called: Flappr (some of these Web 2.0 names are really stuuupid…)
Month: February 2006
Buying a New Laptop
I’m planning to purchase a notebook in the very near future. It should: work flawlessly with Ubuntu be mobile and quiet (not to heavy and big) work with many applications at one time in GNOME / KDE with reasonable performance, i.e. mostly Web, email, Open Office, programming, DVD, music, (no gaming) cost around 1500 CHF… Continue reading Buying a New Laptop
Skyscanner.net
looks useful: Cheap flights – low cost and budget airline specialist esp. the Month View which shows you the cheapest fare.
Help Save the German Language
Adopt a German word for 5 Euro: http://www.wortpatenschaft.de/ Apparently the German language needs your help: …Werden Sie Wortpate! Beschützen Sie ein deutsches Wort und übernehmen Sie dafür die Verantwortung: Entwickeln Sie das Wort weiter, pflegen Sie es, hüten Sie es vor Mià Ÿbrauch oder Verdrängung! Schreiben Sie Gedichte mit Ihrem Wort, tauschen Sie sich aus mit… Continue reading Help Save the German Language
the smells and sights and sounds…
quote from an interview with Alexandra Fuller: I am not sentimental about Africa as a place of memories — and I use the word ‘Africa’, knowing that I speak of only a tiny fraction of the continent — so for me, I am not stirred up with old emotions when I go home. When I… Continue reading the smells and sights and sounds…
Advanced User Guide for Flickr
useful: Flickr Advanced User Guide includes useful tips such as how to specify the photo privacy level when uploading imgs per email: e.g. foo13bar+friends@photos.flickr.com – Visible to friends foo13bar+family@photos.flickr.com – Visible to family foo13bar+ff@photos.flickr.com – Visible to friends and family foo13bar+private@photos.flickr.com – Only visible to you further tips: http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/
enjoyable Sunday afternoon
After a late lunch at Lily’s with friends from Bern, we went to see Vitus. A beautiful and poetic movie starring Bruno Ganz.
calendaring tool
a new online calendaring tool is making the blog rounds: http://30boxes.com I’ve just signed up to test it a little…
rss to pdf
very useful: convert RSS feeds to pdfs at: http://rss2pdf.com/ via http://cyberwriter.twoday.net/stories/1570664/
i’m living in a fridge…
Arrived back in Basel. To discover that it’s still winterly cold here. I’m living in a fridge… I enjoyed my 3 week stay in Blantyre, where I surprisingly still feel at home. As if I never left. Even though much has changed. My own descriptions of Europe sounded faraway and unreal. But a visit is… Continue reading i’m living in a fridge…