Hello there!I used to be a full time VFX artist working as compositor, 3D artist, producer and supervisor.
These days I am mostly home-bound due to health reasons, so my focus is mostly on tending to my family as the resident cook and doing the occasional remote work for film and TV projects.
You can find my work history on IMDB or LinkedIn and I do have a rather old showreel on Vimeo. Apart from that, this is my online home. Feel free to get in touch via email or on Micro.blog.
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.
Magic Links Are a Bad Idea
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.
Der Idioten-Apostroph
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.
School Reunion
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.
Live from the Neustadter Winzerumzug
Winzerumzug is about to start
Neustädter Winzerumzug is about to start. About 80.000 visitors expected.
I am tempted to get Procreate Dreams and animate a bit again. I haven‘t animated in almost two decades. But I‘d need to replace my lost Apple Pen first and I can’t bring myself to spend another €140 on it.