Ok, this is about 2 years old but I just found this and I think it’s an amazing idea:

Payphone warriors!

I really like developing for Google’s Android Platform.

It’s a fun platform. Check this out:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=680

Unbelieveable!

Since my mouse is still at the 112th Precinct(= a police station) in Queens, and I can’t / shouldn’t / won’t use my girlfriend’s mom’s mouse any more, I bought a new mouse today. Ever since I started using a Logitech MX Revolution at work, ever since I set it up so that this fancy new wireless rodent of mine lets me do such awesome things as navigating though my source code with the arrow buttons, jumping from one instance of a selected string to the next or previous one,  ever since I bound a CTRL-W-keystroke on the backward-pull of the 2nd mousewheel in order to be able to close tabs and windows alike with an elegant little pull with my thumb, ever since I did that, I felt like I was walking with crutches when using my laptop without that Ãœbermaus.  You know, like using a computer without a mousewheel.

Those days are over,  I got an MX Revolution now, and here comes the interesting part for you (Potentially):

Über-Options is a little tool  that lets you map ALL mouse buttons & wheels to whatever you like.

I googled a bit for something like this because Logitech’s Software didn’t allow me to bind keystrokes to the secondary wheel. Now I can, thanks to überOptions!

Dankeschön.

If you are going to spend some time in front of you computer with a browser open without being terribly busy, be sure to check out “Breaking the Tower”, a nice little strategy game. It only consists of one level, but it’s actually fun enough to go back and play it over and over again.

Why don’t you start playing the game ? – come back when the game is running…

Surprisingly, it’s a Java Applet. I kind of expected it to be Flash when I opened the page.

One nice aspect of the game is that you don’t need to be actively playing all the time. What I did was I started the game and then went back to browsing other sites and then came back and see my resources in the hundrets. Yes, it is pretty much a very simple clone of “Die Siedler” or “The Settlers”, but it hit the spot. I think it is a good example of what casual games can be. Simple does not have to mean stupid.

… in this article of The Atlantic.

Can you read the whole article without interruption? I bet you won’t.

McLuhan lässt grüssen.

Watch this and this.

Aua.

Ok, maybe this blog is boring and dull for most people.

BUT, I have reached my first goal: I’m the #1 Johannes Krämer (or Johannes Kraemer) on google.com

See for yourself:

Johannes Krämer

Johannes Kraemer

And no, Mr. Google, I did NOT mean Johannes Kramer!

Schnappschüsse eines Wintermorgens im Vorbeirennen.

In Manhatten geht man nicht zur Arbeit, man rennt.

Die ersten 8 Bilder sind zwischen 88th und 86th Street.

Der Rest unten an der Wall St.

Langweilig? Naja wenigestens mal wieder ein Post!

Zur Abwechslung mal was ernstes …

Wenn ich Bekannten erzähle, dass ich im Moment in New York lebe und arbeite, höre ich doch immer wieder Bedenken wegen der gefühlten höhreren Gefahr eines Terroranschlags.

Jedem aber, der immer noch glaubt, dass es in New York oder in den USA im allgemeinen gefährlicher ist, empfehle ich mal, sich diesen Artikel des Magazins der Süddeutschen Zeitung durchzulesen. Ich hoffe, dass Deutschland auch weiterhin Glück haben wird, aber ich kann vorstellen wie schnell sich die allgemeine Stimmung in Deutschland ändern würde, wenn ein paar dieser “bösen Buben” mal etwas mehr Glück haben würden.

Was ich allerdings nicht ganz verstehe ist, was diese randweichgezeichteten Fotografien im Miniaturlook mit dem Thema zu tun haben.