My wife has been working on simmering on her Siedekessel (“boiler”) homepage for many years now. Since then we only use homemade soaps. Now that she also touches on shampoo, toothpaste and butt-spray (instead of wet toilet paper), she has spent the last few years trying to make cleaning products herself. Last year, “Grüner Putzen”… Continue reading Simmering cleaning soap
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Photos from nature on iNaturalist
A few weeks ago, my stepson Paul recommended the website iNaturalist to me. While hiking, I always pick my camera and I really like to take photos of animals and plants. So he knew that this website was a perfect match for me. I immediately set up a profile and today I uploaded my hundredth… Continue reading Photos from nature on iNaturalist
Cosmetics for babies and children
Finally! The book “Baby- und Kinderpflege – natürlich selbstgemacht” (Baby and Child Care – natural homemade), written by my wife, was published by Freya. The book includes many basics, numerous recipes, all vegetarian, many of them even vegan, for self-stirring. In composing your own cosmetics, they are without artificial sweeteners, preservatives and allergenic perfume oils.… Continue reading Cosmetics for babies and children
Dekonom?
While hiking in the “Kemptener Wald” (Cambodunum Forest) in May 2015, we came upon a strange riddle. There was a tombstone with engravings on all four sides, written in gothic letters. There was a word looking like “Dekonomensgattin” and another one that seemed to say “Dekonomsgattin”. As you later see, this can’t be translated, but… Continue reading Dekonom?
IpfmessApp in stores
One of my first projects in my new job was building an app for the iPhone. The app has been done for Bopfingen city, for their folk festival called Ipfmess’. AppStore Link for the iPhone GooglePlay Link for Android Smartphones First idea was a simple counter app where people can easily observe the remaining time… Continue reading IpfmessApp in stores
XML Tools Plugin for Notepad++
For a class lecture on XML I searched for a free text editing tool supporting syntax highlighting for XML, check if XML is well-formed an perform validation (e.g. with DTD). After some research I found out that a plugin for Notepad++ called XMLTools. I was very lucky because I already use Notepad++ for years. The… Continue reading XML Tools Plugin for Notepad++
Thank you, Jack Vance
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away … no – not quite so long, and not quite so far away, a young man, whose many names I would not be able to write down here (ok, here is one: Taumel), gave into my hands a book. Well, now this is no curious… Continue reading Thank you, Jack Vance
fei (swabian)
The Swabian language continues to surprise me again and again. Recently my wife and I repeatedly encountered the term “fei” (spelled something like “fy”). Fei is included in Swabian sentences to give them emphasis: “Des isch fei was wert. Do ka’sch fei was drauf geaba.” or similar. In the region called Allgäu where I come… Continue reading fei (swabian)
Disparity (binocular) and the thumb experiment
Isn’t it surprisingly, how easy it can be to experiment with human perception without any tools? Here is a very simple one for binocular disparity. Because of the space between our two eyes we perceives two distinct images. The difference of the images on our retinas can be easily recognized with the thumb experiment: You… Continue reading Disparity (binocular) and the thumb experiment
Pilgrim’s Hat (Way of St. James)
Some years ago we and some of our friends decided to hike along the Way of St. James in stages. It was not our goal to go on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, we simply like hiking. Now, such a thing as “the” Way of St. James doesn’t actually exist. If someone wanted to… Continue reading Pilgrim’s Hat (Way of St. James)