Country Emoji Flags
Read in browser We need to talk about country emoji flags. If you take a good look at the abundance of emojis on my website, and the topics I like to write...
Posting Interval
Read in browser Do you have a posting interval? I certainly don't. With this blog it's rather difficult for me. When inspiration strikes, I can publish a...
Reply by email 3
Read in browser In a world that has gotten too fast for its own benefit, email poses a nice counterweight. It's slow. So slow, that in times of instant...
Please Look After My Dog For Me
Read in browser Please Look After My Dog For Me is a short film about late Bruce Taylor, who travelled through South Asia and apparently the Philippines in...
Leaving the Comfort Zone
Read in browser Two days ago, after a decade of reliable service, my TV broke down. The screen started flickering and it flickered some more and suddenly it...
The Mystery of the Duck Costume
Read in browser "Llama 3.3 may display inaccurate or offensive information", says the tiny text shyly in the bottom of the chat input field. You might have...
I broke writing
Read in browser I don't know what I did, but I broke writing. It doesn't work anymore. For the past two months, I've tried to publish a post on this blog. It...
Travel Blogging 3
Read in browser Last week, the anniversary of my travel blog passed by unnoticed. I was too preoccupied with a writing block. Too preoccupied with winter...
Bittersweet Insomnia
Read in browser I woke up. It was the middle of the night. I found myself in my bed, in the alleged birthplace of surfing in the Philippines, in a small...
Blog Questions Challenge
Read in browser Sometimes, in my profound moments, I imagine myself in an interview situation. "Finally, my time has come", I think. Finally, I can pass on...
The Telly Emoji
Read in browser For as long as I can remember, the TV had been sitting in the living room. Since this were the 90ies, it was a square-shaped tube television....
2024 in Travel
Read in browser In 2023, I picked music to become the theme of my yearly reflection. In 2024, however, after travelling for 10 months, guess what theme I...
Arriving in a New Place 3
Read in browser My girlfriend once told me that the sky in this city is remarkable. Before she moved here, she had never seen skies as blue as this. Monday a...
Trip around the World 5
Read in browser "It can be done", I was convinced. "If only I went eastward as far as east takes me", I thought. "All the way around the world - and...
Blog Post Series
Read in browser Blog Post Series connect individual blog posts by creating "series" dedicated to a specific topic. Sometimes, creating a blog post series...
Travel Blogging 2
Read in browser It has become dark [on Phu Quoc island]. After I turn the engine on, it dies off right away, as I'm driving my scooter uphill. Maybe getting...
The CD Emoji
Read in browser For anyone who loves my series about retro emojis as much as I do, I have good news. I plan on featuring so many more and make this series...
British English
Read in browser Due to my obsession with British television this summer (Yes, I've finally watched The Crown), I've decided to adjust my writing to British...
Where Are You? 4
Read in browser Ever since I left uni and started working, I had a strong sense of finding purpose in my career. I sincerely believed that I could find...
Less Web Forms for Everyone
Read in browser I haven't changed. I'm still the same nerd I have been over a year ago. The same nerd that loves web forms, no matter when it comes to...