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today is December solstice – days will be longer and longer until June solstice
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_solstice – 2023-12-22 (i.e. today) – start of winter – days will be longer and longer until June solstice
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_solstice – 2023-06-20 – start of summer
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox – 2023-03-20 – start of spring
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_equinox – 2023-09-22 – start of autumn
2023-12-22
Have I Been Pwned?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Been_Pwned?
- https://clean.email/have-you-been-pwned > Generate a Unique Password for Each Account
Even further than that: I am using a different e-mail address for every website.
2023-12-21
e-mail apps on Android and iOS
- https://email.faircode.eu/ – FairEmail – I use it on Android
- https://k9mail.app/ – K-9 Mail – an alternative
- https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/faq-thunderbird-mobile-and-k-9-mail/
What to use on iOS?
- https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/thunderbird-for-iphone-and-ipad/idi-p/21628
- https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-alternative-email-apps-for-ios-15-in-2022
2023-12-20
a Mac mini, Apple Remote Desktop, VirtualBox, Windows as VM
Is this just a weird idea?

I need this for running rtf2docx. And possibly for much more.
- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/remote-desktop/
- https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-11-enterprise – a bare Windows VM
- https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/ – a Windows VM with a few things pre-installed
- https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PBJBSCQ76CM – “rtf2docx is a tool that can convert RTF file to Word .docx file”
- https://github.com/iyad-obeid/rtf2docx – that may be another nice alternative – implemented in python, but 9 years old right now
2023-12-20
movie: The Beasts
The thriller, which won nine Goyas, is based on true events
- https://www.yorck.de/en/films/the-beasts
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beasts_(2022_film)
2023-12-18
movie: How to Have Sex
- https://www.yorck.de/en/films/how-to-have-sex
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Have_Sex
2023-12-18
movie: Eileen
Erotic thriller with Anne Hathaway and Thomasin Mackenzie
- https://www.yorck.de/en/films/eileen
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_(film)
2023-12-18
“Today at Apple” – free courses at your Apple Store

Learn, create, and be inspired in hands-on sessions at your (local) Apple Store. Find out what’s going on near you with “Today at Apple”.
https://www.apple.com/today/

I learned quite a few things related to iPhones in various courses branded “Today at Apple“. I intend to get informed about the new features of the iPhone 15 there as well.

I quite enjoy living close to an Apple Store in Berlin.

2023-12-18
Instagram Threads (social network)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network)
2023-12-18
the “recent” update of the “Roundcube Webmail” software (1.5.6) …

… gave me a little headache for a while.

The new default “interface skin” “Elastic” only allowed “Widescreen” as mailbox view layout, but I like “Desktop” as mailbox view better, and that’s only available with the other skins.

“Desktop” has the mail preview below the list of the mail messages. And for searches resp. their matches it shows the folders, where the matching message lives in. I find that rather important.

2023-12-15