Switzerland is one of the leading train nations in our world—the country ranks first in passenger-kilometers per capita, and sixth in freight rail by tonne-kilometres per capita. And despite only having 8.96 m inhabitants, Switzerland ranks 13^th by yearly ...

In the spirit of Dry January I’ve been trying quite some alcohol free beers. While some were quite good, an important ingredient is simply missing. You can taste the lack of alcohol.

Nevertheless, I was amazed with Nøgne Ø’s Svart/Hvit, an alcohol free Milk Stout. A bit something is missing, yes, but I really enjoyed this beer ...

A few weeks back I bought my first mushroom growing kit, and it’s quite amazing to see how they grow. I was especially surprised, how quick they grow—you can see the difference by the day.

Next thing I’ll try is to start from scratch to grow shiitakes without a starter set. I’m already excited about this!

My birthday present to myself this year was a CAMRA membership. The Campaign for Real Ale is a consumer organisation advocating “quality real ale, cider and perry and thriving pubs in every community.” As a beer ...

If you’re looking for a film database that is free and open, the OFDb is something for you: a database of your favourite movies, published under the ODbL.

A nice recipe for the Korean dish Bibimbap. Besides being delicious, it takes me back to my time spent in Asia 🌏. If you’re a vegetarian, simply leave out the meat and enjoy the veggies.

I recently stumbled upon the “Vertical Forest” (ital. Bosco Verticale) in Milan, two award-winning skyscrapers. Don’t they look cool?

A very useful overview for tracking Coronavirus cases in South Africa.

After many hours of work, the filming location database is finally online. It’s an open and free database of filming locations: the data is licensed under the ODbL.

Giving presents to someone who cares about Soft- and Hardware Freedom is difficult (I know my wife struggles). The Free Software Foundation’s Ethical Tech Giving Guide can help you to find the perfect gift.