January 2022

It looks like I’m back, OO. I am feeling so much better today compared to Thursday and Friday. Still in isolation, though. It seems like I’ve got the 🦠 only in the light variant. And I’m fortunate and happy about that.

Playing the Mindcraft board game for the first time. It was fun. 🎲

Playing the Mindcraft board game for the first time. It was fun. 🎲

Disconnected.
The switch came loose when I changed the battery—time for the soldering iron.

Disconnected. The switch came loose when I changed the battery—time for the soldering iron.

A daily random note from my brain

To get myself more to think about my notes, I’ve setup automation to send me a random note from my digital brain every day at noon. I hope that when I get an email in my inbox with a random thought, it triggers additional ideas, which I can then write down again. As so far, I was not so good with revisiting old notes I’ve written once. The system has the following components:

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Trying to debug why my ruby script is not running as a launchd service is a pain in the ass :-( I wish there was a way to see what’s wrong. Apart from error 1.

I ate the trunk of broccoli for the first time. That was a revelation. No more broccoli will be wasted now.

The new year has begun again for me. Back to work. No more holidays.

Nearly one year of daily piano training! I think I managed to form a habit here. And I start to see some progress as well. Sunday’s are missing as this is my free day.

Nearly one year of daily piano training! I think I managed to form a habit here. And I start to see some progress as well. Sunday’s are missing as this is my free day.

Automating email sending with SwiftSMTP and launchd

I am unhappy with my email sending automation using AppleScript and the Apple Calendar App. I have been searching for a better solution for quite some time. Sending emails is a complicated problem in 2022 :-).

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This image summarizes the last year. I hope it does not entirely define the new year as well.
Happy new year, everybody!

This image summarizes the last year. I hope it does not entirely define the new year as well. Happy new year, everybody!