It was a rather quiet week. Anyhow, in continuation to week seventeen, here are a few things that caught my attention in week eighteen, 2023:
🚴♂️ This weekend, I took part in a road bike ride organized by a club (in Germany, they are called RTF, Radtourenfahrt). I was about two thirds of the time part of a small group of four, we had quite a lot of fun on the bike and at the end of the 104 km long tour, an average speed of 29 km/h was displayed on my bike computer. That was not at all slow for my conditions and so I felt then also the rest of the day: exhausted but satisfied. 😅
🐘 After a long beta period Mona for Mastodon was finally released and is available in the App Store for iOS and macOS. I was happy to buy the Mona Pro Max for Spring upgrade. When I look at the Bluesky hype, I sometimes think if it wouldn't have been better for Mastodon if Ivory and Mona would have distributed only sporadic testflight invites for ever. 🤣
📺 I didn't know until now that there are alternative front-end interfaces for youtube (Invidious, Piped) and with Yattee an iOS client for them.1
😡 1Password has become IMHO...
What caught my attention in week seventeen, 2023
In continuation to week sixteen, here are a few things that caught my attention in week seventeen, 2023:
😄 This week my mood was a little better during the week and in the end there was the nice prospect of three days off.
🚴♂️ I used the time to convert my gravel bike from 27.5" wheels with 650B x 48 Juniper Ridge TC to 700C wheels with tubeless SCHWALBE G-ONE R 45-622 and thoroughly cleaned the drive and everything else. I'm glad I'm finally rid of this "winter tires" and again sleeker (and quieter) on the road.
😢 Somehow I think it's a pity that so many people are leaving Mastodon for Bluesky. I'm still trying to resist my curiosity. I don't really want to be part of a social network run by a billionaire anymore.
🪑 I had problems with my LG monitor at work for a very long time, it constantly failed for a few seconds. I tried everything and eventually got another monitor. Maybe I should have changed my chair instead?
🖥️ Federico Viticcireturned to macOS and John Voorhees recommended some great apps. I already had forgotten, that I own an old Lingon license, "a powerful app to run things automatically on your Mac that is also easy to use" and long ago looked into Paletro, a "command palette in any application". I might reevaluate them both.
In continuation to week fifteen, here are a few things that caught my attention in week sixteen, 2023:
😡 During the week I was mainly in a very, very bad mood and this mostly at work. No idea if I should sit this out or if I need to change something.
🚵♀️ Aside from the hay fever, it was nice to finally see blossoming trees and flowers outside and even the sun for a change. My wife and I took advantage of the weather to cycle to a reading in Fulda, 100 km away, to which I had been given tickets to for my birthday. Thanks to pretty strong wind, the trip was a little more cumbersome than hoped, but it was two very nice days. ☀️
