Forbes schreibt, wie man herausfindet, ob jemand lügt (und nein, ich lese Forbes nicht regelmäßig) – ein Zeichen sind … imprecise pronouns. To psychologically distance themselves from a lie, people often pepper their tales with second- and third-person pronouns like “you,” “we” and “they” … Klingt wie ein Großteil aller wissenschaftlichen Aufsätze (zumindest in meinem …
Monthly Archives: July 2009
JSOVT(MB): the Roman edition
This is a very spartan (and dark) guard room somewhere in the maze they call Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome. There were these two stone benches and a little fire-pot, and that’s it. Must not be a lot of fun to guard the Pope, even when the infidels don’t attack… This was taken with ISO400, which …
three trees
This was taken on a bike tour through the Neuer Garten in Potsdam…
CSOVT(MS): Hodenmaier on a pole
To mourn (or celebrate) his departure from the office next to mine, upon completion of the first draft of his dissertation, I felt I should post a few more shots of my dear colleague Cici Hodenmaier, who is also present here on flickr as christ-ian. This very handsome shot of him (and no, he’s not …
Vatican panorama
This panorama, shot from the top of St. Peter’s Basilica, shows pretty much all that there is to Vatican City. Taken during our recent trip to Rome. Stitched from 4 handheld shots. The corners are missing, but I didn’t want to crop it any more than I already did…