By Veronika Schapers, Tokyo, Japan.
The calculator is no coincidence. Apple simple copied it.
Amazing looking hotel in Berlin. I'm not one for paying 100 EUR for hotels but I might make an exception.
Awesome replacement for Doodle.
Incredible write-up on the Pirate Party and German elections with a focus on Berlin.
"The rescuers required no special equipment, and were able to extricate the student from the sculpture by hand, creating a surreal, oversize delivery room scene, with the artwork giving birth to a full-grown (though perhaps a little immature) man."
"In popular mythology, the impressive performances of America’s blacks, especially Owens, so infuriated Hitler that he refused to shake Owens’s hand after his victory in the 100-meter dash. It’s a good story, and one widely disseminated at the time to show that the Olympic spirit had triumphed over Nazi racism. The problem is, it never happened."
This seems like a pretty crazy decision. Bad news for Germans until this gets appealed out of existence.
Angela Merkel struggles to put on a doctoral hood. I feel you, Angela!