Slightly Off-Topic Postings – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Losing Customers

2021-04-04 | Reading time: 3 minutes

Just ... who are those people who send out eMails begging for positive ratings, yet do not allow those whom they send these eMails to ... to reply?
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Allowing Children to Have Adventures

2021-02-04 | Reading time: 1 minute

A short comment on Hogwarts and its appeal.
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Using an Alarm Chair … errr Table … for quicker morning routines

2021-01-30 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just something to make the morning a little bit less sucky.
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A little bit of Normality during Covid — and a stark contrast

2021-01-07 | Reading time: 1 minute

A short, off-topic, comment comparing sports prior to the pandemic vs now.
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Seems like in Germany, 2020 ends not with a bang, but a whimper

2020-12-17 | Reading time: 4 minutes

So, the Germany government did not let a crisis go to waste and prohibited the sale of fireworks. And for someone who wants to see 2020 go up in smoke and ... loudness, that's a blow below the belt.
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Exporting ical Calendar Entries

2020-12-08 | Reading time: 2 minutes

End of the year, time for a calendar cleanup. Here's an R script that transforms .ics entires into easy to read logbook text entries.
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Covid Regulations Side Effects

2020-12-04 | Reading time: 2 minutes

There are interesting ways you can profit from Corona Regulations — let's take supermarkets as an example.
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It’s easier to stop in the beginning than later

2020-11-23 | Reading time: 1 minute

Okay, I admit it ... there is a quotation, I am thinking Einstein, but I do not know, about how it is easier to stop in the beginning than when you have actually done a few steps. And I think it might fit well to the current Corona measures.
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Dafuq? Socks actually get lost????

2020-11-23 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just a short comment about ... well, lost socks.
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Well, teaching face-to-face was fun while it lasted

2020-10-26 | Reading time: 3 minutes

The Corona madness continues ... at the university. Unfortunately.
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BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.