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March 2026

A bike tour, my birthday, playing two gigs with two bands, attending one other concert, Halde Hoheward with Florian, and the usual random frames in between. (43 photos)

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26.06.2026

An evening sky with the sun illuminating the left half much more.
This evening’s sky

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Germany hot AF(“as France”)Stay safe and hydrated, everyone! 💙

Germany hot AF
(“as France”)

Stay safe and hydrated, everyone! 💙

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22.06.2026

One of Dūsseldorf’s Ghery buildings, photographed from a high up apartment.
A cool view on a hot evening.

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Okay, too late. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@danworrall, ladies and gentlemen:

https://youtu.be/0AxzJ-8n6qY?is=H_8OWVwLQWySD8kl

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Make your own web quizzes!

When I announced that I was open-sourcing a quiz maker earlier this week, I noted that there were several limitations to what I had built. Most importantly, my quiz maker was a Python script, which substantially limits how many people can use it. After writing the blog post...

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Still need to record my Jim Lill response video…

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17.06.2026

A big wooden house and a large terrace.
Spending a week here in Belgium.

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15.06.2026

A round bbq with vegetables on it.
BBQ

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Unnatural

Content warning: This poem is about the ongoing heat in Europe. I strike an optimistic tone toward the end, but if you would prefer not to read about the heat, I offer you one of the Scottish poems I have written in stead.

Nature’s weary tears fill the air;
invisible, warming.
Relentlessly, days proceed.

Hours pass; Celsius rises.
Midnights: warm like day.
We stay inside.
Blinds closed, water glasses full, cookers off.

Flowers bloom early.
Eyelids weigh; we yearn
for rest that does not come.

Heat ravages the continent.
London is Rome.

Roads reduce to liquid, power lines sag:
infrastructure is under stress.
Headlines depress.

Hope: We come together, reaching
with open eyes.
Her resiliency:
Our future?

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@btconf/116761088009942638

Time to check your inbox … 😉

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What is it with teachers that they still don’t allow Wikipedia as a source but happily let students cite ChatGPT et al. – “just make sure to also include the prompt in the citation.“

… what?!?!? 🤨😂

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Yesterday was the hottest Broken Arrow Skyrace 23k of the four I have run. And the hardest. Sometimes you give it your all and your all is not quite enough. Made it much farther than last year, under worse (hotter, dryer, dustier) conditions.It was already in the mid-70s Fahr...

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Stars

I am continuing to experiment with writing some fiction on this blog. Here is a story I wrote today. Where were words when you needed them the most? Lena had been searching for the answer to that question for her whole life. For Lena, telling a story to light coming from a...

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Wonders of Web Weaving, Episode 7

The seventh episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out:
In Episode 7, I chat with Ana, the author of ohhelloana.blog. We talk about, among other things, the growth we see in our websites over time, finding an in-person indie web community, and connecting with people using personal websites.
I hope you enjoy the episode!

Wonders of Web Weaving has an RSS feed you can use to follow along from wherever you get your podcasts.

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Europe, next 7 days: up to 18 °C above normal.

“It’s been hot before.” Sure. And the last ten years are the ten hottest ever recorded. This is the second heatwave in a month – made 3–5 times more likely by climate change. We decide how much worse it gets. #ClimateAction #Vote accordingly

Source: ECMWF HRES via wxcharts.com

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Messi doing Undav things. 😁

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Inside; outside

Looking idly out the window of my favourite coffee shop, sipping on a cool iced latte that I needed after a long walk on a warm summer’s afternoon, a thought came to mind: Why am I so fascinated by the outside world when I just sat down inside? Even now, back at my desk, I ...

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LMK if you have questions about any piece of equipment on the list or if you’d like me to write about any of them in more detail. 🤗

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I just updated my /uses page with all the gear I use for design work, workshops, and audio things. And while I was at it, I replaced all links to Jeff’s online shop with direct links to the respective manufacturer or Thomann.de (💙🇪🇺):

https://matthiasott.com/uses