Whew, am I thrilled to pay taxes in a country which won’t be “BAILING OUT” a car-manufacturer
    - because Switzerland has no car-manufacturers of its own.
I feel downright betrayed when I hear that the U.S. government will not permit any of the major three car-manufacturers to go into bankruptcy.  These enterprises should die a good [...]

For the first half of this week I was in Friedrichshafen, Germany with my boss at a seminar.  We brought our digital projector (”beamer”) in order to go through some slides with our colleagues.  However, Swiss and German power outlets are different:

Swiss Power Outlet

German (European) Power outlet.
Unfortunately we forgot to bring a power adaptor.  My boss, [...]

I am really digging Stuart Noggle’s emergency workspace:
http://www.zooomr.com/photos/snoggle/1132688
Although I don’t know why he insists on brandishing it an “emergency” workspace.  That could very well be a permanent workspace, dismantling it for extra space when guests are around.  And if you have to disappear overnight (all you fugitives out there know this) then you can get [...]

I’ve been moving apartment for the past few weeks, packing, repacking, jettisoning kit, repeat. Ikea furniture is quite terrible for non-drivers, its heavy, often one-time use, and in switzerland its difficult to get rid of.
Swiss apartments often have built in cabinetry and closets with shelves in the walls.  This makes purchasing bookshelves and clothing closets [...]

My buddy from Sweden is back with another song:

Otherwise, I recently found this feature of gmail quite powerful:
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/10/googles-mail-go.html

I met a Swedish songwriter last weekend and we shot the breeze and played some tunes and drank some beers, a great Saturday.
Here’s his first entry, just in time to garner resonance before the most important u.s.-election in a long time. More to come…..

Americans (and perhaps other English-speakers) have the saying,
“There are only two certainties in life: taxes and death.”
This is quite appropriate, but for most of us, paying rent or a mortgage, and thus employment are further chapters in this long saga of necessary evils.  Unfortunately, full-time gainful employment robs us of a quarter of our life, or half of [...]

A botellon is an informal gathering of teenagers to drink in public. The concept comes from Spain, where the kids wanted to rebel against bar-prices by organizing massive drinkathons in parks. The largest botellon was held in Madrid with 10,000 participants.
These parties are organizable by word of mouth, and most recently, via social websites such [...]

I’ve made my first tweet.  Aren’t we excited?
I’ve stopped smoking and am experiencing intense nicotine withdrawal: my stomach is wrecked, evening headaches, but, i’m sleeping VERY WELL. It is a terrible feeling being owned by tobacco companies.
Although, the way cigarettes worked for me, they helped me concentrate and gave me a reason to get away [...]

I get to read the free daily paper “Blick am Abend” during my hour-long commute. Yesterday on the cover was a picture of some singer (whose identity I won’t reveal, because she doesn’t need this type of news). The singer, sitting passed out in front of a club. Why does that news [...]