June 30, 2004

http://www.pmbrowser.info/google.php?start=www.funk-station.com

Graph Visualization and Navigation for Google. It also works with CiteSeer (Scientific Literature Digital Library)

Posted by Richard Etter at 09:30 PM

June 27, 2004

http://www.mass-distraction.org/

Design as Research. Mass Distraction is a thesis project from the Interaction Design Insititute Ivrea. They designed 3 jackets that challenge the experience of balancing your attention between the friend right next to you and the person calling your mobile phone.

Posted by Richard Etter at 09:47 AM

http://www.dli.ernet.in/

Digital Library of India makes scientific, literary and artistic work freely available

Posted by Richard Etter at 09:35 AM

June 25, 2004

Chadeux, Schadöh, Schade ...

... said our French correspondent Julie from Mexico City after the Germans lost agains the Czech Republic. C'est égal, Frankreich jetzt auch.

Posted by Simeon at 11:25 PM | Comments (4)

Funkstation merchandising

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This wonderful funk-station.com decal can double the value of basically anything where a decal can be stuck on.
More Funkstation mechandising products will be out in stores soon.

Posted by Bas at 07:47 PM | Comments (0)

June 24, 2004

80 Stunden Fußball-Horror im ORF

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Visuelle Vergewaltigung bei der Fußball-Analyse im ORF.

Dass man das EM-Studio des ORF in Wien im Fernsehen zeigen darf, grenzt an ein Wunder:


Da sitzen zwei (Ex-ÖFB-Teamchef Herbert Prohaska und der Moderator Boris Jirka), unbeholfen in roten Sesselchen und versuchen krampfhaft ein bisschen Fußball-Smalltalk aufrecht zu erhalten.


Das Studio ist virtuell, d.h. die beiden sitzen da mit ihren Anzügen (jeden Tag mit einem anderen!) in einer Bluebox und wissen nicht, wohin mit ihren Händen (gelegentlich hat der Moderator ein ganzes DIN-A4-Blatt mit Notizen in der Hand).


Nach dem Spiel stehen die beiden Spezialisten auf, wandern im virtuellen Studio "zur Analyse" (das ist circa ein Meter neben den netten Sesselchen), zupfen sich die zerknitterten Anzüge zurecht und sprechen dann mit enormem Technikaufwand und wenig Kompetenz über die wichtigen Szenen.
Es existieren wunderbare Sammlungen, die dem Neuling eine guten Eindruck davon geben, was profunde Fußball-Analyse mit Herrn Prohaska bedeutet ("Herr Prohaska hat heute vergessen, sein Mobiltelephon abzudrehen, das Telephon hat während der Sendung geläutet").


Subtile Einstellungen mit Knie sind nur ein Beispiel für die vielen grandiosen Stilmittel des ORF-Teams. Das ganze wird durch das vorherrschende Gemisch aus weichem Braun und Gelb ergänzt. Einzelne Farb-Akzente sind selbstverständlich durch die roten Sessechen und das farblich subtil dazu dissonante Beistelltischchen gesetzt.

Der farbliche Hochgenuss wird komplettiert, wenn gelegentlich das Blau der Bluebox auf die hellen Anzughosen schwappt oder die Socken so blau sind, dass die Knöchel verschwinden, sobald es die Hose beim Hinsetzen ins Sesselchen etwas hochzieht.


Warum kauft das ORF den Jungs nicht einfach zwei Anzüge, die nicht knittern (und nicht jeden Tag einen neuen!) und ein einfaches Stehpult? Vielleicht werden sie dann etwas lockerer.

Posted by Bas at 09:59 AM | Comments (0)

speedy delivery

I've got an invitation to gmail (thank you actioncontents), so let's have a look. Although there are quite a lot privacy issues in regard to google parsing your emails, most people don't seem to worry about this. Visit gmailswap.com and see people willing to give all they have in exchange for an account.

Posted by Richard Etter at 01:04 AM | Comments (0)

June 22, 2004

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/bildstrecke/538/19519/image_fmbg_0_181.jpg

Ich habe rausgefunden, wer das mit den Entchen gemacht hat! (siehe Datenrausch, Richard on June 18, 2004)

Posted by Bas at 10:50 AM

June 21, 2004

http://mail.rediff.com/register.htm

Gigabyte-Webmail aus Indien. Ein Gigabyte Speicherplatz, Finanzierung durch Werbung, Spamfilter inklusive, in der kostenlosen Variante leider kein Pop3-Zugang.

Posted by Richard Etter at 10:08 AM

June 20, 2004

Hör zu!

Wie kommt man von einer Insel, nachdem man bei einem Unfall in einem Labor sein Augenlicht verloren hat? Endlich mal ein Computerspiel, das garantiert nicht für visuelle Reizüberflutung sorgt: Maitipi Escape

Theoretisch könnte man immer Sonntags dank XXL über's Telefon gemeinsam spielen.

Posted by Bas at 07:03 PM | Comments (2)

WWJD - What Would (Steve) Jobs Do?

Viel Zeit bleibt uns nicht mehr ("midnight EST on the 21st"), aber vielleicht haben wir ja eine Killer-Idee, um das AirPort Express-Teil bei Engadget abzuholen.
Los!

Posted by Bas at 03:34 PM | Comments (1)

http://tv.seattlewireless.net/

Micheal and Peter are doing a great job enriching the wireless geek community with its own WebTV show. ... and with every single person in the show there seems to be something wrong with either their ears or their teeth.

Posted by Bas at 02:14 PM

June 19, 2004

Update Thunderbird & Firefox

Achtung Funkstürmer,
wenn ihr das neuste Update für Thunderbird und Firefox ausführt, verliert ihr 1. alle Extentions (ab der neuen Version ist dieses Problem behoben) und 2. geht das CSS-Edit Plugin noch nicht für die neue Version (!).

Posted by Richard Etter at 06:20 PM | Comments (4)

June 18, 2004

http://conspir.antville.org/stories/818168/

Tragödige mit ungewissem Ausgang.

Posted by Richard Etter at 11:43 AM

June 16, 2004

http://www.smallhouse.ch/

Again: minimalistic domiciles. Living is fun!

Posted by Bas at 01:23 PM

June 14, 2004

http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/dodge.html

the simpler, the better (attention addictive!)

Posted by Richard Etter at 08:01 PM

http://www.loftcube.net/main.html

minimalistic domiciles, constructed on the roofs of existing architecture

Posted by Richard Etter at 05:24 PM

Assessoirs for Digital Nomads

I am absolutely fascinated by these minimalistic domiciles. They are constructed on the roofs of existing architecture and can be transported by helicopter when one moves to the next city. It allows us to live in different cities and in the next moment to be located in the same spot. This is how we intend living: Loft Cube

Posted by Richard Etter at 02:12 PM | Comments (3)

June 11, 2004

http://www.nyheter.nu/kultur/

My brother Noah from the USA asked me which one of their band pictures they should use. Please give me some advice; I love all of them. ("U.S.E." and "Wonderful", Noah's music, can be found at http://www.mannheimworldwide.com/).

Posted by Bas at 11:06 AM

June 10, 2004

http://www.nokiashorts.co.uk/

Auch in diesem Jahr veranstaltet Nokia einen Kurzfilmwettbewerb. Zugelassen sind Filme bis zu einer Länge von 15 Sekunden. Sind wir dabei?

Posted by Richard Etter at 09:54 AM | Comments (8)

http://www.nutch.org/docs/en/

nutch aims to develop an open-source web search engine in order to provide a transparent alternative.

Posted by Richard Etter at 09:20 AM

June 09, 2004

http://cyberspaceland.org/

As soon as a real FunkstürmerIn reads "Live VJ Übergeek", "Geek Age" and "Post-DotCom Entertainment" he/she can't resist: Turn those strange search engine results into shroomy visuals.

Posted by Bas at 11:08 PM

June 08, 2004

http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=232974&tmp=44036

Medienrecht: Deutschland lockert die Haftung bei Links

Posted by Richard Etter at 04:51 PM

June 07, 2004

http://www.earthbrowser.com/

Instead of working I started to watch the earth go by. Don't even think about downloading this great software. (Bernhard started this ...)

Posted by Bas at 11:23 AM

June 06, 2004

http://infinitecat.com/

"The Infinite Cat Project - Cats watching cats watching cats. Hey! It's a concept!"

Posted by Richard Etter at 01:05 AM

http://confluence.org/index.php

No matter if we have to travel to Russia in order to get one.

Posted by Richard Etter at 01:03 AM

June 05, 2004

http://www.traces-of-fire.org/

"In each of the pubs we leave behind a nice silvery lighter. Each silvery lighter equipped with a nice little transmitter and its own transmission id. The next couple of weeks we spend roaming the urban habitat, tracking the lighters." (Art project in Limerick / Ireland)

Posted by Richard Etter at 08:44 AM

June 04, 2004

http://www.emogame.com/bushgame.html

If you have some spare time go and fight for a better America!
(Rebekka sent this wonderful game to our kitchen ICQ, #171403951)

Posted by Bas at 03:45 PM

June 03, 2004

Quote of the Day

"mobile phones are small and getting smaller. Humans are not." This issue of Newsweek's Next Frontiers looks at the next generation of cell phones that will be so advanced they could become your next PC.

Posted by Richard Etter at 11:17 AM | Comments (0)

June 02, 2004

http://mitpress.mit.edu/0262134349

currently reading: Me++ The Cyborg Self and the Networked City by William J. Mitchell

Posted by Richard Etter at 07:12 PM

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/view.html?pg=2

Article written by the author of The Wisdom of The Crowds

Posted by Richard Etter at 07:06 PM

How to hurt yourself with GPS

OK. Let's combine a few things: Conclusion: There is a slight possibility that you can transmit the exact coordinates of an airplane with a simple notebook or pocket sized computer via internet to some kind of service, which again tells the missile where to go. Right?
Posted by Bas at 09:56 AM | Comments (1)

rtsp://real.das-erste.de/kalkofe_2_2.rm

Munich is not only about high class art, but also about other very important cultural values. I got this from my friend krs who is a great fan of 1. FCN.

Posted by Bas at 09:35 AM

June 01, 2004

http://www.droogdesign.nl/

Bastian and I just visited a great exibition of Droog Design in Munich. "This is the framework: Ideas have to be Droog (dry). Concepts must be valid. Products should function. Anything goes."

Posted by Richard Etter at 07:17 PM

http://www.wizards-of-os.org/index.php?id=835

Wizards of OS 3 - The Future of the Digital Commons. (10-12.07.04 Berlin)

Posted by Richard Etter at 03:20 PM

http://www.payphoneproject.com/

Maybe you reach one of the members of Funkstation by calling one of the numbers of the payphone project. It's a huge collection of public phones (> 500,000) intiated by Mark A. Thomas.

Posted by Bas at 10:56 AM