Another one!
Photos from the hospital, Zoe's birthday, and a fat cat.
Websites and blogs of people that attended a Homebrew Website Club Düsseldorf.
The Linux Experiment
Today, for the first time in 23 years, I own a computer that is not a Mac.
For a while now I had the idea to break away from – or at least become less dependent on – closed systems, in my particular case: Apple’s eco system.
Don’t get me wrong: It is very cosy here. Everythi...
The 366 zines (part II and III) arrived yesterday! 🎉 Unfortunately half of them are not up to the quality that one can expect. I already contacted Blurb customer service and will hopefully get this resolved quickly. Not worried, as I had similar issues before and Blurb handled it exemplary every time. My guess is that they were (are?) quite overwhelmed with Black Friday / Christmas orders. I’ll sign and ship the good half on Saturday. 🙌
🔗 August 2023 – Daniel Pietzsch’s Photo Journal
The latest photojournal entry has been out for a few days.
Zoe's first day at school. I went photographing with Florian at Zeche Zollverein in Essen. It was my mum's birthday. Saw Gatecreeper and Converge live in Dortmund with Bernd and Fred. We went to a horse race. And Bernd and I went on a multiday hike in Austria, where I broke my arm.
Muscle memory can be a b*tch.
Weeknotes 2024-12-09
Weeknotes 2024-12-09 Dec. 9, 2024, Jochen The thing most people don't remember about Prometheus is that humans already had fire, but then Zeus locked it up behind a paywall, because Zeus ...
Why Your Laptop Might Be Faster Than a Cluster: Rethinking Big Data in 2025
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It is my opinion, that not every app needs a “year in review” feature. In the example below, Asana is seriously telling me that Claudio – the only other team member! – was actually the one I most often collaborated with. Not shit, Sherlock! 🤦♂️
How to Add Extra Data to a Python Package
How to Add Extra Data to a Python Package Dec. 3, 2024, Jochen Today, I learned how to include external files in a Python package using uv and the hatchling build backend. My goal was to ...
Weeknotes 2024-12-02
Weeknotes 2024-12-02 Dec. 2, 2024, Jochen When I die please mix my ashes with concrete, then turn me into a brick and throw me at an Amazon Warehouse --Erik Uden
Yep, it’s been a stress...
Just ordered the second batch of project 366 zines (part II and III). Looking foward to receiving, signing and shipping them! Blurb says they should arrive before December 10th. 🙌
Weeknotes 2024-11-25
Weeknotes 2024-11-25 Nov. 25, 2024, Jochen Don't use a big word when a singularly unloquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessi...
🎙️ Introducing podcast-transcript: Audio Transcription Made Simple
🎙️ Introducing podcast-transcript: Audio Transcription Made Simple Nov. 23, 2024, Jochen Hey folks! I recently built a little command-line tool called podcast-transcript that turns audio ...
With all the possibilities of connecting online, meeting in person is still the most effective, when it comes to discussing the important stuff. Had a very productive two days with Claudio! 🙂
🎬 My Old Ass
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One of those watches that I didn’t plan to join. But then Aubrey Plaza appeared as the hallucination old ass of the teenage protagonist’s younger self to tell her about what’s about to come, while she was in the woods with friends taking mushrooms. Unfortunately this didn’t continue as exciting. It’s pretty much a love story. Not really bad, but relatively conventional, which I found a little disappointing given that surprising beginning.
🎬 Blink Twice
I liked how this looked. And I think the story had potential. But towards the end it gets more and more bonkers and I’m less and less convinced by plot and performances. Was ok.
First hour of home schooling is not going great. SchoolFox is apparently not able to provide a stable video call: kids randomly drop out, jerky video, choppy audio. You would think that this should not be an issue, given that this is a central part of their service. 🤦♂️
Weeknotes 2024-11-18
Weeknotes 2024-11-18 Nov. 18, 2024, Jochen I learned all my HTML<br>From a code camp held yearly in hell<br>We started on `<s>`<br>Then striked through the rest<...