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All Links
- Brand New I always have a weakness for a blog like this that deals with brand-new brand updates.
- BRG Krems My former High School (designed by me)
- CO2 Emission Caluclator Being a responsible citizen of modern times, I am sure you are always aware of being environmentally friendly. Traveling the world might broaden your mind, but somehow has an impact! Do the maths with that tool!
- CSS Newbie The page I turn to when I want to learn something about CSS. Useful when realizing projects with CSS involved.
- Dear Jane Sample Want to know what it is really like to work in Advertising? Canadian view on this business.
- Firefox Rediscover the Web and Do the Web a Favor. Let’s kick Internet Explorer’s Ass. Microsoft shouldn’t be dominating the Web browsing domain! (The Mac version is rather sucky, I don’t like it. Use Safari/Camino on Mac!)
- Flickr Photo Sharing I love to hang out on that website. It is the ideal place to look up some pictures for blog posts by the way, but even for non-bloggers and web-2.0-haters it is pretty interesting to prowl around on flickr.com
- FM4 My #1 radio station in Austria. Alternative and other cool music genres that are neglected by most of the popular giants in radio business. Love the music and the English moderation (hourly news, the morning show and other shows are presented in English)
- Gmail Using google products sometimes seems to be like taking the blue pill, but I actually like it. Google Rocks
- LEO Dictionary One of the best online dictionaries for German-English-affaires. Pronounciation keys for both languages!
- Literally, A Web Log An English language grammar blog tracking abuse of the word “literally”
- Lovelessrecords Blog A Record Label a friend is working for. Like reading music blogs like these! Interviews, galleries and news!
- Mactechnews (aka mtn) is a really good German Apple News page that offers all sorts of news for your Mac and your digital life. Ticker-like — somehow.
- Meebo.com A web 2.0 browser-orientated website that provides access to instant messaging like ICQ, AIM, MSN, Gmail and so on. I put this link on my blogroll because I always mess up the double “e” and the single “o” (I just hate meboo.com — a spam page obviously!)
- Mother Tongue Annoyances Annoying bits of the English language that are being carefully being investigated.
- Ninja Words A really really fast dictionary that will spit out exactly what you’re looking in a bit of a second. Fast like a ninja!
- P-TWICE.com This page actually represents my virtual business card. P-TWICE.com consists of me (Philipp Aschauer) and a friend (Philipp Maschl). Two Philipps. P-TWICE.com — Figures, huh?
- Quizlet.com A page that you most definitely have to know if you are facing a gazillion of vocabs and words that need to soak up and recite the next morning. Shortly, helps you train your vocabularies.
- Skype That’s pretty much the easiest mean to stay in contact with people from all over the world. The striking feature is video call function. Love it! my skype name: ph.aschauer (very creative, I know)
- The Quotations Page Feeling thoughtful? Reflect by reading some quotes of pretty genious people (I actually use this archive for looking up famous quotes and I sometimes publish them on my blog)
- Urban Dictionary The definitions and word range of LEO dictonary is limited indeen — once you’ve been to the States, you’ll realize that. English is a very dynamic language and it takes time for a slang expression show up in a common dictionary. 99 out of 100 cases, you’
- Zivildienst (info) This site gives you really good information about community service (aka Zivildienst) in general and your rights/duties as a “Zivi”. Got questions? Don’t hesitate and use the forum.
Blogs I Read
- Brand New I always have a weakness for a blog like this that deals with brand-new brand updates.
- Dear Jane Sample Want to know what it is really like to work in Advertising? Canadian view on this business.
- indexed Logically utilized puns make me crack up every single time I visit the page. I recommend following the RSS feed to get posted whenever new index cards are published.
- Josh LEO I got to know Josh (famous video blogger) accidentally. We often end up having discussions about several topics and he turned out to be a really good listener and awesome ebuddy.
- Joy of Tech Comics about mac-ish, geeky and general stuff. It actually is pretty entertaining since it is also very critical and makes fun of pretty much everyone that has to do with Macs & other geek-crap :) Steve not excluded.
- Literally, A Web Log An English language grammar blog tracking abuse of the word “literally”
- Lovelessrecords Blog A Record Label a friend is working for. Like reading music blogs like these! Interviews, galleries and news!
- Metroblogging San Francisco gives an extremely personal insight into urban life in Fogcity. San Francisco citizen keep you posted on what is going on in the city that opposes to being called Frisco.
- Miss Verständnis Miss V basically covers similar topics to what readers are used to from philsblogging.com. The interesting part is that she has a different perspective being a Kiwi expat in Germany.
- Mother Tongue Annoyances Annoying bits of the English language that are being carefully being investigated.
- MyFanBase is an (German) online portal for TV shows and other media content that have their roots in the US of A. I usually get my updates on the cast and episodes I missed by accident. I hate missing episodes. Especially on Desperate Housewives and Heroes.
- One Year On Earth A couple (married in Sep 2007) decides to make a one-year-honey-moon-around-the-world-tour. Nice idea to blog about! Crazy, actually :) Love it!
- Passive-Aggressive Notes Passive aggressive notes from really upset coworkers, roommates or strangers. Really funny to read. My tip: Subscribe to the RSS Feed so you won’t miss any of them.
- Paul Stamatiou Just another blog that I like skimming through. Gives insight into a technie student at Georgia Tech. Fun postings there! Don’t forget the RSS feed!
- PONS Blog Michael Jackson (no allusion to the former Pop star, haha) is blogging on topical issues in modern society. He is a native speaker (English) and is affiliated with pons.de (the dictionary). Check the feed!
- Serendipity Book by Lee McEwan Just another nice blog that I subscribe to. Love his shots on flickr, and that’s how I came across with him and his awesome photos (used in the header-image, by the way)
- The Unoffical Apple Weblog My favorite Apple <i>Blog</i>. (The emphasis is clearly on blog, do not expect a news ticker-ish listing of apple news. I like reading blogs, so I don’t mind that kind of style.)
- USA Rundbrief Michael and Angelika kind of represent the American Dream. They left behind their lives in Germany and now write about their new opportunities and challenges in San Francisco, CA. A blog-ish site about how to immigrate successfully (acutally the reason wh
Tips For Fellow Bloggers
- Creative Commons Find the right license for your work when publishing it online. Saves time. Make sure you know exactly how what rights you want to open!
- CSS Newbie The page I turn to when I want to learn something about CSS. Useful when realizing projects with CSS involved.
- EFF - Legal Guide for Bloggers Check this site out to get more information about your rights as a blogger. The legal guide turns out to be quite useful, because it explains your rights, duties and
- resizeyourimage.com If you happen to be out of town, on the go, need to resize some pictures you are bound to online services. Here is a service that flips, resizes and crops your pictures — anti-aliasedly.
- Wordpress (Blogging Software) Wanna try being a blogger? Best blogging software ever — additonal extentions make this blogging system unique!
