Links Flipper Zero. I am afraid I might need this some time in the future. For reasons, obviously. A Game Boy Apple TV Remote

Brushing up on some Systems thinking: Senge - The Fifth Discipline & Fieldbook Meadows - Thinking in Systems Some personal development stuff: 7 Habits of highly effective people And something potentially depressing because a pandemic is not enough: Gates - How to avoid a climate disaster At least that what has been added to the constantly growing pile of shame. Although my determination to actually get to reading them is steadyily growing.

Taking a good hard look into where all my time went in 2020.

An interesting book read at an inopportune time.

The PS4 I recently bought is about as quiet as a jet engine after a while. So I repaired it. And by “repair” I mean I opened it, cleaned it (tbh I expected way more dust inside, things weren’t that bad), put on new thermal paste (the guy/girl in the Foxconn plant putting on the original one clearly must have been blind), and put it back together. Behold: No leftover screws.

Just finished “The Little Book of Stoicism” yesterday. A nice introduction. The focus clearly lies on the 55 practices. Could use more practical (modern) examples, but that would probably be a separate book.

Recently read “The Power to Compete”. It left me underwhelmed. Certainly a couple of good ideas but I do not concur with everything. Some things I just found too radically liberal and while I wonder where things might lead I am also a bit concerned by the proposed radical deregulation.

A bit late to the party, but recently I bought a used PS4 for around 130€. I did not pay much attention but it seems to be an original release, i.e. non-slim, non-pro version. Which probably explains why it sounds not dissimilar to a jet engine. Also, the left trigger is broken, which seems to be a common issue. However, the price was unbeatable and the trigger seems to be fixable for around 2€ in spare parts.

“The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done” - Article in The New Yorker by Cal Newport on Productivity. Found via Julian Simpsons Infodump Newsletter. Interesting, I used to follow Merlin Mann’s blog for a while, like 10 years ago. Always wondered what happened to it. Interesting stuff in the article, very relevant.

Cow on the way crossing into Italy.