Crafts, gags and gifts

«Kleine geschenke erhalten die freundschaft» (small gifts encourages friendship) is an old German proverb. For my colleagues at the time of my employment and for other occasions I used my craft skills for pleasure:

• Pocket consultant
  This is a personal organiser based on 'old technology'. At the time of creation the first PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) came to the market.
• A personal REXX
  REXX is a script language used first on IBM mainframes. Later it became available also on PCs. Of course this gift is a pun with the word rex (king).
• Desktop /38
  The IBM/38 was a successor of the /34 and /36 line of database centric middle ware computers.
• Mobile Computing Centre
  In a large IBM installation the backup, even of the complete computing centre, was a big issue. This gift provided the ultimate solution to the nightmare of any IT manager.
• Electronic Turntable
  Before the web and e-commerce Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) was a key function for manufacturers, transport organisations and stores.
• Puzzle as a gift for people who support the idea of National Language Support in IT (Information Technology).
• itl in a nutshell:
  a gift for the 25^th anniversary of itl in Munich.