Manuel Riess

First NFL game I‘m able to watch this season. Packers vs. Colts, while doing laundry. I’m so exhausted… Go Packers!

After Long Way Up I binge watched Long Way Round. Now on to Long Way Down… I‘m addicted and if I would ride a bike I would probably start tomorrow on my own trip 😅

Woof. What a week. So much work the last couple of days. I don’t even feel tired anymore, I’m behind this point now. Looking forward to some play time with my daughter this weekend!

Big win for all the pressure they got from all sides since too long! This makes a huge difference for small developers! Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent for most developers starting January 1st - The Verge

This is an evolving post about how Apple claims to be the security focused company, yet their actions speak differently when having a closer look. This is really concerning. But we all know there will never be a non-marketing answer to any of these issues.

The 1x Engineer sounds a lot nicer than all those Rockstars.

Another step to getting my „real“ blog back to life. More or less finished with the theme. Now I need to fill in a couple of empty pages and choose the right font.

I removed the TV from our living room. Maybe the kid won’t ask for it all the time when it’s gone. Also probably means a little more tinkering time for me in the evenings as I don’t get distracted by crappy TV by myself.

What if Trump really is not going to leave? Who‘s responsible for dragging him out?

Neuinfektionen in Deutschland steigen trotz Lockdown auf Rekordhoch - Lockdown? Welcher Lockdown? Es interessiert wirklich niemanden außer den wirklich betroffenen Gastronomen, Künstlern und natürlich den Aluhüten. Wer sich über die Zahlen wundert lebt in einer anderen Welt.

Still one of my favorite albums. Travis - The Man Who 🎶

Long Way Up really gets the travel bug in me. I would sooo love to do something like this. People think I‘m crazy, but I really love this show.

Going a little bold on my updated design for my new/old blog 🤩

I also have an idea to get an outlet for some creative writing I‘d love to explore. It’s a long shot but maybe also here it’s time to at least try and start and create something. Lately I feel like this is the part that‘s missing.

I‘m about to revive my old-old blog, the one I wrote most and probably also the best stuff so far. I read through some old posts and now I’m a little bummed I didn’t follow through. Sometimes life gets in the way, but it’s time to get back to it 💪

Yes, Apple’s Silicon Macs are great, but the event today was very boring. The same statements over and over again. It’s literally the same computers with a new chip. Show could have ended after 25 minutes. The very best thing was the return of PC guy at the end of the commercial.

I really like the designs and lots of the functionality in WordPress came a long way the last couple of years. But it’s just not for me anymore. I’d like to have just a little more control and theme choices at Micro.blog but the simplicity is key. Nothing like that anywhere near.

After a couple of days on Big Sur I have to admit that I really enjoy most of the new look & feel. It really came a long way since the first betas.

With all the joy and relief, let’s not forget that more than 70 million people voted for a horrible, psychologically instable and insane person in the White House. Half of America is not celebrating today.

Scrolling through my Micro.blog timeline this morning is amazing. So much relief. I‘m happy for everyone that got a decent president again. Everyone else can try next time to vote for someone maybe not quite as crazy as Trump. It will be so great to not have to worry about Trump Twitter every day!

PS: Foxnews performed a terrific change during the last couple of days. Hearing Republicans talk in interviews is still so irritating. Hateful, angry, arrogant and spreading fear while being full of fear on their own. It’s very concerning for the next couple of years to come.

So relieved about the events today! Watching CNN and Foxnews all day even though I shouldn’t be that involved with all of this. Just so happy for all my friends over there. They can live a normal life again. Thank you America! You did the right thing! Thank you!

I became a fan of Momento during the last couple of days. I’m hesitant to go all in though because the development seems stale. There are some half baked features and the release notes of the last two years make it look like it’s in maintenance mode. It’s still alive, somehow, but there’s no investment anymore. Not sure I want to place my bet on this app. I don’t want to write a data converter again. (It’s a big plus for me that all data is local and exportable in clear text)

It’s getting cold outside… time to start drinking my beloved Earl Grey instead of coffee all the time again 😉

The Wordpress app improved a lot since I last tried it a couple years ago. I really want to try Wordpress again for something, but I really don’t want to 😉