The Aardvark SpeaksEssence, effervescence, obscurity : Horst Prillinger's weblog, broadcasting from Vienna, Austria. (excerpts only)Recognition- August 7, 2008 It's something of a strange experience if you're in a relatively small town somewhere in France, reading a comic book that you bought in a different city a few days before, and you suddenly realize that the comic takes place in the very same city where you are at the moment.http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/archives/2008/08/002180.html Follow the animal- August 5, 2008 Some cities employ animals to lead tourists around and show them the sights. One of the towns that I visited recently (predictably) used an owl, another town (unexpectedly, but in retrospect quite logically) used a porcupine. Both were rather cute.http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/archives/2008/08/002179.html What you missed yesterday- August 4, 2008 At pretty short notice, I sat in with DJ Barbara at Rhiz yesterday for a light, breezy set of summer music. The few people who were there said they liked it. If you want to hear the five hours of music that we played, check out these streaming links (online until August 10th): 9:00pm - 10:30pm 10:30pm - midnight midnight - 1:30am 1:30am - 2:20am Tracks were selected in strictly alternating order by Barbara and myself. Barbara started, then it's my track, and so on. Due to a glitch in the..http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/archives/2008/08/002178.html Further reading: Vienna tramway- August 3, 2008 As a follow-up to my recent blog entry on the reorganisation of two important Vienna tramway lines, here is a link to an article in the German Strassenbahn & Nahverkehr-Magazin on the sad state of the Vienna tramway network, which is about the only network in Europe that is not being extended, while millions of euros are wasted on subway extensions with more than questionable value.http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/archives/2008/08/002177.html La muette- August 3, 2008 If you are ever in the French town of Arles and follow the ubiquitous signposts that direct you to the hotel "La Muette", you will, in the following two hours, get to know pretty much the entire town, without ever arriving at said hotel. You will also experience a few disorienting moments, such as being confronted with a signpost that points into the direction from which you just came, which will happen repeatedly during your walk. Fortunately I didn't have to find the hotel myself, I merely...http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/archives/2008/08/002176.html Sunflowers- August 2, 2008http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/archives/2008/08/002174.html DJ- August 1, 2008 The man visible in this picture apparently has the habit of playing music in his apartment at such a volume that it can be heard on the entire square in front of Besanon railway station, and also on the platforms of said railway station. He was playing music every time I passed by, so I assume it's some kind of regular feature. The music he is playing may require some getting used to, but contrary to other music that you often hear from stereos from other apartments or cars (rule of thumb: the..http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/archives/2008/08/002173.html |