I’ve just finished moving my entire blog to Micro.blog. Hello M.b! There were a few stragglers (M.b has some issues when importing Markdown files with quotes in front-end matter “title” fields) but I’m good now — settling in, shaping my new virtual couch cushions to my liking, etc. My blog posts go back to 2002. I started blogging a bit earlier than that, actually, but I’ve pruned the archive over the years because not all those morsels stood the test of time.
I’m getting increasingly annoyed by people wearing their masks under their chins or their noses in stores or restaurants. Not talking about people who have a hard time breathing, them I understand — but people who clearly appear to think everyone else is “sheeple”.
I usually resort to asking those folks (friendly but firmly) to please put their mask over their corona holes and that usually works. But… man, it bums me out every single time.
1. Stop pretending: You didn’t “lose your cat” — the wee fucker likely ran off because your relationship was asymmetrical to begin with. 2. Don’t waste time making a “Has anyone seen my lost cat” poster for plastering your neighborhood with, because (a) there are already hundreds like them and (b) see 1. 3. Instead, if you come across any cat roaming the streets, just grab it. It’s yours now, congratulations.
Is the Android M.b client app @dialog dead/abandoned?
Godspeed, you magnificent G4 bastard 💻🍎
As much as I like the idea of Fairphone, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The Fairphone 3 unit I bought for the office half a year ago has issues. It keeps its owner from making calls (more precise: there’s a 50:50 chance microphone and speaker will shut off after making a speaker call, it’s a known issue and we’re still waiting for a fix); she’s got an electrical shock hitting her ear while using in-ears; the charge drops like a brick from 100% to 20% within 2h and I don’t think that’s a 3rd-party app issue.
Following an account on a far-away Mastodon instance from my M.b account: ✅
You gotta love the fediverse.
The Foundation teaser/trailer for the upcoming TV series (2021) looks good. Maybe now is a good time to pick up the books? 📚
They are not special, but they’re mine. I’ve distilled them down over the last few years; they are a result of me getting a sense of who I am, together with what a person I want to be. (Wow, that sounded way less pretentious in my mind.) Don’t be a dick. Don’t fuck it all up. Don’t forget to be kind. Don’t delay having fun. Don’t stop moving, ever. Turns out that for me, they kind of cover every imaginable situation.
My best friend started a weekly newsletter for indie game development with Godot 🎮💻 so if you’re into that, The Weekly Wait might be for you!
Sweet, my HEY.com invite arrived! ✉️ I am still unsure whether their approach to email would actually work for me, but their ideas about it I do find appealing. Only one way to find out, I guess…
TL;DR I built a little helper tool named Bearing which allows for scripting Bear. It adds to Bear’s own capabilites by slightly abstracting and enhancing the experience: There’s a dedicated bearing CLI tool that accepts plain arguments. No more bear://… calls, no more URL-encoding anything. The CLI tool returns callback responses as JSON. https://github.com/carlo/bearing Why? A few weeks back I switched from Evernote to Bear. I like Bear a lot (Markdown!
Major shoutout to Platypus <sveinbjorn.org/platypus> 💻
It’s a dope little app to build simple script-powered macOS apps. Fun fact: it was released in 2003 and the project is still active!
A few days ago I started Assassin’s Creed: Origins on PS4 after buying the complete edition during a PSN sale, and hoo boy, what a game. Absolutely stunning, lovely atmosphere, so much to do (duh, it’s a Ubisoft game), and I’d say I’ve seen less than 20% of it so far. 👍🏼 I was about to write “I’ve played most AC games” but after taking a look at the release history I realize I was wrong.
Hello world! 👋 Well, “hello again”, I guess. :) I started blogging around 2000, built an actual multi-tenant blogging site with a few hundred users, experimented with different formats, lost interest, re-gained it, lost it again etc.
You know how it goes.
Today I decided to give Micro.blog a shot; these days, I want my hurdles for blogging & posting low, and even running my own Hugo-powered blog is a bit too much. I’ve a life to run, damn it!
Anyways, hej hej! I’m Carlo, I hail from Europe 🇪🇺, I’m CTO of #German #sustainability company RECUP (we’re building a deposit system for reusable coffee-to-go cups). 💚 I’m a software dev, I love me some good PS4 videogames 🎮, I try to be the best husband I can be, I’m a P.U.N.K. (professional uncle, no kids), futurist, transhumanist, comical element.
Glad to be here, let’s see whether Micro.blog will work for me. Glad midsommar! ☀️
Nature can be pretty pretty. #fire #flowers #fantasyfootball #feminism
Dear 6-year-old Me! It’s 2020 over here. I write vis-a-vis your fascination with playing cowboy or robber, and let me tell you, the novelty has worn off by now
According to my man @monoxyd@mastodon.social it is #glamourfriday — who knew?
So there, SOAK IT IN. Yes, I’m wearing pants, too, because I’m profesh like that
You’re next, go!
Nature is awesome 😍
Got me a new pair of pre-loved denim jeans… 👍🏼 #reuse
Garden Yoda disapproves of springtime. Cheer up, Yoda!
Die Dinger sind echt lecker, und die 57% Recyclat schmeckt man gar nicht raus! #vegetarisch
Die #CSU bleibt sich treu, egal ob die Welt brennt oder nicht. Jetzt mal ehrlich, Fahrradfahrer, denkt doch bitte mal an die armen Autofahrer!!! Mofos. #klimakrise
Hurra, endlich darf ich darüber sprechen! Wir bei RECUP konnten Shell Deutschland als Partner gewinnen - das bedeutet 1200 neue Ausgabenstellen für Coffee-to-go im Pfandbecher! War ein hartes Stück Arbeit, aber damit sind wir dann insgesamt knapp 5000 Ausgabestellen und dem Ziel, die “Pappbecher” abzuschaffen, ein Stück näher gekommen. w00p!
Seriously, both D and I very much enjoy our sweet, sweet downtime at the moment. Doing nothing is underrated AF
