Osama Bin Laden went straight to hell… and blew up the whole compound. Hell is temporarily closed while repairs are underway.
It is official! Germany’s FDP is Dying!
A variation of “Netcraft now confirms: *BSD is dying”, applied to the German liberal democratic party FDP, after Federal Justice minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (a.k.a. “Ben Schnali”) sold out by giving up her staunch opposition to EU-style data retention laws.
Düsseldorf Japan-Day 2010
29th May 2010, the largest Japanese community outside Japan organized the traditional Japan Day in Düsseldorf.
Lena Meyer-Landrut wins Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Congratulations to Germany’s Lena Meyer-Landrut, Eurovision Song Contest 2010′s winner in Oslo.
The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer
Did the legendary Mel contribute to the BSD/SunOS/OpenSolaris kernel codebase?
Microsoft censors cryptome.org
In a vain effort to suppress an internal document detailing their cooperation with law enforcement agencies (“Global Criminal Compliance Handbook”), Microsoft had the domain name of the venerable website cryptome.org suspended by invoking the infamous DMCA… resulting in the usual Streisand effect.
Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself
A bank sues itself.