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Mar 30, 2025: ∞ The Imperialism Has no Clothes - Timothy Snyder Really well laid out perspective on the recent trip to Greenland by JD Vance.
Feb 26, 2025: ∞ Elon Musk’s Starlink gets GOP backing for 42 billion broadband program How convenient.
Feb 22, 2025: ∞ VS dreigen met uitschakelen Starlink bij mislukken van mineraaldeal met Oekraïne’ - NRC Amerikaanse onderhandelaars hebben Oekraïne onder druk …
Feb 22, 2025: ∞ The Weak Strongman - Timothy Snyder Many Americans fear Trump, and so imagine that others must. No one beyond America fears Trump as such. He can …
Feb 20, 2025: ∞ Bezuinigingen, wantrouwen: in de VPRO-familie is het niet zo gezellig meer - NRC Goede artikel over de achtergrond van de situatie bij de VPRO. Lees …
Feb 19, 2025: Moving my personal blog back to Micro.Blog. Dabbled a bit with Hugo on Cloudflare Page. Result in tinkering to much and not writing enough.
Aug 7, 2023: Gradually moving my online presence towards the Fediverse. Main website -here- on micro.blog, microblogging via Mastodon, reading updates on Bookwyrm …
Dec 30, 2020: Took a few days off writing on my blog. Just to enjoy the holidays. But reading a post from Seth Godin inspired me to pick up writing earlier than …
Dec 27, 2020: Few days late to the party but moOde audio v7 (v7.0.1 to be exact) is available. Very solid upgrade, looking forward to using the 12-band Parametric …
Dec 26, 2020: It’s quite a different Christmas this year, but me and my girlfriend are fortunate to be both in good health and able to just enjoy these days …
Dec 24, 2020: Finally a Brexit-deal. We will need to see how this will work in practice, but I guess it’s good that it’s done.
Dec 24, 2020: As the year is ending things normally wind down at work. A good time to pick up the last remaining tasks and chores just finishing the year with a …
Dec 22, 2020: Getting around to finish my photography portfolio site. I am happy with the move to Adobe Portfolio, it’s free (with a creative cloud …
Dec 22, 2020: Great interview with Art Adams from Arri talking about cinema lenses. I’m not shopping for >$25k Arri Signature prime lenses, but there is a …
Dec 21, 2020: Had some sync errors with Lightroom tonight, spend most of the evening solving 9 errors. It turned out that there was an issue with the metadata and …
Dec 21, 2020: 11:02 AM this morning marked the start of the winter. And as much as I believe each season has its beauty, I am looking forward to having a bit more …
Dec 20, 2020: Today marks my 50th-day streak. The process of blogging every day has been a great experience so far. I do not feel limited by the subject of my …
Dec 20, 2020: Finally got around to decorating the house a bit for Christmas. As every year, it’s something that gets postponed to the last few days before …
Dec 18, 2020: Yesterday I splurged a little on a warm mid-layer for my winter hiking trip1. Usually, I would pack a super light fleece, but that won’t cut it …
Dec 18, 2020: Day three of the more stringent lockdown in The Netherlands. With the holiday season around the corner, we could have been in a much better position. …
Dec 16, 2020: Today I installed Solarized as a theme for Obsidian. All instances switched automatically as they are setup to pull the Github repository which …
Dec 15, 2020:
Obsidian with automatic GitHub syncing
Some updates running Obsidian with automatic GitHub syncing.
Dec 15, 2020: After a day off I’m back in my home office. The Obsidian Github sync works like a charm. All notes, todo’s are in perfect sync and stored …
Dec 15, 2020: Setup syncing between Obsidian and a private Github repository (automatically, as Logseq is offering). I Will have to test this some more but it could …
Dec 14, 2020: Breaking a habit is tough. The mind plays tricks and tells us “It’s not hard to quite/change/start so I’ll do it tomorrow”. …
Dec 13, 2020: Quick edit of one of the shots from today. Being able to edit a photo on the go is still a huge benefit of Lightroom.
Dec 12, 2020: Today was very misty outside, not the greatest weather to be outdoors for photography. Still enjoyed every minute. Tomorrow night there is a unique …
Dec 11, 2020: Finishing up some work and getting ready to go out this weekend for some photography. The bag is packed just waiting for the last batteries which are …
Dec 10, 2020: Read a concerning post from Doc Searls titled is Flickr in trouble again. Last time Doc wrote such a post Flickr was indeed in trouble. Luckily the …
Dec 9, 2020: I’m rewatching Mr. Robot (except the last season which is new to me). Normally I’m not huge on rewatching shows but the dark storyline, …
Dec 8, 2020: In light of last night’s post some historic news. Mount Everest is 86 cm higher than believed since last measured in 1847. The highest point in …
Dec 8, 2020: Just saw the most remarkable documentary last night. It’s about a trek to Everest Basecamp. But what’s unique is that the maker (Nathaniel …
Dec 7, 2020: Planning a winter hiking trip early next year. No idea if possible at all. It all depends on how the situation will unfold. Still, half the fun is in …
Dec 6, 2020: Most Sunday’s I start with checking and updating my finances and budget. No surprises, everything is going as expected which is nice. I like …
Dec 5, 2020: As I have a fairly decent headphone setup for some time now. I decided to do a double-blind test1 between lossy and lossless music streams. Picked the …
Dec 4, 2020: Solid For some time I’ve been following the Solid project by Tim Berners-Lee. This November his startup launched the Solid privacy platform. Enabling …
Dec 3, 2020: Today I received the Wacom Intuos Pro Medium. First impressions are very good, as expected. It will take a bit more time to get used to the large …
Dec 2, 2020: 1Password is acting strange every since I’ve installed Big Sur. Somehow the browser plugin isn’t working. First I thought the issue was …
Dec 2, 2020: For our peace of mind, a few months ago we installed a burglar alarm. Out of nowhere, the alarm went off last night. The tampering/jamming checks got …
Dec 1, 2020: The Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch (CTT-460 to be specific) is over 11 years old. Still working (although on Big Sur the hack to load the old drivers no …
Dec 1, 2020: I don’t like Black Friday/Cyber Monday craze. Still, I found a good deal for one wishlist item. The Wacom Intuos Pro M will replace my trusty …
Nov 30, 2020: As Microblogvember 2020 has ended, I’m looking forward to a new blogging challenge to continue with daily-blogging. Starting at a streak of 30 …
Nov 30, 2020: Today marks the last Microblogvember day. One last post where I include a daily prompt word into 280 characters and hit publish. The last month helped …
Nov 29, 2020: We are all forced to adapt to live quite pedestrian lives. While the quantity of social interaction dropped, for me the quality has risen. I cherish …
Nov 29, 2020: The case is awesome BTW. It’s an Akasa Gem Pro, machined from aluminium and completely passively cooled. Still keeps the RPi 4, 4gb only at ~36° …
Nov 29, 2020: It’s running!
Nov 29, 2020: A Raspberry Pi project is a bit like getting your first tattoo. Once you have one you keep getting more and more. I don’t have any tattoos …
Nov 28, 2020: Often people try to mask their intentions with words. But in the end actions or lack thereof always reveal the true story. Last week we saw a prime …
Nov 27, 2020: These days, a relatively modest investment can buy amazing audio quality. One dilemma is sending music to the DAC/AMP (now directly connected to the …
Nov 26, 2020: Ever since Spotify launched in The Netherlands I have been a subscriber (even before the official launch… but let’s not tell Spotify). …
Nov 26, 2020: A daily writing habit never stuck. Is this topic interesting and my writing good enough? The one thing the Mbnov challenge showed me is to adjust this …
Nov 25, 2020: Working from my home office, most of the day is spend on Teams video conferencing. After quite some time, I’m now pretty used to looking at a …
Nov 25, 2020: 82.3 Kb Fiddled a bit more with optimization of the website. As the website is hosted by Micro.blog I a little limited on what is possible. But still the …
Nov 25, 2020: I got triggered by a post from Ton Zijlstra about the 512k club. With two quick changes to my Micro.blog website I reduced the uncompressed size from …
Nov 24, 2020: The provision to focus on important topics vs seemingly urgent random stuff requires me to look ahead. 4 PM each day I draft my todo-list for the next …
Nov 24, 2020: After 16 years my trusty Sennheiser HD-25 headphones broke. Nothing that can not be fixed with some DIY maintenance. I the meantime this provides an …
Nov 23, 2020: Capture a thought, even if it’s only a short message, by writing every day. I realize that it’s not so much what I write. It’s about …
Nov 22, 2020: For the second time this year, the youth department of a right-wing political party in The Netherlands crossed a border. Sharing anti-Semitic …
Nov 21, 2020: Exactly one month from now before it will be officially winter. That means one month of autumn left. Didn’t really get outside that often with …
Nov 20, 2020: Why does Spotify think it’s a good idea to auto-start the app? Didn’t set it up to do so and it’s not in the OSx login options. …
Nov 20, 2020: Staying within the theme, one of those old gems for me is “Mazzy Star - Fade into you”1 External link to YouTube ↩︎
Nov 20, 2020: Being at home more re-sparked my passion for music. It’s kinda liberating to kick back with a glass of wine. Hit play and enjoy an evening …
Nov 20, 2020: Today marks my Micro.blog anniversary (based on my initial post). The first project I’ve backed on Kickstarter. It has been a great three years …
Nov 19, 2020: I’m switching note-taking setup. I’d used a combination of DevonThink, Apple Notes, and Notion. Now moving everything to Obsidian. Various …
Nov 18, 2020: The word dependence often has a negative connotation to it. For me, it also signals something positive more in line with “reliance”. …
Nov 17, 2020: It’s been years since I’ve boarded a train as part of my daily commute. While not always a pleasure, the sound of the wheels on the tracks …
Nov 16, 2020: In the last few days, I was quite ill. It has been some years ago since I was feeling so unwell, but still, the memory of it came back like it was …
Nov 15, 2020: Half way mark. Never expected to come this far with a daily blogging routine. Great to take part in the Microblogvember
Nov 14, 2020: I’m experimenting with a standard black&white setting for my trusty Olympus E-M5. SOOC, JPEG with no settings to fuss over. Keeps things …
Nov 13, 2020: I thought about switching to Linux on my ageing MacBook Pro (2015). But decided to wait for Big Sur and do a clean install. First impressions are …
Nov 13, 2020: Finalising some todo’s for work while my trusty MacBook pro 2015 is doing a clean Big Sur install. Doing a wipe and clean install was …
Nov 13, 2020: Yesterday I presented for a bigger audience while sitting in my home office. It’s a bit of a guess if the message is coming across with only the …
Nov 12, 2020: Repeatedly I am tempted to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Often an upgrade matters very little. Don’t let anyone tell you, you should, no, …
Nov 11, 2020: Sometimes it’s hard to express what you think. Difficult to say what’s on your mind. Impossible to put words in writing. But if the past …
Nov 10, 2020: Apple reached a new level with the event today. The new M1 chip seems to be quite something based on the announcement. But I’m referring …
Nov 10, 2020: Yesterday I watched an interview. The subject was a person of respectable age who spoke about life and death. His rationale behind his choices and …
Nov 9, 2020: Today didn’t start well. I had to force myself to finish the task at hand. When it’s not easy to reach a goal the only option is to give …
Nov 8, 2020: America has chosen its 46th president. In many ways, a historic outcome of an “interesting” electoral process to say the least. I do hope …
Nov 7, 2020: Weekend is here, finally time for some tinkering with the Mazda Mx-5 10th anniversary. Wash and clean, check the oil levels, inflate the tires. After …
Nov 6, 2020: I do think that it’s good that social media companies take responsibility. They are in charge of what they allow on their platform. The freedom …
Nov 6, 2020: Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are all limiting the spread of miss-information. And if the presidential elections show us one thing, it is how fast a …
Nov 5, 2020: Under the pale light reflecting of the moon the lonely man in the streets tends to stoop when he walks. Facing the wind and rain, from nowhere to his …
Nov 5, 2020: “Keep your head up high” when things get tough. But sometimes it’s better keeping stooped down. Don’t face adverse …
Nov 4, 2020: Extra measures will be in effect today at 10 PM to limit the spread of COVID in our country. I do wonder if we are getting closer to the end or still …
Nov 3, 2020: Only looking at the millions of dollars spent on Facebook this year by both the republicans and democrats, the scale of the Presidential elections of …
Nov 3, 2020: Currently reading: The age of surveillance capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff 📚
Nov 3, 2020: Again a dramatic day in Europe, thoughts go out to the people of Vienna.
Nov 2, 2020: November, Autumn season. The transition from summer to winter is my favorite time of year. The vibrant fall colours are great for landscape …
Nov 2, 2020: For quite some time I was thinking about writing more often, so Microblogvember 2020 came at a great time. It will also help with some of the more …
Dec 17, 2018: Moved some domains to Cloudflare Domain Registar (currently in early access). Migration went smooth and Cloudflare’s policy on pricing is great. …
Nov 25, 2018: How to batch export from Ulysses to plain Markdown This is a small guide to help moving files from Ulysses native file format (.ulysses files) to plain Markdown. Having your writing in plain Markdown …
Nov 24, 2018: Got my photoblog maintainingfocus running on @blot, so far so good (after straightening out some DNS issues). Although cross-posting images isn’t …
Nov 23, 2018: After seeing quite a few people posting about Blot, I took the plunge and will be trying it for my photography blog.
Nov 23, 2018: A good leader show which road to travel, a great leader helps others to see the road they want to travel on.
Nov 22, 2018: The beauty within I like words. I like plain and simple thoughts and stories written down. For as long as the internet existed it has been a great place to read and …
Nov 21, 2018: ∞ Sorry Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook isn’t a “positive force” In a Tuesday interview with CNN, Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook’s handling of recent scandals and his own leadership of the company. He …
Nov 20, 2018: Dark mode support for the Marfa theme done! You can take a look using Safari Technology Preview 68 with Dark mode enabled in OSx. Marfa theme wil …
Nov 20, 2018: Working on enabling Safari dark mode support on the Micro.blog Marfa theme, almost done: P.s. I will write a micro guide, but a word of warning: it …
Nov 19, 2018: ∞ Computers have learned to make us jump through hoops The other day I had to log in to a service I hadn’t used before. Since I was a new user, the website decided that it needed to check that I wasn’t a …
Nov 18, 2018: ∞ To www or not to www For 20 years or so, there has been the debate over whether you should use www or not in your web site’s canonical hostname. So should you use www or …
Nov 18, 2018: Micro guide: Getting your hosted Microblog IPv6 ready This is a small guide (hence the category “micro guide”) to enable IPv61 for your hosted microblog2. disclaimer: please make sure that you …
Nov 17, 2018: Had some problems with my two year old iPhone SE, bought it in for a battery replacement today (after all it is discounted until end of the year) but …
Nov 17, 2018: Creative commons licence Redid the footer of my website and am quite happy with the result. Also moved to a creative commons licence for my content (the …
Nov 11, 2018: Finally had some time to dust off my micro.blog hosted sites ( @manton thanks for solving a HTTPS issue almost immediately!). Also looking in to the …
Jun 4, 2018: Quite the announcements at WWDC from Apple regarding data and privacy. Social media companies and Adtech in general will be facing quite a massive …
May 25, 2018: Instapaper has temporary shut down for EU residents. I’m not sure if they struggled to finishing up for the GDPR on time or they have some …
May 14, 2018: Row Log Update 🚣♂️ Calendar Week: 19 Workout: 7,034 meters /500m: 2:07 Total Meters This Week: 7,034 Season: 34,648 Goal: row a full marathon Notes …
May 12, 2018: Row Log Update 🚣♂️ Calendar Week: 18 Workout: 6.855 meters /500m: 2:11 Total Meters This Week: 27.614 Season: 27.614 Goal: row a full marathon Notes …
May 10, 2018: Row Log Update 🚣♂️ Calendar Week: 18 6,434 m (+ 2,219 m cooling down) Total Meters This Week: 20.735 Season 2018: 20.735 Current goal: row a full …
May 9, 2018: Facebook accused of extremists to one another through ‘suggested friends’ feature (The Telegraph) Using sophisticated algorithms, Facebook is designed to connect people who share common interests. “Facebook, in their desire to connect as many …
May 8, 2018: Row Log Update 🚣♂️ Calendar Week: 18 Total Meters This Week: 12.082 Season 2018: 12.082 Current goal: row a full marathon Notes Upping the /500 split …
May 7, 2018: For the new indoor rowing season1 I decided to start posting my training progress. To keep accountable but also to have a place for written notes on …
May 7, 2018: Row Log Update 🚣♂️ Calendar Week: 18 - start of new Concept 2 season 1 May Workout: 7.076 meters /500m: 2:07.1 Total Meters This Week: 7.076 Season …
May 4, 2018: How very social Samsung Smart TV. During the first minute after power-on, the TV talks to Google Play, Double Click, Netflix, FandangoNOW, Spotify, CBS, MSNBC, NFL, …
May 3, 2018: Who’s next? Step 1: get dating apps to build themselves on your platform’s data Step 2: cut them off from your platform’s data with no warning Step 3: build a …
May 3, 2018: Looking in to switching (back) to Linux. It would be fine (or better) for 90% of my current laptop usage. Although I am still hestitant because …
May 2, 2018: Disruptive vs Sustaining innovation and the Tesla case I always enjoy Ben en James talking business strategy in their Exponent podcast (Ben Thompson from Stratechery with co-host James Allworth). Their …
May 1, 2018: Just finished moving some old photos from instagram to my dedicated photo-micro-blog maintainingfocus.com. Done for today, moving content to my own …
Apr 30, 2018: By the way, here is an important lesson about delegation: remember that everyone else is also most productive when they’re doing what they like, and …
Apr 30, 2018: Challenge accepted
Apr 26, 2018: The joys of technology: That moment when your TV asks you for GDPR consent.
Apr 25, 2018: On turning off unnecessary notifications turn off all lock screen notifications (this is better for privacy anyway) turn off vibrate and sound notifications, I leave badges for important …
Apr 25, 2018: This will be interesting.. WhatsApp will require users in Europe to be at least 16 years old I can imagine many reasons why the age limit would need to be increased under more …
Apr 24, 2018: 1Blocker will be releasing a new version called 1Blocker X on 26 April, pre-order now available. I have no doubt it will be even better than the …
Apr 23, 2018: Unread will no longer show “Untitled” or placeholder text from syncing services when displaying posts without titles… Less is more Source: …
Apr 23, 2018: ∞ Collected Goodness Good material. Good art. Good living. Collected Goodness.com by Drew Coffman Very interesting and inspiring stuff, will need to look in to it more but the first recommended reads/listens …
Apr 19, 2018: Unlock the Night Owl pin, time to sign off
Apr 19, 2018: Scaling is hard Most of the design tolerances of the Model 3 are already better than any other car in the world. Soon, they will all be better. This is not enough. We …
Apr 18, 2018: Far more than 87 million people may have had their Facebook data harvested by Cambridge Analytica No surprises here, but I am still curious what the …
Apr 18, 2018: Today I’ve switched RSS service. After Greader, quite some time long self-hosted (Fever 1) using minimalreader.com2. Today I settled on Feedbin, …
Apr 17, 2018: ∞ It’s all about perspective Mobile apps are still often lacking in efficiency, Apple’s Smart Keyboard is mediocre and reaching up to touch the screen is far less …
Apr 16, 2018: Micro guide: Additional steps and recommendations when using Cloudflare for your DNS Cloudflare users wanting to use a custom domain name for their hosted Micro.blog will be greeted by a “custom domain isn't pointing to the …
Apr 16, 2018: Micro Guides: small articles which can be of great help Yesterday I had the opportunity to help someone from the Micro.blog community by writing a tiny post. This sparked an idea: Micro guides, small …
Apr 15, 2018: Micro Guide: Changing the default colors of the Micro.blog Marfa theme I switched my theme for this microblog to Marfa. Marfa is a new theme for Micro.blog hosted websites. I really like the theme but wanted to give it a …
Apr 12, 2018: Microcasting (short form podcasting) comes to Micro.blog. Welcome Wavelength. What a great addition to Micro.blog and the Indieweb!
Apr 12, 2018: The Irony Mark Zuckerberg left some of his notes on the table during a break in his testimony before Congress yesterday. It caught the attention of a press …
Apr 11, 2018: Do I really need to switch Text Editors? Questioning if I really need to look in to switching Text editors I almost discarding the pick for the best Text Editor over at The Sweet Setup. …
Apr 10, 2018: Benedict Evans in his article “The death of the newsfeed” very clearly provides insight on why big tech companies are forced to a more …
Apr 10, 2018: The battery of my Apple Watch(v1) really starts showing it’s age. After being on my wrist daily for years, I don’t know if I will get …
Apr 9, 2018: ∞ Obscure E-Mail Vulnerability This vulnerability is a result of an interaction between two different ways of handling e-mail addresses. Gmail ignores dots … Netflix …
Apr 9, 2018: After writing another post on Facebook and the recent privacy scandals I deleted it all; because it’s not about Facebook at all. It’s …
Apr 4, 2018: ∞ Facebook Sharply Increases Estimate of How Many Users’ Information Was Harvested By Cambridge Analytica Facebook on Wednesday said the personal information of up to 87 million people, most of them Americans, may have been improperly shared during the …
Apr 3, 2018: ∞ Lasting appeal of RSS Still, the lasting appeal of RSS remains the parts that haven’t changed: the unfiltered view of the open web, and the chance to make your own …
Apr 3, 2018: “Measure your success by the success of others.” Dave Winer Seems only natural to stumble upon a striking quote by Dave Winer browsing a micro.blog. …
Apr 2, 2018: ∞ Cloudflare launches Cloudflare’s mission is to help build a better Internet. We’re excited today to take another step toward that mission with the launch of …
Nov 20, 2017: ∞ A List Apart's 20th anniversary view on the centralising of the internet in to only a handful of all-powerful networks “In recent years, we’ve seen our rich universe of diverse, creative blogs and sites implode—leaving fewer and fewer channels available to new …