The movers have collected my belongings in Berlin, and I’ve handed over the keys to my Berlin apartment. Now I’m back in London, with zero business left in Berlin.
I’m glad I have a system that brings structure to this whole project. The hundred to-do items1 aren’t overwhelming because I’ve organised them by urgency, and scheduled on the appropriate days. I am taking small bites.
Quick bits
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The flight from London was packed with men (and some women) in business suits, with briefcases filled with investment documents and laptops with PowerPoint slides for fundraising. I felt like I had more in common with the very womanly woman — pink drink, pink phone, watching a romantic comedy — until she too pulled out investment documents from her briefcase.
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A reason to read Wuthering Heights2 is that page two has the sequence of words “pious ejaculation.” Delightful.
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I’ve given up on creating my own budgeting app. I have fully migrated off YNAB onto Actual. I’ve got a server running locally, accessible by the mobile UI as well. I’m happy with this setup, even though it lacks multi-currency support.
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Electric kettles are fast. I must have one. They’re more energy-efficient, too!
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OH: “My favourite social medium is Kleinanzeigen.”
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This week I found out that you can add itineraries from Google maps to calendar! How convenient. I’ve been adding them manually.
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Look at this adorable car that I spotted in Berlin earlier this week:
How cute! Coincidentally, the Wikipedia page for Microcar has a photo of that exact car — an All-Cars Charly 4. And I found out that this particular microcar is on sale. To be picked up in Moabit.
Shower thoughts
- The first person to propose using number for dates surely must have been considered a nerd. Month “five”? Day “nineteen”? Okaaaay… dork.
Links
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Can a 70-year-old telescope still be useful? (Tom Scott; Nebula-only link)
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Mechanical Pencil: Those are some remarkable interactive diagrams!
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Chris Trottier on Plantation Simulator: Incredible.
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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers (Mathias Bastian, The Decoder): Perfect. But also: duh.
Tech links:
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An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt: Fascinating! Also: I know it’s not quite the point, but I need to see how ﷽ renders on my web site.
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P4LETTE: Neat tool!