Category Archives: IT and Web

Power of research

And nobody believed me… So, here’s the link and the background: The EU Commission actually put together an online game, called “the power of research”, which can be found at http://www.powerofresearch.eu/. It is supposed to “to inspire young Europeans to pursue scientific careers”, according to the press release from the Commission. To be honest, in addition to an online game, I could think of one or two things  that could be improved if we want to inspire students to pursue … Continue reading


From Office 2007 to Office 2010

Ok, I didn’t go for a new laptop (still like the screen dimensions of my T500 better than the “viewing slits” of more recent computers). However, I finally managed to update from Office 2007 to Office 2010. Mainly for the new ability to sync Onenote Notebooks via Windows Live. The Update went quite alright, with the exception of some nice, little tools that didn’t survive the transition and some keyboard shortcuts that were completely unnecessarily changed. Grrr… – but sort … Continue reading