It finally happened. GooglePlus (aka Google+, aka G+) is history. Like so many great products before, it was thrown on the Graveyard of dead services, eliminated by Google. I am not sad. Without Google's decision to close down the platform…
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My car is a DeLorean!
While I commuted to work this morning, my Android phone was asking to perform a system update. When I checked a few minutes later, I was totally amazed: My car must have made a leap in time! I started on…
Back to the Past!
Do you remember the cult movie of the 80s with Michael J. Fox? In Back to the Future of 1985, Teenager Marty McFly accidentally travels back in time to 1955, where he meets his future parents and becomes his mother's romantic interest... Why…
Life in plastic is not fantastic!
Because I am not a Barbie Girl, all the plastic waste is annoying me a lot. Recently, I have been wondering why all these Gilette blades have to produce mountains of plastic garbage. On top of that, they are incredibly…
Welcome the Devil!
Yes, it finally happend... I installed WhatsApp! As already mentioned in a previous post (please read: The Google Exit Strategy), I had to close my eyes and jump over. I did it for lack of alternatives. I still think this…
Super Moon in Zurich!
I have been planning this photo for months, but unfortunately I always had bad luck with the weather. Clouds, fog, rain, snow ... the whole program. But today the weather god was gracious! I carefully calculated the exact time and…
Spectacular Venice
After some weeks of various holidays combined (X-Mas, New Year and finally skiing), I am coming back from "offline-mode". Sometimes it just feels good to log out completely and to enjoy the digital silence on social networks. But hey, I…
Molds (Schimmelpilze) everywhere!
This evening after work, I went shopping for groceries. In the dry meat department I found something suspicious... Molds (Schimmelpilze) inside a package of dry meat! Awful! Place & time: Migros City, Zurich on December 19, @ 7:45 p.m. Here a…
Elon Musk is crazy
After years of development, Tesla finally managed to mount a handlebar in their cars 🙂 No, seriously: I do like Tesla cars, but on some points they are really wrong. What you see here is the sun visor. But a…
Extending my HiFi Rack
As a HiFi enthusiast, I am constantly optimizing my system. It's like a drug. In an earlier attempt, I have replaced my existing all-in-one AV receiver (Denon) with a pre-amp / power amp combination from NuPrime Audio. From an audiophile standpoint,…
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