Alexander Kucera

Chaosium and HumbleBundle have a massive Call of Cthulhu sale going, which supports the World Wildlife Fund. Go grab yourself some Lovecraftian Horror for an incredible price. I did.

I also got myself a copy of the new three one-shot adventure book No Time to Scream.

The interesting thing about Trump is that he is unable to speak the truth about pretty much anything he says, while also speaking the plain truth about what what he is going to do when in office.

Home at Last!

And I’m on my last leg home sitting in the RE from Karlsruhe to Neustadt. The whole trip was smooth and without delays.

Second leg of the journey has started without delay. On the IC to Karlsruhe for the next two hours.

Currently listening to: Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir 📚 for the second time. I love the narration and the story.

And thus my trip back home begins. On the ICE to Nürnberg now.

Zurück vom Klassentreffen. Zirka 48 von 108 Klassenkameraden sind erschienen und die meisten kannte ich sogar noch. Es war schon die alte Truppe wiederzusehen. Im Grunde als wären nicht 25 Jahre vergangen. Fast alle waren noch immer die selben. Vom Aussehen, der Mode, dem Verhalten. Faszinierend.

Wow. Just wow

John Gruber in his piece DHH Argues Against Passkeys

Also, I really dislike the practice of replacing passwords with email “magic links”. Autofilling a password from my keychain happens instantly; getting a magic link from email can take minutes sometimes, and even in the fastest case, it’s nowhere near instantaneous. Replacing something very fast — password autofill — with something slower is just a terrible idea. For people who actually prefer email magic links, it’s fine as an option, but it shouldn’t be the default, and it certainly shouldn’t be the only way to sign into an account.

I have to agree. Magic links are more annoying then helpful. I‘d like them to be an option and not the norm. I‘ve had more then one occasion where I had to trigger a magic link several times before it arrived in my inbox. A simple email/password login would have been much more reliable and quicker.

I just treated myself to a Combustion Predictive Thermometer & Display. So many use cases. I cannot wait to try it.

Finally on route to my destination.

Forced layover in Munich. The signage was stupid and led me to walk along the train I was supposed to get on. By the time the signage was clear, the train I was walking alongside of the whole time closed its doors and left.

Breakfast time

Starting my trip to Regensburg. Weather is decent. Not too cold and dry.

Die Apostroph-Debatte: Anscheinend wird mal wieder die deutsche Sprache aufgeweicht. Der possessive Apostroph existiert im Deutschen eigentlich nicht…außer bei Eigennamen, wenn es um den Besitz geht. In diesem Fall ist er natürlich erlaubt. Gut gemacht, Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung—mal wieder wurde eine eindeutige und klare Regel aufgeweicht.

I am leaving for our gymnasium reunion in two days. I haven’t seen any of my old school friends in at least ten years. I’ve never been much of a social person; while I enjoy the company of friends, I’m not particularly good at keeping in touch.

So, I am essentially meeting a bunch of strangers in four days. I’m not very good at social gatherings where I don’t know anyone, so I’m unsure how I feel about the reunion. On one hand, I’m looking forward to it; on the other, I’m really dreading it.

My health situation doesn’t help to make me feel less awkward. Having a stiff neck that is locked at an angle, making my most comfortable stance one that looks at people’s crotches, is, well, suboptimal.