I don't think writing every day will change your life... ...I know it will. — Peter Suhm Occasionally, you stumble upon a piece of content, that flips a switch in your brain. It may not be life-changing per se, but right at that moment, it certainly feels like it. That’s how I felt when I first discovered...

Every once in a while, I get this sudden urge to try to understand the Fediverse better. Like on a technical level. I already know quite a bit about it since I first joined Mastodon, but still feel like there are quite a few pieces of the puzzle missing. That’s why I dived down another rabbit hole earlier this week...

Hi and welcome back to Tiny Sparks! How time flies… We’re already one third into August. Which also means that my first day of uni is getting closer and closer (if you don’t know already, I’m going to study Computer Science as my major and Social Sciences as my minor at the University of Bern). I still have roughly...

Hi Hidden Person, I discovered your blogpost via a reply by Robert. It popped up in my RSS feed and sounded interesting. I read through his post and thought, “let’s check out this new blog, and who the person behind it is.” You write about plenty of things that I also doubt myself on regularly when it comes to...

We’ve arrived at the next continent on my quest to learn all the countries in the world, so I can complete the “Countries of the World”-quiz on Jetpunk: Asia. Now, I didn’t really learn all the Asian countries as rigorously as the ones in Africa. Partly because I already knew way more countries (and where they are...

Although it’s just a short one, Alexandra’s post about reading (or not reading) books resonated with me for two reasons. First and foremost, this is very relatable: So why have I got over 50 books sat on the coffee table gathering dust. Why is it I can't just pick one up and start reading? If I stopped buying books...

Goededag and welcome to the third issue of the Tiny Sparks newsletter! If you just stumbled upon that greeting, it means “good day” in Flemish (a Dutch dialect spoken in a region of Belgium). You’ll find out very soon why I choose that language (or have already figured it out, it’s not hard 😉). I hope you’re...

If you’re a regular visitor of my /photos page, you might have noticed that I uploaded some new photos on there. The past week, I was in Belgium, together with my girlfriend. We had an Airbnb in the northern part of Ghent, but since Belgium is compact and public transport is excellent (kinda like here in...

Bonjour and welcome to the second issue of the Tiny Sparks newsletter! Hope you all are doing well! I was unfortunately sick last week, so I didn’t get to participate in the race I mentioned in the past newsletter. Luckily, I’m fine now and was able to complete a few runs meanwhile. So everything is alright on my...

Inspired by my girlfriend and my brother, who are both somewhat huge geography buffs, I’ve decided to challenge myself to learn all the countries in the world. I would say I already have decent geography knowledge, but compared to them, I’m still in noob territory. The end goal is to be able to complete the...

I get quite irritated by people who seem to make it their life's goal to bash AI. — Yordi in AI Critics: You're Using It Wrong This morning, I read this post by Yordi, and I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels that way. While when I was still active on X, AI was coined the best thing ever happening to humanity,...

Last week, I wrote about deciding on what to build next. As luck would have it, a couple of days later, I stumbled upon a video titled “How To Record Your Entire Life In Apple Notes”. TL;DW: The video presents a concept called a “Forever Diary” and how to set it up in your notes app. A Forever Diary kinda works like...