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Who doesn't love wine

Jens Thieme — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:07:49 +0000

Unique Wine Boutique

Winique.com is a new online wine boutique for new wines.

Enjoy the art of unique wines - wine boutique Winique.com

Symphony of Science

Jens Thieme — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:05:11 +0000

John Bosswell project

A musical project by John Bosswell of Washington combines famous scientific works with electronic music and sound effects.

A stunning new way of transporting scientific content throughout the world has just been launched. And you can listen to and watch the whole content for free online. However, John Bosswell asks for donations to anyone who cares enough to support this music project.

Dedicated Youtube page

Symphony of Science website (includes free downloads)

The People Against Torture

Jens Thieme — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:49:00 +0000

Unspeakable Horror Voiced

Giving and promoting voices to the senseless suffering.

The People Against Torture - AgainstTorture.org

Against Torture Tweets

Against Torture Facebook Page

Red Lions Visp Champion!

Jens Thieme — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:45:48 +0000

4:0 series in playoffs finals!

In a stunning playoff performance the Visp Red Lions beat HC Lausanne tonight with 3:2 on home ice.

After a difficult season with a coach exchange, many disappointing performances and a stellar come back towards the end of the qualification the Red Lions beat all odds and blew the two major favorites off the ice in the last final rounds of the playoffs.

Vanguard by Current TV

Jens Thieme — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:00:46 +0000

Al Gore's Media Arm

Vanguard is an award-winning documentary series by Current TV. Led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt Vanguard currently airs once a week on several cable and satellite outlets across the globe.

For enyone who does not have direct cable or sat feed I can recommend iTunes as Vanguard offers free Podcasts of entire shows and "making-off" style clips.

Reporters Laura Ling (who recently got arrested in North Korea while on tour in Asia), Christof Putzel, Mariana van Zeller, Adam Yamaguchi and Kaj Larsen make for one of the best teams on modern television world wide.

If you want to view what's happening in the world from a more critical perspective, if you are eager to look behind the scenes of ordinary lives otherwise hidden from public view, if you want to dive into the daily issues of people without lobby or any measure of lime light: Vanguard TV is for you!

Comments welcome.

Area 4 Festival 2010

Jens Thieme — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:38:09 +0000

Little Review of all that FUN

Spent the better part of my weekend burning some rubber (1'900 km to be exact) to see The Editors again along with Placebo, Monster Magnet, The Sounds, Blink 182 and some other great acts.

Missed Biffy Clyro unfortunately and apparently they were stunning. But I thoroughly enjoyed The Editors again after I love them at last year's Southside festival. Blink's drummer Travis Baker, who reunited with Blink 182 after recovering from a horrific plane crash in 2008 stunned the audience again: he's just an animal!

But more importantly: here are some observations of that event that I enjoyed bunches (except the one-stage concept which won't allow for more bands to perform in three days plus stage changing time sucks).

Check out my Area 4 2010 photo gallery here:

The festival itself was really well organized. The campground and RV parking are right in front of the stage so even if you were hanging at the tent you could enjoy the show from a distance.

Food courts offered the usual standards at festivals and beer catering was well set up (Beck's). However, as with any one-stage festival they could have taken care of some more fun merchandise booths and some activity stuff like trampolines and some such as the band changing breaks suck at times (much better at Southside where there is music all the time fro three days at three stages).

Overall though you can say Area4 is one of the better festivals albeit a bit far out and remote so you need to factor in some extra rural driving time.

Demolish the School

Jens Thieme — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:35:40 +0000

Becky's Proposal

In a hilarious phone prank 8-year old Becky from Dublin, Ireland asks to have her school demolished or (better even) blown up.

See more pranks and practical jokes at my other blog where I collect and exchange that stuff with other pranksters.

Everybody's free 2 wear sunscreen

Jens Thieme — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:52:09 +0000

Baz Luhrmann

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '99: Wear sunscreen. Two official versions of Australian director, screen writer and producer Baz Luhrmann.

Full caption: If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.

Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine. Don't worry about the future.

Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.

Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters.

Throw away your old bank statements. Stretch. Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone. Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body.

Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own. Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. Read the directions, even if you don't follow them. Do not read beauty magazines.

They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on.

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths:

Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund.

Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out. Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth. But trust me on the sunscreen.

Find more information on genius Baz Luhrmann and the background of the original Wear Sunscreen or the Sunscreen Speech essay titled "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997 at Wikipedia.

Hurts - Wonderful Life

Jens Thieme — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:16:38 +0000

Newcomers from Manchester

If you liked the 80s with Depeche Mode, Ultravox, Gary Newman, Soft Cell or Joy Division you will absolutely love HURTS!

Hurts is about to release their first album ever and they already amaze 80s fans and many other brit pop listeners around the world.

Hurts' MySpace site, their Facebook (you know why I don't link to FB) and Youtube feature some of the debut songs. You can also download a free mp3 file off their official website.

Largest Digital Photo

Jens Thieme — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:34:58 +0000

Highest Resolution yet

After recent records for highest resolution digital photographs in Prague and Paris some new records cast huge shadows on these: Budapest with 70 Giga Pixel and Dubai with 45 Giga Pixel cleared the way for even crazier records.

70 Billion Pixels Budapest!

Prague High Resolution Digital Photo

Paris High Resolution Digital Photo

Dubai High Resolution Digital Photo