I should have set up something like this earlier, but now I finally did: Uptime Kuma. I currently host it on my home server and let it monitor my main VPS, my mail server, and some self-hosted services. Simple to set up and configure with SQLite!

Somehow1 I got access to GitHub Education again, which includes access to GitHub Copilot Pro. While I was using Kilo Code with OpenRouter in the recent past, I wanted to try Copilot again since it doesn’t cost anything extra for me.

In der ARD-Mediathek gibt es eine Doku zum Thema Pendeln. Dazu habe ich ein paar Gedanken:

The second-to-last month of the year is now over too, so it is time to take the monthly look back.

Der vorletzte Monat im Jahr ist nun auch vorbei, Zeit also, den monatlichen Blick zurückzuwerfen.

Today marked my last full working day (tomorrow I will just hand back in the equipment) at my current employer in the automotive industry. Next Monday, I will start a new job in another domain.

GoBlog not only has a new README file on the repository (replacing the old, cluttered, incomplete documentation) but also has a new share button implementation. No more relying on third-party services for that basic functionality!

Today I did another bike tour, following several I’ve taken recently. I didn’t blog about those, although they were quite nice and I truly enjoyed them, now more appropriately dressed.1

I think I did not blog about it, but I switched back to a self-hosted AdGuard Home instance quite some time ago from NextDNS. To reduce my number of subscriptions, but also to increase my control over important infrastructure I use.

Today, with the weather at a nice 19 °C, I took the chance for another bike tour. I had tried out my new, warmer cycling clothes yesterday during a long break from work, but since the weather will be much colder soon, I really wanted to get this second ride in.

I finally have the Internet Phone Book as well. Ordered from Hyper Hypo in Greece because that was the only place with stock. Lots to explore for quiet moments!

After September, now October is gone too, one more month, and not so long anymore until the next year. Even if it is already the third day in November, I still quickly want to fulfill my chronist duty.

Nach dem September ist nun auch der Oktober vorbei, ein weiterer Monat, und nicht mehr lang bis zum nächsten Jahr. Auch wenn es bereits der dritte Tag im November ist, so will ich doch noch schnell meiner Chronistenpflicht nachkommen.

Today, eight years ago, our time together came to an end, and the void you left behind is still immense.

Hier ein kleiner Service- und Spartipp für zwischendurch: Bist du bei deiner lokalen Stadtbibliothek angemeldet? Viele Bibliotheken bieten mittlerweile ein umfangreiches Digitalangebot an. So kann man Bücher bequem als eBooks ausleihen oder, eine Sache, die ich viel öfter nutze, auch Zeitungen lesen.

I saw a few people in my newsreader do these posts (Henrique, Kev, Manu), and as I have nothing better to say but feel the urge to blog something, here’s my entry to this little blog challenge. 😄

I finally took a closer look at OpenRouter today, added some credits, and used it with the Kilo Code VS Code extension to vibe code (or at least guide the LLM to code) a bit on the wedding website I’m building for next year. I used the Grok Code Fast 1 model most of the time. Furthermore, I also switched this blog’s AI plugins to use Mistral Small 3.2 for summary generation and image caption generation.

Kaum sind wir aus Kassel weggezogen, tut sich was beim Thema Fahrradstraße im Philosophenweg. Es gibt heute nicht nur Fahrradständer, sondern auch eine Fahrradzone auf dem Philosophenweg, wo wir früher lebten. Jedenfalls vorübergehend.

Yesterday, we came back from some much-needed vacation. We spent 9 nights in Fulda, went hiking a few times, visited some museums, and sometimes also just relaxed. On the way to Fulda, we also made a short break in Kassel and revived some memories.

It’s Sunday, and tomorrow I don’t have to work, as I have two weeks of vacation. The first time since May. My only breaks from work were when I hurt my hand and wasn’t able to type for a week, and two free days last week, but those also weren’t really relaxing for me. So I am very much looking forward to the next two weeks! I really feel the exhaustion from the last few months with work sometimes being stressful, the start of my fiancée’s teacher training, and some other topics. But this year again showed me that biking and sometimes going for a walk or a bit of hiking is a great refuge in a stressful time.

The good thing about having a tablet now and spending time with it instead of my laptop the last few days is that I finally brought down my reading list in Miniflux a lot. I also answered emails and checked a few other tasks off my (mental) to-do list.

In der ARD Mediathek gibt es einen interessanten Doku-Film, der die Automobil-Liebe (oder den Auto-Fetisch?) in Deutschland betrachtet.

Ich bin relativ früh in Kontakt mit Computern gekommen. Schon in der Grundschule hatte ich einen alten Rechner aus der Familie, auf dem ich mich mit Word und Paint beschäftigen konnte. Später machte ich dann auch meine ersten Schritte in der Programmierung.

There are a couple of add-ons to block YouTube Shorts in the browser, but if you are using Firefox with uBlock Origin, you do not need to install anything extra. Just add this filter list to the uBO settings, and you are free from those annoying short videos! At least on the PC… Sadly, even with YouTube Premium, there is no option to just ban Shorts from the mobile app.

Bunny.net (previously BunnyCDN) keeps doing great things (like this free European non-logging JS CDN), but it would be even better if they also replaced the Disqus comments in their blog with a more privacy-friendly alternative.