LostFocus
LostFocus
Dominik Schwind
Hi, I'm Dominik Schwind, friend of the internet. And this is my blog.
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Irgendwann hat das Algorithmus von YouTube gedacht, ich müsse Manhunt Bangkok schauen. Ein großes Räuber-und-Gendarm-Spiel für “Influencer” in Bangkok. Irgendwie sind diese Art von YouTube-Serien wie 7 vs. Wild an mir vorbeigegangen und...
Two weeks into the SailNavSim Jules Verne Trophy the field starts to spread out. Something tells me I’ll not be in the very front once the race ends. Reply by email
You know what? I didn’t even take out the garbage. (As in: put the bin out. I took the garbage from my flat to the bin and the bin is still empty enough to wait for another circle.) I’m not even sure what to think about this week.Bad and...
Haha, it was week 45. For once I’d be quite happy with a boring, normal week in which I have nothing to talk about. Maybe next week? The most exciting entry on my calendar for next week is a reminder to take out the garbage. Work-wise...
Remember last week, when I was all relaxed and in a good mood? Yeah, that changed pretty quickly. Certain changes at work managed to give me such a mood-backlash that come Wednesday morning I finally made a decision that I’ve been...
Remember back in the day when I talked about SailNavSim? For some reason I started playing it again last week and lo and behold, the guy who runs the game has opened an around-the-world race starting next Sunday. Luckily without the...
Just because I keep forgetting it: the URL parameter to have the WordPress router redirect you to the proper permalink is p as in: https://website.example/?p=12345
What a good week – I mostly spent it right next to a pretty lake or overlooking it. Having a lot of pizza and pasta and more Aperol Spritz, Limoncello Spritz, Peroni and Ichnusa than I can count. (To be honest: counting got a bit...
Ah, yes. Sunday again.So far a lazy one – there was a big family gathering yesterday with a lot of food (so much food) and good conversations all around.And that nice day couldn’t have come too soon – the work week was especially...
I almost forgot how to write these. On Monday morning my roomba (which isn’t a roomba) managed to ram itself under my couch. It usually doesn’t fit underneath the strut in the front, but sometimes, with just enough speed, it can get it....
Every time I play around with ActivityPub I get a bit of an headache. And my respect for @pfefferle grows that he can handle that and WordPress. (Also: I wonder if this link to his profile translates into a mention.)
Yet another meh-ish work week, but at least I managed to finally got that thing to work that I struggled with for a while. At the moment I’m self-studying a lot because I’ve been thrown into a new tech-situation that I only had cursory...
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Because everyone (well, Markus and Marc) has posted their opinions about Alien: Earth and after a short conversation about it on Mastodon I decided to join the fun.So here are a few thoughts and opinions about it, slight spoilers ahead.
With Friday having been a public holiday I start to realise how much better things would be with a four day work week.