Monthly Archives: October 2012
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No more graffiti (and immigration)
Leave a commentOctober 31, 2012 by anelim
Three days later, the grafitti is no longer there. Someone has diligently wiped the wall. But you can’t wipe out …
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Graffiti and immigration
Leave a commentOctober 29, 2012 by anelim
The words were there one morning. The punctuation was added a day or two later. Watch this space. I feel …
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Cardboard bike / Колело от картон
Leave a commentOctober 27, 2012 by anelim
Израелски изобретател е направил картонен велосипед! Снимки тук. Чудя се дали би издържал на берлинските дъждове? Със сигурност би било …
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Marathon concert tomorrow!
1October 26, 2012 by anelim
The Berlin Philharmonic is celebrating its 25th anniversary of its Chamber Music Hall tomorrow – 27th October 2012 – with… …
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The roof is on fire!
Leave a commentOctober 26, 2012 by anelim
Two people were working on the roof of the building on the other side of the street all day yesterday… …
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Птича перушина
Leave a commentOctober 24, 2012 by anelim
Когато живеех в София, в съседния блок до мен живееше един възрастен мъж, който ужасно приличаше на Радичков. Виждах го …
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Pain
3October 23, 2012 by anelim
Hurrah! I can touch my toes again. If only just… I’m not bragging, far from it. The fact that I …
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Street advertising
Leave a commentOctober 21, 2012 by anelim
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Alex At Night
1October 21, 2012 by anelim
The teletower at Alexanderplatz is so colourful at night that I almost crashed my bike looking at it. After I …
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WALQING: conference on quality of work
Leave a commentOctober 19, 2012 by anelim
I am at a conference about the quality of employment in Europe. If you are interested, check out their website. …
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Du bist Deutschland
Leave a commentOctober 19, 2012 by anelim
Jus a brief note about another interesting social advertising campaign: You Are Germany (http://www.du-bist-deutschland.de/). The German state seems to be …
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Spree Ufer
Leave a commentOctober 18, 2012 by anelim
Today I discovered that my job is just a short walk away from the riverbank where I took photos of …
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Photo: Sprachlos in Berlin
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2012 by anelim
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German Punvertising
Leave a commentOctober 16, 2012 by anelim
The German word for ‘pun’ is Kalauer. And boy, do the Germans like puns! Mad in Berlin (source: bonn.keid.de) Bärlin …
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Бункери в Берлин
Leave a commentOctober 16, 2012 by anelim
Well even if you don’t read Bulgarian, you can still look at the photos! http://www.vice.com/bg/read/izostavenite-bunkeri-na-berlin Благодаря за линка на ВМ 🙂
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The Antiphone (1885)
Leave a commentOctober 15, 2012 by anelim
What a hilarious gem! Thanks to the NYTimes‘ digital archive, I found this 1885 article, whilst trawling the net for …
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Book: Sweatshops at sea
Leave a commentOctober 15, 2012 by anelim
Today I found a new book about maritime labour that didn’t exist when I wrote the PhD: Sweatshops at sea: Merchant …
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Chromadepth
1October 15, 2012 by anelim
Brahms is amazing even with your eyes closed. But here is a cute visualisation for open-eyed Brahms fans: Interesting to …
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Breakfast Berlin style
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2012 by anelim
What could be better on a sunny Sunday morning than roast squash with Turkish coffee? I finally made the Turkish …
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The importance of looking stuff up on Wikipedia
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2012 by anelim
Thanks to Wikipedia, I am no longer slightly unnerved by making tea with my Krupp kettle (desktop link)(mobile link) due …
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n days in Berlin 