On the high Alp, called Els, in the Hinderdux, resides a mountain spirit, which the inhabitants of[100] the surrounding country are unable to paint horribly enough. It is described as a terrible horse-phantom, which nobody dare approach, and which snorts fever and death wheresoever it goes. Many mountaineers and gazelle-hunters have met with their death by this…
Category: Austria
Chasing away elephants
A man is walking down the street, clapping his hands together every ten seconds. Asked by another man, why he is performing this peculiar behavior, he responds: “I’m clapping to scare away the elephants”. Visibly puzzled, the second man notes that there are no elephants there, where upon the clapping man replies: “See, it works!” …
Silent night (1818) by Franz Xaver Gruber
“Silent Night” (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. The song has been recorded by a large number of singers from every music genre. Silent night, holy night All is calm, all…
The Powerpoint to Java Converter by Patrick Schmöllerl
… or why we need Requirements Engineers Long, long time ago in a distant country lived an ambitious senior manager. He was one of the CEO’s favorites senior managers due to his prowess to tackle difficult projects and his constant and reproducible success. He was moreover admired by his subordinates for he never asked for…
Der Geist der bösen Kaufmannin (Sagen der Wachau, 1926) von Hans Plöckinger
Heute einmal eine Geschichte auf Deutsch. In den nächsten Tagen geht es dann wieder auf Englisch weiter. Today I’m gonna post a story in German, but don’t worry, tomorrow I’ll switch back to English again. Der Geist der bösen Kaufmannin Vor mehr denn 50 Jahren lebte zu Gut am Steg im Spitzer Graben eine sehr…