Info screens

What to do with two "old" LCD monitors? Connect them to a cheap, small Ubuntu system, and hang them on the wall as info screens, or electric images.

Step 1: Create a steel frame. This required some welding, which I don't have a clue of, but I tried anyways. After some heavy and ugly frying and even some more massive grinding I managed to manufacture a frame which actually did not fall apart AND fit the monitors!



Step 2: Mount monitors into frame, and mount the whole stuff to the wall.



Step 3: Create some nice cover for monitors and computer. To do!

Step 4: Install computer, and get Ubuntu to understand there are TWO friggin' monitors (that is tough going so far).

More images to follow!

Two new family members

th At the beginning of May our cat Tiki ate some Ransom on out balcony that we had brought in from our Schrebergarten. Usually we are pretty careful what kinds of plants we put within reach of our animals; this time we weren't - with almost severe consequences. Tiki started behaving erratically within minutes, and Anita rushed him to the vet.



When she came back quite a bit later, Tiki was reasonably OK, and she had a box with a fleece blanket with her. In the box - were two tiny baby cats, just two weeks old. They had been born on a farm, but their mother didn't take care of them. The vet was looking for someone to take care of them, and - voilá - here they were.

The same night I saw the constallation of Gemini setting in the West, with the two stars Castor and Pollux shining brightly. Hm... So the two little guys were named Castor and Pollux. Castor was about 50g heavier than Pollux, and has a more white than orange fur than Pollux.

For the six weeks we had to feed the critters milk every 3-5h, including the nights. Very sweet, but quite demanding, too.



Three months later, and they are already small cats ("quality from the region", the box says). "They grow up so fast" :-)