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06.03.2026

The river Rhine in Bonn. In sunshine. A plant in the forefround,
      a bridge in the back.
The Rhine in Bonn.

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“Amidst all the commoditization there are small human spaces out there, waiting to be discovered, with people working diligently and with care in them. […] That's enough. It always was.”

Beautiful post by @tbaxter 👏

https://another.rodeo/artisanal-web/

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Artemis changelog #8

I have been working on a few new features for Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain. You can read a summary of what’s new below. Organise subscriptions with folders You can now create folders in Artemis. This feature is designed to help you organise websites you follow int...

Dan’s Polaroids
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05.03.2026

Two men sitting in the sun, looking into the camera and
      cheers-ing with the photographer with glasses of beer.
First beers in the sun. @ Biergarten Alter Zoll, Bonn.

Dan’s Polaroids
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04.03.2026

The three men of Forkalyst standing in front of a guitar amp,
      one seemingly explaining something to other two.
"Ach, so ist lauter?!"

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Artemis changelog #8

I have been working on a few new features for Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain. You can read a summary of what’s new below. Organise subscriptions with folders You can now create folders in Artemis. This feature is designed to help you organise websites you follow int...

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Take two

Trafalgar Square is a special place. The architecture and views are breathtaking. The National Gallery, the church of St. Martins in the Fields, Canada House, and more, all surround the Square. From the right place you can look down Whitehall and see Big Ben. In the heart o...

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Museum memories

This is my entry for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival on the topic “Museum memories”. When I was 10 or so – maybe younger; childhood can be hazy – my grandparents took me to the National Museum of Flight in Scotland for a day. My memory starts as many of my earlier museum mem...

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Take two

Trafalgar Square is a special place. The architecture and views are breathtaking. The National Gallery, the church of St. Martins in the Fields, Canada House, and more, all surround the Square. From the right place you can look down Whitehall and see Big Ben. In the heart o...

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Museum memories

This is my entry for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival on the topic “Museum memories”. When I was 10 or so – maybe younger; childhood can be hazy – my grandparents took me to the National Museum of Flight in Scotland for a day. My memory starts as many of my earlier museum mem...

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Just published a small enhancement and bugfix release for the #Webmention for #Craft CMS plugin.
It adds two important details though: lazy loading and alt text support for avatar images. 😎

https://github.com/matthiasott/webmention/releases/tag/v1.0.5

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I need a few incoming webmentions for testing (okay, this sounds like a really fishy attempt to generate likes … I promise that it is not 😂). So would you all please like and repost this piece I recently wrote? You can also read it, of course.

https://matthiasott.com/articles/webspace-invaders

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Night time; walking

i'll spend my whole life looking for the next best thing but when I finally find it, i’ll be too busy looking for the next best thing I had spent half of the day travelling and the other half looking at art. Whenever I am going anywhere, I like to arrive as early as I can an...

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Guitar; sunset

The days are getting longer and brighter. The bite of the winter air is being replaced by a delicate breeze. It feels like Spring is here. I have been trying to play my guitar every day, usually before I eat dinner. Over the last week, I have noticed that the time I play th...

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Offline mode

My blog has an offline mode that lets you view articles you have previously read on my website. This mode allows you to read something on my website even if you don’t have an internet connection. If the page you want to view has not been cached, you will see a custom page tha...

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Offline mode

My blog has an offline mode that lets you view articles you have previously read on my website. This mode allows you to read something on my website even if you don’t have an internet connection. If the page you want to view has not been cached, you will see a custom page tha...

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Night time; walking

i'll spend my whole life looking for the next best thing but when I finally find it, i’ll be too busy looking for the next best thing I had spent half of the day travelling and the other half looking at art. Whenever I am going anywhere, I like to arrive as early as I can an...

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Guitar; sunset

The days are getting longer and brighter. The bite of the winter air is being replaced by a delicate breeze. It feels like Spring is here. I have been trying to play my guitar every day, usually before I eat dinner. Over the last week, I have noticed that the time I play th...

Dan’s Polaroids
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03.03.2026

A slightly overexposed image of my shadow projected onto a tree
      trunk. More trees and buildings in the background.
Me on overexposed tree.

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02.03.2026

A speedy cyclist in the low evening sun. Parts of a bike in the
      foreground.
Speedy