Category Archives: media culture

no more slacking ftw!

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 21, 2005 by Andrea

these days i am busy riding my road bike and thus i am only online in the evenings. it wasn’t an easy decision to quit WoW since the virtual world the game presents is quite seducing. whereas we are experiencing … Continue reading →

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reading list

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 by Andrea

for those of you wondering why i am rarely on IM networks these days here’s the explanation: i spend my days now mostly reading the books and articles that are on the reading list for the final oral exam at … Continue reading →

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lieber ‘arald

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 1, 2005 by Andrea

i finally managed to get a copy of Harald Schmidt’s latest “book” called “Avenue Montaigne. Roman, très nouveau“. i have been a fan of him since the early 90s when he did “Verstehen Sie Spass?” and “Schmidteinander”, two more (the … Continue reading →

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the phenomenon MMORPG

Posted on Sunday, Jan 30, 2005 by Andrea

MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role playing games) have been around for some years now, so you can hardly talk about a new “phenomenon”. still, it continues to amaze me how players are fascinated by such games and virtually (pun intended) … Continue reading →

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austrian stereotypes

Posted on Thursday, Jan 13, 2005 by Andrea

something really caught my attention lately. tv5 usually airs what i would call “sounds and sights” of various countries all over the world where you can watch it. it’s called “tv5 en/au/aux/à … et partout dans le monde” and it … Continue reading →

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43 things

Posted on Thursday, Dec 30, 2004 by Andrea

considering that tomorrow is New Year’s Eve it is about time to come up with some plans and resolutions for 2005. what comes in very handy right now is (yet another) social network with a quite different and original approach: … Continue reading →

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temps forts

Posted on Monday, Dec 27, 2004 by Andrea

the festivities are over which means back to work. the third chapter of the thesis (i.e. the one about Neocron) still needs to be revised. althought this chapter has only 58 pages i do not expect it to be a … Continue reading →

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french-canadian movies

Posted on Monday, Dec 13, 2004 by Andrea

yet another monday and i am stuck here with Minority Report. i do not want to watch that movie ever again! speaking of movies, there’s another french-canadian film on tv5 today called “Québec-Montréal” and from la bande annonce i can … Continue reading →

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the nightmare continues…

Posted on Saturday, Dec 11, 2004 by Andrea

…with a new season of The Osbournes. i just watched an episode from season 3 (“The English Patient”) and it was simply hilarious. while Ozzy is recovering from his quad motorbike accident, Sharon is having troubles with her chat show. … Continue reading →

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designer capitalism

Posted on Thursday, Dec 2, 2004 by Andrea

another headline caught my attention: “New York : un hôtel propose un « Martini on the rock » un peu spécial pour la somme de 10000$”. yes, that is right, $10,000 for one cocktail. well, the catch is that this … Continue reading →

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