Niklas Saers
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$362 and nothing to show for it: inside the SeeAir Kickstarter scam

In March 2023, I backed the SeeAir Tankless Dive System on Kickstarter. Compact, battery-powered underwater breathing gadget. Polished renders, a slick video, spec sheets that looked legit. $362 for the dive unit and a couple accessories. Seemed fair.

Recent Writing

February 19, 2005 • Technology

Violins are hard to play

According to a mathematician and his student, violins are hard to play, and they go on explaining why.

February 16, 2005 • General

iPhoto 5 Revisited

I've been using iPhoto lately, and I've been using it a lot.

February 13, 2005 • Photoblog

Rose 1

Red rose in a room only lit by a red lava-lamp, against a radiator

February 10, 2005 • Photoblog

Instant Coffee

Instant Coffee

February 8, 2005 • Photoblog

My Valentine

I always fall for cellists. I love the sound of the cello. I love the shape of the cello. And look what the cello has to say on the subject. You'll notice that the last string is broken. The poor little thing, I felt like fixing it right away, but it wasn't mine and I'd probably make it worse

February 8, 2005 • Photoblog

50mm test

A good test subject for my mate's 50mm f/1.4 lens

February 7, 2005 • Photoblog

Table of cakes

Update: based on Straynjer's comment, here is a new version:
Table of Cakes

February 6, 2005 • Photoblog

Organ

Organ

February 4, 2005 • Photography

Crayons getting shot

Way cool! :-) I'm normally not a fan of guns, but this picture is awesome: Crayons (via Flickr)

February 4, 2005 • FreeBSD

FreeBSD\'s maintainability

FreeBSD's maintainability has been measured according to an index suggested by Ioannis Samoladas et al.