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Last week, I received a nice comment about my little 35mm Focal Length
Equivalents site (short: FLE). And that was enough motivation to improve
the site. I still had - and still have - ideas to improve the site, and so
I spent some hours to make it a little better.

Visiting the Kunstpalast, "Deine Freunde" concert, beer and bike riding at Frankeninferno, a work trip to Belgium, and school singing at the Tonhalle. (66 photos)

It’s a space movie. I like space movies. But this is not the best of its genre IMHO. I can’t complain about how it’s made, really. I definitely enjoyed the acting and most of the visuals and sets.

Rocky is very cute and I like how their friendship develops. I found the flashbacks on Earth were a bit too silly. And this could have been shorter. So, this is definitely more on the “light entertainment” side of space movies. I guess I generally prefer my space movies more doomy and gloomy instead.

But was ok overall.

A lovingly made animated film. Not only is Mr. Fox fantastic - everyone is. And so is the story, the sets, the music. And as typical for Mr. Anderson, it sometimes difficult to appreciate all those little details during the first viewing.

👍 Recommended!

It’s a space movie. I like space movies. But this is not the best of its genre IMHO. I can’t complain about how it’s made, really. I definitely enjoyed the acting and most of the visuals and sets. But the story is a bit so-so. I found it a little awkward making everyone explain everything all the time. And Mark Watney’s good mood with its constant funny-cool slogans went a little on my nerves (together with the partly cheese music). The final space scene is just bonkers. So: “ok”, I’d say.

This is so absurd, you can not not be entertained. And if you just take Jack Burton’s view and go with it, you can just indulge yourself in this. Chinese clans fighting themselves in back alleys? Sure! Superfighters flying in form the sky? Why not! Cursed villains with superpowers? Ok!? Surprise monster? Ok, what the hell!

It’s a weird Carpenter movie. I liked the old-school-ness of it all. The humour was actually pretty great. But it’s not my favourite from him.

I always love a good band documentary. This pretty much explains, how they made their by far shittiest album. But I really would have liked to know how they landed on the decision about that snare sound.

👍 Recommended!

Ahhh, yes. Haven’t seen this in a long time. That’s a mistake. So good from start to finish.

👍 Recommended!

Hm. I probably expected something different from this movie. Both thematically and visually. It certainly has its good (and funny) scenes. The main character is very likeable. And the tongue in cheek references to slashers are good, too. But the story was weird and too meta for my tastes. And visually this was all over the place, and I was partly really turned off by the CGI and the kitschy landscapes. So, not quite my cup of blood.

When melancholia hits you hart, you’re done.

Absolutely love the depressing atmosphere in this movie. And what a scenario with another planet hitting earth!

Love the classic soundtrack. The space images are fantastic. The opening slo-mo sequences remind me of Crewdson photographs.

Part one might be a bit too long, but part two is absolutely perfect.

👍 Recommended!

My whole Mac kept freezing during test runs. Menus, graphs, even switching Spaces.

Turned out pytest-xdist renames its worker processes before and after every test, and macOS did not cope well with that. Since I switched it off, the freezes haven't come back.

How I tracked it down: https://wersdoerfer.de/blogs/ephes_blog/pytest-macos-desktop-freezes/

#Python #pytest #macOS

When pytest Froze My Mac: Following the Launch Services Trail Sept. 10, 2026 Jochen Wersdörfer ...

A guide to hikes, sunday walks, and peaceful nature spots you can reach from Berlin in under an hour

I have been using Musikcube (a terminal based music player) for a couple of weeks now, and I really like it! Completely keyboard based navigation and controls (although mouse clicks are supported too). It feels so simple and does not suggest any crap! Just my library of MP3s. I found it after looking for a simple music player for my Ubuntu machine, but I am now using it on the Mac as well.

Can’t wait to play Ocarina of Time again! Release date is November 5th 2026!