Summermeter - How much of this summer is left

If you want to find out how much time of this summer is still left have a look at the Summermeter.

It tells you in percent of how much of this summer has already past. With 58% already passed, a pessimist might say soon you’ll leave home when its dark and come back when it’s dark again.

In some countries they make the best of it - in Finland for example - the whole country goes on leave during the month of July and all cities are basically deserted besides a (very) few unlucky people who have to remain to keep some essential functions going. Hospitals for example delay all not immediately essential operations into the the time after July.

The Finnish like their summer breaks so much that even between opposite political parties a sudden agreement / consensus takes place to…

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Video: How fair is fairtrade?

This short video / interview looks at some general aspects of the concept of fair trade and the brand with the same name.

Welcome to a very unfair edition of the Telegraph’s video show “Holy Cows”.

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Books: Self Diagnosis for Hypochondriacs

While for many Hypochondriacs the Merck Manual of Medical Information might be a bit like a bible for daily / nightly reference, there are other books that help to fulfill the information needs (attention: could already be part of a disease pattern) of Hypochondriacs.

Some take an unusual and in-depth look in scary, unusual and horrible diseases in a slightly humorous way like “The Hypochondriac’s Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have” and others provide general information on diseases.

In difference to these books “The Manual of things that might kill you” is written specifically to address…

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India: Technology Fashion

You know that technology and the Internet has become an integral part of life when people put icons and symbols of the most prominent businesses on their daily clothes.

So, hello India - meet the Bar code and the (G)Oogle saris from prominent fashion designer Satya Paul…

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Data-Visualization: The Perfect Nap

The “Boston Globe” has published a great info graphic on a topic many people working in offices are at least dreaming about most of the afternoons - why, when and how to best take a nap.

And contrary to common opinion taking a short nap during early afternoon hours is not a sign of laziness, weakness or senility, it will bring back the energy, sharpens your mind and gets you back into the mood to survive long working hours…

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Cars: A hell of an accident

We’ve heard that some watch NASCAR races just for the accidents. Well here’s one to watch - Michael McDowell’s accident at the Texas Qualifying last Friday.

This is probably one of the worst NASCAR accidents we’ve seen ever, 185 - 190 miles on impact, flying through the air and then rolling across the track for a few hundred yards. The car looks like it went through the shredder and then - the guy just walks away.

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Time: The Millionaire Calculator

It’s Friday again and you have almost made it through this week. So if you’re asking yourself how much longer will I have to stay in this valley of misery - well here’s the Millionaire calculator.

It will most likely not help to cheer you up - but keep in mind, the 5 minutes you were using this little applet have just got you a bit closer to your target.

Anyway:

Best saving plan advice (”Dire Straits”)”…Get your money for nothin’ get your chicks for free…”

For a better understanding of the overall concept we recommend Virus Comix’ “Circle of Life”.

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Animation: The Sad Truth About Relationships

Don’t get too depressed when watching this video. At least you will always know what tomorrow brings…that’s of course what you will tell yourself for the next 30 years - but then will you still believe it?

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Time: The Ides of March

Tomorrow is the 15th of March that in the old Roman calendar like in May, July and October were called the Ides, the days which were sacred to Jupiter.

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Video: Drunken Russian Girls

One of our favorite Russian web logs “English Russia” has put up a video of young drunken Russian girls. While they describe the vodka drinking as…

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