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There was a big debate in Germany for the last couple of weeks about MTV's plan to show a cartoon series called Popetown. Accompanied by an advertising campaign (examples on Werbeblogger: "Laugh, don't hang around!" or "God sees everything. Except Popetown) which was perceived being offensive and blasphemic by the Roman-Catholic and the Lutheran churches, it started a huge controversy here in Germany even before the first episode was broadcasted. The Roman-Catholic Church sent MTV cease-and-desist letters and sued them for indecency prone to break the peace. Bavarian politicians of the Christian Social Union, which is the strongest political party in Bavaria, once again called for stronger laws agains blasphemy (thus trying to cut down freedom of art and freedom of expressing an opinion, which is guaranteed by the German constitution.) Even MTV offering that it will transmit only one episode, accompanied by a panel of experts discussing the conflict was not enough. The Roman-Catholic Church and the CSU demanded that even this single episode won't be shown.
We (well, not me, but lacking a better idea I kept my muzzle shut) decided that our quarterly team event would be two rounds of bowling this time. Plus having a short lunch there. Okay, reserved two lanes weeks ago, well okay, no group rebate for a lunch for less than 15 people. But lunch itself is possible, of course.
This is a rant, sort of... I was trying to crate MP4 files with H.264 video and AAC audio codecs (as this is the only thing Apple Quicktime Player is going to play.)
As Andreas of Spreeblick found out and posted to their blog, Gusgus have some of their albums and mixes online for free download. Very diverse stuff, and very interesting. I'll definately order some of their albums in the future.
From: Kunde
To: maintenance-info
Subject: Abwesenheitsnotiz
The photos I've shot in my spare time before and after Brainshare are online now, enjoy by clicking on this picture:
After calling in jet-lagged ;-) for Friday I slept until 3 pm, packed my stuff, researched the route and drove to Herbstcon Spring Edition (subtitle: "A joke becoming real") at a boy scout club house near Fulda. With 15 attendees it was a refreshingly small and cosy furmeet with lots of excellent food -- thank you, Fairlight and lynard_ for cooking! And of course many thanks to somewolf and kovu for organizing this very relaxing weekend. If possible, I'll be back next year!
After spending the night in Moab I drove to Dead Horsepoint State Park, payed seven bucks and was awarded with a great overview on Meander Canyon. Afterwards I proceeded to Canyonlands National Park, which is only a couple of miles away. Driving up there over the plateau is very scenic by itself, but of course the main attractions are the rock formations and canyons.