NASA has put together awesome pictures of Earth from opposing sides of our solar system shot from Saturn (by Cassini) and from Mercury (by MESSENGER).
Month: July 2013
kulu wa-shrabu wu-srifu
Come Ramadan people seem to think it says “كلوا و اشربوا و اسرفوا”. A slight error it seems, but a grave one actually. *sigh*
Ghazali gegen Geistiges Eigentum
Wenn mir noch ein Muslim mit “Geistigem Eigentum” kommt, haue ich ihm den Ghazali um die Ohren:
der Körper ist der Teilung fähig, der Geist aber nicht
— Al-Ghazali, Elixir der Glückseligkeit, S. 39
Chinese Steel
Watching bootlegged movies you get funny thoughts:
why does the Chinese word for steel (钢铁) have both steel and iron in it?
In dinu veritas
Lese mal wieder Imam Ghazalis “Elixier der Glückseligkeit”. Projekttitel: “in دِينُ veritas” 😀
Room 237
Just finished Room 237. The post structuralist in me screams “Yeah!!” … the rest is dumbfounded.