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Interesting how interesting...

a 6b in free climbing can be!
Because the local climbing center has been bulging this evening, Martin and I found a free place between some 4s. I've been really surprised how sophisticated this 6b route is.
From now on this will be my favorite in this range ;-)

Music MP3 album download more expensive than CD buy?

I'd like to download the new Wallis Bird album "New Boots" and pay for it.
But the CD costs in Media Markt and at Amazon 9,99 EUR and 7digital claims 10,99 EUR for the download.
Apple sells the downloadable album in iTunes for 8,99 EUR. Well, cheaper, but I don't accept that value by comparison to the CD price.
Won't these guys become wiser?

Innsbruck in whiteout

... or the winter is back ;-)

After some weeks with sun, temperature raise, birds' twittering and colors of spring this morning you see snow again.
It's currently snowing. Sidewalks and streets are white.

Prefer to not buy Arc'teryx clothes

... not using recycled materials

Arc'teryx uses obsolete arguments to apologize to not use recycled materials in their outdoor and alpin products.
Have a look yourself:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/arcteryx-unwiling-to-use-recycled-materials.php

There is also a list of alternative manufacturers at the end.

Thanks for the memory

Understanding how the JVM uses native memory on AIX by Andrew Hall, IBM UK

Summary:  Running out of Java™ heap isn't the only cause of a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError. If native memory runs out, OutOfMemoryErrors that your normal debugging techniques won't be able to solve can occur. This article explains what native memory is, how the Java runtime uses it, what running out of it looks like, and how to debug a native OutOfMemoryError on AIX®.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/j-nativememory-aix/index.html