As I thought about my prospective content I asked myself: why is it necessary to emphasize the importance of our environment? Shouldn’t it go without saying – like brushing teeth (well, according to a recent study Austrians have the worst oral hygiene of all Europeans).

The learning curve is apparently one of the most overestimated talents of human beings or should at least be reciprocally drawn. One could jump to this conclusion when looking at history. Environmental concerns are not new. We can find hints in the epic of Gilgamesh some 4700 years ago. In Ur, the ancient city of Mesopotamia, the first laws trying to protect the remaining forests were written around 2600 BC! In the Seven Pillars Edicts of King Ashoka (India) from 300 BC several animals were declared to be protected.

So where do we stand thousands of years later? The more we know about the effect of pollution on our environment and about the means to avoid it the more we must admit that nobody cares. Apparently it is more important to have all electronic equipment on standby, drive alone in a 1000HP frikkin SUV to get more lightbulbs for the roof on Christmas Day (well, not as much as the neighbour, but still).

As I try to come to a conclusion I must admit that I will not win a Nobel Prize for it. I can just pose questions and at least try to avoid the biggest mistakes in my personal environment. But I’m happy that the Nobel Prize Jury did that job for me with the nomination of Mr. Gore and the IPCC…

I installed a new blog for my wife Petra called Zoe’s Journal. Apart of being the most wonderful person in the world she is a scientific journalist and author. On her new blog she writes about the little events in life that make you smile and (sometimes) sigh. Again I used WordPress – it is so cool. Stop by and feel free to comment.

I am sending you a greeting. Life is way too serious to forget about beautiful things. Take a step back and look at nature. Every year we have the chance to see plants grow and blossom – providing the most amazing colours and shapes. So I decided to design this card – dedicated to you dear reader – may it cheer you up and put a smile on your face. You can download the design as a wallpaper on my German blog.

I managed to finish the coding for my German Blog. Using a WordPress Theme of Fen was a good start. I recoded some of the CSS and sidebar widgets to accomplish the current look. And of course I used the fabolous icons from IconBuffet. It will cover topics on resources, photography and design in German and I hope you stop by to take a short look. Feel free to comment on the design.

Apart of being funny FreelanceSwitch is a recommendable site for all you freelancers out there. I found numerous interesting articles and read it on a regular basis.

A good example how a business blog should be. The look & feel meets exactly nowadays needs and enhances interesting viewpoints with eye candy.

Derek Lea – a gifted canadian illustrator.
Batista Adhemas – an amazing brasilian artist.
Nik Ainley – a great UK-based artist.
Gabriele Magurno – a witty italian illustrator.
Radim Malinic – one of my alltime masters of photoshop.
Colin Johnson – an illustrator with a phantastic surrealistic approach.
Luc Latulippe – you’ve certainly seen his illustrations in various magazines.
Claudio Limon – a gifted illustrator with a twist…
Alex Dukal – a gifted argentinian illustrator.

More to come in a few days…