2012 – Page 2 – Chiperoni ku Basel

Running update

I took part in the Basel Firmenlauf yesterday evening. Not a very long race at 6.3 km, but for me it was special, since it marked my first running goal for this year. My first public race in a long time. I was very excited. It was warm and humid yesterday with temperatures around 30… Continue reading Running update

Beautiful day

I went photo-walking with other Basel Flickrites. We walked from Messe-Platz to Depot Basel. My highlight was the garden boxes in front of Basel Depot. Some of my snapshots:

Low cost stock photos

for future reference, a list of useful photo resources: http://nicoleschnell.ch/post/16935324027/stockbilder-for-free Searching on Facebook: I previously posted this link on one of my Facebook accounts. But i couldn’t find it although i knew which timeframe and FB account. Plus if a FB post doesn’t have any likes or comments or shares, it gets demoted. Very one-sided… Continue reading Low cost stock photos

nchenga

according to fzi.uni-freiburg.de/VertebratesMOC”¦ “nchenga” is the Chisena word for Greater Honeyguide, Black-throated Honeyguide en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_H”¦ — sand (@nchenga) June 10, 2012

mmmm

I made some hummus following this recipe

Barcamp Bodensee 2012

I attended Barcamp Bodensee in Friedrichshafen yesterday. Very enjoyable. Big thank you to the organizers. It was worth getting up early. It started with breakfast and an emotional greeting by Oliver Gassner: “The internet is made of people.” And it was truly impressive to see so many people attending and participating. The location at Zeppelin… Continue reading Barcamp Bodensee 2012

Today

For future reference, some twitter poetry to keep: Faved RT @MissKateSmall: RT @SummerHouseSA: “What day is it?” asked Pooh. “Its today” squeaked Piglet. “My favourite day” said Pooh. â˜º — sand (@nchenga) June 7, 2012

Kämpfa, kämpfa

via Cyberwriter, the Swiss version of “Never give up”

Copy and paste from Chrome to Gmail

My Gmail tip of the day: copy and paste from another website to Gmail. Via Lifehacker. And with this hack, I will not need the spammy ads via Send using Gmail (I hope) (maybe).

1 May 2012

Blogging advice in 2012 err… 2011: “Don’t look at it as a Blog ”“ It’s content distribution.” Heh, I thought blogging’s dead?! It’s the first of May – a public holiday in my part of Switzerland. I am listening to BBC radio and reading news distributed via Facebook and Twitter. Random useless fact of the… Continue reading 1 May 2012

Blogging isn’t dead (yet)

Heh, heh. Here is a “why you should blog” article from January 2012. Blogging isn’t dead (yet). I just spent hours trying to de-infest a Joomla 1.0 or 1.5 site from spam. And I am ready to leave PHP behind me forever.

My Sunday fun tweet…

In response to @livilodge’s RT of @runwildsafaris’ tweet: RT @runwildsafaris: Giraffe herd. Big Kudu bull, 2,5 turns on the horns, Impala, Wildebees, Zebra. Some cloud on the horizon. Hot afternoon. — richard chanter (@livilodge) April 15, 2012 I wrote: @livilodge @runwildsafaris rainy grey day in basel, switzerland. Saw a couple of dogs on leashes. You… Continue reading My Sunday fun tweet…

Not linear

via Whiteafrican, I read this blog post The problem with most social networks is the assumption that your life is linear and that people are interested in accumulating their own personal histories in one single repository.

Searching within Gmail

Useful help on advanced search for Gmail

Consumer literacy

interesting read: I just think that people seem less and less concerned about where their information comes from at a time when I think they should be more and more concerned about it.

Uploaded my slides on Slideshare

Chiperoni.ch on Social Media…. Here are the slides: Social media View more presentations from nchenga. Based on this outline. I mentioned Fredrick Bvalani’s Fuel Watch group in my intro. Which I think is a powerful example. I had lots of fun presenting. There were a lot of questions about privacy and loss of control. My… Continue reading Uploaded my slides on Slideshare

Sunny Sunday

I just got back from a run around the Finnenbahn. The distance is nothing to write home about, but it was a pleasurable experience with temperatures around 18 degrees. Spring is here. With all the fresh air rushing thru my system, I was in mindblogging mode. Reflecting on all the data I have been consuming… Continue reading Sunny Sunday

Layered snapshot

Alles wird gut

I went a’photo-walking. Some snapshots:

Drupal 7: Wrapper for an HTML file

I was looking for a wrapper for an HTML file, like Joomla offers. I found a way to load an existing HTML file into my Drupal 7 site using a module called insertFrame. In /admin/config/content/formats/full_html select the box Include iFrame with auto-height feature. Then add [[[http://www.myurl.com/myapp.html]]] to a page or post. I still have a… Continue reading Drupal 7: Wrapper for an HTML file

Searching on Google Plus

A couple of days ago, I read a post by Louis Gray highlighting Google + search. And I just read this article on the new linking. Inspired by +louisgray.com, here are some Google + searches to try out: Search engine optimization https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/Search%20engine%20optimization Gapingvoid https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/gapingvoid Search for content on Malawi https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/malawi Blantyre, Malawi https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/blantyre%20malawi Chiperoni https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/chiperoni

Blantyre photos

on Flickr

Zigubu

I have returned from a 3 week visit to Blantyre. It was a very relaxing holiday. I visted family and friends in Malawi’s biggest city. The weather was beautiful as expected: hot and rainy. Even though the rainy season has started, temperatures soared to 36 degrees and more on several days. Blantyre is located at… Continue reading Zigubu