstood him or not and partially, as he turned the price read-out toward me. I glanced at it and sure enough it said, “This item may not be sold.”
I guess you can’t argue with the great SKU God upon high.
Perhaps it wasn’t vegan enough, or it had peanut butter infected by some well-hidden animal product application.
Either way, it was not in my cards today to find any new vegan treats. Perhaps tomorrow.
Oh yeah, tomorrow, it’s camping, and maybe we can make some vegan S’mores.
These days these things are illegal, but it wasn’t too long ago that Fred and Barney were sneaking a smoke break in the back of the house and Lucy and Ricky were lighting each other’s cigs.
We’ve come a long way since then…
With a sigh of both regret and relief, I bid farewell to the ever joyful and delicious treats at the Sunset location of the Bay area’s superlative raw food restaurant, Cafe Gratitude. Read the rest of this entry »
