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Obligatory and Long Overdue World Cup Post

Posted by Nicholas Farrell on Sat, Jul 3, 2010

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Guten morgen, Fußball fans. Every four years, the world (save America) grinds to a halt and all eyes are focused on the FIFA World Cup. This Contrarian correspondent is certainly no exception. As my output for this esteemed volume has noticeably fallen off, my fandom, in turn, has grown exponentially. This afternoon, at 16h German time, the [...]

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Do You Speak English?

Posted by Nicholas Farrell on Sun, Jun 6, 2010

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Mostly sure this same thing happened to me during my first few months here in the Fatherland. This clip is from BBC sketch show, “Big Train,” created by Graham Linehan and starring Simon Pegg and Julia Davis. Highly recommended.

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Eyjafjallajökull

Posted by Nicholas Farrell on Wed, May 19, 2010

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Amazing time-lapse video shot by Sean Stiegemeier of the difficult-to-pronounce volcano that has wreaked havoc on the travel plans of Europeans and North Americans. I visited this area last year and it was truly breathtaking.

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Mountain View Is Watching You

Posted by Nicholas Farrell on Sun, May 16, 2010

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The German Street View car, found on Brunnenstr., Berlin 20.4.10 Guten tag from Berlin: The lead story on last night’s ZDF news broadcast, quoted George Orwell, in English. According to the German news station, “Big Brother is watching you.” Yesterday, several EU governments addressed the news that Google had inadvertently collected personal data, including the names and [...]

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iProst

Posted by Nicholas Farrell on Fri, Apr 23, 2010

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Guten Tag from Germany! In the wake of the iPhone 4G loss/theft debacle, German air carrier Lufthansa has given the world a bit of levity. According to The Register: The airline’s director of marketing and customer relations for the Americas, Nicola C Lange, posted the invite on Twitter. Lange sympathises with “how frustrating it can be to lose [...]

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