“We need a digital economy where our data and our attention is not for sale to the highest bidding authoritarian […]
Sail to Pandan: Maya Maya to Puerto Galera
Part 2 of the Epic Trip. March 23-27, 2018.
Sail to Pandan: Transfer from Talisay to Maya Maya
Part 1 of the Epic Trip. March 18-22.
Broken Pedelec Li-Ion Battery
From one week to the other my electrical bicycle battery did not work anymore. One battery cell got busted. I […]
Sail to Pandan: Finished renovating Magayon II’s trailer
Magayon II’s roadworthy trailer was after 8 years quite rotten. The wooden floor and sidewalls needed to be re-done. Ants […]
“Social credit system” and AI, those scare the hell out of me
In particular if an autocratic regime without checks and balances determines what is socially right and wrong. And develops AI. […]
Flat-Earthers, bumbling idiots
I have to comment since I come across this nonsense more frequently these days. Just observe a ship going towards […]
So there is some justice
‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli sentenced to seven years Read it
Trump killing Harley Davidson?
Harley-Davidson Breaks Silence on EU’s Potential Tariffs – misleading title, blaming the EU, steel is also going to be more […]
A guide for not falling over in a curve of a mountain road?
Only in America
I would not have thought that I see another arms race in my lifetime
Intel official: Russia, China seek fast, futuristic weapons
Let’s dive
Wreckage of aircraft carrier, USS Lexington, sunk in WWII found in Pacific
The yellow beast
The gel battery made in Vietnam I bought some years ago from Reichel Elektronik for my R75/5 just died from […]
Cool things: Military cars
The coolest truck: The MAN 630 Bundeswehr Truck I did my driving license on.
Cool things: Märklin Mini Club
The Mini Club was brought to the market by Märklin in 1972. The scale is 1:220 and at the time […]
Remote Island Needed
Demoralized West Wing stokes fears over Trump’s capacity to handle a crisis
Poppycock of the month: Armed teachers
Whoever thinks that arming teachers is a wonderful idea is in my opinion an idiot because that’s completely out of […]
Fixing my e-bike
The e-bike started giving me trouble around 6 months ago.