August 20, 2026 10:30 AM
Looking at the websites of some AI events and their programmes. Hundreds of sessions over several days. You’d think that they’d expect you to have you [...]
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Last Flickr Embeds Finally Removed 🔗
I today replaced the last handful of embedded Flickr images with self hosted copies, that merely link back to the source at Flickr. This way I am cert [...]
Is zoervleisj een soort rendang? 🔗
Gespot in Maastricht afgelopen weekend. Is zoervleisj een soort rendang? Enquiring minds want to know. Wel zoervleisj gegeten vrijdagavond, maar gehee [...]
Eclipse 🔗
Yesterday we saw the sun set at the beach near Zandvoort. We were there because of the 89% or so solar eclipse that peaked around eight in the evening [...]
Cat’s Cradle and Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut 🔗
The past few days I read two titles by Kurt Vonnegut, because they were mentioned in Among Others by Jo Walton that I read last month. The protagonist [...]
On Reading and Influencing EU Legal Proposals – The Timeline 🔗
One hand was raised when I asked "Who has read or looked at the actual EU Inc legal proposal itself?" in a session where we discussed the EU Inc propo [...]
Thessaly / Philosopher Kings Trilogy by Jo Walton 🔗
I came across a recommendation by Cory Doctorow of Jo Walton‘s work, on July 1st. I bought a range of her works then, and in the past month read what [...]
Week Notes 31-26 London Edition 🔗
It’s summer, hot and dry, and we spent the week in London, not quite the right place to cool down. A week of dunking ourselves from the almost too col [...]
Camden Market 🔗
A 19th century warren next to Regent’s Canal. Back in 2018 I walked through here along the canal from King’s Cross to Regent’s Park with friends remem [...]
Zines at the British Library 🔗
The past week in London we also visited the British Library for a bit, reading and writing while enjoying coffee. Many people used the publicly access [...]
My Smallest David Hockney Exhibition 🔗
A year ago we were in Paris to visit a very large exhibition of the work of David Hockney. It was amazing, and we spent much more time there than anti [...]
The Good Gym Is Still Running 🔗
I think the last time E and I met Ivo Gormley was in 2012, when we had a pleasant dinner together on Great Queen Street talking about what it was like [...]
The three cornered container 🔗
In reply to The three cornered container by Chris Corrigan What stands out to me reading this, is that I feel I have an intrinsic preference for the e [...]
Learning How to be Idle on Vacation 🔗
In reply to Learning How to be Idle on Vacation by Peter Rukavina Your post resonates a lot, Peter. In my journey of the last years overcoming burn-ou [...]
Static Website Envy 🔗
This spring E took down her WordPress blog and replaced it with a static website. In the past weeks she did the same for her business website (and add [...]
Berghütte / Galel by Fanny Desarzens 🔗
A lovely novella and the 2022 debut by francophone Swiss author Fanny Desarzens (1993). I read the German translation, titled Berghütte (mountain cabi [...]
Among Others and My Real Children by Jo Walton 🔗
It’s been a while since my last post in the Books category early February, 32 fiction books further by my count. Recently Cory Doctorow pointed to the [...]
Recovery by Switching to Roles and Activities and Away From Tasks 🔗
Over the past month or two, after our return from Portugal I’ve been slowly improving and overcoming my burn-out. I’m at a point where I am eager to d [...]
July 6, 2026 6:07 PM
Favorited Ikigai Collective by David Orban Yes, this type of exploration is important. Without a set purpose as goal, but certainly not without purpos [...]
US Supreme Court Ends The Pretence of The EU – US Data Privacy Framework 🔗
European Data Protection makes it illegal to transfer person identifiable data to outside the EU. Unless there is equivalence in data protection, or a [...]
Agentic Skills As Knowledge Management System? 🔗
In a session today there was some discussion about agentic skills. A skill is mostly a markdown text file often named, yes, skill.md with a natural la [...]
Not Fully Digitally Sovereign Versus Increasing Cost of Leaving 🔗
In a session earlier today the deployment of a tool was discussed in an organisation’s information environment that is otherwise fully dominated by Mi [...]
Open State Foundation zoekt nieuwe directeur 🔗
Bij de Open State Foundation (waar ik voorzitter ben) zoeken we een nieuwe directeur! Herken jij je in het profiel (PDF), en ben je net zo bevlogen al [...]
June 25, 2026 12:49 PM
In reply to Setting up Webmentions by Alex Hyett It’s always good to see a blogger adding Webmentions to their site. Cross-blog conversations are to m [...]
A Weekend in Grisons 🔗
Last week I spent a few days in Switzerland. I went to Zürich on Thursday to meet up with a few people, having a pleasant chat with Beat Döbeli about [...]