Moderat

"Die SVP spricht sich klar für ein moderates Rauchverbot aus" (NZZ, Aug/19th/2008).

Cancer

Giorgio, the product manager of my team, is currently treating oral cancer by radiation therapy. He keeps a blog. It's here.

Maennerbadi

A former colleague now also works in Zurich. We went to the Maennerbadi together. Cool place.

President

You want to know who's the next U.S. president? Check out the Google Trends data of their websites.



Or take a look at the statistics of Google searches. There is an interesting anomaly here: The News volume of the two candidates is much more similar than is their search volume. This indicates that the media tries to do a balanced job in reporting, even though the public is much more interested in Obama than in McCain.

Highscool

On Wednesday I met a friend I haven't seen since highschool. She's now married and lives in Zurich as well. We went to a public viewing place of the Eurocup match TUR:GER which ended 2:3.

Friends

Last weekend two friends were visiting. On Saturday we did the tourist tour. From Grossmuenster the city looks remarkably different. (Click on the images for a better view.)

Faces

Faces of tomorrow is a cool project that combines photography, image processing, and a little bit of ethnography. Check it out.