George Orwell The right way to drink tea According to venerated bard George Orwell, eleven factors determine the perfect cup of tea. My favourite is this one, not least because my family has been doing it the other way round forever:
asides How to Twitterize your blog (again) One of the things that’s been irking me for the last couple of years is how easy it is to just throw a thought out there, just a single line of something,
featured An ode to Pocket Casts I’ve been listening to podcasts, on and off, for the better part of ten years now and while in the early days it was quite a bit cumbersome to get your latest
carousel The demise of the add-on service A few days ago users of Mailbox and Carousel, two very different services, saw e-mails in their inbox telling them about the impending sunsetting of said services. Mailbox was a rather innovative approach
featured Krampus and 994 posts Looking through my logs, I realized that some of the things I wrote on here many years ago still get quite some views. And sometimes it’s for the funnest of reasons. I
EverNote One list to rule them all I have a thing for using apps that seemingly make my life easier, but which ultimately just take a large chunk out of my day. And I mean every day. Here’s an
featured A rebuilt Wordpress.com I’m a big fan of self-hosted software, testament to which is a project called Self-hosted web I started a few years ago. Admittedly, I haven’t reviewed a whole lot of new
Apple Some thoughts on the Internet It’s been more than three years since I last published anything about technology (it was a post where I expressed my distaste for Instagram on Android, a notion that persists to this
hiking A view from above I recently went into the Styrian alps with my family and did some actual hiking. When I was younger, my father used to go hiking with me quite a bit. Being the lazy
back to the future One board to rule them all Everybody’s waiting for the hoverboard from Back to the Future II to become a reality. Lexus, of all companies, has now revealed their prototype. It’s a complex thing, as Wired explains:
blogging Reviving the network Having decided to focus more on writing on my blogs again, I’m realising just how many I’ve created over the years (and subsequently neglected). Over the last two days, I did
blogging Rediscovering blogging I’ve been blogging for more than 15 years now, and even though there have been gaps in output (most notably the current one which is somewhere in the three years region), I’
bohemian rhapsody Bohemian Gravity There are Bohemian Rhapsody covers and there are pretty fantastic Bohemian Rhapsody covers. Add this to the latter group.
Books How copyright destroys the bookmarket Copyright, in essence, seems like a good thing. But when it comes to books, a new study shows that copyright seems to have drastically curbed availability of books authored during the middle of
Carl Sagan COSMOS 2014 I’m a fan of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos (who, in their right mind, isn’t?) so I’m both excited and a bit wary of the upcoming reboot of the series. On
foodcamp Foodcamp 2013 After last year’s triumphant foodcamp, organisers Dani and Nina managed to step it up a notch again at this year’s event. At a splendid palais in the middle of Vienna, they
arty Don't "accidentally" steal a song So the Black Eyed Peas have always been one of the worst “borrowers” in the music industry, but now member Will.I.Am has taken the cake. He took background music by Russian
hoisin chicken Hoisin chicken It’s quick and delicious. Cut up three to four scallions and a few chicken breasts. Throw the white part of the scallions into a wok or a similar kind of pan, with
cannes Only God Forgives Trailer So Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling are back at it. Here’s the red band trailer to Only God Forgives, slated to debut at Cannes this year. I have no idea why
stammers Every Woody Allen stammer, ever In a tireless effort, spanning several months, good people at The Huffington Post, put together this complete compilation of Woody Allen stammers. Enjoy!
dbma Lobster on the Go Can you believe I ate lobster for the first time only a couple of weeks ago? Well, yes, apparently I did. It was an apt environment too. During a four day trip to
Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt In case you’re in need of some magnificent piano and violin play, here’s something for you:
Treetops glisten and all that Merry Christmas everyone. May you receive loads of food and presents. Please note the attached image of a burning manger.