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02-Oct-2011
In Japan, I found another imitation of the original Lego™ bricks. Again, identical in size (just a tiny bit taller) and color, but differing in the pimples (this time, the bricks even came with two different top sides). Again, the inferior quality of the plastic is already visible in the photos; compared to the original, they look very worn, and probably won't last long. 22-Dec-2010 
Plagiarism - not just in software. Today, I found a copy of the well-known Lego™ bricks. Same color, same size, they only don't stick to each other - so no full compatibility, only emulation. As you can probably see from the wear and tear of the copy, it probably won't last nearly as long as the original; the plastic material even has a "cheap" look and feel. 22-Dec-2010 
What happens when a vendor tries to sell its wares in another European Union country, but skims on proper localization? No, this doesn't only happen in software; today, I found a funny example in the supermarket: organic tomatoes from Spain. The simple label contains 7 mistakes: missing umlaut, swapped letters, wrong capitalization, additional letters. Seems like someone quickly jotted down the label information on a piece of paper or fax, but the person that actually created the label knew next to nothing about the German language, and nobody bothered to cross-check.
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