The future has just begun, our phone and DSL connections were switched over from the big pink monopoly to Arcor. Unfortunately, their phone rates border on highway robbery (by being at least double as expensive as cheaper providers). So, I decided to give Voice-over-IP a try, using kphone as …

Well, until just now I was caught in the misbelief that we’re living in a western-style democracy. After watching the news today, this has suddenly changed, to my surprise. :O

Bremen’s senator of the interior is in trouble for authorizing the use of emetics by the police on …

This image was nicked from here. I recommend this if your Spanish (like mine) is a tad rusty.

I recently got back to Karlsruhe from being home for the holidays. Besides the usual heap of problems waiting for me at my “normal” home, I was pretty surprised how easily you get spoiled again by the amenities of having a mom around (and a dad, to be fair). For …

A brief hint for those using Linux: If you have an old computer, and Linux chooses to disable ACPI, leave it at that. That is, do not use acpi=force. I just had a case of a computer that appeared to work fine with it. Only that the ACPI option …

I’ve had this site for barely two weeks, and even this short time was enough for comment spammers to catch on. The site emailed me with notifications of new comments, and even from the notification emails, I was pretty certain as to what had happened. Somebody was trying to …

The German tax administration has published software to file your taxes online, and they promise that you’ll get your money back faster if you do that. That sounds good, doesn’t it? But, as often, they missed the mark ever so slightly. Why, oh, why does the thing have …

My parents gave me Der Palast von Alhambra by Dirk Henn of Queen Games for christmas, and I’m writing this review to warn you of buying this game. Despite a recommendation from my aunt Conny and the “Spiel des Jahres” (game of the year) prize of 2003, this game …