I’ve lost the motivation to write in English about topics I barely grasp—let alone their interconnections. On top of that, working on and with the internet—in the broadest sense—feels like it’s driving me up the wall again. Reply via e-mail

Dear all! I'm a bit more analogue1][[2] at the moment. Please bear with me. Reply via e-mail 1. https://pftnhr.me/ (german) ↩︎ 2. YouTube Channel (german) ↩︎

Some of you may remember my Tapestry-post1] from 11 months ago—well, Tapestry[2] is now officially available in the App Store as a free app[[3] with premium features. I really like the new approach. Combining multiple channels into a single timeline seems to be gaining traction lately, with Reeder taking a similar yet distinct path. As a backer, I have access to all premium features, but I’m still exploring them. Right now, I’m trying to find a way to filter my Mastodon timeline to show only specific people. If anyone knows how to do this, feel free to drop me an email! Reply via e-mail 1. Backed Tapestry just hours before the end of the campaign ↩︎ 2. usetapestry.com ↩︎ 3. Tapestry in the Apple App Store ↩︎

___This is an RSS-only post. It's a secret! Read more aboutRSS Club._ Musically, 2024 just seems to be the year of the Cure, although their boring album can't hold a candle to the great Aghori Mhori Mei by the Smashing Pumpkins. I've been thinking about this since the Cure record came out and just had to get it off my chest. Prove me wrong. Reply via e-mail

Well then, here's to a new one! Ok, for a few days already. So time to wish you all a successful year in whatever way you choose. I look forward to reading and maybe even meeting you. Reply via e-mail

I'm glad that I was able to say goodbye to my mental health issues before the end of the year to the extent that I've been working full-time again since the end of November. Enjoy the new year and take care of yourself. I'm looking forward to new exciting topics in 2025, even though it will probably be a challenging year socially and politically. Reply via e-mail

I really like to keep an eye out for small, lean content management systems. Flat file, of course! That's how I ended up with Yellow, which built this site to my complete satisfaction. Recently I stumbled across a completely different approach that I had never heard of before: bashblog1], a single Bash script to create blogs. Since the repo is apparently no longer regularly maintained, I looked around the forks to see if there was anything promising and found it at jakimfett[[2]. I downloaded his `bb.sh` script to my trusted host and tried running it. Unfortunately, it didn’t work because my SSH access is restricted to a chroot environment, where the only file descriptor available is `/dev/null`. Anticipating that others might face the same issue, and not wanting to set up a mini server at home just to connect to the Internet, I decided to fork the project[3] and modify the script to use temporary files instead of file descriptors. One thing led to another, and I ended up making a few additional changes. First, I removed everything related to Twitter/X – let's be honest, nobody needs that anymore. If you're curious, you can check out the rest in the repository. I have no idea where this journey will lead, but it's exciting to experiment with it. Reply via e-mail 1. cfenollosa/bashblog ↩︎ 2. jakimfett/bashblog ↩︎ 3. pftnhr/bashblog ↩︎

The hype surrounding the App Defaults is apparently entering the next round and as something has changed for me compared to last year, I am of course happy to take part again. If you don't know what to do with it, you can listen to Episode 097 (Duel of the Defaults) of Hemispheric Views again. And these are mine for the year 2024: * Mail Client: Mail.app, Spark * Mail Server: Gmail * Notes: Obsidian * To-Do: Reminder.app * iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera.app * Photo Management: Apple Photos * Calendar: Google Calendar via Calendar.app * Cloud File Storage: iCloud, Nextcloud (selfhosted) * RSS service: FreshRSS (selfhosted) * RSS client: Reeder * Contacts: Contacts.app * Browser: Safari, Chrome * Chat: WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Discord * Bookmarks: LinkAce (selfhosted) * Read It Later: Reeder * Word Processing: Word, Pages * Spreadsheets: Excel, Numbers * Presentations: Powerpoint, Keynote * Shopping Lists: Bring! * Meal Planning: Still not necessary, because the children still only eat pasta with ketchup. * Budgeting and Personal Finance: Banking App * News: No more news. I get some news via Bluesky, but I try to avoid it to protect my mental health. * Music: Spotify * Podcasts: Podcasts.app, Spotify * Password Management: iCloud Keychain, 1Password **Additional categories:** * POSSE Service: EchoFeed * Social Media: Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram * Code Editor: Nova * Blog: Datenstrom Yellow, BashBlog (selfhosted) * Terminal: iTerm2 with ZSH and Oh-My-Zsh Reply via e-mail *[POSSE]: Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere

___This is an RSS-only post. It's a secret! Read more aboutRSS Club._ Today I'm going back to work for the first time in a year and I'm excited and anxious at the same time. It's a so-called gradual reintegration, where I work 2 hours a day for a fortnight, then 4 hours a day for a fortnight, followed by two weeks of 6 hours a day. If that all works out, I'll then return to work full time. Reply via e-mail

Do you know that? You want track your fitness, sleep and other data, but you don't want to strap a butt-ugly smartwatch to your wrist because you prefer to wear real watches that don't need to be constantly charged because they have a nice automatic movement. Don't you? Well, that's how I feel. That's why I backed the 2nd generation smart ring from RingConn on Kickstarter[1]. I knew what I was getting myself into, as I've already owned the 1st generation ring since June 2023. New in Gen 2 are the longer battery life of 10 - 12 days, the thickness reduced to 2 mm and the weight reduced to 2 g and the sleep apnea detection. Well, this time I didn't opt for the black model, but for the one in Future Silver (gloss finish). I actually found it a little difficult to choose the colour and took a small risk because I find the matt black very attractive, but I have to say that the Future Silver is pleasantly inconspicuous. Reply via e-mail 1. Kickstarter Campaign ↩︎

As I'm still dealing with mental health struggles and I've also been diagnosed with ADHD, I've been trying to get more organised over the last few months. In addition to digital tools like Obsidian, Calendar and Reminders in iOS, and Mattermost, I've made myself an analogue notebook in the style of a traveller's notebook and I've cheekily recreated the Task & Time Cards from Minimal Desktop Setup and bound them as a small A6 book. Selfmade travellers notebook Task & Time Cards recreation as a small book I wish I used these things a lot more often, but as a digital native I may still have to get used to them. But I have already discovered one thing: Short notes are created faster with a pen on paper than with the iPhone or iPad keyboard. Reply via e-mail

Very little is happening here at the moment. That's partly because I'm currently isolating myself from any news, and partly because I'm still working on my own solution for posting on Bluesky and Mastodon and not making much progress. Unfortunately, work on the Webring has also come to a standstill. But hey, I made a video with a mate on the occasion of the German Vinyl Challenge 2024 (in German), which I don't want to withhold from you: YouTubeGerman Vinyl Challenge 2024 mit Robert und Rine - #gvc2024 #germanvinylcommunity#vinyl #germanvinylcommunity #gvc #challenge #gvc2024 Platten:Talk Talk - The Party‘s over, It’s my life, The Colour of Spring, Spirit of Eden, Laughing Stoc... Reply via e-mail

With EchoFeed[1] I have now found a workable solution to throw my posts into the social media. In the meantime, I had relied on micro.blog, but I think I'm better off with EchoFeed, as I'm only interested in distributing my content to Bluesky and Mastodon and don't need an additional blog that presents the same content. EchoFeed is also significantly cheaper at $25 per year. EchoFeed was conceived and realised by Robb Knight2] and is basically a feed reader that cross-posts incoming posts to various platforms[[3]. And it's pretty quick. Speaking of speed, you don't have to wait long for Robb to reply if you have a problem. Reply via e-mail 1. EchoFeed.app ↩︎ 2. Personal Website of Robb Knight ↩︎ 3. Supported Services ↩︎

I discovered Kevin Powell at the right time. I'm no longer a CSS novice and he picks me up where I am and shows me new things that I don't know yet. And I have no problems following him. What I want now is someone who picks me up at my PHP level. But I can't say for myself which one that is. I want to learn to understand APIs, even if the documentation is full of holes. And I'm not talking about WordPress. It's more general. Suggestions are welcome as a reply to this post. Reply via e-mail

I have finally managed to replace my old iPad mini 4. It was last used exclusively as an Apple Home control centre and Spotify player. For the most part, it worked quite well, but Apple has been nagging me for a few days to update my Home network. So today I set up an unused 12-inch iPad Pro in place of the mini. Now I'm looking for ideas on what else I could use the mini with iPadOS 15 for. Do you have any? Drop me a line! Reply via e-mail

Last year I asked myself whether I should include a link preview or not. At that time, I was thinking of a solution to place the preview in tooltips. However, as this would add unnecessary clutter to the site and users of mobile devices would have little or nothing to gain from it, I implemented a different approach. As I want to have control over which link receives a preview and which does not, I have opted for a shortcut solution. So that a query is not sent to the linked server every time a page is called up, I have integrated a simple caching function that writes the preview information to a JSON file and retrieves it from there. A preview is only generated if it is a block element. If it is inadvertently created as an inline element, a simple link is output. I still have to make a few adjustments in terms of performance, but basically the extension is already running smoothly. GitHubGitHub - pftnhr/yellow-linkpreview: Shows a link preview for selected linksShows a link preview for selected links. Contribute to pftnhr/yellow-linkpreview development by creating an account on GitHub. Reply via e-mail