The swiss post does allow you to send any picture as a postcard, even for free: https://postcardcreator.post.ch

Huh, kind of OT, but I had no idea that it's spelled Torschlusspanik. In Switzerland all I ever heard was Torschusspanik (as in "die Angst, den Ball rechtzeitig ins Netz zu bringen", which incidentally also makes the same kind of sense). Well, TIL.

Which part of Switzerland? -- I might actually be relocating to Switzerland for a job. If I do, I would be relocating to the St. Gallen area. Do you know if this is a reasonable area for a dopey American with extremely limited German abilities to get by OK? Is St. Gallen a reasonable place for a young-ish adult to live, or extremely boring? And how do you people in Switzerland get anything done on Sunday when everything is closed?

That sounds pretty interesting, care to share the code?

Man, this thing is so cool! Never ever heard of this watch before. This is exactly the kind of 'smart' watch I want: deliver some additional infos, without being obnoxious about it. I think I might just pick up one of these.

Edit: you happen to know if it has GPS or a step counter?

I really like that colorscheme, care to share it?

Hmm not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but this is the relevant section in my CUSTOM-SET-FACES:

  '(font-lock-builtin-face ((t (:weight bold))))
  '(font-lock-comment-face ((t (:foreground "#707470"))))
  '(font-lock-constant-face ((t (:underline t))))
  '(font-lock-doc-face ((t (:inherit font-lock-comment-face))))
  '(font-lock-function-name-face ((t (:inherit font-lock-constant-face))))
  '(font-lock-keyword-face ((t (:weight bold))))
  '(font-lock-preprocessor-face ((t (:underline (:color foreground-color :style wave)))))
  '(font-lock-string-face ((t (:foreground "#707470"))))
  '(font-lock-type-face ((t (:inherit font-lock-constant-face))))
  '(font-lock-variable-name-face ((t (:inherit font-lock-constant-face))))
  '(font-lock-warning-face ((t nil)))
  '(fringe ((t (:background "#ffffff"))))
  '(glyphless-char ((t (:slant italic))))
  '(highlight ((t (:weight bold))))
  '(isearch ((t (:box (:line-width 1 :color "#000000")))))
  '(isearch-fail ((t (:weight bold))))
  '(italic ((t (:slant italic))))
  '(lazy-highlight ((t (:box (:line-width 1 :color "#d0d4d0")))))
  '(link ((t (:inherit button))))
  '(link-visited ((t (:inherit link :box (:line-width 1 :color "#707470" :style pressed-button)))))
  '(minibuffer-prompt ((t (:weight bold))))
  '(mode-line ((t (:inherit mode-line :background "gray93" :foreground "#000000" :height 110 :family "Source Sans Pro"))))
  '(mode-line-emphasis ((t (:underline t))))
  '(mode-line-inactive ((t (:inherit mode-line))))
  '(mouse ((t (:background "#000000" :foreground "#ffffff"))))
  '(region ((t (:background "#d0d4d0"))))
  '(secondary-selection ((t (:background "#e9eee9"))))
  '(show-paren-match ((t (:weight bold))))
  '(show-paren-mismatch ((t (:underline t))))

Other than that I use the Inconsolata font.

The example from /r/coding[1] is very nice to listen to:

    awk 'function wl() {
        rate=64000;
        return (rate/160)*(0.87055^(int(rand()*10)))};
    BEGIN {
        srand();
        wla=wl();
        while(1) {
            wlb=wla;
            wla=wl();
            if (wla==wlb)
                {wla*=2;};
            d=(rand()*10+5)*rate/4;
            a=b=0; c=128;
            ca=40/wla; cb=20/wlb;
            de=rate/10; di=0;
            for (i=0;i<d;i++) {
                a++; b++; di++; c+=ca+cb;
                if (a>wla)
                    {a=0; ca*=-1};
                if (b>wlb)
                    {b=0; cb*=-1};
                if (di>de)
                    {di=0; ca*=0.9; cb*=0.9};
                printf("%c",c)};
            c=int(c);
            while(c!=128) {
                c<128?c++:c--;
                printf("%c",c)};};}' | sox -t raw -r 64k -c 1 -e unsigned -b 8 - -d

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/coding/comments/48zvn4/bash_one_lin...

That's quite a delight for the ears. Reminds me of Stéphane Picq's work on the Dune computer game soundtrack, back in the early 90s. It had some similar sounds.

single-page version: http://www.anandtech.com/print/7940/windows-phone-81-review

Not quite. I live in Zurich Downtown, and you won't even find a Pizza Margarita for that price (17CHF). Its more like 22CHF (= $25) minimum. I've also lived in more rural areas in Switzerland before, and in those places 17CHF might be correct, but not for Zurich.

There's a Margherita as discribed in my earlier comment available at Santa Lucia[1].

[1] http://www.bindella.ch/gastronomie/ueberblick-ristoranti/res...

Wow, that looks really cool. Can we get a bit more background on how it works?

Well, the best (read: cleanest/simplest, fastest, and best get-out-the-way approach) way to listen to music on youtube imho is: www.deskamp.com

Just put in the music you want to hear, hit enter, and it'll add the best match to your playlist. Dead simple.

Disclaimer: I am in no way affilated with them, I just enjoy their service.