How tall are you, pumpkin

If you have children, you have been to zoos and theme parks. If you have, especially when you are abroad, the Internet is your friend: getting an eagle-view of what's on store on location, knowing about bars, restaurants, picnic areas, and toilets in advance is invaluable. Not to mention the evenings of fun and anticipation that printing out a map where x marks the spot can offer, thanks to the magic of PDFs.

Oh-ho. Something's amiss

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Ouch. It seems there is no such page. At all. I swear I looked everywhere and couldn't find it. Must have been when we moved all those old links and stuffy content around last time. Anyway.

Now, you can call it quits and get somewhere else, or decide you want to give it another try. To help you out: you might consider clicking any link at random on the page, or getting back to the homepage. Now, that's help, isn't it?

Maps & common-sense

Original map from the Ultima games

Way-finding is one of my pets. Actually, way-finding and the concepts of space and place in information space are, but that sounds a bit pompous, so let's stick to way-finding.

Highly contextual SPAM

Just filed this away in my junk folder (yes, I usually take a look once in a while):

From: USANews
Subj: McCain want to stop Obama

McCain Lawyer Impeach Obama!
McCain has reached an agreement with the Obama lawyers that makes Obama resignation effective November 11.
Barack Obama can lost President's Chair.
McCain video report 7 November:

I miss my Nigerian diplomat. At least he just promised heaps of money.

1" short from getting it right

Let's get banzai on KLM. They have this plain sandwich package they serve to passengers on European flights. It's a decently tasting line of sandwiches, and they even manage to have a fair turn-around so if you travel frequently you actually get to taste a number of different recipes, but that's not the point.