Journal

I am currently reading Austin Kleon‘s “Show your work!” I love the format of the book and it is a quick and entertaining read so far.

Once you make sharing part of your daily routine, you’ll notice themes and trends emerging in what you share. You’ll find patterns in your flow.

This bit especially resonated with me. As I am in the process of (making and) sharing photos daily on my photo blog, I find patterns all the time, certain repeating themes, subjects I am drawn to. This was also the main reason for creating “collections” on the blog – not for others, but to make these patterns more obvious for myself.

I didn’t get CSS to run doom or anything, but I’m still delighted that I made this work using only HTML, CSS, and a little weasy black magic.

Ian G McDowell on “Laying Out a Print Book With CSS“

Very interesting – and entertaining – read.

via Claudio

I watched the Boris Becker Documentary on Apple TV+ last night. I remember being on this balcony as a kid when he came home after he won Wimbledon in 1985:

He was such a big deal when I was a child, growing up in Leimen, where he is from also. I remember watching many matches and with my dad or my grandparents, featuring Boris’ epic rivalries with Ivan Lendl, Stefan Edberg and later Michael Stich.

I am glad that the documentary spent more time (about 2/3) on the tennis rather than his financial/business-related issues.

(Side note: How stupid is it, that Apple, Netflix & co. prevent you from taking screenshots? Yeah, pretty stupid!)

Today is a travel day. My first #WordCamp in a very long time. #WCCH

This week me and the girls are home alone – without Ulya. She is in Turkey right now, helping her family deal with the earthquake aftermath. We are very fortunate that everybody is fine, while so many others were not. She brought a six-person tent and yesterday they managed to set it up next to the house – which is still standing, but they are afraid to sleep in it, until it is properly inspected and declared safe.