> From the sixteenth to the twentieth century, urban farmers grew Mediterranean fruits and vegetables as far north as England and theNetherlands, using only renewable energy. These crops were grown surrounded by massive "fruit walls", which stored the heat from the sun and released it at night, creating a microclimate that could increase the temperature … Continue reading Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s →

You probably know the quote from the 1983 movie War Games: The only winning is move is not to play. In the movie the "Game" is called "Thermonuclear War" and it was pretty much a given for every viewer that this is a no win game. (Actually, there were two games. It also played Tic … Continue reading The only winning is move is not to play →

While I generally like WordPress one thing has irked me for a long time: The "Responsive Layout" of all themes hide the side bar when I am using my standard browser window size, which is 960 pixels width (or half of the 1920 pixels width of my monitor). There is a certain threshold where it … Continue reading Making the side bar show on smaller windows →

Sehr geehrte Werbetreibende bei otto.de, ich habe heute von Ihnen einen Brief bekommen, der einen 10 Euro Einkaufsgutschein enthielt. Danke dafür. Allerdings war ich über das Begleitschreiben nicht besonders erfreut. Es fing an mit Lieber Thomas, Du ... Ich möchte Sie hiermit darauf hinweisen, dass ich nicht mehr zur Schule gehe und schon seit deutlich … Continue reading Offener Brief an otto.de →

> Volkswagen will für die Umstellung auf Elektroautos jetzt nicht nur 34 Milliarden, sondern gleich 44 Milliarden Euro investieren. Der Grund: Den Wolfsburgern fehlen Akkuzellen. < Sollte VW es wirklich ernst meinen? Volkswagen legt noch 10 Milliarden Euro drauf (bei golem.de)

OK, that was fast: My brand new Twitter account @BDummzeuch just got suspended and locked for whatever Twitter considers unusual behavior. They don't say what exactly they mean and since I haven't twittered anything from that account yet, I'm rather mystified. And now they don't accept my phone number for verification, so I guess that's … Continue reading Twitter account suspended →

I have been a user of Google+ from nearly the beginning. Google has decided to close down this service in about 9 month's time, so I am looking for alternatives. Facebook is not an option at all. Twitter doesn't really feel right, especially with a certain Twit in Chief trolling there. I tried other "Social … Continue reading Moving away from Google+ →