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 [...]

Working as an external consultant, I really needed to reorganize my personal organiser and put it in a much more effective combination.

my old personal organiser
Imagine I’ve been using this traditional filofax (”file of facts”) system for the last 10 years and often didn’t have enough space to keep my notes. Plus, I am one of [...]

The Nokia N95 has been on the market for quite some time now (March 2007?) and if there’s anything I always wanted to change about it, then it clearly is the inappropriate headset it came shipped with (pictured below).

The HS-45 headset with its AD-43 remote control unit failed to work after 4-5 months in use, [...]

Obviously, one of those WTH? moments.
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AOB: How-to-tease-your-wife-with-LOTs-of-noise a.k.a. “Bicycle Propelling Aid Fricycle”.
Fricycle. The Chinese. Lovely.

I need a new credit card and my bank offers this special option for an extra annual fee of EUR 3,- where I can upload pictures which are then printed directly on the cc.
Atiriiri…I thought, what fun! Let’s see what my vanity (& a sleepless night, hence the motivation for this beautiful waste of time) [...]

The missing ability to run a simple cronjob on my 1&1 hosting package actually contributed to the decision to eventually move all my domain names and sites to another server.
Kwaheri, 1&1…
I don’t know about 1&1 in the US, but here in Germany where they started many years ago (I had become their customer in 1999 [...]

Dear applicants for an internship (whereever),
pls allow me to provide the following advice on improving your applications:
When applying for an internship or a job, pls make sure to include a letter which explains why you want to work with Acme Inc. and why you think you are qualified for the position.
Pls format* your CV & [...]

What you see here is my more or less successful attempt at making Daifuku-Mochi - “a Japanese confection consisting of a small round mochi (glutinous rice cake) stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly anko, sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans.”

You know I’d found Mochi from Taiwan on sale at an Asia Shop in [...]