• flight now officially cancelled. #
• meanwhile, another pic from the excursion. http://twitpic.com/1gqyf1 #
• i'm at N 39* 43.902' EO 02* 38.846' right now. great weather and great food. :) #
• i'm back – sooner than expected. mixed feelings. #
• i'm a VAV http://is.gd/bDlCT #
• "Here I am! Perfection on two legs." #sleeptalkinman http://is.gd/bFqhK #
• happy birthday hubble! http://is.gd/bG8jO (via @olidax) #
• wow: the trololo guy ( http://is.gd/bGIsF ) addresses the world, 44 years after his song performance: http://is.gd/bGIu5 (thx stefan) #
• i really hope this is fake: thailand's part in supporting haiti after the earthquake http://is.gd/bGJ0S #fail #
• RT @qikipedia There are around 1000000000000000000000000000000 microbes in the oceans, weighing, together, as much as 240 billion elephants. #

a few days ago, we returned from our botanical excursion to mallorca, the largest of the balearic islands.
i had heard stories from previous excursions to this island, so my expectations were high; but even these high expectations were exceeded: apart from a great group of botanists, the biological diversity was (is) simply stunning.

there will be a separate preview of pictures. for now, here are two group photos: one was taken near the cubre dam, the other on the island’s highest (legally accessible) peak, puig massanella.

botanical excursion to mallorca – group photo: christian, denise, marianne, konrad, chiara, juergen, daniel, marianne, andrea, sigi, markus & hanspeter

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• http://twitpic.com/1eyxa2 – last week in hindsight: measured 4 features each in 500 of these seeds (length: 1 mm). the results: not worth sp #
• botanical excursion to mallorca, spain http://twitpic.com/1flyla #
• it's been three days and we've already found 5 ophrys species (bee-immitating orchids). here's one http://twitpic.com/1fm09x #
• tomorrow's flight was confirmed, but the destination airport (muc) is likely to remain closed. interesting. #
• free wifi, one laptop and 8 students. :) http://twitpic.com/1gnvlg #

• happy easter! http://is.gd/Jt0G #
• suddenly i feel a strong need to listen to "zu guater stund a liadl". wiltener saengerknaben withdrawal? http://is.gd/bfzny #
• ijustine's ipad booty shakin' in the apple store. v funny! http://is.gd/bgb2H #
• Here is your chance to win a free iPad, or 1 of @AmbrosiaSW's iPad games. Follow us and RT to win! #Ambrosia http://bit.ly/ASWiPad #
• HAKUNA MATATA! :) http://is.gd/bim4V #
• xkcd: hell http://is.gd/birCa #
• now that's an interesting news show slogan http://is.gd/bjVQk #
• video: new york gets destroyed, 8-bit style http://is.gd/bk65w #
• stuck in business/insurance/tax-hell. #
• i need a theme song for an upcoming trip to the mediterranean. any suggestions? any catchy songs you're currently enjoying? #
• packing. :) #

• RT @R_Dawkinsdotcom Bacteria on Hands Can Reveal Your Identity http://is.gd/aRMXA #
• RT @serafinowicz Pope Mystifies Rome By Camouflaging Self http://bit.ly/c8lauy #
• RT @AlfredZellinger 1. Priester: Ob wir es noch erleben werden, dass der Zölibat abgeschafft wird? 2.Priester: Wir nicht, aber vielleicht un #
• 1. Priester: Ob wir es noch erleben werden, dass der Zölibat abgeschafft wird? 2.Priester: Wir nicht, aber vielleicht unsere Kinder. #
• testing geo-referencing for tweet #
• 10 must-see google street view sightings http://is.gd/b5EmQ #
• i've had 10 seconds of a song stuck in my head all day now, and no idea about the song's name or lyrics. midomi.com didn't help. #
• …and looking through my entire music library didn't help either. :( #
• google maps envelopes concept: send snail mail via gmail http://is.gd/b8uUm #
• US court strikes down patent on human genes http://is.gd/b8Kjt #
• australia – where the spiders are so big… http://is.gd/b8W9E #
• RT @timminchin I'm dead. April Fools. I'm not really dead. Good night. #
• this is probably the funniest tech april fool's joke: google announces translate for animals http://is.gd/b9mil #
• just wondering: does alphabet soup in russia feature cyrillic letters? #
• RT @serafinowicz Good Friday: The Bible's single instance of sarcasm #
• http://twitpic.com/1cn8il – facebook just told me to get in touch with HIM – coincidence? #
• computer problems http://xkcd.com/722/ #xkcd #
• RT @FatherKelly The thing about the Easter Bunny is that it's all about the love: http://tinyurl.com/yj9w2bt #

got a chance to see the new kaufhaus tyrol shopping center a few days ago.

panorama: the new kaufhaus tyrol shopping center

i must say, i’m very impressed – it looks awesome.
also: all the sprinkler heads are very handy control points in the panorama creating process. :)

can you help me identify a song?
it’s been stuck in my head for two days now, and all i have is a short sequence from what i believe is the chorus.
you can listen to it with the righthand box (theme repeats once).

some clues:

• i think i remember this song being similar in style to til kingdom come by coldplay.
  other bands that come to my mind: creedence clearwater revival or simon and garfunkel (as in keep the customer satisfied), and – strangely – five for fighting.
• also, i do think that there’s (1) a copula, (2) a personal pronoun and (3) a present continuous verb at the beginning of the clip, such as “(so/and/but) i’m waiting” or “she’s going” etc.
• the first note (pickup) and corresponding word might not actually be in the song.

any ideas?

update: if you kind-of remember the song (more of it) but don’t know the title, you can try hum it to midomi.com

2nd update, 2010-08-17: i just found it: it’s “the captain” by guster (listen at skreemr).
the lyrcs fragment in question was “i’m earning a reputation”.