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About week 1641: video games, London, Christmas run-up
Video games Consuming entertainment as an aspiring creator of one, isn’t ideal. While it’s perfectly fine to get inspired by reading, watching or listening, there’s sometimes a bit of guilt involved when it comes to life and things. Then again, sometimes it’s great to take a deep dive in something as immersive as a video…
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About Week 1623
According to this website, I’m now in week 1623 of my life. Time to try out some weekly notes for a while. I need a way to reflect on my life. This is one attempt. Houses / Cats I’ve been living in Utrecht these past few weeks, in various houses, cat sitting for colleagues. In…
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Re: #Apple cutting apps from their affiliate program
I kind of get why #Apple kills their app affiliate program, but it still sucks for publishers trying to survive while offering content on popular and less popular apps and games. As engaging as the App Store editorial content is, and it is in my opinion, it’s become a lot harder to make money writing…
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Changing my password manager: how to make it “just work”
Earlier this year I’ve decided to change my password manager. I’ve been using 1Password for my Apple products for many years now, but I have a job with a Windows pc now, and no way to install 1Password myself. I dabbled with LastPass and looked into Dashlane, but ideally I’d wanted a free solution that…
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Broken window
Having used mobile phones since the late nineties, I was sad to discover that I was no longer part of a fabled group of human beings. This fabled group being the humans that haven’t actually dropped their phones and damaged the screen in the process. I was proud to be a member of this group.…
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Three times the cinema: Three Billboards, The Shape of Water & Black Panther
I went to the cinema three times so far in 2018. I saw three excellent films, all in their own way. Here are my (shortened) thoughts on them, in the order I saw them. Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri This film is the third Best Picture Oscar contender I’ve seen (the other two being Dunkirk…
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iPad Pro instead of a laptop: my first months
Inspired by this blog by Charles Arthur, I want to do my own write-up. After all, I bought my iPad Pro instead of buying a new laptop. So does it work for me? Working so far As I work in a public institution of education four days of my working week, those four days I’m…
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Invisible Storm
My favourite band released a new album last Friday. Turin Brakes is the name of the band, Invisible Storm is the 8th album by them. I wrote down my thoughts on Ether Site. You can read them here.
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Lovesick Season 3 is back
I really really like Lovesick and I’m so happy we got a season 3. I binged the first season in a day or two, and series 2 in not much longer. I will take, for various reasons, more time to watch season 3, but after episode 1 I’m already confident that it’s gonna be a…
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Things to look forward to in 2018
In no particular order, things to look forward to: Great new music. Most of all the new Turin Brakes album Invisible Storm that is released on 26 January 2018. Live gigs, including Turin Brakes many times, but also Iron & Wine, Susanne Sundfør and many others I don’t know about yet. Spending many days with…