I’ve been free of symptoms of depression since September, at least until last week. I started to feel agitated, nervous, easily annoyed, sad, alone and unwanted. Over the weekend it became a bit worse. I don’t know the cause. It just came back. It also sneaks its way back into…

The day before Google introduced a bunch of new Pixel devices, I sold off the beloved Pixelbook I wrote about at the end of last year. I never regretted the purchase but I noticed that I wasn’t using it that much because I was working on my company issued Macbook…

The Pixelbook and the Slate share one big caveat: Most of their advertised features aren’t available if you’re using a G-Suite account as your primary Google account. And that’s terrible. Since the Pixelbook was introduced, Chrome OS comes with a feature called Instant Tethering that allows the device to talk…

I’ve been a fan of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy ever since and I’m currently re-reading it, since I had forgotten about several aspects of the intricate story. It’s immensely thrilling and it has aged pretty well. …

After having read his previous effort Bandwidth at the beginning of this year, I was excited for what Eliot Peper might have in the store with the sequel, tentatively named Borderless. Where Bandwidth introduced us to a piece of supra-social, ubiquitous technology known as “the feed”, part 2 of his…

I’m not one for supernatural beliefs, but I’ve noticed a certain pattern that I can’t quite shake off: Whenever I get a new bike, I tend to be involved in a bicycle crash. 2014 I ordered a Canyon RoadLite 7.0. The day before the bike arrived at my doorstep, I…

Ein Freund wies mich heute auf einen Artikel über die Unvernunft der düsseldorfer Radfahrer in der Rheinischen Post hin. Das Solobild zeigt ausgerechnet den neuen Radweg auf der Friedrichstraße — zugeparkt, versteht sich. Arne Lieb beginnt seinen Artikel damit, wie ihm eine Frau auf einem Hollandrad aufgefallen ist, die ihren…

In the past, I have been very vocal against automatic replies from ticket systems. I considered them to add no value while possibly causing the person requesting support some discontent. Let me explain why. Imagine you just sent a support request. Of course you’re hoping for a quick reply. But…

This is just a reminder for myself, for the darker days: I can feel happy. I can find joy in life. Hell, I can even smile and then take a picture of that. …