Dave Winer: Have the courage to stake out your spot on the open web.
Year: 2011
F11
Some keyboard functions are ingrained. Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-S But some are not. E.g. by accident i hit the F11 key in Firefox and had to google to find out how to get back. Luckily I am not alone…. I made my firefox full-screen; how do I change it back? I was typing a message and… Continue reading F11
Photo walk in Dreispitz, Basel
I went Flickr photo walking with 7 other Flickrites in the Dreispitz industrial zone of Basel. Here are 25 of my snapshots for your perusal:
Mount Chiperone in Mocambique – a photo
So excited. I found a picture of Mount Chiperone – the name giver of my blog.
The internet is amazing.
Bike tour to Bad Säckingen and back
I cycled over 60 km to Bad Säckingen via an unwanted detour to Liestal, and then on to Rheinfelden, Möhlin, Wallbach, Stein. I cycled back on the German side via Schwörstadt, Grenzach-Wyhlen. No mountains. A few hills. I only took a few photos. Coming soon.
Bike tour Basel to Bad Bellingen and back
A quick blog post to document Monday’s mini tour to Bad Bellingen and back. I wanted to avoid cycling along the Rhine cos it is so monotonous and boring on the German side (done it before and found it boring). I started ok but somewhere between Märt and Efringen-Kirchen all bicycle path signs took me… Continue reading Bike tour Basel to Bad Bellingen and back
Saint Peter
Some architecture snapshots of a church built in the mid sixties. Unfortunately the door was closed so I’ll have to go back for the glass windows.
SEO ranking factors
2 resource links – for future reference Periodic table from a survey: keyword is the exact-match root domain keyword present in the title element/tag uniqueness of the content on the page uniqueness of content across the whole site search volume for the brand/domain authority of users tweeting links to a page quantity of unique domains… Continue reading SEO ranking factors
Bike tour to Kandern and back
From Basel about 17 km one way. Via Weil am Rhein, Binzen and Wollbach, along the railway tracks to Kandern. Easy ride. Wow, Google Maps now offers a bicycle option in its Get Directions menu. Though not for the route below. View Larger Map
SEO in the year 2011
I want to write a blog post on SEO. My primary motivation is to learn what the changes are and I learn best by writing my own notes. Here we go. Some notes on SEO off the top of my head and unsorted: Panda Following the Panda release and other algrithmic changes by Google, the… Continue reading SEO in the year 2011
Khonde
Khonde is the Malawi word for verandah
Urban Agriculture Basel
This looks interesting Source: Infamy
Eval base 64 scare
A Joomla 1.5 1.0 website that I take care of was hacked with an eval (gzinflate(base64_decode( By chance I had read this article on why you shouldn’t google for free WordPress themes – with a list of sites that help with decrypting. Scary.
Cross-reference
The blogger behind Handmade2.0 has written an article about setting up a business and the various things you need to take care of (business licenses, taxes, copyright and license infringements, etc) for Feed-Magazin. Well done!
Top 500 ICT companies in Switzerland
I finally found the top 500 list of top hardware, telecomm, networking and software companies in Switzerland. If you know where – it’s easy to find… Update 29 April 2019: The list is now behind a paywall
How to increase website traffic
I recently took part in a webinar on increasing website traffic. Here are my notes: 10. Engage socially Engage and participate in online conversations in a pertinent and relevant way Keep track how people respond Track how many people reach the site via FB and Twitter Tweak your message Repeat Rule of thumb regarding social… Continue reading How to increase website traffic
We’ll quit tomorrow
a fave from my collection of snapshots: A comment on the outside of a construction fence at the Novartis campus in Basel We’ll quit tomorrow
Busy roads
from my huge photo archive on Flickr:
9 years and 7 months ago
Where were you on 9/11? On a day like this, I can’t help but remembering where I was 9 years and 7 months ago. I was in Lugano at work. All news web sites were down. I went in search of a TV together with my colleague Y. The TV in the pub downstairs wasn’t… Continue reading 9 years and 7 months ago
A flower snapshot
Human life is as short-lived as grass. It blossoms like a flower in the field.
Banana bread recipe
For future reference Just found another banana bread recipe to try out: Black banana cake
Spring is here
Beautiful sunny Sunday. Today’s activities: I went to church, the fitness center, and sat in the park and drank a latte macchiato in the beautiful spring sun. And I took some snapshots. 20th March was my grandmother’s birthday. I always wanted to write her story: the little that I know from my mother and what… Continue reading Spring is here
Internet culture
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
Crowdsourcing examples
One recurring buzzword that has entered the business world is “crowdsourcing” – it is used as a silver bullet in all sorts of contexts. Here are some notes and thoughts: Wikipedia has a good definition and describes how the term emerged. Famous examples are: Facebook’s use of the community to translate its interface. or Twitter… Continue reading Crowdsourcing examples
Martin Gyger is exhibiting
A backlink for a local Basel artist: Martin Gyger is showing recent work in a small show at: Gemeinschaftspraxis Auberg 7, Zentrum für Osteopathie, Auberg 7 in 4051 Basel Related news item: In a 3sat Kulturzeit interview Heike Faller said if you really want to invest ethically, you need to understand the product you are… Continue reading Martin Gyger is exhibiting