Deutsche Welle’s “Bobs” Cermony in Berlin, photo by ix
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I haven’t found any English blog covering the Award Ceremony taking place in Berlin right now, but if you can read German, check [...]

Someone once said that there’s nothing really new to the concept of „Web2.0“, that it is really just a marketing ploy designed to actually make those people (in German) get what it’s all about. Someone else said that it all could have been done just as well with a cgi and some Perl back in [...]

Gentle readers, for a while now, we have been working behind the scenes on a new and shiny “web 2.0 enhanced”-version of A Fistful of Euros. Tonight, the time has come to lift the curtain.
However, in the process of lifting, you may experience temporary service interruptions.

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Click below to see the winners of the 1st Annual European Weblog Awards, also known as the Satin Pajamas - first published on February 1st, 2005.

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Well, that rhyme may not be a particularly, well, good job. But then, there’s really not that much that rhymes well with “BOB”, despite the fact that the BOBS, Deutsche Welle’s Blog Awards, have become a rather well known by now.

And this year, A Fistful of Euros has been nominated in the category “Best [...]

A Fistful of Euroes has been nominated by Deutsche Welle for a 2006 BOB award in the category Best Weblog (English). So click here to go to their voting form and vote for us!

Radio afoe has been set up to accomodate the Fistful’s interest in audiovisual blogging. So check back soon for our first podcast.

Just so no one shall be able to say that a ball is simply a ball at afoe, and since it’s a weekend, I’ve decided to tell you, gentle readers, about a quick’n’dirty short film concerning the “true meaning” of the “Miracle of Bern” - Germany’s surprising victory in the 1954 world championship - that [...]

Assuming that you, gentle readers, are not yet entirely absorbed by your preparations for the upcoming month of watching simple games of 22 men runnung after a ball before, well, Gary Lineker will hopefully be proven right again*, here’s some more interesting information about the country that is now officially run from the FIFA headquarter [...]