Trackback added

I have added Trackback now, see if that is of much use…
And I also added a counter (invisible – I don’t want anyone to see the desastrous low number of visits).

False story alert: Women in Germany probably not being forced into prostitution by welfare state

OK, I am relieved to read: False story alert: Women in Germany probably not being forced into prostitution by welfare state.
I have not read or seen anything on the German news to confirm this story about women having to take up jobs at a brothel in order to not loose their benefits, either. And with Alison’s research result I do think the telegraph story was wrong.

Musings

Sometimes I really wonder what people think they need to tell the community. Over at Musings, the guy let’s everyone know about the last 10 songs played on his iPod…

Off Topic

Even though I think it was a good move to change the law, in order to let those already working in brothels benefit from our social security system, I have to say it completely backfired. If it’s true what the Telegraphwrites.

AdCritic.com: Interactive

AdCritic.com has a „new“ section on interactive advertising. At least they claim it’s new. I wouldn’t know. But I’ll check that out more frequently now…

As I went down the list of articles, I noticed that this site has been there for some time already. Hope they update it frequently.

free stock photography

there doesn’t seem to be a catch to it. Free stock photos atstock.xchng.
Hopefully the quality will be high, as they

…always try to evaluate the photos from the end users‘ (mainly designers – since we are designers aswell) point of view.

Hide Your IPod, Here Comes Bill

Truly stupid: at Microsoft, you get into trouble for owning an iPod, writesWired News.

So concerned is management, owning an iPod at Microsoft is beginning to become impolitic, the manager said. Employees are hiding their iPods by swapping the telltale white headphones for a less conspicuous pair.