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I’m a freelance web developer based in Düsseldorf, Germany. I make a RSS feed reader called FeedCity. I’m also a passionate film photographer, a husband and father, a musician, metalhead, and movie fan.
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HWC DUS
I just added “Polaroid” to the list of film formats to my focal length equivalents site.
🎬 Inception
Haven't seen this again since it came out. And I enjoyed this a lot now! That dream-within-a-dream concept is so good, and Nolan can just go crazy with the action. And it's still one of his movies you can more easily follow. Technically it's flawless IMO. And that ending is so perfect!
Good HWC yesterday. I finally removed SASS from the build-pipeline for this site - using just plain CSS now - and also updated my view-transition syntax, so that those work again now. But apart from this, it was mostly us talking about various topics from home networking and self-hosting to - as often - AI and LLMs.
The next HWC DUS is on Dec. 18th.
🔗 Likes - FeedCity
FeedCity now supports “likes”. Including sending webmentions to supporting sites.
You can now “like” any post within FeedCity.
Another live gig coming up this Friday at the Helvete Club in Oberhausen. → Tickets ←.
The second installment of the HVY RCK 3X3 concert is happening tomorrow, and my band is playing once again!
📄 IndieWebCamp Berlin 2025
Last weekend, I rather spontaneously attended the IndieWebCamp Berlin.
🎬 28 Years Later
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The action was really good. The "infected" were, too. And the acting was, too. It's suspenseful. It's emotional. But the story was pretty bonkers. And then this ending! I did not not enjoy it, but some decisions were a bit of a head scratcher.
Arrived in Berlin for IndieWebCamp on the weekend! 🥳
🎬 Totally Killer
Back to the Future meets Scream. This was quite silly, but also quite enjoyable. Just the right thing to chill on the couch and relax after a long day.
🎬 Bibi & Tina: Perfect Pandemonium
Also, oberflächlich eigentlich wieder ganz gute Unterhaltung. Aber das Thema selbst fand ich doch einfach eine sehr sehr seltsame Wahl für diese Filmreihe. Und die Klischees, die die Charaktere bedienen waren schon zum Augen rollen und "Echt jetzt!??" denken.
📄 FeedCity now supports RelMeAuth/Web Sign-in
FeedCity has been now been registered as a client for indielogin.com (thanks, Aaron!), and so now I can offer the option for people to login and sign-up using their own website URL via RelMeAuth/Web Sign-in: → FeedCity Sign-up ←.
Last sunday, I’ve been out photographing with Florian again. We went to the MüGa park in Mülheim. He has the pictures:
I’ve added a field of view value and more formats – 16mm, Super 16, APS-H and 70mm/IMAX – to my 35mm equivalent focal length tool.
🎬 School of Magical Animals 4
Ein weiterer solider Film der Serie, wenn auch nicht ganz so gut, wie die Vorgänger. Besonders die Songs lassen leider in diesem Teil etwas nach. Aber war ne gute Zeit im UCI.
🎬 Bloodsport
Runde Nr. 3! Die Lage spitzt sich zu!
🎬 Hot Fuzz
Didn't remember the action-laden ending to be this long. But apart from this, solidly funny entertainment!
🎬 Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Ehhh…whattt??? Jesus. This is just bonkers all the way through. It's wild! I don't really know what to make of this (yet).
🎬 Praxis Dr. Hasenbein
Eieiei ist das behämmert! Und wenn ich mir die Hälfte der Szenen so angucke, fand das Cast das auch!
🎬 Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem
Wesentlich besser als Dr. Hasenbein. Dieser hat in der Tat einen Haufen großartiger Dialoge und Szenen. Das Gitarrensolo! Die ganzen Nasenmann-Szenen. Das Erdbeben. Muss man mal gesehen haben!
🎬 Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched
Voll verhext? Voll in Ordnung!
🎬 Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
Dekadent bereits am Morgen geguckt. Mit Popcorn. Es war super!
🎬 The American Friend
Loved the pictures in this film. Everything's so beautiful and moody. I have never seen Bruno Ganz younger than here, I believe. And he and Dennis Hopper are simply fantastic (and the support cast, too). At first I thought the plot could've been a bit more tightened up, but honestly, I think it's really fits the movie and its characters. And it's certainly entertaining and also quite funny how clumsy they are at times.
📄 How to create a blurry status bar for PWAs on iOS
When you install a PWA on iOS (and iPadOS) via “Add to Home Screen”, you can make the status bar – i.e. the area at the top around the notch/dynamic island – transparent yet blurry (so that you can still read its infos like the time or battery status).
🎬 Black Water
Actually not bad at all. Good action, and a terrifying crocodile, surprisingly brutal. Has suspense too. Entertaining little Aussie movie.
🎬 Paris, Texas
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Beautiful! The pictures, the soundtrack, the story, Hunter. The (quite long, but never boring) ending, where they tell their stories and motivations, separated by a one-way window is just great. I did not cry, I swear!
🎧 Slaughter of the Soul – At The Gates
Man, Tompa died. So let’s listen to some At the Gates. Listened to this a lot as a teenager. And it’s still so good. RIP.
📄 FeedCity updates September 2025
There have been a few things happening recently in FeedCity land: