Things we like
XKCD – fun for engineers!
Monday, September 14th, 2009Some people think that people with an engineering or natural sciences background cannot be funny – fact is, the proportion of people with a decent sense of humor in engineering is approximately similar to the ratio of funny people in any other subset of mankind. Trouble is: just, too few people understand their jokes. (Note: most [...]
UNESCO & Botanical Gardens
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Over the past three weeks, we have visited the following places:
Botanical Garden, Ruhruniversität Bochum
Zeche Zollverein, Essen (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage)
Aachen Cathedral (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage)
Cologne Cathedral (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage)
Botanical Garden, Hamburg (City)
Botanical Garden, Hamburg (University)
Fortress of Suomenlinna, Helsinki (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage)
Botanical Garden, Helsinki (City)
Botanical Garden, Helsinki (University)
We were prevented from actually entering due to heavy rain…
Museumsinsel, [...]
JUMP around!!!
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009If you feel like getting to know new people from the international IAESTE-world, mark Sept 30-Oct 4 in your calendar. The international training and motivation seminar is coming back to Austria!!!
So Join Us to Motivate People & JUMP with us!!!
Smelling like an Onion
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Did you know that Texas is building a wall to keep out unwanted Americans? Did you know that Radiohead did not influence a local teenage band in Ohio? How to avoid not loosing your pension? Everything you didn’t want to know about the US, the world and life as such you can read about at [...]
Push The Button
Monday, May 25th, 2009The Royal Kingdom of Bokutopia will hold court @ der gelbe Salon this Wednesday. They will produce a wide array of marketing materials. Rumours have it that there is a football match that night – a possibility to watch this will be provided.
Unfortunately, we can only invite friends of Bokutopia to this event – please [...]
Helpman, the
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Helpman is my hero!
Helpman is a tool from the German Red Cross to teach little children about the 7 principles of the Red Cross. If only helping would always be just as easy as it is for the helpman…
Check it out yourself and enjoy!
This is uTOPIa…
Saturday, May 9th, 2009Topinambur (Helianthus tuberosus), also known as Topi, is a funny vegetable. It originally comes from North America, but french chefs named it after a Brasilian indigenous tribe visiting Paris. And all that happended in 1610.
Find out more on topinambur.at or Wikipedia.
BioKistl
Saturday, May 9th, 2009Der gelbe Salon has a BioKistl… Funny vegetables delivered to your door every week – and then it is up to you to find out what it is and what you can do with it… Find out more on www.adamah.at!
Bamboo…
Saturday, May 9th, 2009The Gelbe Salon now has two bamboos in front of the window… And for the German-speaking visitors: wie heißt der Plural von Bambus – Bambusse, Bamben oder Bambi?