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I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • The Pain of Optimism During a Pandemic

    Reading Time: 4 minutesThe pain of optimism during a pandemic can clearly be felt by those who were optimistic enough to believe that self-sacrifice during the pandemic would result in a summer free of the COVID-19 Virus in Switzerland. We went from a moving average over seven days of one thousand one hundred and twelve…

  • De-Confinement, In Name Only.

    Reading Time: 3 minutesUntil recently every time Switzerland moved from one phase to another the number of new cases per day increased slightly but with the latest phase the number of cases has increased by four or five times the number of new cases. From March until mid June we could go to the shops…

  • Hiking in Switzerland

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 2019 Swiss people spent 162 million hours walking and hiking in Switzerland. Hiking generates 2.5 billion CHF per year and there are 50,000 signs to help people find their way. In Switzerland people hike 20 times per year. I go for a two to three hour walk/hike every single day…

  • Walking from Village to Village, and Village to Town

    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe conversation is too often about designing cities to be car-free, but I would argue that designing the countryside to require less frequently would be more advantageous. The reason for this is that walking from village to village, and from villages to towns eliminates the need for, and appeal of the car.…

  • FaceBook’s Primitive Content Management System

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFacebook’s Primitive Content Management System, because aside from being a social media platform, it is a CMS, makes it very hard to delete posts, images, and more in bulk. Facebook should be seen as a CMS because it allows us to share images, posts, events, and more. As a CMS we should…

  • How to Migrate from Instagram To WordPress

    Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently I migrated my photos from Instagram to a WordPress blog. The process took some trial and error. The first step is to understand how to read JSON files and format them in a way that WordPress can use. The next step is to import that data into WordPress. To request your…

  • Playing With Grasshopper

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrasshopper is a Google app to teach adults and children about Javascript. It provides people with short, easy to understand modules to get a grasshopper to do things. The curriculum is divided into seven modules. These are: Fundamentals Fundamentals II Intro to Interviewing Array Methods Animations Animations II Using a Code…

  • The Fun and Games of Attempting to Migrate Instagram Data continue

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Fun and games of attempting to migrate Instagram data continue. I have now spent several days on the task. I have my Instagram posts currently sitting on a local blog. The challenge has been to migrate it from my local WordPress installation to the main website. After dozens of failed…

  • Close to Success – Exporting Instagram images to WordPress Natively

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Instagram was a self-run startup I loved the product. I loved that it was a way of sharing images with friends. I loved that it was fast and that it was light. I also liked that it had it’s own community. I liked that it was a way of sharing real…

  • Self-Sacrifice and Pandemics

    Reading Time: 3 minutesSelf-Sacrifice and Pandemics are intimate friends. In order for a pandemic to end we must learn to do without things that we need. We go without meeting friends for months, we go without hugs or handshakes for months. We go without restaurants, bars, cafés or cinemas for months. We go without needing…