Kategorie: English

Blogpostings in English. I normally write in German, but I try to translate each post also to English. Some day also all my old postings will show up here. Please also have a look at the subcategories.

  • Africa Twin Adventure Motorcycle

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    My Indian Scout is a marvelous motorcycle, but for longer tours it might get slightly uncomfortable and is very limited, when it comes to luggage. Therefore I decided to my increase my vehicle fleet by a big enduro for longer tours. Requirements: suitable for longer tours, good for offroad riding, not a BMW. Well, there’s…

    Honda Africa Twin Custom
  • Power Mac G4 Gin Stash

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    What to do with an old (and not working) Power Mac G4, that has been down in the basement for 10 years? Of course: A secret Gin stash! So your guests will still think „nerd!“ when they visit you and all your gin bottles are together in one place. Step 1: Remove all the parts.…

    Apple Powermac G4 Gin Stash
  • Making a house temporarily wheelchair-accessible

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    Due to an accident my parents‘ house had temporarily to be made as wheelchair-accessible as possible. Temporarily because the wheelchair was only neede for a couple of weeks. This once again showed that no education is wrong – especially, when it is about technical skills. Thanks, college for mechanical engineering! First step: Adding support handles…

    rollstuhl-rampe
  • Indian Scout Sixty Custom Motorcycle

    They say that a motorcycle is never finished, but „Indy“ (the name of this beauty) nearly is (at least for now). As people keep asking me which modifications i did, I’ll list all mods in this posting. Maybe it inspires another rider to work on his or her Scout. Before I start I want to…

    Indian Scout Sixty Custom
  • A Freelancer’s Life

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    Two years ago Melinda interviewed me for the series „A Freelancer’s Life“ on her blog where she interviewed several freelancers about their work life. As the original blog post is not online anymore, I copied it to this blog. Here you go: Here’s why I started #AFreelancersLife: To highlight different freelancers from all sorts of…

    #AFreelancersLife
  • Eat in Crete

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    I love food. And I love good restaurants – especially, when I’m on holiday. We were in Crete (Greece) recently and visited a lot of restaurants – some excellent, some OK and some…let’s say “in need of improvement”. A lot of restaurants have pictures of their dishes displayed in front of the restaurant. Don’t go there.…

    Canteen Sign in Crete