LEGO 72046

I am extremely impressed with the LEGO Game Boy set. The build technique is outstanding. There are only two stickers and it looks absolutely brilliant. I am glad I made an exception to my β€œno new LEGO sets” rule.

A shelf displaying various handheld gaming devices and cartridges. There are several Game Boys (DMG, Color), a Modretro Chromatic and an Analogue Pocket. Cartridges are neatly arranged, with one prominently featuring "Donkeykong Land" game in a yellow case inside an Epilogue GP Operator. A yellow handheld console with a crank is also visible, a Playdate device.
Family Plan review: Nice idea, but the dull action bored me pretty quickly. Rating: Decent

Migration is not a Crime

Street art on a textured wall shows a figure of a bear wearing a coat and hat, holding a suitcase. The text above and below reads

Parasite (2019) movie review: disturbing but very good

Finished reading: Auf See by Theresia Enzensberger πŸ“š

Skyscraper (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Tall modern buildings against a clear blue sky. The central skyscraper has a distinctive overhanging section near the top, casting a bright silhouette with the sun positioned directly behind it. Surrounding the buildings are several trees, and there’s a curved, glass-covered structure on the right. Shadows create contrasting patterns on the ground.

Notebook Navigator

Modern file explorer for Obsidian
Full keyboard navigation. Dual-pane layout. Mobile optimized.

Notebook Navigator is a truly great plugin for one of my favorite apps, Obsidian.

Screenshot Homepage Notebook Navigator (2025-09-20)

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Wolfs (2024) review: obvious plot holes and a little too close to slapstick

Dieter Rams. Ein Stilraum / Museum Angewandte Kunst

A vintage BRAUN reel-to-reel tape recorder with two visible spools is displayed against a plain background. Designed by Dieter Rams.

Boat β›΅

Gorch Fock

Trees 🌳

Finished reading: Survival of the Richest by Douglas Rushkoff πŸ“š Recommended.

Bumblebee 🐝

Printers for my Paper Journal πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

For several months now, I’ve been keeping a paper journal for my tasks and a few thoughts, using the basic principles of a bullet journal. (However, I hardly like to utter that term, as I love the original, extremely simple idea, but I reject the empire or the almost sect-like movement that has emerged from it. Well, but nowadays, that’s more or less the same with almost all interesting ideas.) Back to the topic. Although I try to become a bit more independent of technology and not to immediately jump on every trend, I couldn’t help but get two technical devices for my paper journal - namely two printers. One is an Instax mini Link 3, which I use to print and paste really beautiful memories, and the other is a thermal paper printer from peripage.1 2 There are adhesive sticker rolls available for it. Printing and pasting a blurry, black-and-white image quickly just brings joy ;-) BTW believe it or not, I’ve managed to avoid falling into the Rabbit Hole pens trap. So far. πŸ˜…

A journal page titled Daily Log lists entries with dates alongside a black and white photo of a large dandelion.A journal spread features handwritten notes with blurred text, a photo attached on the bottom, and a pen placed beside the open pages.

  1. I learned from Ruminate that there are incredibly cheaper models; but by then, I already had mine … ↩︎

  2. With the purchase, I broke my own rule to only buy devices with USB-C; unfortunately, I had completely overlooked the fact that it has micro USB. ↩︎

Flies also like water lilies.

A white water lily with a yellow center floats on a pond surrounded by green lily pads.A white water lily with yellow stamens is floating among large green lily pads on the water.A white water lily with a bright yellow center is in full bloom, surrounded by green leaves.

I went on a little photo tour of the natural sciences campus yesterday evening.

A modern building with large glass windows is illuminated at night, with a car parked near the entrance.A modern, multi-story building is illuminated at night with geometric lighting design on its facade against a twilight sky.A modern, multi-story building is illuminated in the night, with streaks of light from passing vehicles visible in the foreground.A modern building with large windows is illuminated at night, surrounded by trees and a pathway.

My Current iOS Podcast Client: Queue

I have been listening to podcasts regularly for a very long time, actually since the iPod era. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Of course, I’ve tried many apps because of this. I’ve usedΒ Pocket Casts,Β CastroΒ for a long time,Β Overcast, and then one app or another, going back to Apple’s Podcast app a few times. Somehow, there were always things that bothered me. Sometimes the interface was too complex, and sometimes I missed essential features.Β 

But fundamentally, what I really want from a podcast app is quite simple: a queue that automatically sorts new episodes, where I can set how many unheard episodes of the same podcast I want to keep in this queue at most, and then have a simple way to sort the queue a bit if necessary. The relatively new app to me,Β Queue, surprisingly does all of this very well with great design. The only thing that bothers me a little is its subscription price. But there’s always something to criticise πŸ˜‡.