A European Affair

[TNT]

Who on earth uses not the numbers on the right side?

People who've never had to enter numbers other than on an occasional basis. And especially, people who use laptops, which more often than not don't have keyboards with separate number pads.

Nowadays most laptops have an Fn key that enables them to use the numbers on the right side of the keyboard. But it would seem a little difficult to do so for people such as me who like to use both their index fingers to punch in the numbers (not saying that I usually use those numbers anyway). But trying to use those symbols without an Alt key on your phone proves much harder than usual.

[Moonlady]

And some of us deliberately buy short keyboards (very similar to a laptop's) to reduce the distance from the keyboard to the mouse. And then, for those rare occasions when we need lots of numbers, we can use a separate numeric keypad.

Rob

I was just teasing someone...(Beyond)

My former notebook had no number keypad, it was ok to take it when needed somewhere else, but the small screen was not good for my eyes...oh and that old notebook weighed a ton...it felt so,
after five years it died of multiple failure...rest in peace my little friend...and his name was , well I called him "Come on, you can do that faster!"

[geckzilla]

You could always just use <3, too. Or </3 for dislike.

[Moonlady]

Europe --> Germany --> Kassel will be opening Documenta 13 on 9th June this year.

It is the world's famoust and important modern art exhibition held for 100 days in Kassel - this year is the 13th time since the beginning.
This year, it is about "Something old and something new"

People in Kassel are proud to say "My home is my Kassel!" and they sell cards and shirts with that writing on it.

I am interested in art, history of art and doing paintings myself, I saw some good and some weird art there in the past.

Here is what will be seen this year:

Antique figures which were made of new and old material and a "Living Art"-Project: a white dog painted with a pink leg that is sooo weird, that is

[Ann]

Thanks for telling us about this, Moonlady. So... Documenta 13 opens today, on June 9.

I have no immediate plans of going to Germany this summer, but if I decide, on a whim, to go after all, then Kassel sounds like a good place to visit!

Ann

[saturno2]

Documenta 13 in Kassel - Germany
I think that " Something old and something new " is a good topic for an art exhibition.
The modern art is very interesting, but is necessary to see with others " eyes ".
Np traditional " eyes "
Sometimes the modern art is very , very .... as the picture of the dog

[Beyond]

-STRANGE-

[saturno2]

Apart from the group ABBA, I knew nothing more of Swedish Music.
I found that the current trend is Sweden Indie Music. There is not music to guitar or electronic, is " independent and original music".
That is, the artist make up and they play for the pleassure in spreading his art
are not " comercial"
They have developed a style of Sweden Indie Music.
Indie Music vs Comercial Music
A R T vs money

[Moonlady]

'Your message contains too few characters.'

So I typed the message here

[TNT]

Heh, I never expected to see a troll face here on the Asterisk*!

[Sam]

Heh, I never expected to see a troll face here on the Asterisk*!

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 88#p146050

[Ann]

Click to view full size image

Painting by John Bauer.

A typical Swedish troll. They live in the forest (although this one appears to live in a cave), and they may catch you and eat you if you venture into the darkness among the trees. Swedish trolls are a threatened species, however, because they shun modern cities and anything that has to do with the modern world.

Clearly there used to be trolls in Trollhättan, but I guess they have moved out since then!



Ann

[saturno2]

Ann presents " the typical Swedish troll"
This troll is very beautiful as art