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This Templar chapel (Templerkapelle) in Mücheln (13th c.) is thought to be the only fully preserved one in Germany. It likely survived the centuries because it was used as a barn for a long time…

The space is small, yet it feels bigger on the inside. The acoustics are surprisingly resonant. Your footsteps echo like in a full-sized Gothic church.

It sits quietly in the small village of Mücheln, near Leipzig and Halle. Closeby the small town where I grew up.

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Sakura 🌸 Alley (さくら町 [sakura machi]) book nook in nostalgic Showa era style with ramen shops, Izakaya etc. by Rolife. My first book nook, held out a bit with these. Assembly took a few evenings, very detailed kit and instructions, worked immediately worked. Was fully worth it!

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First record I (7yo) was obsessed with. GDR-published German version of Cats which my local library had. Makes up for the bits lost in translation with some interesting text changes, e.g. in Jellicle Cats.

The tape is not a complete recording but more like a best-of where sections like The Naming of Cats are missing.

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"All souls who stood together at Sinai recognize each other again in every age."

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more work to do...

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Winter 1460s, fluffy :)

Fell for Docs in 2014 with the Vonda 🌹boots, never looked back. Have owned the same pair of standard 1460s since 2018…

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Checked out Bamberg and its cathedral (Bamberger Dom) on our way back to Leipzig…

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Karl Bartos accompanying the silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari live at Babylon Berlin.

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It‘s silly but I dipped :)

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Second time Leuven this year, for The Brain Mosaic conference.

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Switch fit (RingFit, Fitness Boxing, Fitness Circuit) worked quite well for me for getting consistent exercise. As of today I have logged 300h across these games, most done during the lockdowns..

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Haven‘t been here for a long time... Started the week by leaving some trackables in this cache.

Edit: It was fantastic.

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Psion Series 5 Released in 1997. Powered by 2×AA batteries and one backup button cell (CR2032). Battery life: ~20–35 hours of use on AAs; backup cell keeps data for weeks when main batteries are empty. Features include a green backlit monochrome display, full QWERTY/Z keyboard, and built-in software for word processing, calendar, spreadsheets, etc. Weak point: the flex cable between body and screen can fail due to the hinge mechanism. Less severe than in the later Series 5mx, but still a known issue. The Psion series was a popular PDA series next to Palm. Douglas Adams reportedly used a Psion Series 3 to write parts of Last Chance to See.

I bought my Psion 5 around 2006 for ~50 €. Mainly used it for writing travel diaries in the UK and Japan. Switched to a Palm PDA for university a bit later – faster UI access, better desktop sync and compatibility, less fragile.

I used old tech for studying still when smartphones were becoming common. LCD devices were more reliable, the battery was longer lasting, they were not build to distract, and more robust.

I still like this Psion 5 as a portable typing machine. The keyboard is not as good as with the AlphaSmart Neo, but is actually quite decent for such a small device - it can feel slightly mushy, but it's good enough for longer typing in a bus seat or similar.

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Faun at Peterskirche Leipzig and Loreena McKennitt at Arena..

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Lab retreat at Rauischholzhausen, the seminar castle of Justus-Liebig University Giessen (where my PI is going to from MPI). Close to Marburg.

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Blind Guardian at Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin.