Blog von Marcus Jaschen.
๐ Lost vehicle registration certificate recovered ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter: Squadrats/Squadratinho layers to toggle on ๐ฅ๏ธ Bikerouter: Work on a few infrastructure-related things ๐ตโโ๏ธ Collecting tiles and working on the Level 17 cluster in Berlin ๐ Second TBE vaccination and lessons about the deltoid muscle ๐ง Adjusted the patio door โ far too easy with the special 4 mm Allen key ๐ Listened to thisโฆ
๐ซ๏ธ Quadcopter observes fog bow and glory ๐ตโโ๏ธ Bike repair weeks: headset, wheels, bar tape ๐ The CLI tool of the week: f2 โก Finally found the time: installed Shelly 3EM ๐ฅท New game: โMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eaterโ on sale ๐ 3rd anniversary of the week in review ๐ Listened to this week: Adam Beyer, Selena, Sam Garlick, CosmiKat
๐ I needed a new vehicle registration document ๐ When you briefly don’t have your thoughts together โฆ ๐ฐ Income tax assessment notice: Refund higher than calculated ๐ตโโ๏ธ 4,000 km โ Time for new brake pads on the gravel bike ๐ Buying quality pays off: Two years with the Mitutoyo caliper ๐ Listened to this week: Markus Schulz, BEARD, Lisa P, Milla Lou, Kaufmann
๐จโ๐ป PhpStorm Light ๐จโ๐ณ Hummus and the weight ratio of dried to cooked chickpeas ๐ฐ Software Defined Radio, digital water meters, and wmbusmeters โ๏ธ Challenging learning process in the flight simulator: flying with a taildragger ๐ Listened to this week: nรธvae, Worship, John 00 Fleming, bbtomie, DJ Ashley C
Over the past 26 years, my workflow for organizing and editing digital photos has changed several times. Here I describe my current approach.
๐ Mini milestone: 150th edition of โThe Week in Reviewโ ๐ตโโ๏ธ No more Strava API: A fundamentally new situation regarding my activity records ๐ New: Dough boxes for pizza baking ๐งโ๐ป Very useful: git worktree ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter: Experiments with a new undo feature ๐ Listened to this week: Paul van Dyk, Sinful Biz, Orkidea, Sander van Doorn, Adam Beyer, Wanda Wild, Kaufmann, Rad.Lez, Aly & Fila
๐ฅ๏ธ 1 TB always full โ DaisyDisk and GrandPerspective help ๐ธ Small gallery of all title images from the blog ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter: Download problem in iOS/iPadOS 26.5.2 ๐ท Old but reliable: my Nikon D500 ๐ TBE vaccination ๐ Listened to this week: Greg Downey
๐บ๏ธ Map tinkering: Overpass and gravel paths ๐ The Steve Mason Experience archive ๐ก๏ธ Worth keeping: weather forecast for the past weekend โ๏ธ Portable air conditioner: is ok ๐ฒ Random findings in the heat ๐ Listened to this week: Nick Clark, Talla 2XLC
โ๏ธ I now have my own flight tracker โจ๏ธ Typinator suddenly stopped working, so back to Espanso for now ๐ Blog update I: word counter instead of reading-time estimate ๐ฉธ Blood donation โ๏ธ ๐ตโโ๏ธ After-work bike ride in 35 degrees in the shade ๐ ๐ฆ Fifth anniversary: the first COVID-19 vaccination ๐ Blog update II: time travel by click ๐ Listened to this week: Markus Schulz, adrija, Rob Kellaghan,โฆ
๐ฒ My trick for squadratino missions with the Garmin Edge ๐ Every two years, five days of noise: ILA was back in Berlin again ๐ฅ Expensive new purchase in the kitchen ๐บ๏ธ Mini maintenance update for Bikerouter ๐ก Fruit tree propped up ๐ This week listened to: Andresen, Christopher Lawrence, Jordan Suckley, Thor Hart
๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter maintenance update (and a new feature) ๐ตโโ๏ธ Old man sets another new personal FTP record ๐ก New tool for the garden ๐บ Braunschlag in the ORF media library (of course with geoblocking) ๐ Listened to this week: Andresen, Plexis B2B Szeneprinz, justUS, Max Muth, Marie Claire
๐ตโโ๏ธ An uneventful week, but at least I managed to get out on the gravel bike twice after work. ๐ 30 years of having a driver’s license โจ๏ธ macOS can be very annoying sometimes ๐ โWebsite Spec โ What a good website doesโ ๐ก 3D-printed hose guide for the garden ๐ง Apple Intelligence - sometimes not so intelligent after all ๐ Listened to this week: Eric Prydz
๐บ๏ธ New โRoute Inspectorโ for Bikerouter ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter now runs with BRouter 1.7.9 โ new possibilities for routing ๐ Bitwarden โ the next enshittification candidate? ๐ Mandatory indoor housing lifted โ the chickens are allowed outside again ๐บ โHouseโ โ 22 years old and aged pretty well โ๏ธ Small web gallery with images from my flight simulator sessions ๐ Listened to this week: Subtronics,โฆ
โ๏ธ Honeycomb Bravo finally fully integrated into X-Plane ๐ก The garden is just short of jungle status ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter changes: bug fixes and two new features ๐จ I got busy with some DIY work ๐ง New tool additions in the workshop ๐ CLI tool of the week: svgo ๐ Listened to this week: Marie Claire b2b Max Muth
๐บ๏ธ New server for Bikerouter ๐บ๏ธ Shared Bikerouter short links now show a preview โ๏ธ Map Enhancement for X-Plane 12 โ๏ธ I now have a laminator and make my FlightSim checklists durable ๐ฅ ffmpeg with Video Toolbox encoder on Apple Silicon ๐ ๐ธ FlowVision image viewer for macOS ๐ Listened this week: MAXXIMUM, Eric Prydz, Hophiluck, Katja Kilig, ฤLLY
๐ตโโ๏ธ SRAM Force T-Type chain: surprisingly little wear ๐ตโโ๏ธ The network of routes for gravel riding here in the region is growing โก The house now has an โintelligent metering systemโ (iMSys) ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter โRoute Managerโ works ๐ณ The black locust trees in the yard are getting leaves ๐ฟ Clogged pop-up sprinklers are easy to fix ๐บ โBig Mistakesโ on Netflix ๐ Listened to this week: Jonasโฆ
๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter Route Manager released ๐บ๏ธ Own Overpass API instance for Bikerouter or rather postpass? ๐งญ Blog navigation cleaned up โ๏ธ New Mastodon account for flight simulator screenshots ๐ Heard this week: Sisterhood 9, Katja Kilig, Ida Scheppert
The new Route Manager allows saving and restoring route plans directly in Bikerouter. The routes can either be saved directly in the browser or in Bikerouter’s infrastructure. This article takes a brief look at the new features around the Route Manager.
๐ตโโ๏ธ Cycling in Berlin: Tempelhofer Feld and a mini rant about the VBB ๐ธ Wandrer is getting 33% more expensive ๐ท WebODM: drone mapping software ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter update: Route Manager ๐บ Watched: โThe Newsreaderโ ๐ Listened this week: Yves Deruyter, Christopher Lawrence, John 00 Fleming, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Markus Schulz
๐ฑ One less app that is allowed to send me push notifications ๐ค๏ธ It is not warm enough yet, but at least everything is blooming ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter I: Yet another new server ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter II: The next practical feature is in the starting blocks ๐ช Upgrade for the wet grinder: Diamond wheel ๐ Listened to this week: Eric Prydz, Adam Beyer, The Digital Blonde, Taberia
๐บ๏ธ Feedback on the new Bikerouter elevation profile ๐ซ๏ธ Experiment: How high does the fog go? Also: Icing on aircraft ๐ก Practical 3D-printed tool for watering the garden ๐ตโโ๏ธ Finally back to spending more than three hours on the bike ๐งโ๐ณ Innovations in kitchen appliances: Mostly pointless, but sometimes truly brilliant ๐ Listened to this week: Andy C, Alyne
๐ช Sliding door finally repaired ๐ Fix for train travel: Euro-to-Schuko adapter from a 3D printer ๐บ๏ธ New elevation profile for Bikerouter.de ๐พ I wasnโt aware: there are still many Windows 7 and similarly old OS X systems out there ๐บ๏ธ Gravel overlay up to date ๐ตโโ๏ธ New handlebar for my gravel bike ๐ฐ Nachrichtentisch: no-bullshit overview of German-language news sources ๐ Listened to thisโฆ
โ๏ธ Last week I was in a flight simulator, but full-size: A380 and Bo 105 ๐ bahn.expert โ simply the best tool for not going insane when traveling by train in Germany ๐๏ธ Gerolf interviewed me for the โAntrittโ podcast ๐บ๏ธ The new elevation profile in Bikerouter is now available in a public preview ๐ฎ Spring Sale on Steam: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and Sniper Elite: Resistance ๐ Myโฆ
The elevation profile on Bikerouter has been rebuilt from the ground up. This post gives a short overview of new features.
๐ฎ New hardware for the flight simulator ๐ก Spring in the garden means a lot of work ๐ธ Image picker in the terminal with the help of viu ๐๏ธ I was a guest on a podcast again ๐พ APFS filesystem corrupted ๐ฑ Finally turned off: Mailbox on the mobile phone ๐ CLI tool of the week: viu ๐ Listened to this week: Moto Moto, Suzy Solar, Kerry Gold, John 00 Fleming, Vanish, Sika Akis
๐ฎ Gaming PC upgrade ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter: hard drive failure, bugfix and performance optimizations ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter: new elevation profile is in sight ๐ฆ Disturbed during hibernation (sorry!): hedgehog in the garden โจ๏ธ EurKEY macOS now in version 2.0 ๐ CLI tool of the week: multitail ๐ Listened this week: Tommahawk, Markus Schulz, Snakie, Marnix Mulder
๐ตโโ๏ธ 3ร short: Short gravel ride, short jersey, short shorts ๐ Spring means: Wild boars are back in the garden ๐คฆโโ๏ธ ๐ธ Hetzner increases prices drastically ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter: Pseudo-tags now for all of Europe ๐ CLI tool of the week: ts adds timestamps to output ๐ช๐บ EU flag instead of US flag for the language switcher ๐ Listened to this week: bovt, Marnix Mulder, Wanda Wild
๐ช Household: broken kitchen sliding door ๐ฃ๏ธ Quick i18n Studio: online tool for translating JSON language files ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter: support for more languages ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter: preview of the new elevation profile ๐ Synchronizing Mastodon bookmarks with Obsidian ๐ฅ BetterCapture: lightweight and intuitive screen recorder ๐ Listened to this week: ShishMish, Scott Bond
๐ค Not much happening โ a cold has me in its grip ๐ A daylight lamp for the office ๐ ๏ธ Special tool for opening wristwatches ๐ All The Views โ the longest sightlines on Earth ๐ Dashboard with Deutsche Bahn delays ๐บ๏ธ Next Bikerouter feature: rebuilding the elevation profile ๐ข Update for my Sudoku tool: URL parameters and dark mode ๐ Listened to this week: Christopher Lawrence, Monococ, Johnโฆ
๐กโ๐ฐ One week in Vienna โ๏ธ A brief bit of sunshine after eleven days of continuous cloud cover ๐ฑ A new iPhone case โ Removing limescale from the Rancilio Silvia ๐ชข A new, more secure shoelace knot ๐ Xikipedia โ Wikipedia for doomscrolling
๐งด Slightly better spray bottles for the household ๐ป New USB 3.2 hub ๐บ๏ธ New layers for Bikerouter ๐ค Lights of the Sea โ map with animated beacons and buoys ๐ฆฃ iPhanpy โ Phanpy as a native iOS app ๐จโ๐ป (Too) much work this week ๐ Listened to this week: Oberst & Buchner, Friction, sayuara
๐ช Saturday culture: Euphonia accordion orchestra in the UdK concert hall ๐ฅ Healthcare system suddenly works perfectly (when you pay yourself) ๐ Understanding the fundamentals of CSS Layout ๐ฅ๏ธ MySQL seems to be dying a slow death: time to look for alternatives ๐จโ๐ป PHP linting, formatting, and static analysis with mago ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter updates: separate opacity sliders for layers, new dialog forโฆ
๐ฅถ Frost makes some map tiles accessible (if you donโt mess it up โฆ) ๐บ๏ธ First Bikerouter release of the new year ๐ตโโ๏ธ A small bike stand for washing ๐๏ธ โDer Newstestโ checks your media literacy (German) ๐ Just the Browser disables unnecessary browser features ๐บ Snabba Cash ๐ Listened to this week: Pardis, AELVA
๐ฅ๏ธ Rediscovery of the week: run commands later with โatโ ๐ Nationwide traffic situation on a map ๐ตโโ๏ธ 2026: Havenโt even seriously been on the bike yet ๐ฒ Bikerouter planning tool for tile hunting ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter: new section in the manual ๐ neatocal โ yearly calendar on one page to print ๐ถ Bank transfer with QR code โ a popular alternative to PayPal and credit cards ๐ Heard this week: Markusโฆ
๐ฒ Collecting tiles: VeloViewer, Squadrats, Geo Activity Playground โ and one more on top. ๐ Some random stats from 2025 ๐ Further insights from the past year ๐บ๏ธ Open source vector map styles ๐ Listened to this week: WORSHIP
๐ Heating for the chicken coop ๐บ๏ธ Drone no-fly zones in Germany ๐ After just one week: back to Firefox ๐บ๏ธ New features for Bikerouter ๐ธ Creating image descriptions with ollama and qwen3-vl
A small glimpse behind the scenes of bikerouter.de in 2025
๐บ๏ธ Improved routing options for Bikerouter ๐ The 2025 Bikerouter annual review ๐ข An additional account for Bikerouter announcements on Mastodon ๐ Web browser: Vivaldi temporarily replaces Firefox ๐บ๏ธ The nerdiest map of the week: WaterwayMap ๐จ Build-your-own Cloudflare-like error pages ๐ช Accordion, Linkin Park and Sandstorm ๐ Listened to this week: Barely Alive, Sub Focus
๐บ๏ธ High-resolution hillshading in Bikerouter thanks to Mapterhorn ๐บ๏ธ โWhat’s new?โ notifications in Bikerouter ๐๏ธ Vectorizing bitmap graphics with Inkscape ๐ตโโ๏ธ I did not renew my VeloViewer subscription ๐บ New office chair in the house: Backforce One Plus ๐๏ธ Land value maps since 1991 for Brandenburg now available online ๐บ TV: “The Beast in Me” with Claire Danes andโฆ
๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter updates: Round-trip planner, color selection for uploaded tracks, improved profile editor ๐ง๐ช From Ghent with Love: one low-emission zone visit costs 160 euros โ๏ธ X-Plane 12: Flight simulator runs natively on the Mac ๐ก Atkinson Hyperlegible: A highly legible font that is also nice to look at ๐ท Nitro: Photo editor poaching on Photomator’s territory ๐ Listened to this week:โฆ
A landing airliner has a lot of kinetic energy that it has to shed after touchdown. How much energy are we talking about here?
๐บ๏ธ New Bikerouter feature: Save and manage profile customizations ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter II: Switch elevation profile color ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter III: One more new feature in the home stretch โฆ โ๏ธ OpenAirportMap from OpenStreetMap data ๐ค ๐ช Print a replacement part yourself: Philips OneBlade attachment ๐ All my registered domains now with a single provider ๐ตโโ๏ธ Segment feature in Geo Activity Playground ๐โฆ
๐บ๏ธ Move completed: all Bikerouter services on new hardware ๐จ Synthesizer-style color palette creation ๐ PHP 8.5 released ๐ Readeck now with OAuth (and there’s an iOS app) ๐บ๏ธ Traveling Salesman Problem: Route Crafter ๐ This week listened to: Sisyphos, nรธvae, ฤlly b2b Tobias Sommer, Alyne, R3NATA
๐ต New Hardware: Garmin Edge 850 ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter 1: now on physical hardware ๐บ๏ธ Bikerouter 2: improved browser performance ๐ต Bikerouter 3: gravel overlay updated ๐ช Culture: accordion concert ๐ง New purchase: soda maker for the kitchen ๐บ Watched: The Diplomat, Season 3 ๐ Listened to this week: Bart Skils
๐ฃ Owntracks mode switching: automatic or with NFC tags ๐ฅ๏ธ WezTerm unfortunately out โ Ghostty in for now ๐ Discovered: the most important (!) keyboard shortcut in Google Earth ๐๏ธ Worn down after all: Apple Pencil tip ๐จโ๐ป nginx now with ACME support ๐โโก๏ธ Notification support for Gitea Actions ๐ฅ๏ธ Migration of Bikerouter services to new hardware ๐ Listening this week: BlackDAISY, Lenaโฆ
๐ฃ๏ธ 2,800 km on a Benelux road trip ๐ฅ๏ธ New hardware for Bikerouter ๐บ๏ธ Geo Activity Playground: the better Squadrats? ๐ฒ Geo Activity Playground: Square Planner ๐ค ๐ Listened to this week: Kaufmann
โ๏ธ Finally Winterpokal Again ๐ต โBock auf Ballernโ at MTB News ๐ Modern Cars โ Quite Impressive โ๏ธ My โToday I Learnedโ (TIL) of the Week ๐ฆ I Donโt Think a Speed Limit in Germany Would Make Any Difference Unless โฆ ๐ป Extensive Collection of Icons for macOS Apps ๐ Listened to This Week: Orkidea, Vakabular, X-ESS
๐ก Subzero Temperatures, Garden is Ready for the Winter, Heating Back On ๐ฌ Nerd Level 100 at Omega Tau: Calibration of Flight Procedures โ๏ธ Flying Again: The Simulator Is Still Fun ๐ง imap-backup Backups Email Inboxes ๐บ Black Rabbit โ Tailor-Made for Jason “Ozark” Bateman ๐ Listened to This Week: Patrik Pagan, Daniel Lesden, Charlie Tee, Delta Heavy, Ele Luz
โ๏ธ Flight Simulator: The Steep Learning Curve ๐ง Suddenly, Tens of Thousands of Emails Went Missing from My Main Account ๐ฒ ๐ญ Six Degrees of Wikipedia ๐จโ๐ป PHP and URI Handling: It’s All Going to Be Okay ๐ฅ๏ธ kitty Replaces WezTerm as My Terminal Emulator โจ๏ธ After Some Time with Espanso, I’m Back on Team Typinator ๐ Listening This Week: Rn86 b2b nรธvae, Subsonic, Lena Brysch
๐ฅ๏ธ First macOS clean install in years (or decades?) ๐ช Discovered: Solid oak in Ikea furniture ๐ฒ ๐ฝ copyparty: Portable file server (looks like a jack of all trades) ๐ฅถ The weather says itโs โlong sleeves/long pantsโ season again ๐บ Watched: Friends from College ๐ท Which Year: a well-made daily challenge ๐ฟ Strava versus Garmin ๐ Listened to this week: Mia Mangata, VIRGIN!A, Culture Shock