2021-03-28: "Pure", UK 2019 📺 Over the last two days I’ve watched the 6-part 2019 British TV mini-series “Pure” …
2021-02-14: I’m a fan of delta.chat which is a messenger like Signal, WhatsApp, Messages — but its backend …
2021-01-29: That “well done, you” jingle in the NYT crossword app (you know the one) never fails to …
2021-01-04: Those Presh Mems My wife and I have a lovely1 tradition: our Jar of Precious Memories. During the year, every time we …
2021-01-03: Started reading Provenance by Ann Leckie 📚. Leckie’s wonderful Imperial Raadch books really …
2021-01-02: 2020 You know what? All in all, 2020 wasn’t that terrible. Yes, there was a lot of pain and …
2020-10-07: Yes, these are useless kitsch but I find them hilarious nonetheless. (Wouldn’t buy them, tho.)
2020-09-29: Slowly getting back into iOS after years on Android (plus iPad). There’s a lot to like in iOS …
2020-09-24: Finished reading Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang. 📚 A neat scifi short story about …
2020-09-21: Paolo Bacigalupi’s A Full Life 📚 is a poignant science-fiction story about America the Western …
2020-09-14: Just created an account on The Storygraph, a new “keep track of your reading” …
2020-09-14: The other day I read Blood Grains Speak Through Memories, a scifi short story by Jason Sanford. 📚 …
2020-09-13: Goodreads is not good anymore 📚 I just want to keep track of my reading, and I want good recommendations and maybe get into …
2020-09-13: Finished The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. 📚 I didn’t like it; I don’t get the hype …
2020-08-30: Started reading “The Three-Body Problem” 📚 today — in English. I’m curious to …
2020-08-08: I’m going to miss the astrophotography feature of the Pixel 3a. (Switching to an iPhone SE …
2020-07-22: How small satellites are radically remaking space exploration is a nice quick overview about the …
2020-07-17: Cancel Culture and the Problem of Woke Capitalism - The Atlantic: If you care about progressive …
2020-07-12: Indi Samarajiva: American Passports Are Worthless Now (Map) due to the US being governed by …
2020-07-09: We visited the #Munich zoo today. I petted a sleeping piglet. 🐖 Good times are good
2020-07-06: “Something something #vanlife”, I think
2020-07-03: 🎵 15 mins of DJ Jazzy Jeff creating a catchy remix of another song, what a surprising treat! It …
2020-07-01: I’ve had a lot of jobs in my life… But I’m so proud of what I do now and what …
2020-07-01: “Die nächsten 20 Jahre werden leichter für Menschen, die Unsicherheit aushalten können” …
2020-06-30: Has anyone here successfully married M.b and Pixelfed yet? I guess it’d be possible to have a …
2020-06-29: I just imported ~250 Instagram posts using the macOS M.b client. Now I have to clean them up because …
2020-06-28: I’ve two HEY invites to hand out, if anyone is interested, just holler! First come, first …
2020-06-28: The Segway’s Inventor Has a New Project: Manufacturing Human Organs (📦) Dean Kamen went into …
2020-06-28: 🚀🖖🏻 Schroeder's Law Novelist Karl Schroeder has an intriguing possible answer to Fermi’s Paradox, i.e. the …
2020-06-27: The Big Blog Move of 2020 I’ve just finished moving my entire blog to Micro.blog. Hello M.b! There were a few stragglers …
2020-06-27: I’m getting increasingly annoyed by people wearing their masks under their chins or their …
2020-06-26: 🐈 What to do when your cat left 1. Stop pretending: You didn’t “lose your cat” — the wee fucker likely ran off …
2020-06-26: Is the Android M.b client app @dialog dead/abandoned?
2020-06-26: Godspeed, you magnificent G4 bastard 💻🍎
2020-06-25: Fairphone 3: sadly unusable As much as I like the idea of Fairphone, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The Fairphone 3 …
2020-06-24: Following an account on a far-away Mastodon instance from my M.b account: ✅ You gotta love the …
2020-06-24: The Foundation teaser/trailer for the upcoming TV series (2021) looks good. Maybe now is a good …
2020-06-24: I live by five simple rules They are not special, but they’re mine. I’ve distilled them down over the last few …
2020-06-24: My best friend started a weekly newsletter for indie game development with Godot 🎮💻 so if …
2020-06-24: Sweet, my HEY.com invite arrived! ✉️ I am still unsure whether their approach to email would …
2020-06-21: 💻 Bearing, my new macOS helper tool for Bear.app TL;DR I built a little helper tool named Bearing which allows for scripting Bear. It adds to …
2020-06-21: Major shoutout to Platypus <sveinbjorn.org/platypus> 💻 It’s a dope little app to build …
2020-06-21: 🎮 AC:Origins is nice, you guys ………🐪 A few days ago I started Assassin’s Creed: Origins on PS4 after buying the complete edition …
2020-06-20: Hello world! 👋 Well, “hello again”, I guess. :) I started blogging around 2000, built an …
2020-05-09: Nature can be pretty pretty. #fire #flowers #fantasyfootball #feminism
2020-04-09: Dear 6-year-old Me! It’s 2020 over here. I write vis-a-vis your fascination with playing …
2020-03-20: According to my man @monoxyd@mastodon.social it is #glamourfriday — who knew? So there, SOAK IT IN. …
2020-03-13: Nature is awesome 😍
2020-02-22: Got me a new pair of pre-loved denim jeans… 👍🏼 #reuse
2020-02-22: Garden Yoda disapproves of springtime. Cheer up, Yoda!
2020-02-08: Die Dinger sind echt lecker, und die 57% Recyclat schmeckt man gar nicht raus! #vegetarisch
2020-01-25: Die #CSU bleibt sich treu, egal ob die Welt brennt oder nicht. Jetzt mal ehrlich, Fahrradfahrer, …
2020-01-17: Hurra, endlich darf ich darüber sprechen! Wir bei RECUP konnten Shell Deutschland als Partner …
2019-12-29: Seriously, both D and I very much enjoy our sweet, sweet downtime at the moment. Doing nothing is …
2019-12-22: Testing the new mic setup… The new acoustic shielding and that shock mount definitely …
2019-12-19: Beautiful morning sky was beautiful #münchen #munich #goodmorning
2019-12-15: I really like this hanging garden, always have…
2019-11-29: It was a good day. #klimastreik #climatestrike #münchen #munich #fridaysforfuture
2019-11-23: TFW you realize you somehow became one of “them”
2019-10-20: What a cutie! This old Fiat 500 is about 1.4 meters tall. You could probably fit two of them into …
2019-09-30: My homegirl [@tammyschmidt_art](https://instagram.com/tammyschmidt_art] has just the best …
2019-09-29: That #chicken is so money, you guys I’m about to lose it
2019-09-22: So majestic. True nature fun fact: one kick and a bite from a moose are enough to kill a white shark
2019-09-20: 🌍 And it’s on. Join us! #climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #climatecrisis #münchen …
2019-09-20: Let’s start this day, then! #climatestrike #münchen #tedxmünchen
2019-09-14: From Rutger Bregman, “Utopia for Realists”, chapter 1. That man gets it 😂
2019-09-13: Schrodinger’s Gurke: schon seit langer Zeit im #Kühlschrank, könnte noch gut sein, aber …
2019-09-10: This is Coco. She lives with a team mate of mine. She is a good girl and very shy.
2019-09-04: Am 20.09. macht RECUP den Laden dicht. Wir gehen auf die Straße für den #Klimastreik. Und zwar die …
2019-09-04: STOP STARING AT ME
2019-08-26: I get you, road sign… I get you.
2019-08-21: Meißen hat ein paar echt cute Ecken, y’all
2019-08-20: Solid. Pretty.
2019-08-17: Oh, the memories! What a class act, that guy. Me and whatshisface go way back
2019-08-17: About three weeks ago, that moment happened. While spectacular, it was but a glimpse of all the …
2019-08-15: Plans for tonight: I’m gonna take a horse to the old town road 🐴 That’s it
2019-08-15: Postel am Lustwall. OH YEAH
2019-07-29: This is what Ezio Auditore da Firenze woke up to every morning. Well, that and everyday murder. He …
2019-07-28: Seriously, Tuscany is absolutely beautiful. Since none of my many pictures can do it justice, this …
2019-07-19: Bwgaaawgarage
2019-07-17: shit
2019-06-25: Today’s office: Chiemgau. It’ll do, thanks
2019-06-17: That’s 1000 days of meditation for me! 🧘♂️♥️ Mindfulness practices, mostly. It’s not …
2019-06-15: “Dare to be different” etc. #SoDeep Whatever. Pretty flower is pretty!
2019-06-06: I dig that mural. The color splotches are a nice touch. I don’t know whether those are an …
2019-05-19: Ach guck, das ist neu: @rebowl2go 😁 Abonniert es und sagt’s weiter, Leute!
2019-05-18: Gnihihihihi 🤭 (Das Gelände heißt eigentlich Kistlerhof.)
2019-05-08: Kollegin @lissy_wo hat gekocht. Ich meine, daaaaaaaamn
2019-05-04: I never met a more relaxed horse. So chill queues “Old Town Road”
2019-05-02: Beautiful old #Volvo is beautiful.
2019-04-25: Irgendwie war die Asam-Kirche heute besonders schön. Vielleicht wars das Licht, keine Ahnung. …
2019-04-22: That’s not terrifying at all
2019-04-22: Wildblumenwiesen in #München. Mog i!
2019-04-22: Finding new and exciting ways to break my bones!
2019-04-21: Man, I just ❤️ our garden during the green seasons 🌳🌿🌻
2019-04-20: Der Kulturdachgarten am Stachus gefällt mir. Die Preise für die Speisen sind etwas hoch, finde ich, …
2019-04-19: Manchmal reichen schon die kleinen Dinge. #BiergartenLifestyle
2019-04-19: Springtime! Bees! Sun!
2019-03-22: AWWWW YEAH SON, SHIT’S ABOUT TO GET REAL
2019-03-09: Korrekt.
2019-03-09: 900 days, baby! Mission: Make Monkey Mind More Mellow
2019-03-05: Mal wieder im Regen auf der Straße gewesen, für das freie Internet in Europa und gegen die …
2019-02-23: File under #SpringIsComing
2019-02-20: I really can’t stress this enough
2019-02-14: So alike, yet so different, and glass walls keep them apart. On the plate they both fight for your …
2019-02-12: Ich habe einen neuen #Newsletter. Er heisst “5 Feine Verweise”, und jede der …
2019-02-12: Gesehen im Rathaus München. Ich musste lachen.
2019-02-09: Crazy in love right now. Elite: Dangerous is Insane (yes, with a capital I).
2019-01-29: Ab heute gibt’s Zettel, liebe Münchner SUV-Fahrer.
2018-12-24: 5 years ago, today. It was a very good year
2018-12-24: Xmas break, i.e. finally there’s time for that cold. Thanks for holding up during the last two …
2018-12-18: Prepping for either a friendly bout of American Football or our Xmas party. THUG AND/OR OFFICE LIFE
2018-12-06: So that was my year, music-wise. My @petteralexis streak continues — his “Petter 9818” …
2018-11-16: Two sick children and a $1.5 million bill: One family’s race for a gene therapy cure Both exciting …
2018-10-22: Ganz heisser Tipp für alle deutschen Startups und Gründer: Hände weg von Fastbill. Meine Firma …
2018-10-21: In Exponential View #187 reader Andrew Edgecliffe Johnson suggests “Nowstalgia” as term …
2018-10-21: Actors are digitally preserving themselves to continue their careers beyond the grave Being a dead …
2018-10-14: The Pentagon’s Push to Program Soldiers’ Brains Within decades, neurotechnology could cause social …
2018-10-14: My revamped blog is now live at this here new domain, czm.io. Moved to a shorter domain, switched to …
2018-10-13: Why You’re Probably Getting a Microchip Implant Someday Interesting article in the The Atlantic …
2018-10-13: The Moon Is Open for Business There’s a commercial soft landing planned for early 2019! 🌖 …
2018-10-12: Plan fürs Wochenende: Blog-Relaunch von carlo.zottmann.org mit Unterstützung von Kategorien (Posts, …
2018-10-10: Lieber deutscher Mittelstand Wenn Ihr auf Eure Stellenanzeigen Bewerbungen per Email bekommt, bitte bestätigt den Empfang! Ein …
2018-10-03: How to Toggle Macos Mojave Dark Mode Using Applescript Because I was just hacking this into Keyboard Maestro a minute ago: tell application "System …
2018-08-17: Come find me. We’re having fun there, away from the ads, the brands and the Nazis. I’ve …
2018-08-16: This is acceptable
2018-08-15: This works for me, yeah
2018-08-12: Schee. :)
2018-07-31: As a wise man once said: “Sometimes you gotta stop and smell the roses, Morty, little word of …
2018-07-27: One of my favorite spots in Munich’s east side. A tiny restaurant with great food, good …
2018-07-25: Platzregen bei Sonnenschein auf dem Marienplatz ♥️
2018-07-21: Well, good evening, little fellow 🌙
2018-07-17: Some days, I like it; some days, not so much; today, I was really looking forward to it somehow. …
2018-07-15: Massiv gutes Beef Stew. Meine Frau ist nicht nur toll, sie kann auch echt gut kochen. ♥️
2018-07-07: Big fan of IKEA’s contemporary art exhibition. This piece is called “Screw that …
2018-07-07: Longboard lifestyle etc. Hilarious follow up: the only disinfectant at hand was Italian Grappa. …
2018-07-06: Truth
2018-07-05: That burger was pretty great.
2018-07-02: If you need some space to scribble, feel free to pick up your permanent marker and go nuts …
2018-06-30: Doing this #midsommar
2018-06-30: Läuft! #isarcleanup
2018-06-30: War wohl eine gute Party gestern. Was man so findet beim #isarcleanup …
2018-06-30: Mein erster #MVG #Elektrobus! Superleise, supersmooth, supergut. Mit dem fahre ich übrigens gerade …
2018-06-29: And this is where zebras emerge from. True fact.
2018-06-25: This is Horseanne. We met in Austria, she’s 29 years old and has a rare genetic disease which …
2018-06-23: His name is Bob. We met in Austria today. He’s not a pup anymore and almost deaf and also …
2018-06-19: Solid work, Google Translate, thanks 😑
2018-06-19: We have Go for mango party! I REPEAT, MANGO PARTY IS GO
2018-06-16: Today’s soundtrack comes c/o @petteralexis 🎵✌🏻 If I’m honest, it’s probably also …
2018-06-16: Bro’ing it up with my bro Flo, bro! Luckily, I feel (br)only half as tired as I look.
2018-06-16: Getting ready to get another nice, prestigious award for @recup2go. Yay! :)
2018-06-14: Twin-Unicorn art, sweet
2018-06-14: And I’m happy you ladies are around.
2018-06-13: Mag ich.
2018-06-11: Best office, best crew. I’m aware that many people claim the very same thing, but …
2018-06-08: I can’t believe I turned 27 today
2018-06-08: I took that shot 5 years ago. Fell in love with Stockholm back then. Today is another one of those …
2017-09-16: Always vigilant
2017-05-04: Heute #baystartup Demo Night! Wir von RECUP sind auch dabei. \o/
2017-03-26: My life could be much worse right now!
2017-03-25: Coffee walk STHLM continues.
2017-03-25: Almost finished. Drop Coffee in Stockholm, they know their craft! Lovely Ethiopian…
2017-03-24: OMG I think I want a flat here
2017-03-08: NOK NOM NOM WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA
2017-02-07: Yes, that’s Bernie Sanders in the background there @ the Lemaitre concert 😀
2017-02-07: Dieses Handtuch auch nicht! HAHAHAHA
2017-02-06: TINY RICK, YEAH!
2017-01-28: Current status: tinkering with Flutterby (looks ace so far!)
2017-01-14: Sci-five, @spacex! Make it happen, we all count on you 😀🖖
2017-01-13: Es ist wieder Zeit für 45mins.de im feinen @manversusmachine / @mvsmcoffee in #münchen \o/
2017-01-12: I ❤️ you, @OatlyAB. Please never change 😀
2017-01-07: Aluminium sculpture! Dope.
2017-01-07: Copper and bronze
2017-01-07: Literatur. Mächtig.
2017-01-07: If you want to freeze to death, Salzburg is a solid choice this time of year! #t
2017-01-07: Modern art. Dope. #t
2017-01-02: Starbucks surprise: selected thermos bottles for 50% off. €23 for a 500ml S’well! Win. #t
2017-01-01: Apparently we live on Tatooine now #t
2017-01-01: Time to crack open our “Year Jar” — full of tickets and mementos from the trips and …
2016-12-31: THUG LIFE #t
2016-12-28: ❤️
2016-12-25: Klingt verführerisch! #t
2016-12-23: Fuck yeah Xmas automation here I come #t
2016-12-23: My first Xmas sweater! So style! Much Who! #t #doctorwho
2016-12-20: FOR SCIENCE #t
2016-12-19: I love you, Warframe. Please never change ;) #t
2016-12-19: Second life: an old 2006 MacBook Core Duo running elementary OS Freya. Works well! #t
2016-12-18: So house. Much festive. Wow #münchen
2016-12-18: Alright, Xmas, I get it #t
2016-12-18: The annual #münchen Krampus run! #t #xmas
2016-12-15: Explaining the magic of Instagram to my wife. Failing. #t
2016-12-15: Xmas village! Egg nog!! Motherfucking churros!!! #t #münchen
2016-12-14: Party like it’s 1949! My grandparents’ wedding pictures re-surfaced #t
2016-12-14: Is it springtime yet, I can’t take this shit anymore hnnnnnnngh #t
2016-12-14: Look, it’s my grandparents! Haven’t seen them in a long while #t
2016-12-11: Saturday motivation. You’re great. Use it wisely, internet. #t
2016-12-09: It’s that time of the year again! #münchen
2016-12-07: Beautiful morning in #Munich. #t
2016-12-07: Oh yes, that totally happened. I was told I did well. Hashtag firsttime hashtag yuletide
2016-12-06: I have a cape! I am Batman! Let’s go traumatize some kids. #t
2016-12-02: LOL wat, Google #t
2016-12-02: Thanks, glass #t
2016-12-02: Auf dem Fujitsu ScanSnap Blogger-Event. Interessantes neues Zeug bis jetzt. #t
2016-11-23: Not a toy, that’s an actual car. #t
2016-11-22: I made some #Tesla pop art!
2016-11-20: A reduced home-made take on Korean Bibimbap. Delicious! #t
2016-11-18: A picture I took a while back in #Stockholm-Arlanda. Need to get back to STHLM, and soon. #t
2016-11-17: Pretty sure there’s a clown in that closet. #t
2016-11-12: Never thought I’d see the day where I pick that calm.com program, but here we go.
2016-11-10: Feinripp Allstars, okay #t
2016-11-10: Epic Fail Night #Munich: alright, let’s do it! #t
2016-11-10: The night is dark and full of colours #t #münchen
2016-11-09: Hey look, they’re putting up the Xmas lighting #t
2016-11-09: Let’s try @manversusmachine coffee for getting rid of today’s “HOLY FUCKING FUCK… …
2016-11-09: Current status, I would lie if I’d tell you I am mellow right now #t #election2016
2016-11-07: 50 days! \o/ #meditation #t
2016-11-06: Snow, so that’s a #München thing now. #t
2016-11-06: Rolling deep with most of mah crew. Unfortunately @amandaraeca didn’t make it, boo :(
2016-11-05: And that’s the other reward for backing the #planetarysociety #Lightsail project: a sweet …
2016-11-04: Tesla #PowerWall 2 im #Tesla Store #München. Infomaterial lag nicht aus. #t #solar
2016-11-04: Right back at you, @thisisfusion! (Image ℅ Fusion’s very enjoyable Real Future newsletter.)
2016-11-04: Lovely. #tesla #modelx #münchen #t
2016-11-04: Genau mein Ding. #t
2016-11-04: Okay, can do! #t #coffee
2016-11-04: Heute gibts wieder 45mins.de bei @mvsmcoffee #t
2016-11-03: Meine Bank geht digital aufs Ganze 😦 #t
2016-11-02: Is it late 2017 yet? #t #tesla
2016-11-01: My piece of LightSail arrived a few days ago! That’ll go up on the wall. 🖖#t #kickstarter …
2016-11-01: Beautiful, cold morning #t #autumn #München
2016-10-31: SPORTS CAP, because nothing conveys “fitness” quite as well as one pound of HIGH …
2016-10-30: Beautiful #autumn day in #München! Great time for a constitutional. #t
2016-10-29: LET’S HAVE A TOTALLY INNOCENT PARTY #t
2016-10-28: This just in: Weekend reading! #t
2016-10-27: Holy shit what is wrong with you people, that stuff is terrible 😲 #t
2016-10-27: Steffen Kastner about to rock the stage at #t3con #t
2016-10-24: “… coffee … ! … lovely” #t
2016-10-23: Guter Rat für die meisten Tage. #t
2016-10-22: A store front in #Munich. Yes, really. #uspol
2016-10-20: Actually, they’re not wrong. #t #regensburg #cake
2016-10-18: Solid graffiti. I love that stuff. #t
2016-10-17: “Thanks for your understanding”, an exhibit of the “World of Malls” show #t
2016-10-16: Modern art / décor #t
2016-10-16: Well, finishing that Ghost took me a while, but here we are! #t #destinythegame
2016-10-16: Beautiful night today! Half the town was out and about for Munich’s annual Long Night of …
2016-10-16: Vroom vroom. I dig this old design study. #t
2016-10-16: An Apple Macintosh 128K! Thanks, museum
2016-10-15: 2001? Nope. The roof!
2016-10-15: Ludwig Beck am Rathauseck #nofilter
2016-10-15: Stopp #1 bei der Langen Nacht der Museen
2016-10-15: Kultur, fuck yeah
2016-10-13: Thanks, @cooperpress! \o/
2016-10-13: Beautiful sunrise, that. Too bad the camera can’t quite capture it.
2016-10-12: I guess I’ll manage.
2016-10-11: Nice to see the two dominant Austrian religions being worshipped side by side
2016-10-11: So many layers #somethingsomething #life #wisdom #hashtag #colors #shitisdeep
2016-10-10: Good day ❤️
2016-10-09: DUCKIE ZOMG
2016-10-09: We did some light hiking and discovered some interesting little places.
2016-10-09: Mount Doom looking sharp today
2016-10-07: Modern art. Dope.
2016-10-07: Dragon, shield and pike
2016-10-06: I think I found my meditation spot for the week.
2016-10-06: I accidentally Austria
2016-10-04: Escalators are weird
2016-10-04: Love the lighting in this place!
2016-10-02: Operation “Stewmaggeddon” is go!
2016-10-01: Planning the weekend. ;) I’m really curious about this Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt. The reviews …
2016-09-30: It’s a good day to party, apparently. #graffiti
2016-04-10: Withings Activité Pop with Custom Leather Armband My original Withings Activité Pop silicone armband broke, and while I did want to class it up a mite …
2015-09-05: Street Art im Hinterland.
2015-05-31: Using Keyboard Maestro to bookmark Chrome URLs in Evernote Replacing the Evernote Web Clipper Chrome extension with a Keyboard Maestro macro for better …
2015-03-24: These Amazing 12 Alternatives To The Word "Awesome" Will Stun You In The Face Awesome. Everything’s awesome. Everybody’s awesome. So much awesome. All the time, 24/7, …
2014-12-21: Ich bin Transhumanist Arbeiten am und Warten auf den nächsten Schritt. Ich bin Transhumanist. Ich bin davon überzeugt, …
2013-04-21: Post-It #34 The history of the NRA, the future of medicine, the inherent dangers of biotechnology, space …
2013-04-14: Google's authentication-less, on-the-fly image resizing service Did you know Google runs a free and open image resizing service? I certainly didn’t. While …
2013-02-19: On evolving languages “Awesome” is the new “good”. “Amazing” is the new …
2013-01-27: Post-It #33 Standing up for your truths, videogame movie adaptions, videogames violence, the history of Boing …
2013-01-17: Post-It #32 Counting those Stephen Colberts, new spacesuits, stem cell research tripling mice life spans, and …
2012-12-20: Post-It #31 Your favourite new Dropbox tool, gun control in Japan, why Germany is still on top, Python-less …
2012-09-22: Blocking those ads on Xbox Live Building a fire-and-forget ad blocker using OpenDNS. I am an avid Xbox Live user. More to the point, …
2012-09-12: Apple users are from Mars, Android users are from Venus It’s the godsdamn console wars all over again, I swear. So today Apple might/will/should …
2012-06-05: Post-It #30 Bash one-liners, Flickr vs Yahoo!, low-innovation internet, draft posts in jekyll, a great …
2012-06-05: The Big Blog Move Of 2012, Part 2 The Saga continues, or: Goodbye Calepin, hello Jekyll. A few weeks ago word got around that Calepin, …
2012-05-21: Hazel Quick Tip: Automatically extract the actual installer from Adobe's Flash Player installer Yo dawg I herd you like installers so we put an installer inside your installer so you can install …
2012-04-25: The Unfollow Manifesto Ssssh, it’s okay. It’s not an insult. At some point in the past I’ve decided to …
2012-04-21: Post-It #29 Dev HTTP Client, Calepin closing, Facebook dick move #2754, shoelace knots, dubstep agriculture. …
2012-04-18: My Casual Office Fitness Routine How to get super-ripped without leaving your chair. TL;DR: I’m doing table push-ups in my …
2012-04-06: The World vs. Mass Effect 3's Endings Great game, great series, no happy endings, many people outraged. MASS EFFECT SPOILERS AHEAD, …
2012-03-24: Post-It #28 localtunnel, Baldur’s Gate, Sparrow for iPhone, Russian space program, Dow Jones, RUIN. In …
2012-03-15: Mini review: "Workout Hero" for iPhone I’m not strong enough to stomach this. Workout Hero for iPhone ($1.99 at the time of writing) …
2012-03-03: On Fighting Games, Misogyny and Fuckheads If you think sexual harassment is acceptable, you’re a goddamn idiot. What the fuck is wrong …
2012-02-23: Post-It #27 DNS validation, meta-news, Backbone, shirt-based US election humor, git. A DNS validation service …
2012-02-17: Post-It #26 Sublime Text 2 packages, Samsung Galaxy Note, Gumroad, Yoshi’s Blend. Sublime Text 2 has …
2012-02-12: Post-It #25 Links that will change your life forever. Alright, let’s pick up my old 2007 habit again of …
2012-01-20: The big blog move of 2012 Goodbye, Tumblr! Hello, Calepin! So, once again I was fed up with my choice of blogging platform. …
2011-12-02: Movember 2011: €300! [Deutsch] So, der Movember 2011 ist vorbei, Zeit für ein finales Update. Über die letzten vier Wochen hinweg …
2011-12-02: Movember 2011: €300! [English] Well, Movember 2011 came and went, it’s time for one final update. Over the course of the last …
2011-11-08: 100 Best Random Letter Combinations Relevant web development top list is relevant. (Please pay attention to the hojillion ads in the …
2011-11-01: Movember 2011 [Deutsch] Nachdem Hendrik mir eröffnete, dass Cocktober (fragt ihn…) schon vorbei wäre, war ich sehr traurig. …
2011-11-01: Movember 2011 [English] When Hendrik told me I’m missed Cocktober (ask him…), I was very sad. But then I realized this …
2011-05-26: A Few Notes About… Chef + Ubuntu 10.04 + Ruby 1.9.2 + RVM TL;DR: ditch RVM on production systems unless you like pain. A few notes on getting chef-client to …
2011-05-23: Review: Saints Row 2 (360) In which I describe some of the silly fun I had in Volition’s 2008 absurdist gang warfare …
2011-03-27: My Favourite Chrome Extensions A few months ago I switched to Chrome. It’s a solid browser; it does what I want and expect …
2011-03-20: The Guardian on Recycling in Germany Really nice article in the Guardian’s Environment section today: A small town in Germany where …
2011-03-06: The Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See “Men’s Journal » The Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See”: A terrific, stunning article …
2011-02-28: Space Tourism: One Giant Leap for Researchers Cool NYT article is cool: “Space Tourism: One Giant Leap for Researchers”. There’s …
2011-02-24: What happens after Yahoo! acquires you “What happens after Yahoo! acquires you” over at 37signals.com is an interesting read. …
2011-02-16: On Apple's new subscription model Jean-Louis Gassée tweets: Apple’s new rules rile. But not me: I’m the paying customer and I resent …
2011-02-13: Cutting Back On Mindless Sharing A few days ago I’ve disabled the auto-posting of my starred Instapaper articles, thus forcing …
2011-01-18: Ephemera is now open source I wrote Ephemera a) to learn MacRuby and b) to scratch an itch I had. Since then the iPad was …
2010-08-31: Introducing Your New YUIDoc Theme I like YUIDoc. I don’t like its default theme. Since I couldn’t find any other themes on …
2010-08-08: Still running: Minimalist, Week 15 Over the last few months I’ve been clocking in ~180km in my Vibram FiveFingers. For the most …
2010-05-24: NYTimes: Rivals Seize on Troubles of Facebook Interesting article in the NYTimes: Rivals Seize on Troubles of Facebook. Ultimately, I doubt …
2010-05-03: Still running: Vibrams, Week 2 Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Wore my Nike Free yesterday, as they’re the most flexible (actual) …
2010-04-25: Still running: Going Minimalist Reading Christopher McDougall’s highly interesting and inspirational “Born to …
2010-02-17: Assorted MacRuby Snippets #2 This post references MacRuby 0.5, used with Xcode 3.2 on Snopard (10.6.2); the general technique …
2010-02-17: Ephemera v1.1 Last night I’ve released a new version of Ephemera, my 2-way Instapaper /ebook-reader sync …
2010-02-04: Accessing the Keychain with MacRuby This post references MacRuby 0.5, used with Xcode 3.2 on Snopard (10.6.2); the general technique …
2010-02-02: Ephemera for Mac I’ve built my first Mac app: Ephemera, which offers two-way Instapaper.com sync for your ebook …
2010-01-22: Xcode & MacRuby: Embed, Compile, Fix This post references MacRuby 0.5b2, used with Xcode 3.2 on Snopard (10.6.2). At some point …
2010-01-17: Assorted MacRuby Snippets Some things I’ve learned or discovered during the last few days. Nothing special, but taking …
2010-01-15: MacRuby compilation step fixes Just a note, mostly to myself: The default XCode MacRuby rb_main.rb template will contain these …
2009-12-31: Mini Review: 2009 What They Call The “Real Life” 2008 ended with me getting unemployed. The decision …
2009-11-18: How to reset your keyboard on OSX Somehow, after connecting my new Logitech G9 Laser mouse tonight, two keys on my MS Natural Ergo …
2009-11-05: City At World's End, 58 Years Later A while ago I’ve decided to do a little time travelling. In literature, that is. So I’ve …
2009-10-28: Tools of the trade Assaf passed the ball1, and I’m gonna run with it. So Mr Cooper asks “What are your tools of …
2009-10-18: Dev Env acting up when trying to do bulk operations (What a title…) I was pulling my hair out over the last two days when I was implementing bulk …
2009-10-14: The big blog move of 2009 Just a heads-up: I’ve moved my blog today — in two ways. First, I’ve ditched my …
2009-10-14: Twittwoch München Letzte Woche war ich auf meinem ersten Twittwoch, logischerweise auf dem in München. Da Thomas …
2009-10-09: Excellent Localmemcache Yesterday’s Munich on Rails meetup was the usual mix of interesting talks and geeky, …
2009-09-28: Warnfarbenkoalition So, gestern also Bundestagswahl. Durch den Ausgang der Wahl ließ ich mich dann zu folgendem Tweet …
2009-09-11: Upgrading to Snow Leopard I’ve made the switch from Leopard to Snow Leopard today. First, I took the necessary steps, of …
2009-08-24: Liebe VOX-Redaktionen! Eure Sendungen sind scheisse. Nein, wirklich. Ich meine das nicht böse oder abwertend, sicher nicht. …
2009-06-28: Selling BetterSearch Since its birth a few years ago, my Firefox addon BetterSearch has been a fun project. People were …
2009-05-16: CharPool Has Launched: There's A New WoW Site In Town Over the last few years, I have always wondered why there was no site that would allow me to track …
2009-04-11: Update On The Stability Of The Bookeen Cybook Gen3 A post on the MobileRead forums hinted at my Cybook Gen3 stability issues being related to the font …
2009-03-08: Review: Bookeen Cybook Gen3 One of the first applications I’ve installed after buying my iPod touch last year was Stanza, …
2009-03-05: Planet Yahoo! Explodes In A Huge, Yet Pretty, Greg-Martin-Inspired Cataclysm It happens. I see no point in running Planet Yahoo! anymore, for reasons probably known — i.e. a few …
2009-02-25: God Gotchas This is a reblog of a post from my new Ruby-themed tumblelog. I know it’s kind of cheap to …
2009-01-09: Se7en Things Damn, Mookie tagged me. Well, why not. Seven things weird and/or unknown about me: When I was 8 …
2009-01-06: 2009 — My Grand Experiment As mentioned earlier, Yahoo! decided to shut down its entire Munich engineering department. So since …
2009-01-02: Mini Review: 2008 I was promoted. Then I lost my job. But I came to a conclusion, and found new goals. (More on this …
2008-12-04: On (e)Books John Scalzi: That said, these are gruesome times for publishing, and a lot of folks are not as …
2008-11-24: Es War Einmal… Yahoo! Engineering München Yahoo! hat am Freitag verkündet, die gesamte Engineering-Abteilung in München zu schließen. Meine …
2008-11-17: Fritz, Interview, Podcast! Mein Child’s Play-Interview in Trackback auf Radio Fritz war ein voller Erfolg, zumindest in …
2008-11-14: Child's Play in Deutschland, Update Wer hätte das gedacht, mein letzter Post hat Interesse bei einigen Leuten geweckt. Anscheinend war …
2008-11-11: Child's Play 2008: Deutschland (This is a post in German. Are you looking for the English language version?) Child’s Play …
2008-11-11: Child's Play 2008: Germany (Dies ist die englische Version eines ursprünglich deutschsprachigen Artikels.) Child’s Play …
2008-11-06: The Amazing Xmas Gift Ideas Machine A few weeks ago I was talking with Mike about carefully choosing gifts for our loved ones, about how …
2008-10-22: escaloop in 2009 The short story is: not going to happen. I’ll be shutting escaloop down in about a month or …
2008-10-18: Using Yahoo! Pipes: Your Most Recent Nike+ Run in Friendfeed During the last few weeks, I’ve built a couple of pipes I want to share. (“Pipe”, …
2008-09-12: 'A German''s View: US Elections 2008' (This is a rather long piece. It has a point, though… so please bear with me. Danke.) During the …
2008-08-22: BetterSearch Issues on Google …Fixed! I was made aware that BetterSearch is currently not working on Google. Apparently, Google changed …
2008-08-17: Blog Redesign I’ve become increasingly annoyed with my blog’s design. It’s …too much. …
2008-08-05: Going Paleolithic In his thoroughly enjoyable Science In The Capitol trilogy, Kim Stanley Robinson (who happens to be …
2008-07-17: SearchMonkey Apps Palooza A couple of weeks ago (mid-June) I’ve participated in our internal Yahoo! EU Hack Day. This time …
2008-07-07: Granite Yoda We bought him a few months ago, and now he’s watching over our garden. He’s sitting right next to …
2008-07-06: Still Running: June 2008 After two weeks of not being able to run without pain I’m good again. I had to find a different …
2008-06-13: Pleasant Memories Of Times Past Trying to keep track of the last one or two weeks… Running again! Avoiding tarmac, thank God there …
2008-06-02: Pavement Is Bad, mmmmkay A week ago, during the day, my left lower back and leg started to hurt. Each step I made stung, and …
2008-05-30: Der Vogel Vorgestern bin ich im Biergarten der Alten Messe zum Mittag. Der Biergarten ist nahezu leergefegt; …
2008-05-16: Still Running: First Continuous 5km I ran my first continuous 5km today. My workouts are 5km+ already, but usually I follow a …
2008-05-12: Mini Review: "Iron Man" Quite a hoot! The lady and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Looking forward to the inevitable sequel. Worth …
2008-05-05: Twitter User Reputation, Greasemonkey Script Remember the other day, when I told you about the user reputation features in Twerp Scan? Yeah, good …
2008-05-04: Still Running: April 2008 Yes, I am still running. I’ve gone through a whole month of running three or four times a week, had …
2008-05-01: Twitter Twerp Scan update: Reputation Another late night Twerp Scan coding session. I mean, why not? ;) So, what’s new today? User …
2008-04-29: Twitter Twerp Scan update Evening, y’all. I’ve been working a bit on Twitter Twerp Scan. Here’s what’s new: It should be much …
2008-04-28: Twitter Twerp Scan Over the last few days I’ve pursued my idea to build a “Twitter spammer detector” of sorts using …
2008-04-21: Out Of Energy A bit over a week ago, my grandma passed away. (More about her maybe later.) The week between her …
2008-04-08: Running: Recap Week One I’m in the running business for a bit over a week so far. I’ve managed to finish the first four runs …
2008-04-07: Ma.gnolia FAIL, Or: Rendering OpenID Useless I can’t really remember the other few sites where I’ve seen this, but Ma.gnolia’s newly added OpenID …
2008-04-01: Mini Review: Need For Speed Carbon (Demo), Xbox 360 Preface ~1GB download. Lasting impressions Bad framerate issues. (No joke. Pretty choppy at …
2008-03-28: "I like it!" (It's called Auto Suggestion) After much deliberation I’ve decided to give running another shot. No, not the short “omg the …
2008-03-24: 🍿 Mini Review: Children of Men Wonderful movie that manages to be hopeful and dystopian at the same time. Great cast. The …
2008-03-20: Planet Yahoo! updates Evening, y’all. This is Carlo, your friendly Planet Yahoo! maintainer, with a quick note. A few …
2008-03-16: Sky: Brought Down This afternoon I’ve finished the first/latest Mass Effect DLC, Bring Down the Sky. It adds a new …
2008-03-08: Revelation, Garden Store Edition Dana and I went to the garden store earlier today, since she’s is working on cutting back our apple …
2008-02-27: Lifestream Craziness So Friendfeed opened yesterday. Naturally, I had to sign in to take a look. When I got to the point …
2008-02-27: We're Safe, Hooray Thank the Gods, the huge pile I’ve found on the sidewalk next to our door was just the remains of a …
2008-02-26: Podrunner...ing... I guess It’s amazing what 30 minutes of frantic walking can do for your sanity. Tonight, when getting out of …
2008-02-23: Site(s) Redesign Complete! I’m done with the redesign. Both my tumblelog and this blog now share the same layout and (the most …
2008-02-20: Ode an die Schminkende Seit mehreren Wochen sitzt in meinem Bus nahezu jeden Morgen eine Frau, die sich mit Hingabe während …
2008-02-13: RescueTime Hack: Log your meetings and phone calls (OSX only) Over the last week I’ve been using RescueTime. It’s a neat little service that’s keeping track of …
2008-02-05: Suggestions for additional explicit service support Hi all, so far, escaloop has a couple of services it’s supporting explicitly, which means there are …
2008-01-27: escaloop v1.1 - Speedier, Facebookier, Diggier. I’ve spent the last few hours bug testing, then deploying, then yelling at, then hotfixing, then …
2008-01-16: Mini Review: Mass Effect, Xbox 360 Okay, yes, I’m late to the review party. In my defense, it has something to do with this and the …
2008-01-15: Lieber Saturn Theresienwiese, #2 Ich war gestern beim Saturn, Plasma-TVs anschauen. Nach einigem Rumrennen finde ich zwei …
2008-01-12: escaloop.com is go! A few months ago I was talking to Hendrik about lifestreams, and in my ongoing struggle for his …
2007-12-24: Christmas Cheers Calm down. Christmas isn’t about freaking out and panicking, it’s about not giving a damn about …
2007-12-14: Word of the day: Kaputtage kaputtage, kaputt-age (kä-pŏŏ’tĭj) – noun Derived from “outage”, describing the …
2007-10-20: Lifestream Tinker Toy, Powered By Yahoo! Pipes So, (almost) everyone is totally crazy for lifestreams these days. In case you managed to get around …
2007-10-02: Fucking Wiesn “Wir machen auf der Wiesn Mittag, kommst’ mit?” Warum lass ich mich immer nur wieder breitschlagen? …
2007-09-25: Open Facebook (Disclaimer: The following paragraphs might be pointless and you might end up feeling I have once …
2007-09-17: Yahoo! Pipes Tutorial: How To Process HTML Pages Over the weekend I finally had some time to continue playing around with Yahoo! Pipes. (Turns out …
2007-09-15: Quick Note Of The Day I like my life. It’s not perfect, but I don’t care. It’s pretty cool. I could do so much worse, …
2007-09-14: New Flickr API Output Format: LOL Looks like there is a new Flickr API output format: LOL. Not my work, no idea who built this, but I …
2007-08-25: Patience, Young Gardeners Yeah, it’s actually a granite Yoda. Awesome.
2007-08-21: Dear Rapleaf Guys: There Is No Good Spam I found a few versions of this in my inbox a few minutes ago: Dear “friends” at Rapleaf.com, I know …
2007-08-16: On Monikers Some fun-name generator told me the other day that my porn name is Reed Funkenstein. What can I say, …
2007-08-16: The Internet Is Broken …in Europe. According to the Internet Traffic Report, Europe’s intertubes currently feature around …
2007-08-13: Cordless Hardware Is Killing Your Children Okay, maybe that was a bit harsh, but think about it for a moment. Everyone is complaining about …
2007-08-07: Meh Dana is rebuilding our lovely little garden behind the house. We’ll get our new car on Friday …
2007-07-29: Mr. Mans goes to Brighton Hendrik moves to Brighton, UK. I still don’t have much to say about that, I am glad for him, but …
2007-07-26: Interesting Observation The more my little WoW toon is nearing lvl70 (he’s @69 now), the less space in my mind is occupied …
2007-07-25: Things I Don't Understand, #312 Jakob Nielsen’s bi-weekly ‘Alertbox’ column, aptly labeled “Current Issues in Web Usability“, does …
2007-07-24: We're NOT Friends, Sorry Twitter and Pownce are broken. MySpace, too. Oh, and pretty much every social networking site on the …
2007-07-21: I'm an uncle! During the night, my sister gave birth to two baby girls, Joline and Charleen. They’re all healthy …
2007-07-19: "Web 2.0", "AJAX", "BARF" - A Call To Action After reading another great press release I think I now know what “Web 2.0” means. Up until now I …
2007-07-17: Revelation, Web 2.0 edition It just dawned me that on the web, Germany must be to the UK and US what China is to the rest of the …
2007-07-13: Thank you, Elderlies of Japan Dear old people of Nippon, thank you. It is only because of you that I am still the one and only …
2007-07-03: unset(Perl) Dear Perl community, I just wasted 15 minutes of my life trying to figure out how to get the index …
2007-06-29: Spock.com invites, anyone? So I have 100 invites for this new site called Spock.com. In a nutshell, I see it as Wikipedia + …
2007-06-27: Yahoo! News 2.0 Wir haben heute Yahoo! News 2.0 gelauncht. Gratulation an alle beteiligten Kollegen. :) Die Site hat …
2007-06-21: Weissbier with Timberlake The other day I met Justin Timberlake at a bus station here in Munich. That was quite bizarre, he …
2007-06-16: Madrid, or Whoaholycraphowcoolisthat The other day I talked about our impending doom, but Madrid wasn’t totally bad. In fact, I had two …
2007-06-14: Good bye, Media Temple After giving Media Temple a go for a few months regarding hosting this little blog on their …
2007-06-09: 🍿 Mini Review: Ocean's 13 It’s funny, highly entertaining, and dripping coolness. Go watch it.
2007-06-07: Madrid, or Why we're all doomed A few days ago, the company sent me to Madrid, Spain, for a summit. Madrid was nice. I’ve met a lot …
2007-05-11: Avatare im "SZ Magazin" Vor ein paar Wochen wurde ich fürs Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin interviewt—es ging um Avatare und die …
2007-05-07: Carlo & The Carpet Cutter A week ago I was doing some home improvement. Well, I tried. And failed. In a spectacular way—the …
2007-04-30: Digg.com Evolution After many hours in the lab, spent on creating timelines and elaborate flow charts, I am proud to …
2007-04-30: Erkenntnis Das Internet ist wie eine externe Version dieses total wahnsinnigen Teils meines überaktiven …
2007-04-29: So! Wir haben heute einen Baum gepflanzt im Garten. Einen Fächerahorn. Juhu!
2007-04-23: Maga-what? Reading Habit Meme Huh, so I’ve been tagged by Frank. Splendid. :P I’ve used to read quite a few magazines in the day, …
2007-04-19: Tumblr, a few days later I have to admit, I really like my new setup. tail -f carlo.log for the “real” blog posts …
2007-04-17: Lieber Saturn Theresienwiese! Es wäre total dufte, wenn ich nur einmal ein Produkt bei Euch kaufen könnte, ohne daheim direkt …
2007-04-16: Das Tumblringen! I’ve started a tumble log the other day. I consider it an experiment; first of all, Tumblr is an …