Category: Switzerland
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Caught By the Morning Rain
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany people would see rain forecast and decide to stay in and wait for the weather to get better, and if it doesn’t, just to spend the day indoors. I did not. I got dressed, I got ready, and then I went for a six kilometre run in the rain. It was…
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The Temptation to Skip a Run Due to Traffic Rather Than Rain
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I noticed that very heavy rain was forecast to peak at the time when we were supposed to do a social run so I questioned whether to do the run. In the end my demotivation came from the traffic nightmare at rush hour in a canton where they have decided to…
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Does Blogging Matter in the Age of AI and Antisocial Media?
Reading Time: 3 minutestags: [] Whenever you look for something on Google you get an AI summary, and then you can look at websites and web pages for an in-depth human written answer. At the same time there are dozens of apps for Twitter, the Fediverse and more, but there are none for browsing blogs.…
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On Traditional Apps and Modern Self-Hosting
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany years ago we took photos and we had to wait for the roll to be developed and when it was developed we either kept our photos in the sleeve with the negatives, or we put them in photo albums. Later we took digital photos and we downloaded them to our computers…
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Of Transport Tycoon and Idle Miner
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s funny to look at a game like Transport Tycoon, and then to come across a game like Idle Miner because in essence they are the same. Get resources from A to B, and wait for your fortune to grow, to do more. With Transport Tycoon you build your first railway line…
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The Inverted Book Club
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome readers pick up a reader and read it cover to cover, without straying into other books. Normal book clubs are ideal for such people. It allows them to commit to reading one book per month, and discussing it with others. People like me prefer to buy plenty of books, and start…
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On Satellite Broadcasting and Personal Video Recorders
Reading Time: 2 minutesTime for something a little different. If you’re like me you’re using a service similar to Galaxus TV. In the good old days when I was younger we had a satellite dish and that satellite dish had a tuner, and the tuner had a PVR. You could record series and more, rather…
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The Overly Ambitious Running Pace
Reading Time: 2 minutesFriday I had two social runs, one pre-dawn, one, after sunset, and the next day I went for yet another social run. As if three social runs wasn’t enough pressure on my system I went to a MAS training session on Monday which was hard and then on Wednesday I had Garmin…
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Signy Centre and Cheap Charging
Reading Time: 2 minutesImagine, it’s Monday morning and people are rushing to work or to the shops to get food for the week ahead. You turn up early at the shopping centre. You see that all the chargers are free so you check the price. Thirty Three centimes per kilowatt hour. You see a fantastic…
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A Critical Look at the Apple Watch and Why Coros is a better Backup
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs an early adopter it makes perfect sense for me to have played with an Apple Watch but it doesn’t make sense that I would keep wearing it. The reason for it being absurd for me to wear an Apple watch is primarily that I managed to damage a screen on an…