I know I’ve already mentioned this on my Posterous blog earlier today, but the truth is: I’ve never been so excited about a gadget/ an accessory since maybe when I unpacked my Leatherman Wave some years ago.

I was looking for a decent cover for my Nokia E72 as the leather pouch it comes shipped with [...]

I assume that about 99% of all knives and pangas sold in Kenya are Made in China. The remaining 1% are probably imported kitchen knives and/or multitools from the US and Europe.
Everyone who owns a knife probably knows that a dull/blunt knife is almost useless, so there’s a knife sharpening service available in most places [...]

IF you knew what most digital cameras back in 1999 looked like – and how much they would cost back then – you’ll quickly understand that it’s rather astonishing to have these digital images from my beloved TexasInstruments AVIGO10 PDA I’ve just unearthed from a sub-sub-sub-directory on my harddisk.

It’s a rather childish mod/hack that I [...]

I usually disassemble all of my new toys once they arrive on my table.

I obviously had to do the same with this lovely little netbook – an Asus eeePC 901 – which I had managed to secure (2nd hand) for a relatively low price via eBay (!) last week and which arrived today.

In 2008 haben die meisten Internetsurfer ein Konto bei Skype, Gizmo oder anderen sog. Internet Messaging Diensten. Der große Nachteil von Skype & Co ist jedoch, dass man nur online erreichbar ist (PC muss online sein), eine Weiterleitung auf ein Telefon kostenpflichtig ist und/oder bei Skype zB eine lokale Nummer – wenn überhaupt – nur [...]

So I managed to secure this Targa DIP Phone 450 from eBay the other day which is a rebranded Siemens Gigaset C450 IP phone – even the Siemens firmware will run on this phone.
It’s a normal DECT-based cordless phone which also has a VoIP module for (unfortunately only one) VoIP line. That’s Voice-over-IP, internet telephony, [...]

Following my first prototype for an improved X17 organiser and a stolen parcel that was later on found soaked in the shrubbery next door…

…I eventually managed to modify the ordered Texon-based X17 timer according to my needs.

As you may remember from my first post on this, X17 is a small company based in Saarbrücken, close [...]

When was the last time you bought a compact audio disc (CD)?
I just can’t remember when I’d actually bought such an audio CD – maybe 2003 or 2004. These days I only receive them a gifts on special occasions or when the content isn’t available anywhere else (such as this nice Mendelssohn recording as pictured [...]