Bash to check if service is running and restart

This is a quick and dirty bash script to relaunch a process under Linux. If the query term php is not found within the list of processes running, the script starts the process. Please spend a couple of minutes to add a logging method to this script...

Firefox - Less but better (Update)

One of Dieter Rams Design Principles states to design as little as possible to create a good design. As a fan of keyboard shortcuts in Firefox, I hardly used any of the visual interfaces to Firefox' functions and so I started to remove element by element...

Bookmark a List on Remember the Milk

Remember the Milk is great service to increase your productivity by using action lists. The service does not currently support a possibility to bookmark a list for quick access from your browser. Yet there is a little trick. You can access the web...

Laptop Stand? Ikea's Blecka ($5,99)

There is a $5 IKEA Laptop Lap Desk, the $8 DIY IKEA Aluminum Laptop Stand, the Sturdy DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand, the PVC Pipe Laptop Stand and many more. So, lets add Ikea's Blecka 6 ¼" Hook to this list. It is a cheap, easy and sexy laptop stand...

Why Android wins against iPhone

People got excited last week because two companies introduced home screen replacements for Apple's iPhone and Google Android. Unfortunately, there's a twist: teehan+lax's replacement is a mockup because of Apple's restricted development platform. In...

Automatization of Twitter Broadcasting

Over the next two weeks, I will share links from Google Reader, Delicious and other social networks automaticly on my twitter account because of the missing interaction between these platforms. I use Twitter to share information on technology, innovation...

Reichsstraße: A Set of Grunge Textures

This is a set of 47 photo textures from a construction site located in the Reichsstraße in Berlin, Germany. The building consists of eight apartments of 500 square meters each and four commercial units. As my farther is in control of this construction...

DIY: Squat Stand from Scaffolding

Last summer, I build a squat stand from scaffolding, which could hold 250 kg without any problem. Thus, you are able to do pull-ups and add rings in seconds. Costs were exactly 50 GBP/80 USD and two hours time.

Why Google wanted to acquire Twitter

Friends asked why Google wanted to acquire Twitter. Google earns money from displaying advertising on their search results page and therefore it is critical to satisfy each user. Yet, Google is not able to capture any event close to the present because...

Cameras OSX

Using the free software Cameras for Mac OSX, you can assign different applications to different cameras. While your iPhone triggers iPhoto, your Canon Rebel triggers Image Capture. Very handy!