Spent the last night in tent. Being a somewhat restless sleeper, finally found a sleeping pad that I can fall asleep and sleep comfortably on.

Time to start planning some overnight hiking route now that sleeping stuff is under control.

My old EOL Chromebook just got a new life as I completely removed ChromeOS from the device and installed Linux onto it. I had to open the device and remove the write protection screw in order to being able to flash a new firmware on it. Everything …

I’m likely looking to switch to Android as my next phone (from iPhone). I’m debating between Fairphone and Google Pixel, and GrapheneOS and CalyxOS.

Does anyone know if it’s possible to use payment cards in either of those ROM’s? I have some cards …

Just learned a handy command for getting BigQuery table/view schema to json:

bq show --schema --format=prettyjson project_id:dataset_id.table_id > my_table_schema.json

Mozilla is shutting down Pocket.

Pocket was the first read-it-later / bookmarking app I used. Many have come and gone since then.

Pocket has helped millions save articles and discover stories worth reading. But the way people use the web has …

After a few years, giving micro.blog another try. Ghost CMS is too heavy for my use case and I don’t want to manage my own server as I have done so far.

Still working on getting things set up before finally setting up my custom domain pointing here.

I got the local development setup for Ghost working after some difficulties. I have already made some changes to the theme, uploaded the edited theme in this instance and set everything to GitHub.

I feel like a proper developer. 😃

Mass Effect Legendary Edition being on PS+ in last December(?) was a really nice surprise. I’ve played some Mass Effect games when they were launched, but don’t remember much of those.

Now having a kid and having significantly less time …

Simple enough. Often easier said than done though.

“Don’t speak unnecessarily. When speaking, think carefully and be concise. Be honest but kind.”
– Rebeka Toh, The Art of Speaking

A stupid decision that works out well becomes a brilliant decision in hindsight.

We are just a bunch of monkeys on a spinning rock.

First “Black Friday”, now “Cyber Monday”. 

We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t care about. Dark times indeed.

A comforting thought for many.

“The gap between our subjective experience and what other peoplepick up on is known as the illusion of transparency. The reality is that other people pay much less attention to you than you think. Accept that other …

First there was Netflix, now there are several. Now it’s happening for game streaming.

First there was Twitch, soon there are a few. Both Google and Microsoft have begun buying influencers left and right onto their platforms (Youtube and Mixer …

“Ideas, bread and books are all the same – they’re better when they’re shared.

– Seth Godin, Bread and Books