Survival Protocol by Snow Circuit
Snow Circuit's latest single Burnover is an ambient, cinematic retrowave anthem by Snow Circuit featuring Liliia Kysil on vocals.
Parimal Satyal - Neustadt.fr
Parimal Félix Satyal is a designer and occasional writer interested in aviation, cultural exchange, languages, science, computers, the open web and the European Union. Neustadt.fr is his personal website with his writing, music and links.
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Burnover by Snow Circuit
Snow Circuit's latest single Burnover is a psychological thriller in synthwave form by Snow Circuit, featuring singer Liliia Kysil.
In Praise of Dive Watches
A dive watch might seem an odd thing to write an eloge to, especially by someone who barely spends any time in water. However, I think the features that made dive watches great for suba diving in the 60s and the 70s are exactly those that make them particularly versatile and useful in everyday life today.
Rediscovering the Small Web
Most websites today are built like commercial products by professionals and marketers, optimised to draw the largest audience, generate engagement and 'convert'. But there is also a smaller, less-visible web designed by regular people to simply to share their interests and hobbies with the world. A web that is unpolished, often quirky but also creative and informative.
Retro Stuff
I grew up with the web of the 90s and early 2000s. With Geocities, FTP, Microsoft FrontPage, Netscape Navigator, CuteFTP, Winamp, Napster and personal websites. I often get nostalgic about all that. If you do too, you might enjoy this collection of things from that era.
Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
We're quietly replacing an open web that connects and empowers with one that restricts and commoditizes people. We need to stop it.
A Beginner's Guide to Crafting a Blog with Metalsmith
An earlier version of Neustadt.fr was built with Metalsmith, a node.js-based static site generator. In this tutorial, I show you how you can build your own Metalsmith blog from scratch.
Teaching Myself German
I had been somewhat obsessed with Germany for the past year or so but there, on a small street off Könnerlitzstraße in the backdrop of loud, bright fireworks and sekt-induced mirth, it was absolutely clear: I had to learn German.
32c3 - Chaos Communication Congress
Impressions and highlights from the 32nd Chaos Communication Congress, the biggest non-commercial, community-run hacker conference in the world.
Physics in Metal
Metal bands aren't afraid to tackle serious topics in their lyrics. Here, we look at metal songs that deal with concepts in theoretical physics and cosmology.
Island (At Long Last)
At Long Last began as a haiku but just kept on going. I'm not entirely sure where the dark overtones come from, nor the Siren theme. It's not like I often think about sea-dwelling homicidal nymphs.
China: One Nation, How Many Languages?
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