Ich fahre Halbtax…

…yet high oil prices may hit me as well. Wired lists the reasons.

There is still hope

Let’s be honest: everyone of us wishes he/she were just a little more intelligent. What seemed to be out of reach so far may have gotten a little closer as Susanne Jäggi, Martin Buschkühl & Walter Perrig developed a game called BrainTwister that successfully enhances your problem solving skills.

I found out about this exploit by means of this article in the WIRED Magazine. The “more intellectual” article can be found in the Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.

We knew it

No, it’s not photoshopped.

July is gonna see some heat

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When trucks stop, America stops!

Today in the New York Times:

As angry truckers encircled the Capitol in a horn-blaring caravan and consumers across the country agonized over $60 fill-ups, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail on Monday, sharply dividing the two Democratic candidates.

Sixty bucks a tank? Suspending taxes for summer travel season? Just hope they won’t take their cars to Switzerland.