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).
Earth as seen from Saturn and Mercury
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.