Comments for When you just look back http://kirameister.net Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:35:00 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on TEDxVienna – the domino effect by TEDxVienna (@TEDxVienna) http://kirameister.net/2011/10/tedxvienna-domoino_effect/comment-page-1/#comment-580 TEDxVienna (@TEDxVienna) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:35:00 +0000 http://kirameister.net/?p=230#comment-580 Very personal comment about #TEDxVienna on @CogitoCow 's blog http://t.co/2aI4S4Ei viva @corinnamilborn Very personal comment about #TEDxVienna on @CogitoCow ’s blog http://t.co/2aI4S4Ei viva @corinnamilborn

]]> Comment on TEDxVienna – the domino effect by Lukas http://kirameister.net/2011/10/tedxvienna-domoino_effect/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Lukas Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:12:07 +0000 http://kirameister.net/?p=230#comment-581 Modus operandi is well needed. Austria had used that protection law against the migration from new EU member states. From 2004-2011 there were restrictions for migrants from new EU states in order to get to Austria and work. Probably, if the other old EU member countries did not apply that law, the pressure would be spread over the entire Western Europe, not just the UK, Ireland... in terms of Aldous Huxley, I read The Brave World and I noticed somewhere that they make a movie these days. Looking forward to that. Modus operandi is well needed.
Austria had used that protection law against the migration from new EU member states. From 2004-2011 there were restrictions for migrants from new EU states in order to get to Austria and work. Probably, if the other old EU member countries did not apply that law, the pressure would be spread over the entire Western Europe, not just the UK, Ireland…
in terms of Aldous Huxley, I read The Brave World and I noticed somewhere that they make a movie these days. Looking forward to that.

]]> Comment on TEDxVienna – the domino effect by Michael Bauer-Leeb http://kirameister.net/2011/10/tedxvienna-domoino_effect/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Michael Bauer-Leeb Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:02:52 +0000 http://kirameister.net/?p=230#comment-579 Hi Akira, hi Lukas! It was nice meeting you at TEDx last weekend. I'd like to take the opportunity and add some thoughts to your discussion. Lukas, when you say that many workers emigrated from East to West after 2004, this may hold for the UK (I'm not informed exactly about the migration movement there), however, as for Austria and Germany all those grim predictions about an avalanche of foreign workers did definitely not come true. Those who wanted to emigrate were here already, they had found ways before, just as the people in Corinna's talk do today. Still, the stories were kept alive, mostly by right-wing extremist parties (in Austria FPÖ and BZÖ) but also by (and that's really interesting) unions. I think that very often the human latent fear of the unknown is being instrumentalized by those who expect to benefit from it. You are absolutely right that we need to find a modus operandi in order to deal with that. The politics of today, that is trying to ignore the problem in the center and fight it under terms of outermost secrecy at the borders, will not solve the issue. As Aldous Huxley so wisely stated "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored". I would like to continue this discussion some time, perhaps face to face over a coffee. Let's see what happens. For now all the best to you both. Hi Akira, hi Lukas!
It was nice meeting you at TEDx last weekend. I’d like to take the opportunity and add some thoughts to your discussion. Lukas, when you say that many workers emigrated from East to West after 2004, this may hold for the UK (I’m not informed exactly about the migration movement there), however, as for Austria and Germany all those grim predictions about an avalanche of foreign workers did definitely not come true. Those who wanted to emigrate were here already, they had found ways before, just as the people in Corinna’s talk do today. Still, the stories were kept alive, mostly by right-wing extremist parties (in Austria FPÖ and BZÖ) but also by (and that’s really interesting) unions. I think that very often the human latent fear of the unknown is being instrumentalized by those who expect to benefit from it.
You are absolutely right that we need to find a modus operandi in order to deal with that. The politics of today, that is trying to ignore the problem in the center and fight it under terms of outermost secrecy at the borders, will not solve the issue. As Aldous Huxley so wisely stated “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored”.
I would like to continue this discussion some time, perhaps face to face over a coffee. Let’s see what happens. For now all the best to you both.

]]> Comment on TEDxVienna – the domino effect by Lukas Veselovsky (@CogitoCow) http://kirameister.net/2011/10/tedxvienna-domoino_effect/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Lukas Veselovsky (@CogitoCow) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:26:55 +0000 http://kirameister.net/?p=230#comment-577 Impressions from yesterday's #tedxvienna by @kirameister http://t.co/CMzHWbiQ Impressions from yesterday’s #tedxvienna by @kirameister http://t.co/CMzHWbiQ

]]> Comment on No way to replace CapsLock by Ctrl (on iOS)? by 鴨澤眞夫 (@kamosawa) http://kirameister.net/2011/10/no-way-to-replace-capslock-by-ctrl-on-ios/comment-page-1/#comment-574 鴨澤眞夫 (@kamosawa) Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:48:06 +0000 http://kirameister.net/2011/10/no-way-to-replace-capslock-by-ctrl-on-ios/#comment-574 なんでハードパッチしないの？RT @kirameister: posted an entry : No way to replace CapsLock by Ctrl (on iOS)? http://t.co/4QXvajdW なんでハードパッチしないの？RT @kirameister: posted an entry : No way to replace CapsLock by Ctrl (on iOS)? http://t.co/4QXvajdW

]]> Comment on A sharpener for a sharp knife by kira http://kirameister.net/2011/10/a-sharpener-for-a-sharp-knife/comment-page-1/#comment-567 kira Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:07:59 +0000 http://kirameister.net/2011/10/a-sharpener-for-a-sharp-knife/#comment-567 Mine looks something like this http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/06/79/b4a831a2c2eabb87a2544f8ced546b50.jpg (two-sided for different coarseness). Ones with the wheel were options at first, but I soon realized I'd probably prefer doing it by hand, especially if it's not used frequently. I'd also consider sharpening time as something in which I could forget about the rest. Perhaps I should send myself a regular reminder so that I wouldn't miss those chances ;-) Mine looks something like this http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/06/79/b4a831a2c2eabb87a2544f8ced546b50.jpg (two-sided for different coarseness). Ones with the wheel were options at first, but I soon realized I’d probably prefer doing it by hand, especially if it’s not used frequently.

I’d also consider sharpening time as something in which I could forget about the rest. Perhaps I should send myself a regular reminder so that I wouldn’t miss those chances ;-)

]]> Comment on A sharpener for a sharp knife by Michel Boto http://kirameister.net/2011/10/a-sharpener-for-a-sharp-knife/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Michel Boto Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:31:53 +0000 http://kirameister.net/2011/10/a-sharpener-for-a-sharp-knife/#comment-566 Is it just a stone, or does it spin on a wheel? When I was younger and in the scouts, I had a great knife sharpener. It was 3 stones on a triangular block of wood. Each stone was a different coarseness. Sort of like this one: http://jaxknives.com/access/arkansas-knife-sharpener-tri-stone-22.html The electric ones are also not bad, although I prefer doing it by hand. It's one of those things that requires so much concentration, that you stop thinking about everything else. Like cleaning a horse, or gluing back together a broken glass object. Is it just a stone, or does it spin on a wheel? When I was younger and in the scouts, I had a great knife sharpener. It was 3 stones on a triangular block of wood. Each stone was a different coarseness. Sort of like this one: http://jaxknives.com/access/arkansas-knife-sharpener-tri-stone-22.html The electric ones are also not bad, although I prefer doing it by hand. It’s one of those things that requires so much concentration, that you stop thinking about everything else. Like cleaning a horse, or gluing back together a broken glass object.

]]> Comment on Bronchitis by kira http://kirameister.net/2011/05/bronchitis/comment-page-1/#comment-393 kira Sat, 07 May 2011 19:16:14 +0000 http://kirameister.net/?p=190#comment-393 Hi Tracy, Thanks! Actually I cannot afford to stay in bed for long time. Many things are waiting for me :-) Hi Tracy,
Thanks! Actually I cannot afford to stay in bed for long time. Many things are waiting for me :-)

]]> Comment on Bronchitis by Tracy http://kirameister.net/2011/05/bronchitis/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Tracy Sat, 07 May 2011 19:07:32 +0000 http://kirameister.net/?p=190#comment-392 Get well soon! :-) Get well soon! :-)

]]> Comment on What could I do for Japan? by kira http://kirameister.net/2011/03/what-could-i-do-for-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-384 kira Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:27:57 +0000 http://kirameister.net/?p=172#comment-384 @Pawel I recently found a collection box in the Japanese embassy in Vienna. So far, that's the only thing I found apart from those donations online. TEPCO : Unfortunately, I haven't heard of anything whatsoever about their doing for those afflicted. I'm still not sure if they've realized what sort of influence they had (or still have) in the society. @Pawel

I recently found a collection box in the Japanese embassy in Vienna. So far, that’s the only thing I found apart from those donations online.

TEPCO : Unfortunately, I haven’t heard of anything whatsoever about their doing for those afflicted. I’m still not sure if they’ve realized what sort of influence they had (or still have) in the society.

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