Soft, futuristic, or classic? Here’s a list of the fonts being used for Web 2.0 logos. see also: the Flickr collection. via del.icio.us
Year: 2006
Buon Weekend
It’s Saturday morning. Time for the traditional weekend post, but don’t expect any recipes today. (I did bookmark a great recipe blog though. Somewhere.) For some reason I set the alarm yesterday evening…. so here I am on my second cup of Mzuzu coffee and my second cup of Rooibos. Still half asleep. Pages that… Continue reading Buon Weekend
come fare il sugo
stamattina ho provato fare un sugo con tutti i pomodori che non ho mangiato. Ho trovato questa pagina: Sugo di pomodoro semplice * (importante per me: deve stare semplice) e tutto nella pentola. vediamo come ha funzionato…dopo
Fairtrade markup
Guardian report on Fairtrade: Oppenheim points out that of the £1 extra paid for a bag of Fairtrade bananas, the proportion going back to the farmer is 4p, while of the 99p paid for a Fairtrade chocolate bar, the return for the cocoa grower is ‘less than 2p’. If a supermarket charges £2.49 for a… Continue reading Fairtrade markup
Hype antibodies
agree with this even though we’re still far from this kind of hype here in Europe: It’s a bad time to start a company
Don’t make me think
on my reading list: Steve Krug’s “Don’t make me think” started skimming thru and it looks good. Lots of imgs and examples and cartoons to illustrate usability issues.
hazy sunset
ending a beautiful & sunny day
The Eventual Death of Software Developer Magazines
Software development magazines are losing ground compared to blogs, wikis… See Eric Sink’s post: For a while it was fashionable to predict that the Web would eliminate publishing, or at least that it would eliminate magazine publishing. Ten years later, most of these pubs are still around. But there is obviously some truth here. Today’s… Continue reading The Eventual Death of Software Developer Magazines
How to Write About Africa
Writing a book about Africa? Consider these tips. (and the same applies to films, TV reports, music videos, TV series and other media that help to foster wrong or one-sided cliches) via: Swamp Cottage
deja vue
reading TechCrunch feels very much like the dot com boom, non? http://www.techcrunch.com/ The typical Web 2.0 story: somebody builds a web app. suddenly it pops up on del.icio.us or digg or both. The web app gets swamped with hits. Next, registration is closed or the web app is down, while the app is moved to… Continue reading deja vue
Today is Pi Day
I heard about this yesterday evening on BBC radio: March 14, written as 3-14 in the United States date format, represents the common three-digit approximation for the number À: 3.14. It is often celebrated at 1:59 p.m. in recognition of the six-digit approximation: 3.14159. Some, using a 24-hour clock, celebrate it at 1:59 a.m. or… Continue reading Today is Pi Day
For Alexa Traffic Graph Junkies
better interface: Alexaholic – Get Your Alexa Traffic Graph Fix Here See for example the traffic stats for some CH blog aggregators.
Linux Intro Lessons in Blantyre
Bennett Kankuzi is offering free Linux lessons at the Poly in Blantyre.
the downside of communities…
Jeremy Keith writes: Comments should be disabled 90% of the time. via kottke.org
Basel Blogger Meeting
A couple of Basel bloggers are meeting tomorrow evening at Restaurant Auf der Lyss. See Cybi’s post for details: Basler Blogger-Treff am Freitag 10. März
coComment is Swiss
completely missed this: coComment is a Swisscom spin-off… based in Bern.
The Obliteration Phenomenon
Alex Wright writes: […] a great deal of important work gets “obliterated” if you measure influence purely in terms of citations (or, I would argue, hyperlinks). Whiles citation analysis gives an excellent picture of how influence works in the great middle tier of scholarship, the technique falls on its face when it comes to truly… Continue reading The Obliteration Phenomenon
Malawi Tea Prices Up
Malawi tea growers profited from drought in Kenya: “Tea prices have almost doubled in Malawi since December last year, according to local tea market analysts.” Source: KBC
another Flickr tool
called: Flappr (some of these Web 2.0 names are really stuuupid…)
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.