A comment on CJs latest review of the Nokia E72 reminded me of something I had also observed on my phone: “a tiny creak in the lower bar below the spacebar”. A noise that irritates the user and shouldn’t be on a brand new phone.

Since I had already opened it up the other day, I [...]

While searching for a little present for her, I came across this simple cable retractor – which inspired me to build my own.
As with most other headsets by Nokia, the WH-601 that came shipped with my E72 is a little bit stubborn as the cables seem to contain too much rubber. And while this may [...]

I’ve just returned home from London where I’d been attending AfricaGathering on Saturday 25 April 2009 which was held at Birkbeck College, University of London. A perfectly organised event (by Ed Scotcher & many helpful volunteers – thx!), the Gathering turned out to be quite a success, especially as it eventually provided me with the [...]

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 [...]

The following post is dedicated to Samuel & Juliana – both connoisseurs of mobile phones that come with an integrated flashlight (such as the Nokia 1208).
An integrated LED flashlight? What’s the big deal?
Well, if you happen to live in a country with frequent power failures and favour all-in-one devices, an integrated flashlight comes in handy [...]

Eine sehr gute Dokumentation von Kathrin Latsch namens “Die grüne Revolution” über Braungart/McDonough, den Stoffkreislauf für technologische und biologische Nährstoffe und mit jeder Menge guter Praxisbeispiele – die vom NDR leider auf den unmöglichsten Sendeplatz überhaupt gesetzt wurde: in der Nacht vom Montag auf Dienstag, 15.-16.12, morgens um 3:40 Uhr.
Michael Braungart wies uns letztens auf [...]

I’ve just come home from attending “Nutec” today – an international congress and exhibition on “Nutec: Nutrients – Upcycling – Triple-Top-Line-Eco-effectiveness-Community” that took place right here in Frankfurt am Main, Germany during the last three days.
Nutec is all about nutrients that will remain in a biological or technical loop, or as the tagline on their [...]

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 [...]