We’re sitting in the smoke-filled Zum Schiefe Eck on Claraplatz at one o’clock in the morning; casting a critical eye over the assorted waifs and strays for whom this is sanctuary from the grim existence of syringes, shop doorways and the Salvation Army.
Albert Hofmann who discovered the psychoactive properties LSD while working in the laboratories of Sandoz in Basel will reach 100 years of age on January 11th 2006.
Everything you wanted to know about Basel Fasnacht but were afraid to ask.
I have always had a fascination for gadgets and gizmos. My favourite toys as a child were those with flashing lights and moving parts. Christmas 1973 I got the Mousetrap Game. Readers will recall the game consisted of moving counters - mouse shaped - around the board according to the roll of the dice; players [...]
At primary school we had bankbooks. At the beginning of the school year the class would be issued with a cash book in which one side would be labelled “Credit†and the other “Debitâ€.
I step out of the apartment building onto Claraplatz. The bite of winter creeps through the darkened streets; the lights of the empty shops do nothing to blunt its’ sharpness. The tram to Kleinhüningen rumbles past on its miserable journey taking workers to the chemical cathedral along the Rhine.
I had wanted to buy a laptop for some time as the Compaq I bought in 1997 was looking rather long in the tooth and I wanted a little more modern. As somebody who works in IT I decided to follow a slightly formal route in deciding on my purchase. The process between deciding I [...]