Coffee of the Dead

Some people seem to complain about the "Zombie Effect": People sitting in a coffee shop with WiFi, staring at their notebook, instead of being social. From a coffee-shop owners perspective, I can see what the issue is. These people hog a table, don’t order anything, or very little stuff, and probably also scare away other customers. 

On the other hand, I find the thought of spending my whole day working in a cozy café, getting my cup replaced regularly, a friendly waitress bringing me food and beverages, very intriguing. Would I be some sort of freelance consultant, I’d probably go that route. 

Actually, I find that more social than sitting in an office.

Screen Real Estate

AAAaaaRGH! How I hate wasted real estate on my screen. Microsoft Messenger prompted a needed update for security reasons. Thinking that would be a safe thing, I agreed to the update. No idea if this is any more secure, but it certainly got a whole new look. Not nicer. Bigger! More than half of the window is now wasted by 

  • advertising
  • stupid buttons I don’t need
  • fancy“ stuff I don’t want 

Gah! And the worst thing is, I probably can’t even easily revert, as I bet that the link to the previous, un-annoying version is gone. 

I think I’ll revert to Miranda for my MSNM needs. I’d switched to MSN Messenger as some features like file transfer weren’t working flawlessly. But you know what ? This is too much of a price to pay.

Rituale

Gestern, vorm Besuch im kir, stiessen wir mit dem üblichem Ritual an. Der, der trinken will, klopft zweimal mit dem Glas auf den Tisch, die anderen antworten mit einmaligem Klopfen, danach wird angestossen (in die Augen schauen!), mit nochmaligem Klopfen geerdet, und dann darf endlich getrunken werden. (Ich weiss: Dieses Ritual ist an sich schon bizarr, aber das ist ein anderes Thema)

Worauf ich hinauswill: Die Verletzung der „In-die-Augen-schauen“-Regel zieht 7 Jahre schlechten Sex nach sich! Die Frage, die nun alle Junggesellen brennend interessieren wird ist:

Ist schlechter Sex schlechter als gar kein Sex?