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“My talk for SmashingConf is still a bit too long. What should I cut?“

8-y/o: “Not the part with the large machine! That’s cool.“

(She’s talking about the Large Haydon Collider, of course. 😊)

Alright, so … websites! ✨

In other news, we will see Augustin Hadelich live in Berlin next year – playing the Sibelius violin concerto. One of the most amazing pieces of music performed by one of the best violin players ever. In row 4. I can't wait! And my son, who is the actual violinist in the family, is thrilled to bits, of course! 🤩
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4qovV8Okvs

And there are still tickets available, in case you happen to be in Berlin in May 2026: https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/56682/

fire, water, wind, steam, electric, solar, nuclear

👋 @webrocker Wo gibt‘s denn hier das beste Eis für die Kids? 😁

Earlier this year was drier than normal here in Scotland. If I recall, there was a period of about two weeks where barely any rain fell. That’s not right, I thought. In May, I was curious how dry it was relative to previous years. I discovered that the Scottish Environmental...

Less than 10 days until I’ll speak at @smashingconf 😱&&🤩
I’m so much looking forward to this – and can’t wait to meet so many nice people in Freiburg! 💚🥳

This week I have been making several small improvements to Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain. First: the website now has a footer that links to important pages, from the privacy policy to the API documentation. Many of these pages have been added over time and, until no...

Wow. 😮 Dann wird aus #Woltemade mit dem Wechsel zu #Newcastle ja wohl doch noch Konntemade. Und nach Wirtz die nächste Transfer-Blamage für Eberl.

“We found that the tipping point where the [AMOC] shutdown becomes inevitable is probably in the next 10 to 20 years or so.”

Fuck.

#Climate #ClimateAction
https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf/115107959526900112

And yet another “in case you’re interested in audio plugins”: Universal Audio is giving away their classic LA-2A compressor as part of their Labor Day flash sale (until Sept 1st).

https://www.uaudio.com/products/teletronix-la-2a-tube-compressor

Yoah… the acting was quite good, and I liked the partly suspenseful editing, too. But the plot is bonkers and for this to be entertaining, it's not enough action for my tastes.

This week was another Homebrew Website Club here in Düsseldorf. Mark and Jochen came around. It was mostly chatting about IndieWeb and AI topics, but each of us also managed to get some work done on one or more of our projects.

I, for example, published a new photo journal entry. And I registered that site with a WebSub hub and send out WebSub notifications for this new post.

I’m also having fun creating these little animated AVIFs of our little group.

What are the things on your bucketlist that being a billionaire would make no difference?When I was in Berlin at the end of last month, I was chatting with my pal Mo, and noted a sticker I’d seen that said “ELON MUSK DIDN’T GET INTO BERGHAIN” with a QR code that linked to: ht...

If you’re into #audio #plugins: you can currently get the Purafied Everything Bundle for –99 % = 2 € (🤯) with the (explicit) code FUCKUADANDGUITARCENTER

The bundle includes a Distressor-like, modern VCA comp, an 1176/LA-3A hybrid comp, an SSL-like channel EQ, a room reverb, and many more plugins, with several of them developed by Eddie Lucciola from Kiive Audio:

https://purafied.com/products/the-everything-bundle

Gamescom! 🤩

With every passing night, I find myself thinking how the sun now sets a little bit earlier each day. Whereas the sun sets late in the peak of summer – at around ten o' clock at night – the autumn sun falls earlier. I notice change in the air as we move from summer to autumn. ...

While Silicon Valley is training their models on everybody’s copyrighted content and seems to get away with it, UMG is obviously using AI to flood YouTubers with automated copyright claims. Including people like Rick Beato who is doing interviews with the musicians who wrote those songs and talk about them. What does UMG think happens after people watch those videos? Exactly. They open Spotify and listen to the artist. It’s free advertising to >5 million subscribers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBq_krhKbW4

When I watch Local Hero, I am reminded of how much I love home. Indeed, the movie is a story of someone falling in love with Scotland. The beaches may be cold, but they are beautiful. The skies may be dull, but you can sometimes see the Northern Lights. The phone service in t...