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I’ve lost the motivation to write in English about topics I barely grasp—let alone their interconnections. On top of that, working on and with the internet—in the broadest sense—feels like it’s driving me up the wall again. Reply via e-mail
Dear all! I'm a bit more analogue [1] [2] at the moment. Please bear with me. Reply via e-mail https://pftnhr.me/ (german) [dead link] ↩︎ YouTube Channel (german) ↩︎
Some of you may remember my Tapestry-post [1] from 11 months ago—well, Tapestry [2] is now officially available in the App Store as a free app [3] with premium features. I really like the new approach. Combining multiple channels into a single timeline seems to be gaining traction lately, with Reeder taking a similar yet distinct path. As a backer, I have access to all premium features, but I’m…
This is an RSS-only post. It's a secret! Read more about RSS Club . Musically, 2024 just seems to be the year of the Cure, although their boring album can't hold a candle to the great Aghori Mhori Mei by the Smashing Pumpkins. I've been thinking about this since the Cure record came out and just had to get it off my chest. Prove me wrong. Reply via e-mail
Well then, here's to a new one! Ok, for a few days already. So time to wish you all a successful year in whatever way you choose. I look forward to reading and maybe even meeting you. Reply via e-mail
I'm glad that I was able to say goodbye to my mental health issues before the end of the year to the extent that I've been working full-time again since the end of November. Enjoy the new year and take care of yourself. I'm looking forward to new exciting topics in 2025, even though it will probably be a challenging year socially and politically. Reply via e-mail
I really like to keep an eye out for small, lean content management systems. Flat file, of course! That's how I ended up with Yellow, which built this site to my complete satisfaction. Recently I stumbled across a completely different approach that I had never heard of before: bashblog [1] , a single Bash script to create blogs. Since the repo is apparently no longer regularly maintained, I looked…
The hype surrounding the App Defaults is apparently entering the next round and as something has changed for me compared to last year, I am of course happy to take part again. If you don't know what to do with it, you can listen to Episode 097 (Duel of the Defaults) of Hemispheric Views again. And these are mine for the year 2024: Mail Client: Mail.app, Spark Mail Server: Gmail Notes: Obsidian…
This is an RSS-only post. It's a secret! Read more about RSS Club . Today I'm going back to work for the first time in a year and I'm excited and anxious at the same time. It's a so-called gradual reintegration, where I work 2 hours a day for a fortnight, then 4 hours a day for a fortnight, followed by two weeks of 6 hours a day. If that all works out, I'll then return to work full time. Reply via…
Do you know that? You want track your fitness, sleep and other data, but you don't want to strap a butt-ugly smartwatch to your wrist because you prefer to wear real watches that don't need to be constantly charged because they have a nice automatic movement. Don't you? Well, that's how I feel. That's why I backed the 2nd generation smart ring from RingConn on Kickstarter [1] . I knew what I was…
As I'm still dealing with mental health struggles and I've also been diagnosed with ADHD, I've been trying to get more organised over the last few months. In addition to digital tools like Obsidian, Calendar and Reminders in iOS, I've made myself an analogue notebook in the style of a traveller's notebook and cheekily recreated the Task & Time Cards from Minimal Desktop Setup and bound them as a…
Very little is happening here at the moment. That's partly because I'm currently isolating myself from any news, and partly because I'm still working on my own solution for posting on Bluesky and Mastodon and not making much progress. Unfortunately, work on the Webring has also come to a standstill. But hey, I made a video with a mate on the occasion of the German Vinyl Challenge 2024 (in German),…
With EchoFeed [1] I have now found a workable solution to throw my posts into the social media. In the meantime, I had relied on micro.blog, but I think I'm better off with EchoFeed, as I'm only interested in distributing my content to Bluesky and Mastodon and don't need an additional blog that presents the same content. EchoFeed is also significantly cheaper at $25 per year. EchoFeed was…
I discovered Kevin Powell at the right time. I'm no longer a CSS novice and he picks me up where I am and shows me new things that I don't know yet. And I have no problems following him. What I want now is someone who picks me up at my PHP level. But I can't say for myself which one that is. I want to learn to understand APIs, even if the documentation is full of holes. And I'm not talking about…
I have finally managed to replace my old iPad mini 4. It was last used exclusively as an Apple Home control centre and Spotify player. For the most part, it worked quite well, but Apple has been nagging me for a few days to update my Home network. So today I set up an unused 12-inch iPad Pro in place of the mini. Now I'm looking for ideas on what else I could use the mini with iPadOS 15 for. Do…
Last year I asked myself whether I should include a link preview or not. At that time, I was thinking of a solution to place the preview in tooltips. However, as this would add unnecessary clutter to the site and users of mobile devices would have little or nothing to gain from it, I implemented a different approach. As I want to have control over which link receives a preview and which does not,…
My comment to Manton’s Post: Fuck Meta and don’t support their opening to the Fediverse. Not just “in the future”, but forever. Reply via e-mail
I'm still tinkering with the webring without really making any progress and to top it all off I've started building two yellow extensions. One to publish blog posts directly on Bluesky and then I'm working on Pablo's Webmention extension. For the Bluesky extension I also have to wait for adjustments to the core of Yellow but the Webmention extension is promising. But I still have to test it. Reply…
I've just stumbled across this Without modern scripting languages and frameworks, nothing works in web design. and am horrified by the brazen lie that Golem (german) is spreading in order to make money with its "Karierre" portal. Before using the frameworks mentioned, you should also be familiar with HTML, CSS and vanilla JavaScript. Reply via e-mail
This is an RSS-only post. It's a secret! Read more about RSS Club . I have started a new blog: pftnhr.xyz . There I write more personal content in my native language (German). On frittiert.es I want to focus more on technology. Reply via e-mail
Shortly before the Kickstarter campaign for Iconfactory's Tapestry ends tonight (05.03.2024, 23:00 cet), I backed the project. Why after all? I do not know. It certainly wasn't the free one-year subscription to Wallaroo. 🤷♂️ Reply via e-mail
We recently binged The Owl House on Disney+ with the kids and as I'm a bit of a watch nut, Eda's watch caught my eye. Luckily there is themysteryshack.com that sells the watch... The King Wrist Watch from themysteryshack.com Reply via e-mail
If you love something, set it free. Unless it's a tiger. Reply via e-mail
Apple has introduced an app today [1] that appears to do nothing more than display sports results, stats and more. There are still only a few leagues listed, but the app is currently only available in the UK, USA and Canada. I would be delighted to finally have a replacement for all those advertising pillars called Sport Apps and am eagerly awaiting the release date in Germany. (Which I don't…
This is an RSS-only post. It's a secret! Read more about RSS Club . Yesterday I had my second appointment with my psychiatrist after one in December, which was about diagnostics. I had to do a few tests, for example I had to memorise 20 symbols and sort numbered stones. An EEG was also carried out. I then had to fill in two questionnaires. During the subsequent consultation with the doctor, I was…
Do any of my readers have experience with Tailwind and PicoCSS and can tell me, completely subjectively, the advantages of one over the other? Please send me a mail . Reply via e-mail
CSS be weird, but it not be illogical. – Geoff Graham in CSS is Logical Reply via e-mail
My little blog is celebrating its six-month anniversary these days and I am very pleased that I am posting quite frequently by my standards, which was not the case with my first blog in 2004. I can't say why, a lot of water has flowed down the Tiber since then. (And by water I also mean beer and by Tiber I also mean my throat). Anyway, I think it's perhaps a bit down to the fact that I'm already…
This is an RSS-only post. It's a secret! Read more about RSS Club . This post will be continued. I have a few Bluesky invite codes and my neighbourhood is already supplied. If you use one, you are welcome to follow me. bsky-social-bgv2b-wm44r bsky-social-rg6lf-kbodr bsky-social-2bkb5-ls2gj bsky-social-5zda2-btklz bsky-social-lwnla-gdbit bsky-social-5ltuc-5xdvp bsky-social-5ab3r-lzjq3…
Edit: I take it all back. Due to an error, <!--?xml encoding="UTF-8"--> was displayed on the start page, which, for whatever reason, caused the error. It really is that simple. Insert the authorisation_endpoint into the head of your HTML document: <link rel="authorization_endpoint" href="https://indieauth.com/auth"> And add a rel="me" to your social links, for example: <link rel="me"…