SONY love - RX100 pocket camera

Do you want better photos?

The SONY RX100 beats the quality of your cell phone camera.

New York Times
Tiny Camera to Rival the Pros
This is a review of the best pocket camera ever made.

Wired
Still the Point-and-Shoot to Beat
Rating: 9/10 Nearly flawless; buy it now

Engadget
There aren't enough positive adjectives to sufficiently describe Sony's masterpiece,
but take me on my word: it's absolutely fantastic.

Flickr
Most popular point & shoot camera on Flickr.


Here a couple pictures showing the exceptional low light performance

Tree or Cell Phone Tower

After a long break I found another cell phone tower dressed like a tree. I took the pictures about 50 miles west of Las Vegas.

Bike Supply Vending Machine

Cool vending machine! Let's you buy essential bike parts, candy bars, soft drinks etc.

... with integrated bike repair stand and free air ...

... parking included

Ice Biking

How to have fun biking on ice.

50 Meter Outdoor Pool in Reykjavik

The pool is open year round (6am to 10pm). The air temperatur was -4 C (24 F) when the pictures were taken.
The heat is provided by a geothermo power plant (see post below).

Iceland Nesjavellir Geothermo Power Plant

The Numbers

Heat per year: 700 MW

Electricity per year: 30 MW

Hotwater pumped: 60 Million cubic meters (15 Billion Gallons)

Holes: 1000 to 2000 meters deep (3300 to 6600 feet)

Max temperatur measured: 380 degree Celcius (716 F)

Pipeline lengh: 23 Km (14 miles)

Temperatur drop: 2 degrees Celcius over 23 Km (4 F over 14 miles)

Total cost (1998): $140 Million

pipeline to Reykjavik

pipelines from power plant

power plant building

Offshore Windpark: Holland

Flying into Amsterdam on 23-Dec-2007 I took the following pictures of an offshore windpark.
The park is currently under construction.(airplane wing in front)
Check out the official site: http://www.noordzeewind.nl/

Resume of Cell Phones

Nokia 1011

This is my first cell phone that I bought 1994 in Munich.

The phone worked great while roaming all over Europe.

Nokia 6110 (GSM)

I upgraded to a 6110 mainly because it was about 1/3 the size of the 1011

Nokia 6210 (D2-Platin Club)

After giving the cell phone provider way too much money using my phone they gave me a "free" phone and some extra perks.

Nokia 6110 (TDMA/Analog)

My first US based cell phone (long before GSM was available).
I had to deposist $1000 to get the phone with contract and international calling disabled.
That's what you get (or don't) without a credit history.

Nokia 7110

The 6110 fell too many times while riding my bike. I replacedit with a 7110.

Nokia 6800

The 6800 was the kick off to the "fold open QWERTY keyboard" phase

Nokia 6820

This is a German version with tri band which didn't work as well in the US. (no 850 MHz support)

Nokia E70-2

This phone has many features that I use.

I used VoIP many time. For example: from the Virgin Islands to call Europe using an open WiFi connection.

I installed navigation software: Route 66 mobile 7 (http://www.66.com)

The best part of "Route 66" all maps are stored on the phone.

The navi works entirely without cell connection (you can get traffic updates in some countries)

Here is the external GPS unit (BlueTooth).