Watch of the day (or so), Pt. 1 - Casio Royale
It's the time of the Corona crisis, and like many other countries, Austria has imposed some rather strict rules to keep the worst at bay. As a result, I'm working from home, as
The Corona Virus dashboard
Johns Hopkins university has a great dashboard giving a global overview of Corona virus infections. It's for desktop and mobile and everyone who wants to keep tabs on things should go ahead and
Lost posts
I just went through the list of drafts I abandoned by some point and there's quite a few.
The state of blogs
There's a great write-up on The Guardian about the state of the blogosphere (I think we might be allowed to use that term unironically now). From the piece: The furore over social media
The Comet
Millions of pictures taken by the Rosetta spacecraft, of a comet they accompanied for about two years. Created by director Christian Stangl, soundtrack by Wolfgang Stangl. via kottke.
The introduction of the Snapshot
I've been thinking about how to use this place more, even for the more mundane writings. Stuff I'd usually post to Twitter: no title, no hashtags, nothing but a few sentences or a
Blank VHS Covers
The times of the video cassettes is long gone. But what remains is the artwork on the covers of the blank ones you could buy to tape, you know, television or pirated versions
Book of the month: "Red Sparrow"
In which I praise the book RED SPARROW, and do the opposite with the film RED SPARROW.
Beef roast in the making
24 hours to soak in wine and herbs from the balcony. My significant other wants me to add that among those are three different types of thyme.
Book of the month: "The Twenty Three"
In which I write about the Promise Falls trilogy.
On a boat
In which I extol the virtues of being on a boat in the Mediterranean.
Eating fish in Atlantis
In which I write about eating a fish platter one fine Saturday evening