I finally found a tool to accomplish something I have wanted for a long time, namely tuning the size of icons and buttons in Gnome. Gnome ...

Our trusty eee-pc 901 was getting slower and slower. The 16G SSD in it was not very fast to begin with, but has definitely become slower o...

Found these beauties at the airport. My theory is that they have something to do with luggage transport.

Making a "no ads please" sign from Hama beads. This time, I'm trying out a more elegant and old-fashioned type design, with ...

Experimenting with striped patterns in polymer clay. I wanted a natural wavy look that would continue across the beads. For the base, I ...

I found my uncle's old camera when sorting some old things, a Yashica D . It has been non-operational for the last 20 years, used main...

I have an ISDN internet connection. It is slow, but happens to be provided for free. Getting ISDN set up under Linux has usually been a ch...

This year we colored Easter eggs with red cabbage juice. The patterns were made by masking the eggs with washi tape and candle wax. To...

Widelands - a strategy game where you build up your civilization and defend it from your enemies. The best defense may well be striking fi...

I recently found a box of my childhood favorite candy, the 'Frog butterfly snail' ones - every eighties kid from Finland knows whic...

A wintry day I saw cracks in our parking lot asphalt with salt crystallized around the cracks. The patterns looked nice and reminded me of...

I made a set of small paper lanterns for a LED light series we have on a wall (indoors!). The paper lanterns are stylish and easy to make ...

In a previous post , I talked about using the Raspberry Pi as a router. Now I wanted to add a WiFi device, and use the Pi as an access poi...

For Christmas I got a Pibow case. I like it very much! The Pi in the Pibow case feels nice and robust. The Pi gets slightly warmer in the ...