Category Archives: General

The Last Hurray of Winter and a Linkdump

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Cora

On the cusp of spring, winter returned with a vengeance this weekend for one last hurray. I don’t know how long it will lastm but for now we have approx. five centimeters of snow. I took a bunch of photos, … Continue reading →

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The New York Times is Stupid on Plagiarism

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Cora

The New York Times has an article on the Annette Schavan case and the other political plagiarism affairs in Germany and completely manages to miss the point once again. Because according to the author, one Nicholas Kulish*, apparently it is … Continue reading →

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New Developments on Old Stories

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Cora

Just a short post today, because I seem to have caught a cold and am not feeling all that well. I suspect I caught it at the motorbike show I visited this weekend. Though at least I also found and … Continue reading →

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Winter Woods Redux

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Cora

We had some more snow this week. And though I was very busy with lots of behind the scenes stuff, I still found the time to go hiking once more. What is more, I also took photos. So here are … Continue reading →

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Some Reflections on the Lower Saxony State Elections

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Cora

As promised, here are my remarks and reflections about the Lower Saxony state elections, somewhat belated, because I was tired and busy and because the election result frankly baffled me. Because to be honest, I fully expected the conservative CDU … Continue reading →

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An interview and two political plagiarism links

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Cora

For those of you (if any) waiting for my comments on the Lower Saxony state elections, you’ll have to wait a bit longer, because I currently don’t feel able to comment, largely because the results baffle me. Meanwhile, I was … Continue reading →

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In the Winter Woods

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Cora

I’ll comment on the Lower Saxony state elections tomorrow, once they’ve actually figured out who won and where things are going. My reaction is pretty “meh” anyway. I already voted by mail-in ballot some time ago. So instead of going … Continue reading →

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Snow by Day

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Cora

After yesterday’s nocturnal snow with “ghost” photos, here are some photos of snow by day, since it turned out that the snow stuck around. In fact, there’s even more of it now, since it kept snowing intermittently throughout the day. … Continue reading →

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Snow, Crafts and Cora photographs a Ghost

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Cora

Winter returned over the past few days and we also had some more snow tonight. So I took some photos, which was a tad difficult, since it was already dark. Still, I got some interesting results and even captured a … Continue reading →

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The Hobbit – Reenacted by Christmas Tree Ornaments

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Cora

Like most everybody else in the geekosphere, my mind was very much on The Hobbit during this recent holiday season. And while decorating the Christmas tree (photos of the result are here), I noticed that we had a whole lot … Continue reading →

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