workaround for Firefox 1.0.7 upgrade: execute sudo apt-get remove firefox firefox-gnome-support mozilla-firefox mozilla-firefox-gnome-support. Then, once that’s finished, run sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox mozilla-firefox-gnome-support. source: The Firefox 1.0.7 upgrade in Ubuntu Hoary
Toys made from Tin and Wire
The toy museum in Riehen is showing African toys made from tin and wire: Museen Basel Riehen Info According to a newspaper article, the above show focuses on toys from West Africa. A couple of years ago, a friend and I were discussing an idea to import these very original, handmade toys. I have seen… Continue reading Toys made from Tin and Wire
gazosa
a random bottle shot…
What is Web 2.0?
found this so-called meme map on Web 2.0 via Read/Write Web.
useful: Web Design Cheat Sheets
Web Design Cheat Sheets for Illustrator, Photoshop, and co. via Swissmiss
From Mac to PC and Back
Some useful tips to keep in mind if you’re moving Powerpoint slides from Mac to PC and back: Quicktime-compressed images won’t work on the PC Quicktime movies seldom work on PCs. Use MPEG or AVI instead. Links to external graphics files will break. Embed all graphics. Links to most media files will break UNLESS you… Continue reading From Mac to PC and Back
Skyped
the numbers say it all: $26 In CASH per download. 43x current year revenues. works out to about $20 million/Skype employee source: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » SkypeBay done for $4.1 Billion. My comment: i hope Skype won’t change for the worse. Cos I like the tool and use it often.
evaluating Drupal 4.6.3
I’ve finally downloaded and installed Drupal to get an idea if this would be a possible CMS for a small web project I’m planning to start. Installing the basic modules and setting up the MySQL database was straightforward. No problems here. What I’m finding more daunting is the CMS interface itself. There are a lot… Continue reading evaluating Drupal 4.6.3
hard copy version of your Flickr album
get a printed version of your Flickr photos at: Qoop* This might be useful for friends and relatives that live very *offline*. via kottke.org (* what a company name! I wonder how it is pronounced… I think you should always consider what the name sounds like over the phone, or in an international context, or… Continue reading hard copy version of your Flickr album
erfolg
Shop window in Basel. Note for non-German speakers: Erfolg is German for success.
blogging to resume at chiperoni.ch
The editor is pleased to announce: After a forced pause due to a traffic accident, blogging will resume very soon at chiperoni.ch. A useful Basel address if you need help and advice with insurance, legal and other issues following an accident: Opferhilfe beider Basel Steinenring 53 4051 Basel Tel. 061 693 44 40 Fax 061… Continue reading blogging to resume at chiperoni.ch
Idi Amin film in production in Kampala
Saw this at BBC Africa: The Ugandan film industry has been given a great boost by the decision to make the film of Giles Foden’s book The Last King of Scotland in the country, its actors have said. The film, which centres on the life of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, is currently in production in… Continue reading Idi Amin film in production in Kampala
On Microfinancing
zapped into this TV report on microfinancing: Mikro-Kredite Basically, microfinance provides loans and insurance to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. An alternative and maybe more effective way to fight poverty… These two institutions were mentioned in the report: OikoCredit Procredit Holding [update] Another similar institution is: Opportunity International Bank of Malawi… Continue reading On Microfinancing
Blogger BBQ
Mark your calendars. There’s a blogger BBQ planned for July 24 in Konolfingen near Bern. See Blogger-Bräteln 2005 for all relevant details.
Nutella Alternative from Israel
“What if someone offered you double your salary?”
CNET on the Indian IT Job Market: Turnover in the software services industry runs at about 15 percent a year on average, and can exceed 30 percent at some companies, according to various sources. Relative to their counterparts in the United States and other developed nations, workers at Indian companies are both plentiful and inexpensive… Continue reading “What if someone offered you double your salary?”
Kenyan Bloggers
On Kenya Unlimited: In response to the continued growth of the Kenyan Blog Webring (KBW) kenyaUnlimited set out to create an online meeting place for the diverse Kenyan visions, minds and voices that inhabit cyberspace. via Blogshop
How Java saved Africa
stumbled across this report from the JavaOne conf a couple of seconds ago: But did Nokia’s decision a decade ago to adopt Java technology just force Pres. Bush change his mind about the amount of U.S. aid to Africa? Here’s Gage’s tale, presented at Sun’s JavaOne developer conference Wednesday: Social cause fighter and rocker Bono,… Continue reading How Java saved Africa
The Terminal – Kenya Edition
Remember the movie “The Terminal” with Tom Hanks… BBC Africa has this report on a man that lived for 13 months in the duty free area of Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi: UK waves in Kenya airport dweller
per la merenda
Nutkao.com
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
found this tool to be helpful: Visual Thesaurus only drawback: it’s not free
On Corporate Blogging
Tipps für Corporate Blogging [in German]
BILDblog > Postkarten > ernsthafte
In celebration of its first anniversary, BILDblog.de asked its readers to design an advertisement in postcard size: Macht Reklame für BILDblog [in German] Mlle. A. received a special mention for her entry. Auguri from Basel!
via the Flickr Color Picker
at http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/
FAZ article on Howard Rheingold
The FAZ* recently published a page-long article on Howard Rheingold and his predictions. Es sei eine ganz andere Welt, in der jeder die Möglichkeit habe, auf seiner Website seine Meinung zu verbreiten: “Und es wird immer schwieriger diese Welt von einer zentralen Stellen zu kontrollieren.” In a nutshell: It’s not so much about what new… Continue reading FAZ article on Howard Rheingold