June 27, 2009
I’ve recently developed an interest in….metal detectors.
That’s right. Metal detectors that enable the search for metallic objects hidden some inches below the surface. Contrary to other places, the geographical middle of Europe seems to be blessed with archaelogical treasures.
Which leads me to the actual dilemma:
1. I actually don’t have any time to waste on another [...]
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June 24, 2009
Batteries for cell phones are a commodity and thus often quite cheap. The interesting part is that fake batteries will often cost the same as original ones and some dealers will swear by the fake Chinese NokLa phone in their hands that they are of course only selling “Original Nokia” products.
Original. Yeah, right.
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June 22, 2009
It’s almost 4 years ago that I published my first post on this blog.
The facts:
Fellow blogger Mzeecedric inspired told me in 2005 to start my own blog. Thx, bro!
The initial motivation arose out of frustration – a very popular German social network had rejected a few of my texts for publication so I’d told myself: [...]
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June 21, 2009
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This snapshot of digitalis purpurea was today taken in a forest next to a Roman fort near Frankfurt – with the 5mpx CMOS camera on my 2y old Nokia N95 mobile phone.
It may not be the best photo, but it clearly shows what’s already possible with a decent camera phone.
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June 16, 2009
Heute habe ich mir endlich einen Traum erfüllt und einen ferngesteuerten Hubschrauber gekauft, mit dem man im Zimmer herumfliegen und seine Mitbewohner (Frau, Hund, Katze) in den Wahnsinn treiben kann.
An dieser Stelle auch gleich das große ABER! – denn bei diesem ultraleichten Spielzeug aus Hartschaum und nur popeliger IR-Fernbedienung kann natürlich keine große Freude aufkommen. [...]
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June 14, 2009
Not a question of the location, but rather: from which movie is this?
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June 10, 2009
Just when I thought that nothing could stop us from a well-deserved vacation, visiting some dear friends in London – a journey we had anticipated for a long time – parts of my body revolted and sent me to hospital on Sato evening.
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June 5, 2009
I am starting to like Google Squared.
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