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New York Post-Expectation Pre-Reality Review

Posted on November 1, 2006 by fox

New York is tough. Seriously. And different. Trashy, sometimes backwards, sometimes just plain annoying and sometimes it just hates you. It throws you around, tries to drive you nuts with noise, heat, cornering you with people, crazy people. And gives … Continue reading →

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Blast from the Past

Posted on October 10, 2006 by fox

It is sometimes strange to meet people from the past again. Somebody you have hung out a lot at some place and some time, but you kind of slighted into different lives after that. It’s nice to hang out with … Continue reading →

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Job

Posted on May 15, 2006 by fox

I actually have a job now!!!

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Colbert

Posted on May 6, 2006 by fox

I still can’t believe Stephen Colbert has his own show now. He was so cool in The Daily Show and now that he is gone, it’s kind of less funny. The new show is actually better and funnier. For all … Continue reading →

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New Blog Look

Posted on May 6, 2006 by fox

Blog reworking. After testing WordPress 2 for a new project, I found out it’s cool. I mean I thought about switching when I tried the last version, but this new version just rocks. Funky Javascript all over the blog and … Continue reading →

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Festival Time

Posted on April 26, 2006 by fox

A lot to do this week, two festivals are in town. First the Pen World Voices 2006 literature festival started yesterday. And second the Tribeca Film Festival 2006 starts today. Only Problem: Tribeca costs $12 a movie – a bit … Continue reading →

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Megatrends

Posted on April 25, 2006 by fox

Und nun zu den Megatrends: a) Die Entschlüsselung des Genoms menschlichen Lebens wird weiter voraneilen und damit tiefgreifende Eingriffe in die Würde und Einmaligkeit menschlichen Lebens verursachen. Klingt wie Fatalismus für mich, vielleicht ein Formulierungsproblem? Nicht-fatalistische Gegenthese: Die Gentechnik ist … Continue reading →

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Peter Kafka

Posted on April 25, 2006 by fox

Nachdem Fogel die “Die Beschleunigungskrise” von Peter Kafka entdeckt hat (irgendwann musste das ja passieren 😉 ), will ich natürlich auch meinen Senf dazugeben: “Wohin rennen wir eigentlich?“: Eine schöne Auflistung der guten alten kommunistischen Kapitalismuskritik in Gewand der Systemtheorie. … Continue reading →

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New York Trouble (ongoing)

Posted on March 5, 2006 by fox

After this crazy first week, I kinda lost my enthusiasm of seeing even more small and/or strange and/or far away flats so I finally moved into the first one I saw. I officially live in Harlem now. 😉

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New York Trouble (ongoing)

Posted on March 3, 2006 by fox

Place to Crash Boooooorrrring. Nothing going on in the hostel. Absolutely nothing. TV Getting worse, lost two channels, got only one left. See above. Flat I went to Brooklyn today for a room in a loft. Very arty part, but … Continue reading →

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