This is almost 2 m high by the way

The pink garden only shows his real potential in summer. But he's never been more beautiful than this year I think. Maybe you remember last year I picked some flowers from the garden to take home and they looked so nice together that I decided redesign the pink garden a bit - according to that bouquet.

I'm quite astonished on how close I came in one year only. Most importantly I divided and replanted al the pinks echinachas this helped a lot to bring the whole bed together. My budget for new plants was very tight this year since we wanna go travel and the bed could use more chocolate flowers and more sanguisorbias which I so far did not succeed to propagate. But the real star in this garden is this long haired sanguisorbia which I got "smuggled" into switzerland from london. I certainly need more of this, it goes particularly well with the bergamotte we brought back from Irland ( first picture ).

Earlyer summer :

oh and please stop asking why shane is wearing what he is wearing. I don't know either. But decided not to care anymore.

The iPhone is a fantastic device: Innovation, great usability, great looks. Just the camera is no good, making phone calls isn't great and MMS doesn't really work. Plus there's no Bluetooth file sharing. Now I don't own a camera and I used to use my Cybershot Phone for taking pictures. After a few months with just the iPhone, I had to get back to a decent camera. I had been very happy with the k800i – and after a brief interlude with the not so cool k850i plus the iPhone, I'm now back to the latest Cybershot cam phone, the C905.

I'm very happy with it. I got a camera again (8 Megapixel), I got GPS, WiFi... all I need. The key's are not so hot and texting is slow, – never mind that. It's a comparatively large and heavy phone, but that's a plus for a very small camera, as it ads stability. It's a good looking device. The only real downside is, that there's no standard headphone socket, and to make it worse, the headset plugs in the side of the phone which makes it more bulky and awkward to put in your pocket. Also battery life is not too impressive, - lasts a day if you do more than just phone calls.

Read a thorough review on The Register

Retro ferver - check this tip from gytz:
http://poladroid.net

Selbstversuch: Max kauft ein iPhone

Und weil es anders nicht ging, machte er es als Allererstes gleich kaputt.
25.04.2008 von Max Küng im MAGAZIN

Bis Ostern trug ich eine klare Meinung vor mich her, wie eine monströse Monstranz bei einer Prozession: Ein iPhone kommt mir nicht ins Haus. Das iPhone ist schlüpfrig und schlecht und was für gruusige gadgetgeile Geeks. Ich dachte so und sagte es jedem, der es nicht hören wollte: Man muss nicht auf jeden Trendzug aufspringen. Man muss nicht alles mitmachen. Sag NEIN zum iPhone!

Doch an Ostern sass ich mit Leuten zusammen, und einer von ihnen packte das iPhone aus und fing an, das Ding zu lobpreisen. Erst war ich skeptisch. Doch wenig später sassen wir in der Runde und sahen uns auf Google Earth aus der Vogelperspektive die Häuser an, in denen wir aufgewachsen waren. Dort, sagte ein Freund, in dem Wäldchen habe ich dem Lisbeth versucht die Hand in die Jeans zu schieben. Da, sagte eine Freundin, bin ich mit dem Velo in einen Kuhdraht gefahren und habe den Schädel gebrochen. Da, sagte ich, auf dem Dach dieser Scheune sass ich und schoss Spatzen mit dem Luftgewehr, und ein Querschläger ging dem Güggel in den Grind. WEITERLESEN auf dasmagazin.ch

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Do I want one ? But of course! :-)

I am Glued to the macrumors live coverage of steve jobs keynote today . Luckily shane went to bed in time ;-)
And I like what I see - "The World's Thinnest Notebook" MacBook Air
see for yourself:

10:28 am Environmental highlights: fully aluminum case (good for recycling), first fully mercury and lead free display, circuit boards are BFR free, retail packaging are 56% less volume than MacBook.
10:26 am New Ad for MacBook Air. Plays off of the ability to fit in an envelope.
10:25 am Pre-orders today, shipping in two weeks
10:24 am $1799
10:24 am 2 GB Memory standard
10:23 am 5 hours of Battery Life
10:23 am No optical drive, but a Superdrive accessory is available for $99. Also, software comes with the MacBook Air that allows you to "borrow" a Mac or PCs optical drive.
10:21 am 802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1/EDR
10:20 am Other features: 45 Watt MagSafe, 1 USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI, Audio Out
10:19 am Steve retaking stage
10:19 am Otellini: The processor is as thick as a nickle and as wide as a dime.
10:18 am Apple asked Intel to shrink the Core 2 Duo. Intel shrunk the processor by 60%. Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel is taking the stage
10:17 am 1.6 GHz Standard, 1.8 GHz Option -- Intel Core 2 Duo
10:16 am 80 GB hard disk standard, 64 GB SSD as an option. "they're pricy, but they're fast"
10:15 am 1.8" Hard Drive
10:15 am How did we fit a Mac in here?
10:15 am Move a window by double-tap and move. Rotate a photo by pivoting your index finger around your thumb. Of course, pinch-zoom.
10:14 am Multi-touch trackpad
10:13 am display is LED backlit. iSight is built-in. MacBook-like keyboard, but with an ambient light sensor
10:12 am Magnetic latch, 13.3" widescreen display
10:12 am MacBook Air is 0.16" to 0.76". The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the thinnest part of the Sony. It fits inside a envelope