Reposting @lucho.cool
This new project from Dan Hollick makes me want to share with you all the content I've been gathering as great "teaching".
These usually involve visuals and tailored interactive components to help explain complex topics.
#1 makingsoftware.co by Dan Hollick
A long overdue update on what's been going on over the last few months.
A great little utility app for your Mac that you didn’t know you needed.
Reposting @phoenix.tapbots.com
Recently, there was this insightful interview in our local newspaper that I found really interesting and seemed almost philosophical to me. So I decided to curate and share some passages.
The magic of the most beautiful time of day.
I moved Mastodon instances and got a cool new internet identity in the process.
I’m currently in the middle of exam season and wanted to share a quick tip that helps me enormously when I get nervous or tense right before a quiz.
My entry for the IndieWeb Carnival of January 2025 about the importance of friction.
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter is probably the most unique fiction book I’ve read this year.
A not so obvious benefit of publishing your work and some thank you’s.
Inspired by Jedda and in the spirit of sharing and discovering great music, I also wanted to write a bit about my Spotify Wrapped this year.
Some initial thoughts about Bluesky and the AT protocol.
Quoting @danabra.mov
This visualization was a great overview for an initial understanding of the differences between AT and AP.
(also go watch @danabra.mov's talk that explains AT in more detail:
)
A lesson from Four Thousand Weeks for when you are stuck in traffic the next time.
And the rewarding feeling of reaching it.
A trip down memory lane and a list of cities, you also should visit one day.
After 4 weeks of taking the calculus 1 class in university, I’ve had my first true [insert mindblown-emoji here] moment. And I want to share it with you.
A response to Blog like a Painter by Robert Birming.
Being short on time, chatting with way to many AIs and how a meme turned into a cult.
My best blogpost this month.
Adjusting to a new lifestyle and learning a ton of new stuff.
Pure creativity, emotions & vibes.
Third places
The “third place” is the concept of a public space where you can connect with others over a shared interest. It is called that because it complements your home and your work/school. A common third place might be the local library.
Source: https://youtu.be/hEvMZ5S6zy0
Today is Friday, September 13th, and it’s Orientation Day for new bachelor students at Uni Bern. Which also means that my lectures (and my university career as a whole) start in just three days, on Monday.
Going for a run is always the right choice. You’ll thank yourself afterward.
Yet another change to this newsletter, Laravel is awesome and people create really cool internet tools.
Libel-proof
You are libel-proof if you can't sue for defamation because your reputation is already so bad.
Two interesting quotes from a video that stuck with me and got me thinking.
An easy guide on how to setup your own VPS.
CSS @starting-style
With @starting-style, we can define styles that an element will animate in from once rendered. E.g. from opacity: 0 to opacity: 1.
Source: https://motion.dev/blog/do-you-still-need-framer-motion
"Recently, I wrote about how I write daily. In this post, I want to take a step back: Why write in the first place?"
How to have Mastodon on your own domain without hosting a server. Kind of.
Switching this newsletter to WordPress, improving my personal website and listening to a thrilling podcast episode.
A note about rediscovering a song I haven’t heard in a long time and feeling nostalgic about the memories.
A fun fact
The human species will 100% not go extinct during your lifetime. Never thought about it this way.
A handy CLI trick
sudo !! reruns the previous command with sudo.
Source: https://youtu.be/mLznVlBAtcg
Bamboo & Glass Ceiling
These are metaphors for invisible barriers certain demographic groups experience when placed in a hierarchy. Feminists coined the term “Glass Ceiling”, while East Asian and East Asian Americans did the same for the “Bamboo Ceiling”.
Lil Peep’s first face tattoo
He got it at the age of 17 as “a sign of his commitment to avoiding the straight life. ‘A tattoo on your face,' he explained later, ‘is gonna stop you from getting a lot of jobs.'”
Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/lil-peep-tragedy-torment-804686/
The Economics of Superstars
This term describes the phenomenon, where a small group of people gets almost all the attention and rewards in a certain space.
Source: https://pdodds.w3.uvm.edu/files/papers/others/1981/rosen1981a.pdf
My thoughts after watching a movie about a war, where the story isn’t really important.
Or: How a simple rule change can help you create more consistently.
A list of interesting links from my recent trip into the Fediverse rabbit hole.
Tiny Saturday
Wednesday is called “Tiny Saturday" (“lillördag”) in Sweden.
Preparing for uni, trying out a new tech gadget and learning how Social Media is pretty bad at accurately reporting on real life events.
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.”
The kickers always win
Kickers are athletes that still have the ability to sprint at the end of an endurance race.
Source: https://www.eddiedale.com/blog/the-kickers-always-win
