Find What You Love
December 20, 2009 – 2:59 pm | No Comment

In his famous 2005 Stanford Commencement Address, Steve Jobs, the CEO and co-founder of Apple Computer, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks – including death itself.
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Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote
March 11, 2009 – 3:31 pm | No Comment
Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

Johnny Lee a PhD. Graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute:
Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track …

Fly like a Penguin!
March 8, 2009 – 3:55 pm | No Comment
Fly like a Penguin!

The following true story happened to Eckart von Hirschhausen, a German doctor who became a comedian: (loosely translated by me)
Many years ago after an unpleasant engagement on a cruise liner …

How To Setup a Self-Hosted WordPress Blog
March 7, 2009 – 4:07 pm | No Comment
How To Setup a Self-Hosted WordPress Blog

In this article I like to summarize the steps and decisions I made during the setup of bSix12.com – my self-hosted WordPress blog. If you are going to install a self-hosted WordPress blog for …

The World’s First Computer Bug!
March 1, 2009 – 10:57 am | No Comment
The World’s First Computer Bug!

Ever wondered why a computer bug is called a “computer bug”? I was quite amazed to find out that the term can be understood quite literally:
According to the National Museum of American History:
In 1947, engineers …

bSix12 Logo Evolution
February 24, 2009 – 10:10 am | No Comment
bSix12 Logo Evolution

Today I created the first logo for this site and I am pretty sure it will change a couple of times in future. So I thought it would be nice to keep a history of …

About bSix12
February 14, 2009 – 11:26 am | No Comment
About bSix12

Hello and welcome to bSix12 – my little place on the world wide web. My name is Rainer Falle. I am an Austrian living in the Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) a wooded mountain range …