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I always loved raspberries and pie

by Christoph Geppert, February 29th 2012

Berries are wonderful and delicious and so are pies. Raspberry pie as the combination of the two is no exception to that but this new product called Raspberry Pi is unbelievable, inspiring and simply awesome. Forget the $100 computer which did not quite make it despite computer industry heavy weights being involved. This ‘naked’ computer costs only $25-35 and does it all. I love these…

Stairway to nowhere

by Christoph Geppert, January 19th 2012

It is always amazing how much money one can spend on destroying one’s own property and even worse paying other people to do it well. This is one of our sites which is currently live and where we just started to create the new roof with an open ceiling all the way to the ridge, with exposed steel beams, with lots and lots of natural…

Animated GIFs – no more naff spinning logos

by Christoph Geppert, December 5th 2011

When websites changed in the late 90s from rigid lists of words and images to jumping balls, morphing globes and spinning logos, animated GIFs were a hot property which with very little memory demands allowed all sorts of moving things. Not always to the better as not everything was meant to be moving. Nowadays Flash has taken over for most animation purposes and soon html5…

Edding Wall of Fame

by Maggie Achleitner, November 28th 2011

It is your best friend when it comes to improving public toilets, walls, shoes, clothes or even your body (although that’s not the healthiest thing to do) by adding a quick comment, doodle or whatever you want. It is the gaffer tape of pens – the Edding marker. But because the world is getting more and more digital, there had to be a way to…

Caffeine kick

by Madelyn Postman, November 17th 2011 caffeine kick

This caffeine curve and a sign by the waste bin brought a smile to my face the other morning at our local coffee shop on Portobello Road, the Coffee Plant. Home of 9/11 conspiracy theories and some great java. And a GSOH.

Being creative: an experiment

by Maggie Achleitner, November 9th 2011

So many important things in life have been proven by experiments. Unlike most of them, rats just wouldn’t do in this case, so some other small creatures were used. The result couldn’t be more clear. You can see for yourself… Watch the video