A group of small white mushrooms growing in dark soil inside a black container. The largest mushroom is centered, surrounded by smaller ones, against a plain white background.

The mushroom I’ve shared the other day while it was still growing. This is a mushroom starter set (unfortunately I don’t have a link to the exact product we have as it was a present). But there are many online.

 
A single white mushroom resting on a green cutting board.

Collected our first homegrown mushroom yesterday - it was tasty.

 
A blue plate with fried potato wedges and chicken nuggets arranged on it. There are small servings of ketchup and mayonnaise on the plate. The background shows a wooden table with a bottle of soda and a metal bowl partially visible.

I made homemade fries for the first time in my life (I think) and they were amazing. I’m a bit out of fries recently but I think the main issue is that I don’t want the one from a store anymore.

 

Wanted to share an interesting link to a blog post. Yesterday it was online and today I get a random parked domain page there OO. Good, I send a copy of the post to my note system along with the link.

 

It feels strange for once to not be working on the weekend Oo.

 

⤑ Under the Radar #312: Our Changing Relationship with Apple - Relay.

I liked this episode and I need to also spend some time thinking about this.

Especially this part towards the end:

I think there’s just something in that of just the fundamental reality of we have more agency than sometimes I think, at least I can say for myself, I have more agency than sometimes I give myself credit for.

And I think the places I often find myself struggling is when I am unintentionally giving up that agency.

And in this case, it was sort of like giving some of my identity and focus to a company rather than being self-directed.

And part of that was just laziness, part of that was just it was fun and like there’s lots of things that go into that.

And I think it’s the reality of understanding that I have agency over what I think is important, but I value what I do with my time, what I look at and sort of engage in.

/link /apple /identity /self-esteem
The figurine, crafted from tin, stands on the edge of the concrete fountain, its small stature contrasting with the larger surroundings. It has a rough, handmade appearance with visible folds and irregularities in the metal. One of its arms is raised into the air. The fountain has a multi-level water structure, with still water reflecting the soft daylight. The background is blurred, showing a traditional European-style building with green shutters and a white door, suggesting a quaint town setting.

Noticed this little guy standing on a fountain yesterday, and there were many more around my walking route - It was from an art project: Take-Away-Art.

 

A Well-Intended Idea, But an Impossible Execution: My Thoughts on the Environmental Responsibility Initiative (Vote on February 9th Weekend)

I’ve looked at the initiative text for the new bill, which was proposed and is up for a vote this weekend (“Volksinitiative
Für eine verantwortungsvolle Wirtschaft innerhalb der planetaren Grenzen (Umwelt-verantwortungsinitiative)”1). Reading it leaves me feeling sad.

Read 7 remaining paragraphs...

/switzerland /politics /voteing
A large snail with an extended body and outstretched tentacles moves along a piece of wood inside a terrarium. Its shell is textured and slightly weathered. The enclosure contains soil, plants, bark, and other natural elements. The glass surface of the terrarium has smudges and dirt.

I’ve seen the big snails again - they are around the size of a hand and somehow cute :-)

 
The cargo cult metaphor is commonly used by programmers. This metaphor was popularized by Richard Feynman's "cargo cult science" talk with a vivid description of South Seas cargo cults. However, this metaphor has three major problems. First, the pop-culture depiction of cargo cults is inaccurate and fictionalized, as I'll show. Second, the metaphor is overused and has contradictory meanings making it a lazy insult. Finally, cargo cults are portrayed as an amusing story of native misunderstanding but the background is much darker: cargo cults are a reaction to decades of oppression of Melanesian islanders and the destruction of their culture. For these reasons, the cargo cult metaphor is best avoided.

⤑ The origin of the cargo cult metaphor.

/link

I don’t like front matter as it puts a big ugly block of code at the front of my notes. But nobody seems to be talking about postmaster, which would be an acceptable compromise for me. From a technical point of view, I can understand that having the metadata at the beginning of the file makes it easier and faster to read and ignore. But then again, just read the file from the end instead of the beginning. We are in 2025, so this should be possible.

/obsidian /note-taking
A bacon burger with caramelized apple slices and a toasted bun sits on a blue plate, accompanied by crinkle-cut fries. The top bun is slightly lifted, revealing the layers of ingredients. In the background, small bowls with sliced cucumbers and red bell peppers, along with a red cutting board holding an avocado, are visible on a wooden table.

Apple burger with bacon. The bacon was to overpowering and made the apple disappear. Need to try without bacon. I wonder if adding cinnamon would help.

/burger

And once more I got confirmed in my opinion that the MongoDB Cloud Atlas UI is not really usable. Was trying to setup a sync schema and it took way longer than it should have due to cryptic error messages :-(.

/coding
Without really meaning to, this week I’ve posted a few related articles around the theme of how to survive the next four yea

⤑ How to Weather the Storm.

This is a good one to keep in mind. He also links to a lot of good resources.

/link