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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:59:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en even though the place we live at here in switzerland has a rather rural character — there are several livestock markets throughout the year down at the station square, very few regions regularly vote more conservative than ours — einsiedeln … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2012/01/22/a-time-trip-to-the-1950s 47.128026157423236 8.744666576385498 the other day @jmdhh and i were out shopping. while i was waiting at one of the shops i was “hit” by a smell of coffee — and immediately taken back to the apartment of my grandmother in the late … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2012/01/16/smells-memory 49.59301551153157 11.018560230731964 meat: 1kg pork butt (blade) crust: 1 glove garlic teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons italian herb mixture 1 teaspoon sweet paprika 3 tablespoons olive oil freshly ground pepper 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar (aceto balsamico) pre-heat the oven to 80–90°C wash the … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2012/01/07/recipe-slow-roasted-pork-butt-blade 47.128026157423236 8.744666576385498 i’m in the process of re-working both this blog and my photo site. for the photo site i’ve switched from zenphoto to jalbum — zenphoto didn’t really offer any decent support for displaying geo-tagged pictures, had at the point in … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2012/01/02/the-joys-of-creative-commons-licenses 47.131162415576654 8.747820854187012 at the beginning of june @jmdhh and i spent two fantastic weeks in the english lake district — one of our walks took us up on top of silver how. the photo below shows @jmdhh enjoying the wonderful landscape and … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2011/07/05/jmdhh-admiring-the-views 47.131162415576654 8.747820854187012 tortilla1 ingredients: 300g potatoes 140g dried tomatoes in olive oil (aka vampire ears) 40g pitted black olives 5 large eggs clove of garlic 2 + 1 tablespoons olive oil chutney ingredients: 200g cherry tomatoes 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2011/06/13/recipe-vampire-ears-tortilla-with-cherry-tomato-chutney 47.128026157423236 8.744666576385498 last saturday mrs d and i did a snow shoe hike from alpthal stei up to hochstuckli and then across to biberegg. the views were fantastic, the snow was good prompted by mrs d, i tried my hand at taking … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2011/01/03/panorama-picture-experiment 47.057798959556294 8.669728338718414 during sunday’s #twallfahrt i managed to take a couple of 5-step bracketed pictures, two of which i think produced some interesting results. the first one is the view from etzel pass towards einsiedeln: at first i thought that it looks … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2010/08/31/some-more-pseudo-hdr-experiments 47.30887966183445 8.544211685657501 9:10 — ms d and i arrive at einsiedeln railway station, all kitted out in our walking gear, ready to go. walking past the train we spot our fellow pilgrims. yep, pilgrims: we are on our way to the starting … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2010/08/29/worlds-first-twitter-wallfahrt 47.131162415576654 8.747820854187012 Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2010/08/28/mucking-around-with-pseudo-hdrs yesterday’s tagesanzeiger report on a parliamentary motion of the swiss conservatives right-wing, nationalist party SVP to prepare the annexation of all regions surrounding switzerland — no, today’s not the first of april. interesting. as the tagesanzeiger rightly observes that would … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2010/06/12/swiss-conservatives-annex-regions-surrounding-switzerland 47.131162415576654 8.747820854187012 Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2010/05/16/how-my-grandfather-created-an-island Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2010/05/09/in-the-lake-district-again 54.42741031400531 -2.9717159271240234 ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of touristic switzerland? ever wanted to know how the swiss manage to present one of the most beautiful places on earth in such impeccable order? ever interested in the music that drives the … Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2009/12/29/switzerland-behind-the-scenes 47.131162415576654 8.747820854187012 Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2009/10/24/d2h-net-now-mobile-friendly 47.131162415576654 8.747820854187012 Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2009/10/24/friday-evening-rucola-salmon-salad 47.131162415576654 8.747820854187012 Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2009/07/22/kells-tara-airport-trinity-college-chilling-out 53.34157633950161 -6.249783039093018 Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2009/07/21/a-walk-through-pittoresque-boyne-valley-time-travel-monasterboice-slaine 53.6513171 -6.6825567 Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2009/07/20/limestone-pavement-an-almost-secret-birthday 53.6513171 -6.6825567 Continue reading →]]> http://d2h.net/2009/07/19/listowel-shannon-river-ferry-lahinch-sunday-lunch-cliffs-of-moher-live-music-at-doolinrimage 53.01601217665993 -9.37631607055664