Just started a Twitter storm with the extraordinary mllea following my tweet yesterday evening to investigate all PhDs with the same scrutiny and dedication that Mr. zu Guttenberg has been subjected to: I don’t support zu Guttenberg and I think what he did is simply wrong. But there is another aspect in this story that… Continue reading There are always two sides
Year: 2011
Bicycle parking gadget
If the bicycle parking area is too large, people will forget where they left their bike. Like at the Velo Parking at Basel SBB. This evening a young woman was looking for her bicycle. A couple of days ago a young man was wandering up and down the aisles in search of his bike. And… Continue reading Bicycle parking gadget
Revolutionary times
Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Iran… I read a quote to the effect that the technology invented 10 years ago, will change society profoundly in the next 10 years. I wonder about the progress that could be achieved if a developing country would provide free and open access to the Internet and computers for its entire… Continue reading Revolutionary times
Rain
It rained today. The first time in weeks. I can’t remember if it rained in January. The air was so fresh and clean this evening. Beautiful. Alles wird gut.
I was here
I went photowalking yesterday afternoon
Lapsus
I went to see Lapsus at the Tabourettli in Basel last night. Very funny.
Lift11 in Geneva
I am back from Lift11. This time I took part as a volunteer. I was a runner, helping out with errands, bringing things from A to B, and general troubleshooting. I like the idea of giving back. Again the mix of topics and people at Lift was inspiring. All of the videos are online: http://www.livestream.com/liftconference/folder… Continue reading Lift11 in Geneva
Google on content scraping
Good news for bloggers! That is – for bloggers that write their own posts rather than copying blog posts and entire blogs. Matt Cutts writes about upcoming changes that will benefit original content: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/algorithm-change-launched/ Via a retweet by Handmade2.0
How to pronounce “zwäg” in Swiss German?
I found this site on pronounciation. zwäg The Internet is amazing…
Global haircuts
I pay 45 CHF (approx 45 US$) for a haircut in Basel, Switzerland. Nothing special. Just washing and a haircut. I paid 1650 Malawi Kwacha (approx 10 US$) for a haircut in Blantyre, Malawi. I paid the equivalent of 4 US$ for a haircut in Shanghai, PRC. Just saying.
Chip… chip… chiperoni
Another way to read Chiperoni.ch: Google Reader Play
Lift 2011 discount
As a Lift 2011 volunteer, I have a promo code for a 25 % discount to give away. Please leave a comment below if you are interested 🙂
Back from Blantyre
I am back from BT. I spent two and a half weeks in Malawi’s biggest city. I started off in snowy Zurich with some delay. There was a long and slow queue of aircrafts waiting for de-icing. The transparent and open explanations by the Lufthansa captain, at the beginning and throughout the delay, were great… Continue reading Back from Blantyre