# thank subscribing (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover thank subscribing. Page: Feed: --- ## [Reading Maps](https://soeren.one/2026/reading-maps/) _2026-08-18 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Thank you, Manual , for bringing this to my attention. Many stories unfold over long journeys. This map shows them. Given the recent hype about Odyssee - I used this map to check how Odysseus came home. Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch, please reply to this post via email . ## [Reading Maps](https://soeren.one/2026/reading-maps/) _2026-08-18 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Thank you, Manual , for bringing this to my attention. Many stories unfold over long journeys. This map shows them. Given the recent hype about Odyssee - I used this map to check how Odysseus came home. Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch, please reply to this post via email . ## [Solar Eclipse](https://soeren.one/2026/solar-eclipse/) _2026-08-12 · Home on Søren's Blog_ This was the first solar eclipse for the little one. Staying up late - we will see how good of an idea that was tomorrow 🙈 I think she didn’t understand what was happening but enjoyed looking through the „camera obscura“ - something L built because all of those fancy glasses were sold out. I thought about 1999 today and hope that I can enjoy the next total eclipse in 2081, too. The photo below… ## [Solar Eclipse](https://soeren.one/2026/solar-eclipse/) _2026-08-12 · Home on Søren's Blog_ This was the first solar eclipse for the little one. Staying up late - we will see how good of an idea that was tomorrow 🙈 I think she didn’t understand what was happening but enjoyed looking through the „camera obscura“ - something L built because all of those fancy glasses were sold out. I thought about 1999 today and hope that I can enjoy the next total eclipse in 2081, too. The photo below… ## [First Aid Class](https://soeren.one/2026/first-aid-class/) _2026-08-09 · Home on Søren's Blog_ On the weekend, I had the pleasure of giving another first aid class. Mainly to „kids“ who need this to get their drivers license. With the heat wave outside, it wasn’t the greatest fun to practice CPR - yet they all gave their best. It was an exhaustingly long but fun day. When was your last first aid class? ⛑️ Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal… ## [First Aid Class](https://soeren.one/2026/first-aid-class/) _2026-08-09 · Home on Søren's Blog_ On the weekend, I had the pleasure of giving another first aid class. Mainly to „kids“ who need this to get their drivers license. With the heat wave outside, it wasn’t the greatest fun to practice CPR - yet they all gave their best. It was an exhaustingly long but fun day. When was your last first aid class? ⛑️ Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal… ## [📚 Finished Reading: Beyond](https://soeren.one/2026/reading-beyond/) _2026-08-05 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Title: Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space Author: Stephen Walker my take: It took me a while to read it, because Stephan did a great job researching the events leading up to Juri reaching orbit and flying around earth for the first time in human history. I learned a lot about the Russian and the American Space Programs. Interesting to see… ## [Beyond: The Astonishing Story ...](https://soeren.one/2026/beyond-astonishing-story/) _2026-08-05 · Home on Søren's Blog_ my take: It took me a while to read it, because Stephan did a great job researching the events leading up to Juri reaching orbit and flying around earth for the first time in human history. I learned a lot about the Russian and the American Space Programs. Interesting to see how similar and close they were at some topics while doing other things completely different. recommendation: yes,… ## [Beyond: The Astonishing Story ...](https://soeren.one/2026/beyond-astonishing-story/) _2026-08-05 · Home on Søren's Blog_ my take: It took me a while to read it, because Stephan did a great job researching the events leading up to Juri reaching orbit and flying around earth for the first time in human history. I learned a lot about the Russian and the American Space Programs. Interesting to see how similar and close they were at some topics while doing other things completely different. recommendation: yes,… ## [📚 Finished Reading: Lotus Wars](https://soeren.one/2026/reading-lotus-wars/) _2026-08-03 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Title: Stormdancer / Kinslayer / Endsinger Author: Jay Kristoff my take: Japanese steampunk with a female main character. Count me in. I liked the story, the characters and the world. Could imagine this as a Netflix series, Arcane-style. I think part of why I enjoyed it is that it’s the first physical book I’ve read in years and I read the first pages during a relaxed spa day. I liked story and… ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/t69GW6h0LLPj) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [Bucket list of Feelings](https://soeren.one/2026/bucketlist-feelings/) _2026-08-03 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I enjoyed a long weekend and went through my blog drafts. This topic felt like finishing. I read this article by Andreas . He points out that making plans is important. A plan gives us guidance, orientation, a meaning. A thought through bucket list makes us interesting. But what if collecting feelings rather than milestones is what makes us happy? That clicked with me. Raising the little one, we… ## [Lotus Wars (Stormdancer / Kinslayer / Endsinger)](https://soeren.one/2026/lotus-wars/) _2026-08-03 · Home on Søren's Blog_ my take: Japanese steampunk with a female main character. Count me in. I liked the story, the characters and the world. Could imagine this as a Netflix series, Arcane-style. I think part of why I enjoyed it is that it’s the first physical book I’ve read in years and I read the first pages during a relaxed spa day. I liked story and setting - but I can see why others didn’t. Yukiko, the main… ## [Bucket list of Feelings](https://soeren.one/2026/bucketlist-feelings/) _2026-08-03 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I enjoyed a long weekend and went through my blog drafts. This topic felt like finishing. I read this article by Andreas . He points out that making plans is important. A plan gives us guidance, orientation, a meaning. A thought through bucket list makes us interesting. But what if collecting feelings rather than milestones is what makes us happy? That clicked with me. Raising the little one, we… ## [Deleting LinkedIn](https://soeren.one/2026/deleting-linkedin/) _2026-07-31 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I deleted most of my social accounts a long time ago . The only account remaining, was LinkedIn. Not that I actively used it. I thought it may help me with keeping in touch with professional contacts. It did not. I never posted anything and wrote about a handful of direct messages. Every time I opened it, it annoyed me. Meaningless press-release over-positive posts. And too many email… ## [Deleting LinkedIn](https://soeren.one/2026/deleting-linkedin/) _2026-07-31 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I deleted most of my social accounts a long time ago . The only account remaining, was LinkedIn. Not that I actively used it. I thought it may help me with keeping in touch with professional contacts. It did not. I never posted anything and wrote about a handful of direct messages. Every time I opened it, it annoyed me. Meaningless press-release over-positive posts. And too many email… ## [Another 10k](https://soeren.one/2026/barocklauf/) _2026-07-10 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Since the half marathon , I’ve barely put on my running shoes. To be exact, just once for a 3.5 km run. Add 33°C on this sunny Friday evening, and you’ve got the perfect conditions for a 10K race. Not. But after a tough week, we could both use a bit of distraction and a chance to clear our heads. The course through Ludwigsburg is beautiful, but challenging. We start fast and, by kilometre 7, we’re… ## [Another 10k](https://soeren.one/2026/barocklauf/) _2026-07-10 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Since the half marathon , I’ve barely put on my running shoes. To be exact, just once for a 3.5 km run. Add 33°C on this sunny Friday evening, and you’ve got the perfect conditions for a 10K race. Not. But after a tough week, we could both use a bit of distraction and a chance to clear our heads. The course through Ludwigsburg is beautiful, but challenging. We start fast and, by kilometre 7, we’re… ## [Minimize Phishing Risk](https://soeren.one/2026/minimize-phishing-risk/) _2026-07-09 · Home on Søren's Blog_ As technically savvy people, we tend to feel immune to phishing attacks. After all, it’s obvious when a Nigerian prince asks for my credit card details or when invoices in a foreign language are sent to my private email address. But it’s not always that simple. We recently had a case in the family and it wasn’t recognized until just before the credit card details were about to be… ## [Minimize Phishing Risk](https://soeren.one/2026/minimize-phishing-risk/) _2026-07-09 · Home on Søren's Blog_ As technically savvy people, we tend to feel immune to phishing attacks. After all, it’s obvious when a Nigerian prince asks for my credit card details or when invoices in a foreign language are sent to my private email address. But it’s not always that simple. We recently had a case in the family and it wasn’t recognized until just before the credit card details were about to be… ## [I almost bought a new eReader](https://soeren.one/2026/new-ereader/) _2026-06-18 · Home on Søren's Blog_ On the Spa Day , I started reading a new book ( awesome !). I haven’t read a physical book in a long time and enjoyed it. It’s something I can grab, where I immediately see where I am and how much more story I can expect, where there is no need to bring a charger, or to sync something. It just works. At the same time, books are heavy. You feel that when your hands get tired while reading, or when… ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hRddiVcOqA9h) _2026-06-17 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Servus Vienna](https://soeren.one/2026/servus-vienna/) _2026-06-13 · Home on Søren's Blog_ It has become a yearly tradition that we spend a long weekend in Vienna. With a direct train connection going from Stuttgart being available since last year, the journey is less of a burden. Last year we weren’t sure if we will do it again - with the little one we spent the days on playgrounds in another city but didn’t see many sights. This year, we still spend time on playgrounds, but we visited… ## [Servus Vienna](https://soeren.one/2026/servus-vienna/) _2026-06-13 · Home on Søren's Blog_ It has become a yearly tradition that we spend a long weekend in Vienna. With a direct train connection going from Stuttgart being available since last year, the journey is less of a burden. Last year we weren’t sure if we will do it again - with the little one we spent the days on playgrounds in another city but didn’t see many sights. This year, we still spend time on playgrounds, but we visited… ## [Spa Day](https://soeren.one/2026/spa-day/) _2026-06-03 · Home on Søren's Blog_ For the first time in three or four years, my wife and I spoiled ourselves with a spa day. We’ve been at this place before and found prices increased significantly, while included services got a little less. Unfortunate. Nevertheless, a day of sauna, pool, reading and sleeping was exactly what we needed. Interestingly, the smart device is not convinced that this was relaxing day for me. Thank you… ## [Spa Day](https://soeren.one/2026/spa-day/) _2026-06-03 · Home on Søren's Blog_ For the first time in three or four years, my wife and I spoiled ourselves with a spa day. We’ve been at this place before and found prices increased significantly, while included services got a little less. Unfortunate. Nevertheless, a day of sauna, pool, reading and sleeping was exactly what we needed. Interestingly, the smart device is not convinced that this was relaxing day for me. Thank you… ## [Reflecting 5 months in 2026](https://soeren.one/2026/reflecting/) _2026-05-31 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I am not good with those monthly reviews and I envy Jan-Lukas for his endurance in writing them. Nevertheless , I think it helps to reflect from time to time and this is what this post is about. Although I won‘t commit to monthly reviews, I will grant this a new tag . Blog Over the last couple of weeks, I thought about this blog and how I want to use it in future. I want it to grow into my… ## [I ran a half-marathon!](https://soeren.one/2026/race-day/) _2026-05-21 · Home on Søren's Blog_ It’s race day. We’ve been looking forward to this day — and dreading it — all year. For the first time in almost ten years, I ran a half marathon today. With preparation that could hardly have been worse. I was sick several times, often for extended periods, and during the 12-week training plan I completed only 18 workouts and ran a total of 112 kilometers — far less than the plan had called for… ## [Test Run](https://soeren.one/2026/test-run/) _2026-05-07 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I started the year with a 10k . Back in January, it was already clear that a half-marathon will follow this year. This is close. Two more weeks until I will run more than 20km for the first time since 2017. Unfortunately, I was sick a couple of times during the training phase and thus don’t feel super-prepared. The Running Coach recommended to do a first test run today, an easy pace, 100… ## [Test Run](https://soeren.one/2026/test-run/) _2026-05-07 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I started the year with a 10k . Back in January, it was already clear that a half-marathon will follow this year. This is close. Two more weeks until I will run more than 20km for the first time since 2017. Unfortunately, I was sick a couple of times during the training phase and thus don’t feel super-prepared. The Running Coach recommended to do a first test run today, an easy pace, 100… ## [The first … night](https://soeren.one/2026/the-first-night/) _2026-05-01 · Home on Søren's Blog_ When you live with small kids, you’re surrounded by „firsts“. The first step, the first word, the first day in kindergarten, or the first time on the bicycle. Tonight, we had the first night without Mom. The little one woke up a couple of time during the night and asked for her - but fell asleep again after a short time. I am very proud. Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed.… ## [The first … night](https://soeren.one/2026/the-first-night/) _2026-05-01 · Home on Søren's Blog_ When you live with small kids, you’re surrounded by „firsts“. The first step, the first word, the first day in kindergarten, or the first time on the bicycle. Tonight, we had the first night without Mom. The little one woke up a couple of time during the night and asked for her - but fell asleep again after a short time. I am very proud. Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed.… ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aW78syWS4DI4) _2026-05-01 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Default Apps Update](https://soeren.one/2026/default-apps/) _2026-04-30 · Home on Søren's Blog_ A more or less yearly tradition. We all started in 2023 , did an update in 2024 , and now it’s time for the third round. Because, there are changes. 📨 Mail Client: Fastmail A big change. I used Apple Mail for a long time, but stumbled upon Fastmail when reading what others are using as default. It comes with a lot of neat features, and is not too expansive. Love it. The downside I see is that… ## [Default Apps Update](https://soeren.one/2026/default-apps/) _2026-04-30 · Home on Søren's Blog_ A more or less yearly tradition. We all started in 2023 , did an update in 2024 , and now it’s time for the third round. Because, there are changes. 📨 Mail Client: Fastmail A big change. I used Apple Mail for a long time, but stumbled upon Fastmail when reading what others are using as default. It comes with a lot of neat features, and is not too expansive. Love it. The downside I see is that… ## [Little Blog Tinkering](https://soeren.one/2026/blog-tinkering/) _2026-04-22 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I spent a few days in office and since going to office is a longer journey for me, I used the time in the train for blog tinkering. I struggled with my tagging chaos. Two years ago , I wondered if I need tags at all - and was asking myself the same question today. Especially, since this site has a search function . I did not remove tags. I renamed them. They help me finding related content or to… ## [Little Blog Tinkering](https://soeren.one/2026/blog-tinkering/) _2026-04-22 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I spent a few days in office and since going to office is a longer journey for me, I used the time in the train for blog tinkering. I struggled with my tagging chaos. Two years ago , I wondered if I need tags at all - and was asking myself the same question today. Especially, since this site has a search function . I did not remove tags. I renamed them. They help me finding related content or to… ## [Focus: Kids-Time](https://soeren.one/2026/kids-focus/) _2026-04-19 · Home on Søren's Blog_ We‘re addicted to our phones. I know. I set notifications to a bare minimum - but still when I am enjoying time with family, a few seconds of idle time and I tend to reach for the phone in my pocket. I want to change this. The mighty internet recommends leaving the phone in another room when playing with kids, but this doesn’t work for me. The phone is my camera and with kids there are a lot of… ## [Focus: Kids-Time](https://soeren.one/2026/kids-focus/) _2026-04-19 · Home on Søren's Blog_ We‘re addicted to our phones. I know. I set notifications to a bare minimum - but still when I am enjoying time with family, a few seconds of idle time and I tend to reach for the phone in my pocket. I want to change this. The mighty internet recommends leaving the phone in another room when playing with kids, but this doesn’t work for me. The phone is my camera and with kids there are a lot of… ## [AMA: Cereal = Soup ?](https://soeren.one/2026/ama_cereal_soup/) _2026-04-19 · Home on Søren's Blog_ It didnt’ take an hour after releasing my AMA post that I received the first question. A fun one. Nate wrote: Is cereal a soup? If not, why? I thought “obviously it isn’t - why would you ask that?”, but naiive me was not aware that this is a thing. I had a fun little rabbit hole to explore. I learned that a soup is “solid ingredients served in a liquid” and… ## [AMA: Cereal = Soup ?](https://soeren.one/2026/ama_cereal_soup/) _2026-04-19 · Home on Søren's Blog_ It didnt’ take an hour after releasing my AMA post that I received the first question. A fun one. Nate wrote: Is cereal a soup? If not, why? I thought “obviously it isn’t - why would you ask that?”, but naiive me was not aware that this is a thing. I had a fun little rabbit hole to explore. I learned that a soup is “solid ingredients served in a liquid” and… ## [📚 Finished Reading: Julia](https://soeren.one/2026/reading-julia/) _2026-04-16 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Title: Julia Author: Sandra Newman my take: Julia is the more interesting character compared to Winston. Really enjoyed reading this. Loved the end - leaves many open questions. recommendation: yes, absolutely! (I read this in German) Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch, please reply to this post via email . ## [Julia](https://soeren.one/2026/julia/) _2026-04-16 · Home on Søren's Blog_ my take: Julia is the more interesting character compared to Winston. Really enjoyed reading this. Loved the end - leaves many open questions. recommendation: yes, absolutely! (I read this in German) Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch, please reply to this post via email . ## [Julia](https://soeren.one/2026/julia/) _2026-04-16 · Home on Søren's Blog_ my take: Julia is the more interesting character compared to Winston. Really enjoyed reading this. Loved the end - leaves many open questions. recommendation: yes, absolutely! (I read this in German) Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch, please reply to this post via email . ## [Ask Me Anything (AMA)](https://soeren.one/2026/ask-me-anything/) _2026-04-07 · Home on Søren's Blog_ A few days ago, Kev published an article where he answered a question, brought to him via his Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) post. I like the idea, giving you, dear readers, an invitation to ask. If you have a personal, technical, or whatever question - click the email me link below any post. You can ask me anything and I’ll do my best to answer it. Like Kev, I will put answers as articles on this blog (of… ## [Cancelled Subscriptions](https://soeren.one/2026/subscriptions/) _2026-04-04 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I stumbled upon Matt‘s blog post from last year again, where he lists what he spends on subscriptions each month. I am not a fan of subscriptions. It’s less transparent how much money you spend - and you own nothing. It’s one of the reasons why we bought our car, and didn’t lease. And for the same reasons I cancelled a few subscriptions this week: Netflix: We watched everything on the list. No… ## [Cancelled Subscriptions](https://soeren.one/2026/subscriptions/) _2026-04-04 · Home on Søren's Blog_ I stumbled upon Matt‘s blog post from last year again, where he lists what he spends on subscriptions each month. I am not a fan of subscriptions. It’s less transparent how much money you spend - and you own nothing. It’s one of the reasons why we bought our car, and didn’t lease. And for the same reasons I cancelled a few subscriptions this week: Netflix: We watched everything on the list. No… ## [Three new slash pages](https://soeren.one/2026/new-slashes/) _2026-04-03 · Home on Søren's Blog_ We have a few days off and I thought this is a nice opportunity to blog again. Naive-me though that without considering that we will have five kids of different age around… Instead of writing a new longer article, I took inspiration from Victor and created three new slash-pages : /bucketlist : sometimes I feel that day-to-day life is boring and new adventures are needed. Reflecting on the… ## [📚 Finished Reading: Bullet Train](https://soeren.one/2026/reading-bullet-train/) _2026-02-13 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Title: Bullet Train Author: Kōtarō Isaka my take: I didn’t know this was a book. I haven’t seen the movie either. It’s a fun read - and at the same time you don’t miss anything if you don’t read it. recommendation: yes, as an easy read and for a few laughs (I read this in German) Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch,… ## [Bullet Train](https://soeren.one/2026/bullet-train/) _2026-02-13 · Home on Søren's Blog_ my take: I didn’t know this was a book. I haven’t seen the movie either. It’s a fun read - and at the same time you don’t miss anything if you don’t read it. recommendation: yes, as an easy read and for a few laughs (I read this in German) Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch, please reply to this post via email . ## [Bullet Train](https://soeren.one/2026/bullet-train/) _2026-02-13 · Home on Søren's Blog_ my take: I didn’t know this was a book. I haven’t seen the movie either. It’s a fun read - and at the same time you don’t miss anything if you don’t read it. recommendation: yes, as an easy read and for a few laughs (I read this in German) Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch, please reply to this post via email . ## [January Recap](https://soeren.one/2026/2026-01-recap/) _2026-02-04 · Home on Søren's Blog_ The fist month of 2026 is the over. Time for a quick recap on my ambitions. Walk 10k steps per day: In January I walked an average of 11.5k steps per day. Wow! The last week I felt sick and concluded at 8.2k steps. Next week, I need to move more to catchup again. Run 300km: Dividing 300km by 12months means that I need to run 25km per months. In January, I jogged 26km - slightly above target. Same… ## [January Recap](https://soeren.one/2026/2026-01-recap/) _2026-02-04 · Home on Søren's Blog_ The fist month of 2026 is the over. Time for a quick recap on my ambitions. Walk 10k steps per day: In January I walked an average of 11.5k steps per day. Wow! The last week I felt sick and concluded at 8.2k steps. Next week, I need to move more to catchup again. Run 300km: Dividing 300km by 12months means that I need to run 25km per months. In January, I jogged 26km - slightly above target. Same…