Paris II: Sentences that would be completely rubbish 5 years ago
Myself to Sean when he took photos of the Eiffel tower at night: Michael: What resolution does your phone have? Sean: 3 Megapixels
Month: January 2007
Paris I: WiFi wonderland – or is it?
Business trip to Paris. Ethernet-bound internet access in the hotel came at a “bargain” price of 23€/day (alternatively 5€/hour). Since I was in a highrise I hoped to connect to a FON hotspot 2 blocks away, but I didn’t even get its signal. However I got 34 other signals. Unfortunately, none offered open access.
I am not going to blog about Vista
I mean, who needs it? Everyone I ask does not need it, or want it, or both.
Kyrill vs. Fiddler's Green
On Thursday night I should have been on the fourth concert of the new “Drive Me Mad!” tour by Fiddler’s Green in Cologne. I intended to go there by train, so I would be able to drink a beer and might even catch some sleep on the way back. Hurricane Kyrill didn’t like these plans, … [Read more…]
I'm not blogging about the iPhone
What a hype! Congratulations to my marketing colleagues at Apple Computer Inc.
Nerdcore
This is not Bill Gates. It’s me, ca. 1980, at the age of 13, maybe 14. Among the Christmas presents by my mother was a CD with digitized slides (Wikipedia article on photographic slides for the younger readers) she found during a recent home improvement cleanup. The CD contained various undated images, the oldest one … [Read more…]
Woman Acceptance Factor
Since it was only present in the German Wikipedia, I created a translation for the English Wikipedia: The Woman Acceptance Factor (WAF) is the playful estimation of the acceptance or refusal of a new acquisition by the significant other. It relies on the cliché that men are driven by a certain geekyness when it comes … [Read more…]