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  • The Fallacy of Please Like and Subscribe

    The Fallacy of Please Like and Subscribe

    Reading Time: 4 minutes Over the years I have subscribed to hundreds of podcasts, YouTube channels, people on Instagram TikTok and more. I then stopped subscribing, and sometimes like, but never when I’m asked to by the content creators. The short reason for not liking and subscribing now is that if I subscribe I usually…

  • Video Editing And Social Media

    Reading Time: 3 minutes In the past if you wanted to be a video editor you also needed to be a camera operator, and to be a camera operator you needed to be a video editor. By knowing both skills you shot good material because you knew how hard bad material was to use. As…

  • A Saturday Walk During A Pandemic

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week it was comfortable and warm so it was tempting to go cycling. This week it has gone back to being cold. Yesterday it was cold and windy and today was cold but sunny. I went for my usual walk but rather than listen to a podcast I watched TikTok…

  • Day 51 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Only Two People At A Time

    Day 51 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Only Two People At A Time

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I went in to a shop without knowing that the limit was two people at a time. Paradoxically there were not two but five people in the shop because if you’re a parent with a child you’re allowed to be two, so there were four people. I saw no sign…

  • Day 47 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Walk In The Rain

    Day 47 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Walk In The Rain

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Yesterday I went for a walk in the rain. I walked for two hours, took pictures and listened to Echo Der Zeit and this episode of the Thru-Hiking podcast. Gretel Scarlet was the interviewee. She talked about South Bound (SOBO) hiking the PCT. It’s interesting to see how different her attitude…

  • Day 45 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Need For Outdoor Exercise.

    Day 45 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Need For Outdoor Exercise.

    Reading Time: 2 minutes This aftrnoon reminded me of the need for outdoor exercise. I was feeling lazy and unmotivated to go outdoors. I thought that the rain would come back during my walk, as it did during my scooter ride, and as it did yesterday. I checked the weather app and I saw that…

  • Day 38 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Contact Sports

    Day 38 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Contact Sports

    Reading Time: 2 minutes By May we may be able to go back to doing sports in groups as long as they are not “contact sports” in Switzerland. For me this means hiking, running cycling and other related sports. For me climbing is a contact sport because we touch the same hand holds as everyone…