Aterere….I’ve just found a neat video plugin for Skype (!) that enables the use of a webcam in combination with Skype. Installation is quick (even on older machines) – the programme requires Skype to be online.
I bought my Logitech webcam way back in 1999 in a spontaneous mood and actually never used it. About [...]

I’ve just returned home an hour ago and opened up my snail mail. One of the envelopes contained the most stylish gadget I have ever received so far:

A notebook made out of paper.
I received this kewl device from Dada Mbuzi (also known as Kikuyumbuzi) – her sister made this very [...]

Eben im Spiegel stolpere ich über diese seltsame Flash Werbung, die zu einem zweiten "Kanzlerduell" einlädt:

Der Spot als Intro der Website ist witzig gemacht und stellt Herrn Schröder als besser geeigneten Kanzlerkandidaten dar. Im Anschluss daran werden einige Gründe aufgelistet, wieso Herr Schröder für diesen Job gut geeignet zu sein scheint. Nun kann [...]

Mission accomplished!
Remember A.-M,’s request to renovate her bathroom? Well, I did it. Eventually…..

A few years ago, I wanted to get my hands on a PDA. Since I couldn’t even afford a monochrome Palm PDA, I went for a cool & cheaper Texas Instruments AVIGO 10 that basically did the same things like a Palm. Since I couldn’t stand their battery consumption and in the course of  improving [...]

<< Specifications: About 320sf, 12′ x 16′ x 16′
This picture shows the 12′ x 16′ cross gable with optional cedar siding and a gothic gable window. The Walker interior has a dining booth, full bath, four burner range, cast iron gas stove, a large bedroom with a desk and over 200 cubic feet [...]

Ever wondered about the National Guard / Police in Lousiana and the on-going rescue operations?
I don’t know about the States (=> it is forbidden to listen to police/fire department/rescue/etc. radio communications (BOS) on 4m and 2m band over in Germany), but someone hooked up a radio scanner to the net some years ago and [...]

An interesting story about a coder in Accra, Ghana:
<< Besides being compact, his programs also write frequently to disk, reducing the chances of losing data if power is lost, as it often is. Because Internet connectivity remains relatively expensive, his programs also work offline as much as possible. And to combat the rampant piracy, [...]