Markus Kuhn has the best writeup on ISO 8601 (date and time formatting) that I’ve seen. Concise and to the point it’s just what you need to read to sort things out. Check it out -> International standard date and time notation.
For those of you who like regular expressions (regexes for short) here is my [...]
I mentioned Koga-Miyata below in the post “The Bugatti of Bicycles”, it seems that the dutch company has some VERY interesting alternatives among their more normal bikes.
Something I noticed was that some of their models are made in frame sizes as large as 66cm. Which might be interesting for me given my length (~195cm).
Among their [...]
When searching the net for possible candidates for my next bike I came across the dutch company Koga-Miyata. Seems like a VERY good brand, focusing on quality and equipping the bikes with full equipment from start.
Under their “specials” category they have a bike called the Aeroblade (pdf-link) that I would call the Bugatti of bicycles. [...]
I’m currently gearing up for the coming seasons, today I bought two things: a handlebar bag and waterproof shoeprotection (overshoes).
The handlebar bag is an Ortlieb Ultimate 3 Classic (same as the 4, only it includes the now optional map holder). I’ll use it for keeping all the smaller things and of course a camera. There [...]
Yesterday we attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre Lobby (!?) and enjoyed a magical evening with the Romeo & Julia Choir which is a renaissance choir connected to the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Sweden.
The program for the evening was “The Murder in Mantua” by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643).
And the choice of locale was perfect.
It took place in [...]
I just got me a new Lamy Fountain pen. It’s the Lamy Joy, which has a 1.5mm calligraphy nib. It uses the same cap as the Lamy Al-Star and has a rubbery finish that gives a very nice grip.
I was happily surprised that my handwriting works well with the broad calligraphy nib. With use it [...]
Just found this gem, the Kona Sutra 2007 among Kona’s new offerings for 2007. Looks like a nice touring setup complete with discbreaks. Supports racks etc. A bit pricey though, bare it’s somewhat cheaper than the Cannondale Touring bikes, but when racks, and flaps(?) etc. are added on it reaches almost the same pricepoint…
The big [...]
I just registered for a discounted upgrade of LWCAD 1.5 to LWCAD 2.0 by WTools3D. There is currently a upgrade drive by Newtek Europe that lasts until 20th of August. There has been some massive improvements of the tools since the 1.x series. Check out the tutorials…
I’m very much looking forward to putting it [...]
Daniel Nylander gave me a tip to check out Workrave which is a small application that helps you avoid work-related injuries by reminding you to take breaks etc.
It keeps track of how long time you’ve spent actively at the computer and tells you to take small micro-breaks (30 seconds) and longer coffee-breaks (10 minutes), with [...]
Saw this Portable Rotary Phone on the newspages today. They’ve actually outfitted a really old (50 years) rotary dial phone with batteries and triple-band gsm.
Here is a writeup on what they did and how they did it. And here is an mp3 of the ringtone :o)
This one reminds me of the wonderful retro-handset that was [...]