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Daniel Pietzsch

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I’m a web developer based in Düsseldorf, Germany. I make a RSS feed reader called FeedCity. I co-organise the local Homebrew Website Club. I’m also a passionate film photographer, a husband and father, a bass player and guitarist, metalhead, and movie fan.

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15.01.2026

Overall dark (blue) image. The sky in the upper 3/4ths, the ground below. A large leafless tree fills the frame. A stone square with a cross on it stands on the ground in front of the much large tree.
It's dark in the mornings.

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14.01.2026

A white fabric with colourful thin vertical lines. From the left, one in red, one in orange, then yellow, green and blue. You can spot the occasional water drop.
Just matching the theme of this site.

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13.01.2026

The faces and upper bodies of five men looking into the camera. In the background a wall tighly covered in concert posters.
Rehearsal with Brutal Unrest.

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12.01.2026

Circus artists in a bright red illuminated typical round stage. You can see parts of the audience behind, next to the stage, and in front - as silhouettes - as well as some stage lights.
That was a pretty impressive afternoon at the circus.

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11.01.2026

A white boulder wall with green grips on the left side. 50cm from the wall to the right, the lower half of a child is hanging supposedly in mid-air.
We went to the boulder hall today.

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10.01.2026

An old house on a hill surrounded by leafless trees. Above is a blue sky with a contrail coming in from the left, ending right above the house.

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The main feed of this site now automatically includes posts from my Photo Journal and Dan’s Polaroids.

This way, I do not have to manually link those here, and one can follow all my posts with a single feed. If you see a bunch of new entries, you now know it’s because I messed with my feed.

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06.01.2026

Multiple greenhouses with snow on the roof. A fence in the foreground, trees in the background. Everything is covered in snow.
Ice cold winterland.

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07.01.2026

Rows of plant pots covered in snow fading into the background.
I think it's too cold for Polaroids to develop properly.

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08.01.2026

The river Rhine shot from a bridge, which you see a piece of railing in the bottom right. You see the snow covered shore and the horizon behind that in the upper third of the image. The front half of a ship is coming in from the left.
Bridges are cool.

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09.01.2026

A quasi-neon sign of a car wash Mr. Wash advertising their happy hour '2nd wash, half price' (in German).
2nd wash, half price.

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🔗 Dan’s Polaroids

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I created a new website where I share my Polaroid photos.

One instant photo per day.

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🎬 Arctic

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Movie poster for “Arctic”.

Like Cast Away in the snow. I would have like a little more reasoning regarding why he was in the situation in the first place. But I enjoyed Mads Mikkelsen and some great winter landscapes.

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🎬 Sleuth

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Movie poster for “Sleuth”.
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Quite a clever movie. Was genuinely surprised.

👍 Recommended!

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05.01.2026

A reflection of me in a large christmas tree ball. Twigs surrounding it.
A toppled christmas tree.

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04.01.2026

A girl in pink snow clothing on a tiny sledge. A woman on a wooden sledge behind here. Snow and trees all around.
A day in the snow.

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03.01.2026

A rectangular pizza photographed from the side. A pizza slicer blurred in the background.
Finally a day without agenda. Stayed home all day. Made pizza.

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02.01.2026

From the driver's seat, photographing the adjacent red car, which has snow on the top and the window.
It snowed today. And I was driving again, as so often these past days.

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01.01.2026

A group of five friends, photographed with flash.
A happy new year!

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June 2024

A trip to the forest. Cinema. Folkerdey. And the usual day-to-day. (30 photos)

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🎬 The Surfer

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Movie poster for “The Surfer”.

At various points, I felt like this movie might ride a more surreal, illusionary wave. But that never happened. And this is why I felt there are some shortcomings in the plot and characters. But otherwise this does a really effective job portraying the terror he faces. It's a bit like Funny Games. Not as drastic, though. I liked how this all played out in the same place throughout the movie. I'm still not quite sure what the movie wants to say. But that's ok, and might be intentional anyway.

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🎬 It Follows

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Movie poster for “It Follows”.

Solid horror movie. I liked the obviously Carpenter-esque soundtrack. And also how the "creatures" looked like and how the movie looked and felt in general - more like an 70s/80s horror film. But I found those "creatures" not menacing enough and the story was a bit so-so in the end.

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🎬 Mickey 17

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Movie poster for “Mickey 17”.
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This was really entertaining. I think it all looked great, the Creepers are well done - and are really likeable - and the acting is fantastic, too. Sure, it's over the top, but that fits the movie well. Robert Pattinson's performance it's just perfect IMO. But also Mark Ruffalo's and Naomi Ackie's. I like the whole idea of the film, and its whole vibe. It's funny, too. Would watch again!

👍 Recommended!

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🎬 One Battle After Another

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Movie poster for “One Battle After Another”.
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Like these kind of absurdist trip kind of movies. Leo is fantastic, and so is everyone else to be honest. Although I found Sean Penn's character Lockjaw a little too over the top. Two scenes that I will certainly remember: First, how the car chase at the end is filmed. Haven't really seen anything like this. Second: that stunt and whole sequence where he falls down between two buildings trying to jump the gap, then still gets up, only to get tasered around the next corner. As impressive as it is hilarious.

👍 Recommended!

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🎬 A Reindeer's Journey

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Movie poster for “A Reindeer's Journey”.

Kleiner süßer Film.

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Yesterday was the last HWC of 2025. It’s been good discussions - as always - but we also collectively worked on each others websites. Mainly in regards to CSS.

The first HWC DUS in 2026 will be on Jan. 22nd.

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🎬 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Movie poster for “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”.

Believe it or not, I have not seen this previously. It's relentless. It's uncomfortable. It's horrifying. That was quite the trip, seeing it at the cinema.

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🎬 Bad Taste

Movie poster for “Bad Taste”.

Well, this was just the right desert after TCM that evening. Bad Taste was one of my earliest splatter/underground movies I've seen. It was great seeing this again after all these years. Splendid splattertainment!

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🎬 Berberian Sound Studio

…or The Italian Vegetable Massacre. Toby Jones - which I really didn't know before - is absolutely fantastic. He truly transports how one might feel in such a menacing environment. And the film leaves no doubt it criticises these types of people, and hence the production of ...

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🔗 Over/Under #45 with Daniel Pietzsch

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I have been interviewed for Hyde’s “Over/Under” series.