Flying in through Utapao

Lucky me. After having spent 21 looooong hours on tiny Doha airport, everything worked out fine.
After I got out of the plane in HongKong, it took me just an hour to organize a flight to Utapao Thailand. Economy was full though, but I was lucky to get business class for only HK$2700.
Ha! probably the first and only time I'll post from a Thai Silk Lounge ;-) 

Meanwhile the courts in Thailand ruled against the People Powaz fools... [deutsch]
Well then, I should arrive in BKK by midnight thai time. Cheers.

On my way

BKK is still blocked. Trying to get into Thailand through HongKong. Really missing Nick, Stevie & Nuch! Wish me luck.

Firefox Page Zoom Button

You can access Firefox's zoom function with three keyboard shortcuts Ctrl++ Ctrl+- (Ctrl+mouse wheel) and Ctrl+0 to reset to 100%.

But then there's this great tiny add-on which let's me access the browser's zoom function exactly the way I wished to:

move the mouse cursor over the icon
mouse wheel zooms
left click resets to 100%

install & more info here

Soccer again

argh - Basel just went down 0:5 against Barcelona. But hey: it's time for another soccer highlight: Goalie G...

Logitech illuminated keyboard

While I was awaiting an illuminated Logitech keyboard for a while now, there are so few extra keys on the keyboard... raises a touch of skepticism here. I'm really into minimal design though.

All the recently released mice don't really satisfy me either, so I keep wondering about their future products with 'bang' features.

source: logitech.com
prices CH

Canon EOS 50D - 40

Summary of the main differences between the recently released Canon EOS 50D and the 40D owned by some of us. Taken from the dpreview spec sheets.

Sony Ericsson G705

Very good looking phone for the ladies. More Info @ sony ericsson

- with WLAN, HSDPA & HSUPA
- aGPS
- no Xenon flash, 3 MP cam

Sony Ericsson C905

probably my next mobile phone. 8 MP camera with aGPS, WLAN access and FM radio. Due late october 2008.

commercial video (youtube).

More Info @ sony ericsson
prices CH toppreise
sunrise 2 Jahre Abi verlängern: CHF 247.-


update nov 08:
some more facts

- video recording resolution is limited to 320 x 240
- only HSDPA, no HSUPA (though hsupa providers are VERY rare)
- ActiveSync
- conference calls with up to 5 parties
- WiFi/WLAN connecting just fine with WPA2

Got myself one and can't say anything bad about it! fantastic display and picture quality.

Sony Ericsson W902

The next Walkman Handy looks fantastic. release date october 2008. Features all the usual stuff, inclusive rds radio and 5MP camera. Read more.
No WiFi, no GPS.

PC Preise September 2008

Ich habe die Artikel und Preise in der rechten Spalte leicht angepasst. Obwohl ich kein Fan von ATI-Treibern bin, muss ich doch sagen, dass Preis/Leistung für die 4850-er Produkte immer noch top ist. Zudem empfehle ich euch ein wirklich schönes Gehäuse.

Make Firefox look great

Vista user? Firefox3 user?
Follow these steps to make Firefox 3 look like this:

>> Update February 2010: this article is outdated, new version is here

• get the hide menu bar extension
• get the kempelton theme
  
  
• log into the Mozilla add-on site
  otherwise you can't download experimental extensions
  
• get the glasser extension
  
  
• for the bookmarks toolbar get the glasser extras.zip
  ( JAN 2009: glasserextras.zip currently can't be downloaded at it's original location! Get it at rapidshare instead)
• press WIN+R and open the following location: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
• in there > open the folder xxxxxx.default
• now open the folder chrome
• from glasserExtras.zip move the file Vista Personal Bar - Media Player.css into the chrome folder
• now rename the copied file to userChrome.css
  

Done!
make the menu visible by pressing ALT
.

Kempelton 3.0

Kempelton for FF3. Looks just as great as v2 did.

Get it here.

capitals of europe

When I was a kid, my brain functions didn't allow me to memorize anything taught in geography classes. It's not soooo important to life though.
Anyways, for the coming years it's better to know things about eastern europe too. Try this little flash game.

The goalkeeper

soccer at it's best!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBV1pqzAEuI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY8AIhbqPHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwIaEy5pI8s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96j711uSIM

Wenn man im Paradies lebt - vom LSD Entdecker

"... nur der Mensch, dieser Idiot, glaubt, er müsste die Sonne auf die Erde holen und hier Atomkraftwerke bauen."

Erst jetzt habe ich dieses Interview entdeckt. Im zweiten Teil werden auch einige meiner Überzeugungen widerspiegelt.
Dass diese Substanzen denen in unserem Gehirn gleichen, ist für mich völlig neu.

Albert Hofmann ist am Dienstag im Alter von 102 Jahren in seinem Haus in Burg (Basel-Landschaft) verstorben.

Why are manhole covers round?

While reading this article I got a really good laugh. Why? I realized, that up to this day I didn't know the english word for manhole cover... muahahaha.

True Color Gif?

Never before I heared anything about true color gifs > check out an example and explanation here

Kempelton 2 for Firefox 2

I fail to understand, why this brilliant Firefox2 theme gets so little attention. It blends wonderfully into Vista. Compared to this I think the new FF3 default theme's a laugh.
And please don't get onto our nerves by pointing out how Vista sucks, because it doesn't. Get it here for FF2. Kempelton is Thunderbird's default theme by the way.

Note > Kempelton 3.0 for FF3

Office PC

An example of a fast family PC without focus on gaming. Prices are in Swiss Francs from digitec.ch. A reduction of 160.- is possible without losing much performance (CPU & graphics).

Article number	Labelling			Price
140135	Asus P5K SE, Intel P35, Socket 775, 1333FSB	Details		132.-
136187	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, Dual Core, 2.66 GHz, 4MB, FSB1333	Details		243.-
122978	Kingston ValueRAM, 2x1GB Kit, DDR2-800, CL5	Details		64.-
140974	Samsung HD320KJ, T166S, 7200rpm, 8MB, 320GB, SATA-II	Details		99.-
145250	NEC AD-7200A, 18x DVD±RW Writer, DL, DVD-RAM, grau, bulk	Details		34.-
126923	Case: Jou Jye CF-6129, black, ATX 2.0, 400W	Details		59.-
132394	Gigabyte GeForce 8500GT, PCI-E, 256MB GDDR2, passiv	Details		86.-
119761	Zalman CNPS9500 AT, Socket LGA775	Details		63.-
7.6% MWSt.		Total CHF excl. VAT		724.91
Total CHF incl. VAT				780.-