plus nine. neo now.

plus nine is, well, just a weblog. It doesn't have a strict agenda, so it's sort of in flux.

plus nine also is two people:

Hi, I'm Peter Bihr. I live and work in Berlin, Germany. As a freelancer, I do different kinds of stuff - Sometimes I write, sometimes I consult on online communication, sometimes I blog, and quite often it's random stuff in between. (Only once I had the chance to beta-test computer games, thus fulfilling the early childhood dream of getting paid to play computer games. Alas, it didn't last.) Occasionally, I can be found sipping Latte Macchiatos in nice cafés around the neighborhood. (Which needs to be said, as it's such a nice cliché.)

My co-writer, the person behind the pseudonym Plasma, is a software developer & ubergeek. He is still trying to get his Development Abstraction Layer, so far without success. ;-)

It should come as no surprise that "Basic Instinct 2," the long-gestating follow-up to Paul Verhoeven's 1992 blip on the zeitgeist screen, is a disaster of the highest or perhaps lowest order. It is also no surprise that this joyless calculation, which was directed by Michael Caton-Jones and possesses neither the first film's sleek wit nor its madness, is such a prime object lesson in the degradation that can face Hollywood actresses, especially those over 40. Acting always involves a degree of self-abasement, but just watching trash like this is degrading.

Now, surprise, surprise! Anyway, that's what I really like about New York Times movie reviews. They're just in-your-face. Also, NYT has another excellent newsletter I can only recommend: Circuit, an excellent tech newsletter, which regularly comes with a top story written by the great David Pogue. They just got it right!

This is great: Berkeley put some of their classes online as podcasts or video casts. With MIT Open Courseware, MIT has a similar program online as well. This is great, I wish more universities offered their classes on the web.

• uh uh yeah: digg + slashdot + del.icio.us = diggdot.us
• the great warning label generator
• flickrmap draws a flash-map based on the location info in flickr (for $5 per year, and i'm not sure if it's based on tags or EXIF data. sounds like fun, though.)
• not checked out yet, but seems to be worth reading: why do people carry mobile phones?

all these links coming in via die romantische komoedie - thx gell!

im Wahlkampf zu den vorgezogenen Bundestagswahlen 2005 war Face2Net maßgeblich für die Internetstrategier der SPD verantwortlich, die mit einer eigenen Blogosphäre, einem Online-Unterstützerteam, einem Podcast, Unterstützervideos und mehreren offen geführten Blogs des Parteivorstandes den interaktivsten Wahlkampf aller Parteien führte.

Sorry, Dietrich, aber das ist einfach zu schön.

The goal is to kick ass.
ludicorp is where i wanna go. Uh yeah.

You could always tell who the villainesses were because the narrator made a point of noting that they had fat asses. It was as good a way as any to shorthand the world, he thought.

cory doctorow, someone comes to town, someone leaves town (free download, good stuff.)

die EU hat eine website eingerichtet, die roaming-tarife in ganz europa vergleicht. ein feines, simples online-tool, genau wie es sein soll.

endlich punktet die EU mal mit transparenz, sogar usability, und bringt ein angebot ans netz das für jeden verständlich und nützlich ist. das könnte auch mal die notorischen nörgler zum denken bringen... sonst wirken die EU-seiten ja immer ein bisschen angestaubt, obwohl sie vor inhalt aus allen nähten platzen.

nachtrag: hm, so richtig stabil scheint die seite noch nicht zu laufen... momentan ist sie jedenfalls down.

uh uh yeah: malls of america, ein photoblog über, na was wohl, malls in amerika (untertitel: Vintage photos of lost Shopping Malls of the '60s & '70s). ganz große bilder, und the 60s will last forever.







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