{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Thorsten Zöller - Stream","home_page_url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com","feed_url":"/home/tzoeller/personal/net/website/build/stream/feed.json","author":{"name":"Thorsten Zöller"},"items":[{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-05-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.openbsd.org/69.html">OpenBSD</a> released – the 50th OpenBSD release!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_01","date_published":"2021-05-01","date_modified":"2021-05-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-05-02","content_html":"<p>Switched from Vim to nvi. Vim started to feel too bloated.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_02","date_published":"2021-05-02","date_modified":"2021-05-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-05-06","content_html":"<p>Yes – <a href="https://dailystoic.com/this-is-the-mindset-for-life/">This is the Mindset For\nLife</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_06","date_published":"2021-05-06","date_modified":"2021-05-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-05-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.idler.co.uk/article/73979-how-to-write/">How to Write: why jotting things into notebooks improves your\nwriting</a> – I fully agree.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_14","date_published":"2021-05-14","date_modified":"2021-05-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-05-23","content_html":"<p>A good habit to form: Reading in <em>A Calendar of Wisdom</em> by Leo Tolstoy every\nday.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_05_23","date_published":"2021-05-23","date_modified":"2021-05-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_06_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-06-20","content_html":"<p>New website is live! <a href="/new/">Here’s</a> why.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_06_20","date_published":"2021-06-20","date_modified":"2021-06-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_06_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-06-28","content_html":"<p>Slowly getting used to using the <a href="https://github.com/fcambus/spleen">Spleen</a>\nfont in the terminal.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_06_28","date_published":"2021-06-28","date_modified":"2021-06-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_07_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-07-04","content_html":"<p>Acting yourself into motivation is much more effective than thinking yourself\ninto motivation or waiting for motivation to occur.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_07_04","date_published":"2021-07-04","date_modified":"2021-07-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_07_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-07-11","content_html":"<p>Installed <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/69.html">OpenBSD 6.9</a>. A big thanks to the\ndevelopers for what so far looks like another great release!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_07_11","date_published":"2021-07-11","date_modified":"2021-07-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_07_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-07-30","content_html":"<p>What does it mean to be a leader? <a href="https://dailystoic.com/do-you-make-others-better/">Leaders make people\nbetter</a>. Applies to leading\nyourself as well.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_07_30","date_published":"2021-07-30","date_modified":"2021-07-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-08-03","content_html":"<p>Every completed Ashtanga practice is a little victory.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_03","date_published":"2021-08-03","date_modified":"2021-08-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-08-04 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>The renovated <a href="http://www.ryanleidner.com/twin-gable-house">Twin Gable House</a>,\ndesigned by Ryan Leidner, is truly amazing with its light-flooded, minimalist\ninterior and beautiful inner courtyard.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_04","date_published":"2021-08-04","date_modified":"2021-08-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_04_2","title":"[Stream] 2021-08-04 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>In recent years, I have become increasingly aware of the profound effects of\nwalking. Many ideas occur to me while walking, and to me, walking – especially\nin solitude in nature – is a very calming and contemplative activity. <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2015/07/how-walking-fosters-creativity.html">How\nWalking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers and\nWriters Have Always\nKnown</a>\nis another interesting article on this subject, focusing on the connection\nbetween walking and creativity. In particular, it cites the wonderful book “A\nPhilosophy of Walking” by Frédéric Gros.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_04","date_published":"2021-08-04","date_modified":"2021-08-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-08-06","content_html":"<p>Once again, I find myself fascinated by the miracles and history of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoco%C3%B6n_and_His_Sons">Laocoon\nGroup</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_06","date_published":"2021-08-06","date_modified":"2021-08-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-08-08 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Two very convenient shell aliases for copying the primary X selection to the\nsystem clipboard and vice versa:</p>\n\n<pre><code>alias primary2clip='xsel -p | xsel -i -b'\nalias clip2primary='xsel -b | xsel -i -p'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Alternatively, using <em>xclip</em> instead of <em>xsel</em>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>alias primary2clip='xclip -o -selection primary | xclip -i -selection clipboard'\nalias clip2primary='xclip -o -selection clipboard | xclip -i -selection primary'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>See <a href="https://shallowsky.com/blog/linux/x-selection.html">X is for the X Selection: Copy and Paste on Linux (Shallow\nThoughts)</a> for more\ninformation.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_08","date_published":"2021-08-08","date_modified":"2021-08-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_08_2","title":"[Stream] 2021-08-08 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Rediscovering the joy of cycling.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_08","date_published":"2021-08-08","date_modified":"2021-08-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-08-29","content_html":"<blockquote>\n  <p>Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day,\nin all the thousand small uncaring ways.</p>\n\n  <p>– Stephen Vincent Benét</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_08_29","date_published":"2021-08-29","date_modified":"2021-08-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-09-06","content_html":"<blockquote>\n  <p>Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man\nalone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time\nrunning out.</p>\n\n  <p>– Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>(Related recent article by Chris Guillebeau: <a href="https://chrisguillebeau.com/time-anxiety/">Time Anxiety Is the Most Pressing\nProblem of Our Age</a>)</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_06","date_published":"2021-09-06","date_modified":"2021-09-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-09-07 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://seths.blog/2021/09/instead-2/">Instead</a> by Seth Godin. A few additions:</p>\n\n<p>Instead of overeating, stop when still feeling slightly hungry.</p>\n\n<p>Instead of exclaiming “I knew it!”, remain silent.</p>\n\n<p>Instead of rushing to the next to-do, sit still for a few moments.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_07","date_published":"2021-09-07","date_modified":"2021-09-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_07_2","title":"[Stream] 2021-09-07 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Can we <em>please</em> establish a universal code of conduct stating that no\nsmartphones are to be used at the dining table?</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_07","date_published":"2021-09-07","date_modified":"2021-09-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-09-08 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Beautiful article: <a href="https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/111/">Long, Boring Walks</a> by\nCraig Mod.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_08","date_published":"2021-09-08","date_modified":"2021-09-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_08_2","title":"[Stream] 2021-09-08 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Wise advice: <a href="https://dailystoic.com/make-sure-you-write-down-everything-interesting-that-you-find/">Make Sure You Write Down Everything Interesting That You\nFind</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_08","date_published":"2021-09-08","date_modified":"2021-09-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-09-13","content_html":"<blockquote>\n  <p>My advice (for what it’s worth) for success and happiness: Compete with\nyourself and root for everybody else.</p>\n\n  <p>– Candice Millard, https://twitter.com/candice_millard/status/1383508127442608141</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_13","date_published":"2021-09-13","date_modified":"2021-09-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-09-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://craigmod.com/roden/059/">Roden 059 – Stupid Life Tricks</a> by Craig Mod\ncontains a thoughtful piece on the ever-present distractions of our phones and\ntheir consequences – a pressing and, in my opinion, still underrated issue of\nour time. In particular, it cites an expressive passage from the recent article\n<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/picturing-the-humanity-and-dread-of-the-infinite-scroll">Picturing the Humanity and Dread of the Infinite\nScroll</a>\nby Jia Tolentino, and refers to an interesting Aziz Ansari interview, <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/aziz-ansari-gq-style-cover-story">Aziz\nAnsari on Quitting the Internet, Loneliness, and Season 3 of <em>Master of\nNone</em></a>. Finally, it\nmentions two great articles by Craig himself, <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/six-weeks-100s-miles-hours-glorious-boredom-japan/">The Glorious, Almost-Disconnected\nBoredom of My Walk in\nJapan</a>\nand <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/01/how-i-got-my-attention-back/">How I Got My Attention\nBack</a> – both\nmust-reads.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_09_23","date_published":"2021-09-23","date_modified":"2021-09-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_10_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-10-03","content_html":"<p>igh school and university students have designed and built a <a href="https://build-your-own-particle-detector.org/models/alice-lego-model/">LEGO\nmodel</a> of\nthe detector of the <a href="https://alice.cern/">ALICE</a> experiment at\n<a href="https://home.cern/">CERN</a>, consisting of about 16,000 LEGO bricks – highly\nimpressive!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_10_03","date_published":"2021-10-03","date_modified":"2021-10-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_10_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-10-21","content_html":"<p>“…which components of what aspects of the many things making up our lives at\nany point are worth noting in some external fashion, and which can be left\nundocumented?” – The question <a href="https://colin.io/">Colin Wright</a> is asking in\nhis newsletter article\n<a href="https://www.getrevue.co/profile/colinwright/issues/documentation-819300">Documentation</a>,\nand a question I am pondering as well.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_10_21","date_published":"2021-10-21","date_modified":"2021-10-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_11_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-11-13 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>I love beautiful hand-crafted web sites. Examples: <a href="https://sive.rs/">sive.rs</a>,\n<a href="http://mlaine.sdfeu.org/">mlaine.sdfeu.org</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_11_13","date_published":"2021-11-13","date_modified":"2021-11-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_11_13_2","title":"[Stream] 2021-11-13 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Finished reading <a href="https://sive.rs/m">Your Music and People</a> by <a href="https://sive.rs/">Derek\nSivers</a> and loved it, though I am not even a musician myself!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_11_13","date_published":"2021-11-13","date_modified":"2021-11-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_12_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-12-18","content_html":"<p>Rediscovered two good posts by Zach Holman (and, well, <a href="https://zachholman.com/">Zach\nHolman</a> himself): <a href="https://zachholman.com/posts/keeping-a-journal/">Keeping a\nJournal</a> and <a href="https://zachholman.com/posts/my-favorite-tweet">My Favorite\nTweet</a>. Also, <a href="https://zachholman.com/2010/11/text-snippets-boom/">Text Snippets.\nBoom.</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_12_18","date_published":"2021-12-18","date_modified":"2021-12-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_12_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2021-12-20","content_html":"<p>I hate Ashtanga Yoga. And I love it.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2021_12_20","date_published":"2021-12-20","date_modified":"2021-12-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-01-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.taschenhirn.de/">Taschenhirn.de</a>: Knowledge database containing\nlots of interesting data in the form of lists organized into different\ncategories (German only).</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_09","date_published":"2022-01-09","date_modified":"2022-01-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-01-16 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://seths.blog/2022/01/harder-easier-and-more-convenient/">Harder, easier and more\nconvenient</a> by\nSeth Godin – the aspiration to ever more convenience is often faulty.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_16","date_published":"2022-01-16","date_modified":"2022-01-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_16_2","title":"[Stream] 2022-01-16 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Just finished reading <a href="https://sive.rs/n">Hell Yeah or No</a> by Derek Sivers and\nenjoyed it at least as much as <a href="https://sive.rs/m">Your Music and People</a>. Great\ncollection of articles, including some of my favorites by Derek, like <a href="https://sive.rs/arv">Actions,\nnot words, reveal our real values</a>,\n<a href="https://sive.rs/subtract">Subtract</a>, <a href="https://sive.rs/dc">Disconnect</a>,\n<a href="https://sive.rs/my-fault">Everything is my fault</a>, <a href="https://sive.rs/horses">My favorite\nfable</a> <a href="https://sive.rs/pa">Parenting : Who is it really\nfor?</a>, and <a href="https://sive.rs/slow">I’m a very slow thinker</a>,\namong others.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_16","date_published":"2022-01-16","date_modified":"2022-01-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-01-24","content_html":"<p>A worthy prompt: <a href="https://dailystoic.com/just-for-a-moment-lets-be-still/">Just For A Moment, Let’s Be\nStill</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_24","date_published":"2022-01-24","date_modified":"2022-01-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-01-29","content_html":"<p>“Just in case” – One of the most common justifications for letting clutter\naccrue.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_29","date_published":"2022-01-29","date_modified":"2022-01-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-01-30","content_html":"<p>New note: <a href="/screenshots-on-openbsd/">Taking Screenshots on OpenBSD</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_01_30","date_published":"2022-01-30","date_modified":"2022-01-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-02-05","content_html":"<p>I had long been looking for a keyboard alternative to clicking the middle mouse\nbutton for pasting the primary selection. Recently I learned that pressing\n<code><Shift> + <Insert></code> will do it – very convenient!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_05","date_published":"2022-02-05","date_modified":"2022-02-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-02-11","content_html":"<p>I didn’t know that carrot greens are edible and so delicious when stir-fried!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_11","date_published":"2022-02-11","date_modified":"2022-02-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-02-12","content_html":"<p>New note: <a href="/xterm-sel/">Multiple-Click Selections in xterm</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_12","date_published":"2022-02-12","date_modified":"2022-02-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-02-13","content_html":"<p>Finished reading <a href="https://sive.rs/h">How to Live</a> by <a href="https://sive.rs/">Derek\nSivers</a> A definite must-read: Extremely dense and to the\npoint, packed with wisdom – in a word: stunning!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_13","date_published":"2022-02-13","date_modified":"2022-02-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-02-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.jeder-mensch.eu/informationen/?lang=en">Jeder Mensch</a> – Initiative\nfor six new fundamental rights for Europe which take the major developments and\nproblems of the recent decades into account.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_20","date_published":"2022-02-20","date_modified":"2022-02-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-02-23","content_html":"<p>Apparently, there was an inscription on the temple of the Oracle of Delphi which\nread:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Know thyself<br />\nNothing to excess</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Maxims to be taken to heart.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_02_23","date_published":"2022-02-23","date_modified":"2022-02-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-03-04 (1/4)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://xkcd.com/1179/">xkcd: ISO 8601</a> – Exactly.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_04","date_published":"2022-03-04","date_modified":"2022-03-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_04_2","title":"[Stream] 2022-03-04 (2/4)","content_html":"<p>I fully agree with practically everything stated in <a href="https://sive.rs/plaintext">Write plain text\nfiles</a> by Derek Sivers as I have come to the same\nconclusions myself. Another one of Derek’s articles which can hardly be cited\ntoo often.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_04","date_published":"2022-03-04","date_modified":"2022-03-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_04_3","title":"[Stream] 2022-03-04 (3/4)","content_html":"<p>I have never really seen coding the way described in <a href="https://craigmod.com/essays/healing_code/">The Healing Power of\nCode</a> by Craig Mod, but I can\ndefinitely relate to much of what is being said in the article.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_04","date_published":"2022-03-04","date_modified":"2022-03-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_04_4","title":"[Stream] 2022-03-04 (4/4)","content_html":"<p>Base64-encode a string from the command line using\n<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uuencode">uuencode(1)</a>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ echo -n <string> | b64encode '' | sed '1d;$d' | tr -d '\\n'\n</code></pre>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_04","date_published":"2022-03-04","date_modified":"2022-03-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-03-06 (1/2)","content_html":"<blockquote>\n  <p>Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?<br />\nWhere is the knowledge we have lost in information?</p>\n\n  <p>– T.S. Eliot, The Rock</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_06","date_published":"2022-03-06","date_modified":"2022-03-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_06_2","title":"[Stream] 2022-03-06 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>As the title of <a href="https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/139/">Ridgeline: 139 – Walk for the Boredom of it\nAll</a> by Craig Mod implies, the topic of\nthis newsletter article is boredom, and since it is Craig Mod, specifically the\nboredom while walking. Actually, it mostly references a recent interview with\nhim, citing some passages from it and featuring his comments to them. In\nparticular, he further stresses the importance of boredom in his remarks.</p>\n\n<p>Boredom is an issue I also find highly interesting, and I am convinced – as\nCraig is – that it is really important to experience boredom and to be able to\nstand it and cope with it, and that we currently live in an age where we are\ntrying very hard to do everything we can to not be bored, mostly by resorting to\nvarious kinds of ever more intricate and sophisticated (and not so\nsophisticated) distractions and diversions.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_06","date_published":"2022-03-06","date_modified":"2022-03-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-03-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/opinion/sunday/tyranny-convenience.html">The Tyranny of\nConvenience</a>\nby <a href="http://www.timwu.org/">Tim Wu</a> – an important article to which I was\npointed by the article <a href="https://seths.blog/2022/01/harder-easier-and-more-convenient/">Harder, easier and more\nconvenient</a> by\nSeth Godin. Both articles emphasize the importance of doing things which are\n<em>not</em> convenient, in the face of the general trend towards ever more convenience\nin practically all areas of life. The last paragraph of Tim Wu’s article\nprovides a good summary:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>So let’s reflect on the tyranny of convenience, try more often to resist its\nstupefying power, and see what happens. We must never forget the joy of doing\nsomething slow and something difficult, the satisfaction of not doing what is\neasiest. The constellation of inconvenient choices may be all that stands\nbetween us and a life of total, efficient conformity.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_26","date_published":"2022-03-26","date_modified":"2022-03-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-03-27","content_html":"<p>Just rediscovered this impressive depiction of depths: <a href="https://xkcd.com/1040/">xkcd: Lakes and\nOceans</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_03_27","date_published":"2022-03-27","date_modified":"2022-03-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_04_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-04-02","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00453-4">Turning off my phone improved my\nscience</a> – insightful\narticle by PhD student Adam Weiss. How much would our all lives be improved if\nwe stopped using our phones all the time?</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_04_02","date_published":"2022-04-02","date_modified":"2022-04-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_05_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-05-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://kk.org/thetechnium/103-bits-of-advice-i-wish-i-had-known/">103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had\nKnown</a> by\nKevin Kelly: Full of insights and invaluable advice.</p>\n\n<p>Note to myself: Reread at least once per month.</p>\n\n<p><em>Update 2025-09-28:</em> No longer available online. The advice is now contained in\na book titled “Excellent Advice for Living”.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_05_08","date_published":"2022-05-08","date_modified":"2022-05-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_08_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-08-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://neo.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP">Population density world\nmap</a> by <a href="https://neo.gsfc.nasa.gov/">NASA Earth\nObervations (NEO)</a> (contains various other\ninteresting maps of the world).</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_08_17","date_published":"2022-08-17","date_modified":"2022-08-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_08_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-08-29","content_html":"<p>The <a href="https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en">digital collection</a> of the <a href="https://www.staedelmuseum.de/en">Städel\nMuseum</a> contains more than 24,000 images of\nartworks in the public domain.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_08_29","date_published":"2022-08-29","date_modified":"2022-08-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_09_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-09-04","content_html":"<p>The <a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights">Universal Declaration of Human\nRights</a> is\ncertainly one of the great achievements of mankind (in spite of the – in many\ncases entirely insufficient – degree to which human rights are respected\nthroughout the world). Yet, with rights also come responsibilities. <a href="https://www.interactioncouncil.org/publications/universal-declaration-human-responsibilities">A Universal\nDeclaration of Human\nResponsibilities</a>\nis a proposal by the <a href="https://www.interactioncouncil.org/">InterAction Council</a>\nfor human responsibilities that come along with the human rights.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_09_04","date_published":"2022-09-04","date_modified":"2022-09-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_11_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2022-11-03","content_html":"<p>The <a href="https://minimalism.com/manifesto[Minimalism Life\nManifesto">Minimalism Life Manifesto</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2022_11_03","date_published":"2022-11-03","date_modified":"2022-11-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_01_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-01-14","content_html":"<p>Since yesterday was Friday, the 13th, I was wondering how often the 13th day of\na month is a Friday. Instead of trying to come up with a proper derivation, I\napproached the question by employing brute force (i.e. by writing a small script\non the computer which counts such occurrences).</p>\n\n<p>The result: On average, there are approximately 1.72 occurrences of Friday, the\n13th, per year.</p>\n\n<p>(Of course, if one were less lazy than me, one could also just <a href="https://qr.ae/pv3YyL">do the\nmath</a>, or if one were even more lazy than me, one could\njust <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th#Frequency">look it up</a>.)</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_01_14","date_published":"2023-01-14","date_modified":"2023-01-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-02-09","content_html":"<p>A great example of seeing things from a different point of view: The short story\n“The House of Asterion” by Jorge Luis Borges.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_09","date_published":"2023-02-09","date_modified":"2023-02-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-02-10","content_html":"<p>New note: <a href="/mail-reminder/">A Simple E-Mail Reminder System Based on cron and\nat</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_10","date_published":"2023-02-10","date_modified":"2023-02-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-02-11 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>New text: <a href="/day/">The Melancholy of the Day</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_11","date_published":"2023-02-11","date_modified":"2023-02-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_11_2","title":"[Stream] 2023-02-11 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>“Gibs auf” (“Give it up!”): Fascinating (and, well, very Kafkaesque) <em>very</em>\nshort story by Franz Kafka.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_11","date_published":"2023-02-11","date_modified":"2023-02-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-02-12","content_html":"<p>The importance of editing texts and refactoring code can hardly be\noverestimated.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_12","date_published":"2023-02-12","date_modified":"2023-02-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-12","content_html":"<p>We have lost the ability to just be. We know how to do, but not how to be.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_12","date_published":"2023-03-12","date_modified":"2023-03-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-02-26 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>New article: <a href="/anki-xephyr/">Running Anki inside Xephyr</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_26","date_published":"2023-02-26","date_modified":"2023-02-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_26_2","title":"[Stream] 2023-02-26 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>There are few things which are as humbling as practicing Ashtanga Yoga\nregularly.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_02_26","date_published":"2023-02-26","date_modified":"2023-02-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-05","content_html":"<p>New article: <a href="/sivers-how-to-live">Derek Sivers: “How to Live”</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_05","date_published":"2023-03-05","date_modified":"2023-03-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-10","content_html":"<p>Simply beautiful: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK3q01mta2o">BEING</a> by\nMichael Torke. Found it via\n<a href="https://c.im/@jwsgeek@glod.org/109996126447093296">c.im/@jwsgeek@glod.org/109996126447093296</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_10","date_published":"2023-03-10","date_modified":"2023-03-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-11 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Ashtanga Yoga is not about progress. It’s about perseverance.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_11","date_published":"2023-03-11","date_modified":"2023-03-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_11_2","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-11 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>3 good things:</p>\n\n<ol>\n  <li>Meditated for 20 minutes – first time in a rather long time.</li>\n  <li>Played two rounds of the fantastic game “Ganz schön clever” with my son.</li>\n  <li>Got some fresh air in the afternoon.</li>\n</ol>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_11","date_published":"2023-03-11","date_modified":"2023-03-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-15 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>I’ll admit it: I usually have way too many browser tabs open. Every now and\nthen, I lose my open tabs upon restarting the browser (because it could not\nfully recover from a previous crash or for whatever other reason). And each and\nevery time, I somehow feel relieved when that happens. I don’t miss any of the\ntabs I previously considered too valuable to close; usually, I cannot even\nremember most of them.</p>\n\n<p>Which reminds me that I should really adjust my browser preferences such that\ntabs will <em>not</em> be reopened upon starting…</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_15","date_published":"2023-03-15","date_modified":"2023-03-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_15_2","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-15 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Good article by Bradley Taunt: <a href="https://bt.ht/webfonts/">Stop Using Custom Web\nFonts</a> (also good: <a href="https://manuelmoreale.com/a-rant-on-web-font-licenses">A rant on web font\nlicenses</a> by Manu\nMoreale, referenced in Bradley’s article).</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_15","date_published":"2023-03-15","date_modified":"2023-03-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-unpredictable-abilities-emerging-from-large-ai-models-20230316">The Unpredictable Abilities Emerging From Large AI\nModels</a>:\nAt the same time startling, intriguing, and uncanny.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_16","date_published":"2023-03-16","date_modified":"2023-03-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-26","content_html":"<p>A set of guidelines for designing command-line programs based on Unix\nprinciples: <a href="https://clig.dev/">Command Line Interface Guidelines</a></p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_26","date_published":"2023-03-26","date_modified":"2023-03-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://seths.blog/2023/03/avoid-unnecessary-amplifiers/">Avoid unnecessary\namplifiers</a> by Seth\nGodin.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_27","date_published":"2023-03-27","date_modified":"2023-03-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-03-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://samestuffdifferentday.net/importance-of-journaling/">Thoughts on journaling: Answering common\nquestions</a> by\nMichael Eaton.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_03_28","date_published":"2023-03-28","date_modified":"2023-03-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_04_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-04-27 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://neal.fun/space-elevator/">Space Elevator</a>: Really fun, not just for\nkids.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_04_27","date_published":"2023-04-27","date_modified":"2023-04-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_04_27_2","title":"[Stream] 2023-04-27 (2/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-04372-2/">The best science images of\n2022</a>: Stunning!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_04_27","date_published":"2023-04-27","date_modified":"2023-04-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_05_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-05-03","content_html":"<p>Nice article about Turing machines: <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/alan-turings-most-important-machine-was-never-built-20230503/">The Most Important Machine That Was Never\nBuilt</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_05_03","date_published":"2023-05-03","date_modified":"2023-05-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_06_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-06-16","content_html":"<p>Simple way to rename a hash key in Ruby:</p>\n\n<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nb">hash</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">new_key</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">hash</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">delete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">old_key</span><span class="p">)</span>\n</code></pre></div></div>\n\n<p>This employs the fact that the <code>delete</code> method returns the value associated with\nthe key to be deleted. Therefore, it is equivalent to:</p>\n\n<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nb">hash</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">new_key</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">hash</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">old_key</span><span class="p">]</span>\n<span class="nb">hash</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">delete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">old_key</span><span class="p">)</span>\n</code></pre></div></div>\n\n<p>Note: If <code>old_key</code> is not guaranteed to exist, the case that it does not exist\n needs to be handled.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_06_16","date_published":"2023-06-16","date_modified":"2023-06-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_09_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-09-09","content_html":"<p>I first became aware of Johann Sebastian Bach’s genius when I read <em>Gödel,\nEscher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid</em> by Douglas Hofstadter, one of my favorite\nnon-fiction books of all time, more than two decades ago. The question posed by\nTyler Cowen, <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/09/is-bach-the-greatest-achiever-of-all-time.html">Is Bach the greatest achiever of all\ntime?</a>,\ntherefore seems fully reasonable to me.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_09_09","date_published":"2023-09-09","date_modified":"2023-09-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_11_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-11-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/14/1212908276/can-little-actions-bring-big-joy-researchers-say-micro-acts-can-boost-well-being">Can little actions bring big joy? Researchers find ‘micro-acts’ can boost\nwell-being</a>\n(via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Robinbonhomme/111449193672309445">https://mastodon.social/@Robinbonhomme/111449193672309445</a>)</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_11_21","date_published":"2023-11-21","date_modified":"2023-11-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_11_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2023-11-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://plaintextjournal.com/">The Plaintext Journal</a>: An open project created\nby <a href="https://geffreyvanderbos.com/">Geffrey van der Bos</a> about the importance of\nplain text for digital communication. Articles can be contributed and edited by\nanyone by making pull requests on a <a href="https://github.com/Geffreyvanderbos/geffre">GitHub\nRepository</a>. As the website states:\n<em>We believe in the timeless essence of plain text.</em> Yes, we do!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2023_11_26","date_published":"2023-11-26","date_modified":"2023-11-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_06_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-06-07","content_html":"<p>So true: <a href="https://www.theminimalists.com/insecurity/">Store-Brand Insecurity</a> by\nJoshua Fields Millburn of <a href="https://www.theminimalists.com/">The Minimalists</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_06_07","date_published":"2024-06-07","date_modified":"2024-06-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_06_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-06-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/29/dopamine-fasting-tech-fad-might-work">Dopamine fasting is a tech fad that sounds silly – but might just\nwork</a>\nby <a href="https://www.oliverburkeman.com/">Oliver Burkeman</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_06_23","date_published":"2024-06-23","date_modified":"2024-06-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-06","content_html":"<p>Nice article about the wonderful <a href="https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/">John Baez</a>:\n<a href="https://alum.mit.edu/slice/mathematician-aims-keep-it-simple">Mathematician Aims to Keep It\nSimple</a></p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112740830368723120">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_06","date_published":"2024-07-06","date_modified":"2024-07-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-07 (1/4)","content_html":"<p>Read (and watch) <em>The Walking Man</em> by Jiro Taniguchi. Why? <a href="https://craigmod.com/">Craig\nMod</a> explains it much better than I could in <a href="https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/158/">Ridgeline\nTransmission 158</a> (which is worth reading\nin its own right). Just like Craig, it took me a year of two to actually buy and\nread it (since – just like Craig – I am not a big comics reader), but it was\non my list ever since I read Craig’s review. It may not be for everyone, but if\nyou can relate to the theme, it is definitely worth it.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112744197228377688">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_07","date_published":"2024-07-07","date_modified":"2024-07-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_07_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-07 (2/4)","content_html":"<p>And for those interested in a more philosophical elaboration of the subject of\nwalking, <em>A Philosophy of Walking</em> by Frédéric Gros might be for you (as well as\nbasically everything <a href="https://craigmod.com/">Craig Mod</a> writes, of course).</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112744245928443818">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_07","date_published":"2024-07-07","date_modified":"2024-07-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_07_3","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-07 (3/4)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://unvarnishedgeek.github.io/2020/11/25/plain-text-one.html">The Elegance of Plain-Text\nWriting</a></p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112744466345050045">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_07","date_published":"2024-07-07","date_modified":"2024-07-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_07_4","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-07 (4/4)","content_html":"<p>It’s a pity that most undergraduate physics students today are still not\nproperly being taught about the geometrical nature of tensors. While tensors are\nat the foundation of much of the mathematics of physics today, they are still\nnot usually being introduced and taught as the geometrical objects they are.\nSure, when working in a space which is endowed with sufficient structure, many\nobjects can be transformed to either vectors or scalars, but that completely\nconceals their true geometrical nature.</p>\n\n<p>It is really remarkable (in a sad way) that the focus of teaching today is so\nmuch on what is likely considered to be some kind of pragmatism or practicality.\nThis may make it easier to quickly get enabled to calculate stuff, but this ease\ncomes at the expense of developing a real understanding. I think this is a very\nshortsighted approach.</p>\n\n<p>Furthermore, and just as important in my opinion, students are deprived of\nexperiencing the full beauty of these objects in favor of providing them with a\nmere tool whose sole purpose it is to be able to somehow obtain correct results\n(not that this is not important, but it is only one aspect).</p>\n\n<p>So what to do about this? For beginning undergraduate students, I recommend\nreading <em>Geometrical Vectors</em> by Gabriel Weinreich (which basically contains no\nformulae at all and instead completely focuses on conveying a grasp of the\nobjects themselves). When I first read <em>Geometrical Vectors</em> sometime during my\nundergraduate studies, it did not speak to me at all (I guess I was already too\nmuch indoctrinated by the traditional, orthodox way of teaching vectors and\ntensors). The second time I read it, however, was a profound experience, almost\nlike an epiphany.</p>\n\n<p>After having developed a basic understanding of these matters, <em>Gauge fields,\nknots and gravity</em> by John Baez and Javier P. Muniain is a great resource (it\ncontains much more and advanced material though). <a href="https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/">John\nBaez</a> is a master of conveying physical and\nmathematical ideas, and I would recommend basically everything he writes.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112745177106216414">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_07","date_published":"2024-07-07","date_modified":"2024-07-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-12","content_html":"<blockquote>\n  <p>Human beings used to witness<br />\n25,000 sunrises during their lifetime.<br />\nHave you seen 25 in the last year?<br />\nOr were you too busy?</p>\n\n  <p>– The Minimalists, <a href="https://www.theminimalists.com/unbusy/">Unbusy</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112773291187369088">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_12","date_published":"2024-07-12","date_modified":"2024-07-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-14 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://medium.com/the-art-of-software-development/why-functional-programming-matters-63e92ac959ca">Why Functional Programming\nMatters</a>\nby Minh Quang Tran.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112786034522255176">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_14","date_published":"2024-07-14","date_modified":"2024-07-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_14_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-14 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Finished reading <em>Der Zen-Affe und die Lotusblume</em> (<em>The Zen Monkey and the\nLotus Flower</em>). Although the many beautiful Buddhist stories and parables appear\na little corny and naive at times, they convey timeless insights and wisdom and\nare pleasant to read. I could have done without the explanations after each\nstory, though.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112786628060203131">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_14","date_published":"2024-07-14","date_modified":"2024-07-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-20","content_html":"<blockquote>\n  <p>In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs. We are the meteor. We are\nnot only in danger. We are the danger. But we are also the solution.</p>\n\n  <p>– António Guterres, UN Secretary-General</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Source: Special address on climate action, <em>A Moment of Truth</em>, to the American\nMuseum of Natural History in New York on 2024-06-04\n<a href="https://press.un.org/en/2024/sgsm22255.doc.htm">https://press.un.org/en/2024/sgsm22255.doc.htm</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112819232371377882">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_20","date_published":"2024-07-20","date_modified":"2024-07-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-07-23","content_html":"<p>Best statement about patriotism I have ever heard:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>No, no. I don’t love states. I love my wife; that’s it.</p>\n\n  <p>– Gustav Heinemann, former President of Germany</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>(German original: “Ach was, ich liebe keine Staaten, ich liebe meine Frau;\nfertig!”)</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112837109104329310">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_07_23","date_published":"2024-07-23","date_modified":"2024-07-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-08 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Note to self: Instead of impulsively checking the phone in idle moments and\nmindlessly browsing the web (which includes mindlessly browsing Mastodon), do a\nfew rounds of mindful breathing instead.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112926080188215306">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_08","date_published":"2024-08-08","date_modified":"2024-08-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_08_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-08 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>An ability of utmost importance – and becoming ever more important: To be able\nto focus, to not easily get distracted, to withstand the constant fight for\none’s attention.</p>\n\n<p>A true superpower.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112926666783165196">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_08","date_published":"2024-08-08","date_modified":"2024-08-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-09","content_html":"<p>First Ashtanga Yoga practice in a while this morning. Was a tough one (even more\nso than usual). Right knee hurt a lot, as was to be expected. Sweated like crazy\nin the tropical heat of Nha Trang, Vietnam (in spite of the early morning\nhours).</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112932411655457973">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_09","date_published":"2024-08-09","date_modified":"2024-08-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-13 (1/4)","content_html":"<p>Went to see the current exhibition <a href="https://www.gasometer.de/en/exhibitions/planet-ozean">Planet\nOzean</a> in the <a href="https://www.gasometer.de/en">Gasometer\nOberhausen</a> when I visited my hometown a couple of\nweeks ago. Another great exhibition in this really cool location; thinking about\ngoing a second time later this year.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112952936997604369">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_13","date_published":"2024-08-13","date_modified":"2024-08-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_13_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-13 (2/4)","content_html":"<p>Beautiful restaurant with many vegan options in Nha Trang, Vietnam, not far from\nthe beach: <a href="https://www.oinhatrang.com/english">Ơi Nha Trang</a></p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112955104125394373">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_13","date_published":"2024-08-13","date_modified":"2024-08-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_13_3","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-13 (3/4)","content_html":"<blockquote>\n  <p>You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.</p>\n\n  <p>– Cormac McCarthy</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>A very stoic and true quote.</p>\n\n<p>Also see: <a href="https://sive.rs/horses">My favorite fable</a> by <a href="https://sivers.rs">Derek\nSivers</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112955259444931346">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_13","date_published":"2024-08-13","date_modified":"2024-08-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_13_4","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-13 (4/4)","content_html":"<p>A little vegan gem in Đà Lạt, Vietnam: “Quán Chay Hằng Thiện”. The vegan lẩu\n(hot pot) is excellent.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112955142600434853">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_13","date_published":"2024-08-13","date_modified":"2024-08-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-14","content_html":"<p>Richard Rogler, one of the great German political satirists (“Kabarettist”),\ndied at age 74.</p>\n\n<p>May you rest in peace.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112959405527896980">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_14","date_published":"2024-08-14","date_modified":"2024-08-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-15","content_html":"<p>Eating fresh mangosteens – what a joy!</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112966298154262445">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_15","date_published":"2024-08-15","date_modified":"2024-08-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-16","content_html":"<p>Note to self: Spend more time squatting.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112971101696113912">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_16","date_published":"2024-08-16","date_modified":"2024-08-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-19","content_html":"<p>Just had my first sugar apple (or sweetsop?) in years – so delicious!</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112987454777447110">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_19","date_published":"2024-08-19","date_modified":"2024-08-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-21","content_html":"<p>Perspectives are not right or wrong. They are useful or not useful.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/112999266170125927">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_21","date_published":"2024-08-21","date_modified":"2024-08-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-27 (1/3)","content_html":"<p>Words uttered far too rarely: “I don’t know.”</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113032625560747505">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_27","date_published":"2024-08-27","date_modified":"2024-08-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_27_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-27 (2/3)","content_html":"<p>The best booster for creativity: Being in motion.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113032661721698806">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_27","date_published":"2024-08-27","date_modified":"2024-08-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_27_3","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-27 (3/3)","content_html":"<p>Always take the stairs.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113033406794793849">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_27","date_published":"2024-08-27","date_modified":"2024-08-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-28 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Repeating things over and over again creates strong habits with time.</p>\n\n<p>We are aware of this and make use of it when we deliberately try to form new,\nbeneficial habits.</p>\n\n<p>But it is just as true for all the things we repeat unconsciously all the time.\nIt is worth trying to become aware of these as well and asking ourselves if they\ncreate habits which serve us or habits which hinder – or even harm – us.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113040603684307782">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_28","date_published":"2024-08-28","date_modified":"2024-08-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_28_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-28 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>The wonderful and timeless text <a href="https://justinjackson.ca/words.html">Words</a> by\n<a href="https://justinjackson.ca/">Justin Jackson</a> actually quite perfectly captures\nthe essence of what the Gemini protocol was made for.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113040713329181637">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_28","date_published":"2024-08-28","date_modified":"2024-08-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-08-30","content_html":"<p>Two really great (and completely unrelated) documentaries I watched a while back\non a flight:</p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alpinist">The Alpinist</a> about climber\nMarc-André Leclerc.</li>\n  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_I_See_It_(film)">The Way I See It</a>\nabout Pete Souza, former Chief Official White House Photographer.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Both are highly recommended!</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113051011067781516">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_08_30","date_published":"2024-08-30","date_modified":"2024-08-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-01 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>I have created a Gemini capsule out of curiosity:\n<a href="gemini://thorstenzoeller.com">thorstenzoeller.com</a>.</p>\n\n<p>It is hosted on <a href="https://openbsd.amsterdam/">OpenBSD Amsterdam</a> (just like this\nwebsite) and served by <a href="https://gmid.omarpolo.com/gmid.8.html">gmid(8)</a> by <a href="https://www.omarpolo.com/">Omar\nPolo</a>. Setting it up was really simple!</p>\n\n<p>Thanks to OpenBSD Amsterdam for hosting my website as well as my Gemini capsule,\nand thanks to Omar for having written the gmid server!</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113063232664092219">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_01","date_published":"2024-09-01","date_modified":"2024-09-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_01_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-01 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Just started reading <a href="https://mwl.io/nonfiction/tools#ed">Ed Mastery</a> by\n<a href="https://mwl.io/">Michael W Lucas</a>, and it’s great fun (and very instructive as\nwell).</p>\n\n<p>I’m starting to feel a little whimpy as a vi user, though…</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113063375087210080">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_01","date_published":"2024-09-01","date_modified":"2024-09-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-03","content_html":"<p>Installed <a href="https://aerc-mail.org/">aerc</a> today and quite like it at first (and\nsecond) glance.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113074968165376764">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_03","date_published":"2024-09-03","date_modified":"2024-09-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-05 (1/3)","content_html":"<p>Today’s featured article on the German Wikipedia is about <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_David_Friedrich">Caspar David\nFriedrich</a>, one of my\nfavorite painters. Worth reading (I guess the English version as well)!</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113084224520458460">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_05","date_published":"2024-09-05","date_modified":"2024-09-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_05_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-05 (2/3)","content_html":"<p>Above 30 °C in Frankfurt right now. Might well be the hottest day here in the\nremaining year (although in previous years, we had days with temperatures around\n30 °C as late as mid-October).</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113085200335729013">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_05","date_published":"2024-09-05","date_modified":"2024-09-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_05_3","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-05 (3/3)","content_html":"<p>Practiced meditation for 20 minutes yesterday and today morning. First time in a\nwhile…</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113085536734693313">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_05","date_published":"2024-09-05","date_modified":"2024-09-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-06 (1/3)","content_html":"<p>I love the pictures of the Scottish Highlands by <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@GetCarter">Steve\nCarter</a>. They not only capture the beautiful\nrough Highlands landscape, sometimes displaying scattered tr aces of mankind,\nsometimes not, but – and this is why they are so appealing to me – they often\ncreate a really dense atmosphere which I find captivating.</p>\n\n<p>Highly recommended!</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113089575133379700">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_06","date_published":"2024-09-06","date_modified":"2024-09-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_06_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-06 (2/3)","content_html":"<p>So why does the behavior of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dc">dc(1)</a> and\n<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bc">bc(1)</a> differ with respect to the <code>-e</code> command-line\nparameter?</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ bc -e <expr>\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>evaluates <code><expr></code> and then enters the REPL, while</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ dc -e <expr>\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>evaluates <code><expr></code> and then exits.</p>\n\n<p>The advantage of the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bc">bc(1)</a> behavior is that one\ncan easily define an alias which e.g. sets the scale before doing calculations:</p>\n\n<pre><code>alias bc="bc -e 'scale = 2'"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>while defining an alias with the equivalent expression for\n<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dc">dc(1)</a>,</p>\n\n<pre><code>alias dc="dc -e '2 k'"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>does not make a lot of sense.</p>\n\n<p>Am I missing something?</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113091245818176226">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_06","date_published":"2024-09-06","date_modified":"2024-09-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_06_3","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-06 (3/3)","content_html":"<p>Again practiced meditation for 20 minutes this morning.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113091572776498187">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_06","date_published":"2024-09-06","date_modified":"2024-09-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-07 (1/5)","content_html":"<p>Foggy morning in Frankfurt. Probably going to be another warm day before the\ntemperature drops somewhat.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113094694273794649">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07","date_published":"2024-09-07","date_modified":"2024-09-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-07 (2/5)","content_html":"<p>Practiced meditation for 30 minutes this morning.</p>\n\n<p>And yeah, I am fully aware of the irony that I am already back to social\nmedia…</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113094986378781510">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07","date_published":"2024-09-07","date_modified":"2024-09-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07_3","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-07 (3/5)","content_html":"<p>Creating a Gemini capsule (in particular when approached with the mindset of\ncreating a web page) is another proof for the fact that constraints often foster\ncreativity and focus on what is really important.</p>\n\n<p>In short: Not being able to do everything is often a good thing.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113095346365960056">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07","date_published":"2024-09-07","date_modified":"2024-09-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07_4","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-07 (4/5)","content_html":"<p>I always felt like being too much of a mathematician for being a physicist, and\ntoo much of a physicist for being a mathematician – like sitting between two\nchairs.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113096235494842086">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07","date_published":"2024-09-07","date_modified":"2024-09-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07_5","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-07 (5/5)","content_html":"<p>Did some gardening work in the evening, enjoyed vegan overnight oats made with\noat milk – time to close the day.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113097966719201467">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_07","date_published":"2024-09-07","date_modified":"2024-09-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-08 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Practiced meditation for 30 minutes this morning.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113100924297618031">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_08","date_published":"2024-09-08","date_modified":"2024-09-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_08_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-08 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Got some more gardening work done before the rain starts.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113101584681201584">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_08","date_published":"2024-09-08","date_modified":"2024-09-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-09","content_html":"<p>Practiced meditation for 30 minutes this morning.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113106692777137940">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_09","date_published":"2024-09-09","date_modified":"2024-09-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-11","content_html":"<p>One of the things I really like about the Gemini protocol is that Gemini\ncapsules lend themselves to being viewed with a text-based Gemini client in a\nterminal (although there are great GUI Gemini clients as well, notably\n<a href="https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/">Lagrange</a>).</p>\n\n<p>While there are text-based browsers for web pages as well (like lynx, links or\nw3m), to me they always felt more like workarounds, since the web is very much m\nultimedia-oriented these days (in spite of its origins).</p>\n\n<p>On the contrary, since the geminiprotocol is text-oriented, text-based Gemini\nclients feel completely natural to me.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113118256355673345">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_11","date_published":"2024-09-11","date_modified":"2024-09-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-15 (1/3)","content_html":"<p>Practiced meditation for 30 minutes this morning.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113140534392551079">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_15","date_published":"2024-09-15","date_modified":"2024-09-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_15_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-15 (2/3)","content_html":"<p>I love the poem “Small Kindnesses” (see\n<a href="https://www.danushalameris.com/poems">www.danushalameris.com/poems</a>) by\n<a href="https://www.danushalameris.com/">Danusha Lameris</a>, an ode to kindness and\ncompassion. It is not about big, heroic actions, but rather about small,\neveryday acts often performed almost unconsciously. Yet those small kindnesses\nare so important for our living together that they deserve attention and\nawareness.</p>\n\n<p>It is a beautiful elaboration on the Dalai Lama’s famous statement “My religion\nis kindness”.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113140618198918445">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_15","date_published":"2024-09-15","date_modified":"2024-09-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_15_3","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-15 (3/3)","content_html":"<p>Thinking differentiates the world, meditation integrates it.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113140629205062097">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_15","date_published":"2024-09-15","date_modified":"2024-09-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-22","content_html":"<p>A simple demonstration of the monkey mind in action I find startling every time\nI am experiencing it:</p>\n\n<p>When something comes to your mind which you must not or do not want to forget,\ndo not write it down (or otherwise persist it) immediately, but instead try to\nkeep it in your mind for a couple of minutes.</p>\n\n<p>Sounds easy, but most of the times when something I need to or want to remember\ncomes to my mind while brushing my teeth, for instance, I have forgotten it by\nthe time I am finished because my mind has already jumped to the next subject(s)\nit happens to find interesting.</p>\n\n<p>Time and again I am thinking to myself in such situations: “Come on, it is\nimpossible that you forget <thought so="" and=""> until you are done with <activity so="" and=""> just repeat the thought in your mind all the time." And often, the\nthought is forgotten within a fraction of a minute.</activity></thought></p>\n\n<p>Of course, oftentimes I will remember my thought again after a while; usually it\nis not completely forgotten and gone. The point is that this shows that it is\nreally hard to focus your mind on a single thing even for a short period of\ntime.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113180584278325946">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_22","date_published":"2024-09-22","date_modified":"2024-09-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-29 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Finished reading <a href="https://mwl.io/nonfiction/tools#ed">Ed Mastery</a> by <a href="https://mwl.io/">Michael W\nLucas</a>. Review will be coming shortly.</p>\n\n<p>Looking forward to getting <a href="https://mwl.io/nonfiction/tools#ryoms">Run Your Own Mail\nServer</a> next.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113221101059196296">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_29","date_published":"2024-09-29","date_modified":"2024-09-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_29_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-09-29 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Here’s my review of <a href="/ed-mastery/">Michael W Lucas: “Ed Mastery”</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Make sure to read the <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/ed_mastery_is_a_must_for_real_unix_person.html">review by Peter N. M.\nHansteen</a>\nas well (might be a little more factual than mine…)!</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113221282968575539">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_09_29","date_published":"2024-09-29","date_modified":"2024-09-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_11_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-11-03 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>A nice – if somewhat explicit – companion to\n<a href="https://justinjackson.ca/words.html">Words</a> by <a href="https://justinjackson.ca/">Justin\nJackson</a>:</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/">Motherfucking Website</a></p>\n\n<p>And another reason for the <a href="https://geminiprotocol.net/">Gemini protocol</a>, for\nthat matter.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113419983860033300">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_11_03","date_published":"2024-11-03","date_modified":"2024-11-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_11_03_2","title":"[Stream] 2024-11-03 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>The “Día de Muertos” is a really beautiful tradition (and yes, I know I’m a\nlittle late…). It is so contrary to the way death is dealt with in most\nEuropean cultures (and in particular in German culture), where it is usually\nattempted to avoid thinking of death as much as possible.</p>\n\n<p>To me, it seems that the “Día de Muertos” is a very healthy way of coping with\ndeath and acknowledging that there is no live withouth death – <em>memento\nmori</em>.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113420090159088618">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_11_03","date_published":"2024-11-03","date_modified":"2024-11-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_11_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-11-12","content_html":"<p>Sharath Jois, director of the <a href="https://sharathyogacentre.com/">Sharath Yoga\nCentre</a> in Mysore, India, and lineage holder of\nthe Ashtanga Yoga system, dies at age 53.</p>\n\n<p>A sad reminder that all of our lives, no matter how healthy and strong we may\nseem, hang by a thread and can end at any one moment. <em>Memento mori</em>!</p>\n\n<p>May you rest in peace.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113471284116455086">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_11_12","date_published":"2024-11-12","date_modified":"2024-11-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_12_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-12-14","content_html":"<p>Reading <em>The Wizard of Oz</em> for the first time in my life, in preparation for\nwatching it in theater over Christmas with my son and parents.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113651923556478005">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_12_14","date_published":"2024-12-14","date_modified":"2024-12-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_12_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2024-12-15","content_html":"<p>I rarely spend time just sitting there and looking out of the window into the\ngarden, for instance, but it is always worth it. Taking time for becoming calm,\ndoing “nothing”, not being “productive”, enjoying stillness is so important and\nnecessary.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113657445870798546">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2024_12_15","date_published":"2024-12-15","date_modified":"2024-12-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_01_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-01-03","content_html":"<p>Started reading <em>A System for Writing</em> by <a href="https://bobdoto.computer/">Bob Doto</a>\n(got it after heaving read the great\n<a href="https://writingslowly.com/2024/07/14/a-system-for.html">review</a> by Richard\nGriffiths). Haven’t read much of it so far, but it already looks very primising!</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113879360659006522">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_01_03","date_published":"2025-01-03","date_modified":"2025-01-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_02_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-02-09","content_html":"<p>Interesting: <a href="https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/journal/lifestyle/life-lessons-people-tokyo-japan-style-food-24538500">33 Ways To Improve Your Life, Japanese\nStyle</a>\n(via <a href="https://www.recomendo.com/p/33-life-tipssecret-museum-of-mankindsmall">Recomendo - issue\n#449</a>)</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/113975307523337737">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_02_09","date_published":"2025-02-09","date_modified":"2025-02-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_02_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-02-16","content_html":"<p>The importance of being able to focus and concentrate and to withstand\ndistractions and immediate gratifications can hardly be overstated.</p>\n\n<p>It is one of the most powerful abilities in today’s world, and it will be even\nmore so in the future when methods to catch the attention of people will get\never more refined.</p>\n\n<p>While in the past people were able to focus entire days on writing or thinking\n(provided they could afford it), today someone who is able to concentrate on a\nsingle task for an extended period of time has almost become an exception.</p>\n\n<p>We live in an age of distraction and diversion, of minimal attention spans and\nof scattered, fragmented and erratic minds.</p>\n\n<p>This is no new insight, but worth remembering.</p>\n\n<p>Being able to focus is a true superpower.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/114014953374000490">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_02_16","date_published":"2025-02-16","date_modified":"2025-02-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-03-09","content_html":"<p>Forgot my mobile phone in the car when I got home yesterday and only noticed it\n3 hours later.</p>\n\n<p>Pretty happy about that (well, not necessarily about my mental presence, but\nabout my ability to live without a phone for short periods of time).</p>\n\n<p>And no, I didn’t sleep during those 3 hours.</p>\n\n<p>And yes, I’m fully aware of how ridiculous it is to be proud of that.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/114132708860817209">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_09","date_published":"2025-03-09","date_modified":"2025-03-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-03-11","content_html":"<p>Read <a href="https://craigmod.com/essays/how_i_got_my_attention_back/">How I Got My Attention\nBack</a> by <a href="https://craigmod.com/">Craig\nMod</a> for the second or third time. It is a wonderful\npiece which is more relevant and timely than ever (even with respect to the\npolitical allusions – now, eight years after it was first published).</p>\n\n<p>It is eloquently written and full or relevant observations and insights. Also,\nit reminds me of how much I like Craig’s writing style and that I should really\nread more from him (in particular his great newsletters!).</p>\n\n<p>In fact, I think one can see the piece as an excellent elaboration on the\ncentral proposition “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit\nquietly in a room alone” by Blaise Pascal, which is quoted in the piece (and\nwhich has long been one of my favorite quotes). But while man was not able to\nsit quietly in a room alone already several hundred years ago, in our times it\nhas become incomparably harder – knowing that the much sought-after distraction\n– and thereby salvation – from his aloneness is not waiting somewhere outside\nhis empty room, but beckoning right next to his fingertips.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/114145031336183336">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_11","date_published":"2025-03-11","date_modified":"2025-03-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-03-13","content_html":"<p>Finished reading <em>A System for Writing</em> by <a href="https://bobdoto.computer/">Bob Doto</a>\n(yes, I’m a very slow reader…). My first impression was confirmed by the rest\nof the book, which is very well written and devised. I learned quite a bit from\nthe book, and it definitely renewed my interest in the Zettelkasten method.</p>\n\n<p>I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in PKM in general, the\nZettelkasten method in particular, and/or writing which is supported by the use\nof a Zettelkasten.</p>\n\n<p>Hat tip to Richard Griffiths for pointing me to the book via his\n<a href="https://writingslowly.com/2024/07/14/a-system-for.html">review</a>!</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/114156353991326165">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_13","date_published":"2025-03-13","date_modified":"2025-03-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-03-16 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>I have several files (mostly related to the logging of tasks, events etc.) where\n(some) lines start with a date. Since the current date is usually not at the\nvery beginning or very end of the file, a convenient shortcut in\n<a href="https://www.vim.org/">Vim</a> or <a href="https://neovim.io/">Neovim</a> (or other Vim-like\neditors) to jump to the current date is:</p>\n\n<pre><code>nnoremap <C-G> /^<C-R>=strftime('%Y-%m-%d')<CR><CR>:noh<CR>\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This assumes that the date is given in the <em>strftime</em> format <code>%Y-%m-%d</code> (the\nonly true date format), and it maps the command to the key combination\n<code><Ctrl> + G</code> (of course it can be mapped to any other key or key combination).</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/114173427831371500">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_16","date_published":"2025-03-16","date_modified":"2025-03-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_16_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-03-16 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Our perception is fully compatible with the assumption that everything,\nincluding all our memories, was created an instant (or any other time) ago.</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/114173436832712104">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_16","date_published":"2025-03-16","date_modified":"2025-03-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-03-18","content_html":"<p>Started reading <em>Lev Shestov – Philosopher of the Sleepless Night</em> by Matthew\nBeaumont and am very curious about it.</p>\n\n<p>I hadn’t known Lev Shestov before reading <em>The Myth of Sisyphos</em> by Albert\nCamus, in which he is mentioned several times and which got me interested in him\nin the first place. What caught my attention most is Shestov’s deep belief that\nreality cannot be pressed into a (philosophical or any other kind of) system and\nthat humans are fundamentally irrational beings.</p>\n\n<p>Let’s see what the book has in store about this largely unknown thinker…</p>\n\n<p>Read on\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/114184589473620152">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_03_18","date_published":"2025-03-18","date_modified":"2025-03-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_07_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-07-06","content_html":"<p>My <a href="/sivers-useful-not-true">review</a> of <a href="https://sive.rs/u">Useful Not True</a> by\nDerek Sivers.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_07_06","date_published":"2025-07-06","date_modified":"2025-07-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-08-13 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Having a lot of fun playing Pickleball in Vietnam. There are so many Pickleball\ncourts here – in contrast to Germany, where there are still very few courts\nunfortunately…</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_13","date_published":"2025-08-13","date_modified":"2025-08-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_13_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-08-13 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Finished reading “The Worst Ship in the Fleet” a couple of days ago, the first\npart of <a href="https://www.skylerramirez.com/">Skyler Ramirez</a>’ “Dumb Luck and Dead\nHeroes” series. I had bought a copy of it after having read about it more or\nless by chance on <a href="https://nathanlowell.com/">Nathan Lowell’s website</a> (hat tip\nto Nathan Lowell).</p>\n\n<p>It is a quick read and rather fast paced, and I enjoyed it a lot. There are\ncertainly inconsistencies and logical hiccups, but I didn’t really care (in\ncontrast to pretty much everything outside of fiction, where I would typically\ncare a lot). The story is captivating, but what is probably most compelling are\nits two main characters. I am really curious about how their relationship will\nbe developing in the course of the series.</p>\n\n<p>Looking forward to reading part two, “The Worst Spies in the Sector”.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_13","date_published":"2025-08-13","date_modified":"2025-08-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-08-15","content_html":"<p>Finished reading <em>Lev Shestov – Philosopher of the Sleepless Night</em> by Matthew\nBeaumont yesterday. I wanted to read more about Shestov ever since I first read\nabout him in <em>The Myth of Sisyphos</em> by Albert Camus. Unfortunately, he is mostly\nforgotten these days, and it is hard to get hold of copies of his original\nworks.</p>\n\n<p>With his rather short, but very dense book, Beaumont offers a lot of information\nabout this elusive and highly unique thinker, focusing on one of his central\nthemes or motives, sleeplessnessand watchfulness in the face of the horrors of\nour world.</p>\n\n<p>There is much to say about this book, and I plan to elaborate on it in a longer\nreview.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_15","date_published":"2025-08-15","date_modified":"2025-08-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-08-16","content_html":"<p>Last day in Hanoi, Vietnam, before heading back to Germany tonight. Had a great\ntime as usual; in particular my first visit to Danang was memorable.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_16","date_published":"2025-08-16","date_modified":"2025-08-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-08-27 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Delicious lunch: Stir-fried dandelion leaves with rice (yes, that <em>is</em> a\nfull-fledged meal!).</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_27","date_published":"2025-08-27","date_modified":"2025-08-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_27_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-08-27 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Getting really interested in Solarpunk and looking for good fiction to read.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_27","date_published":"2025-08-27","date_modified":"2025-08-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-08-30 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>New article <a href="/how-i-use-vim/">How I Use Vim</a>, a contribution to the first <a href="https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202509/">Vim\nCarnival</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_30","date_published":"2025-08-30","date_modified":"2025-08-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_30_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-08-30 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Finally got an <a href="https://codeberg.org/thorstenzoeller">account</a> on\n<a href="https://codeberg.org/">Codeberg</a>. Feels good!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_08_30","date_published":"2025-08-30","date_modified":"2025-08-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://ploum.net/2025-09-03-calendar-txt.html">How I fell in love with\ncalendar.txt</a>: Interesting\narticle about the <a href="https://terokarvinen.com/2021/calendar-txt/">calendar.txt</a>\nformat for a text-file-based calendar.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_04","date_published":"2025-09-04","date_modified":"2025-09-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-05 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Life is an acceleration run towards death.</p>\n\n<p>This is not morbid, but a matter of fact – our time on earth runs out quicker\nthan we would like to believe, no matter what our stage in life.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_05","date_published":"2025-09-05","date_modified":"2025-09-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_05_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-05 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Haiku attempt:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Vast sky opens<br />\nbehind the window.<br />\nThe honey bee cannot escape.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Critique welcome.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_05","date_published":"2025-09-05","date_modified":"2025-09-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Haiku attempt (prompt “Laughter”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Nightshades falling<br />\nover silent meadows –<br />\nfaint laughter in the 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cart</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_09","date_published":"2025-09-09","date_modified":"2025-09-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Grave”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>on a weathered grave<br />\nrotten oak leaves are covered<br />\nby branches and snow</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_10","date_published":"2025-09-10","date_modified":"2025-09-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Puddle”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>gusts of wind hitting<br />\nthe puddle’s quiet blue surface –<br />\nthe full moon is gone</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_11","date_published":"2025-09-11","date_modified":"2025-09-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Harvest”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>fruits, nuts, cereal –<br />\nthe ample harvest delights<br />\nmice and men alike</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_12","date_published":"2025-09-12","date_modified":"2025-09-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pumpkin”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the hollow pumpkin<br />\nshining dimly from within<br />\ngrins maliciously</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>And an alternative version:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the hollow pumpkin<br />\ncontemplating its grim fate<br />\ngrins maliciously</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_13","date_published":"2025-09-13","date_modified":"2025-09-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-14 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt\n“Chrysanthemums”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>between the debris<br />\na patch of chrsyanthemums<br />\ndefies the wasteland</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_14","date_published":"2025-09-14","date_modified":"2025-09-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_14_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-14 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>I love it when the sun breaks through gloomy clouds. Magnificient play of light!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_14","date_published":"2025-09-14","date_modified":"2025-09-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Deer”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>behind a large tree<br />\nin the snow-covered forest<br />\na shy deer peeks out</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>And another one:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the young deer wanders<br />\naround in fear, its mother<br />\ngone without a trace</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_15","date_published":"2025-09-15","date_modified":"2025-09-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Orchids”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in a steep rock face<br />\na wee grassy ledge harbors<br />\n two purple orchids</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_16","date_published":"2025-09-16","date_modified":"2025-09-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lotus”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>on a mountain top<br />\nthe monk, sitting in lotus<br />\nmeditates deeply</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_17","date_published":"2025-09-17","date_modified":"2025-09-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Morning”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>morning dew pearling<br />\nfrom a daffodil, sunbeams<br />\nscattered by the drops</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_18","date_published":"2025-09-18","date_modified":"2025-09-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-19 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Glow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a faint glow appears<br />\nbehind the dark horizon –<br />\nmorning approaches</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_19","date_published":"2025-09-19","date_modified":"2025-09-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_19_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-19 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Finished reading <em>Aufzeichnungen aus dem Kellerloch</em> (<em>Notes from the\nUnderground</em>) by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Deeply fascinating psychological study of a\nsocial outsider, an “underground man” – disturbing and uncomfortable.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_19","date_published":"2025-09-19","date_modified":"2025-09-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-20 (1/3)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cascade”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>amidst wild waters<br />\ncascading down the mountain<br />\na lone tree persists</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_20","date_published":"2025-09-20","date_modified":"2025-09-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_20_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-20 (2/3)","content_html":"<p>The joy I get out of tweaking a minimal detail of the layout of my website or\nfrom refactoring a tiny piece of code – even if it has no visible effect and\njust makes things a bit nicer under the hood – is completely irrational, yet\nvery real.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_20","date_published":"2025-09-20","date_modified":"2025-09-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_20_3","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-20 (3/3)","content_html":"<p>Started reading <em>The Worst Spies in the Sector</em> by <a href="https://www.skylerramirez.com/">Skyler\nRamirez</a> – part 2 of his <em>Dumb Luck and Dead\nHeroes</em> series.</p>\n\n<p>Really looking forward to it after the fun I had reading the first part!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_20","date_published":"2025-09-20","date_modified":"2025-09-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-21 (1/3)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Somber”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in the depth of night<br />\nthe stars shine faintly above<br />\nin somber silence</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_21","date_published":"2025-09-21","date_modified":"2025-09-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_21_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-21 (2/3)","content_html":"<p>I would be really willing to give <a href="https://tuta.com/">Tuta</a> a try – almost\neverything about them looks really good.</p>\n\n<p>There is one thing, though, which is a complete no-go for me: Being locked-in to\na specific piece of software (even if it is open source) in order to be able to\nsend/receive mail, and in particular not being able to use a terminal-based\nemail client like mutt or aerc which e.g. allow me to use a decent text editor\nfor writing mails.</p>\n\n<p>Any suggestions? Am I missing something?</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_21","date_published":"2025-09-21","date_modified":"2025-09-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_21_3","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-21 (3/3)","content_html":"<p><a href="#_2024_07_23">I have said it before</a>, and I will say it again: The quote “I\ndon’t love my country; I love my wife!” by former German president Gustav\nHeinemann (freely translated by myself) is the best statement about patriotism I\nhave ever come across.</p>\n\n<p>Note: You can replace “wife” by anything you like – as long as it is a human\nbeing.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_21","date_published":"2025-09-21","date_modified":"2025-09-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-22","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Chilly”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a pale sun’s light rays<br />\nbreaking through the chilly fog –<br />\nautumn has arrived</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_22","date_published":"2025-09-22","date_modified":"2025-09-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Salmon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a flock of salmon<br />\npushing up the steep river<br />\nflanked by lush forests</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_23","date_published":"2025-09-23","date_modified":"2025-09-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-24","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Footsteps”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>footsteps in the snow<br />\nbarely visible by now<br />\nwashed away by rain</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_24","date_published":"2025-09-24","date_modified":"2025-09-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-25","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Walnuts”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in the bowl full of<br />\nwalnuts, almonds and pecans,<br />\na single raisin</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_25","date_published":"2025-09-25","date_modified":"2025-09-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Dapple”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>orange dappled floor –<br />\npainting the wall was only<br />\na partial success</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_26","date_published":"2025-09-26","date_modified":"2025-09-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sea Bass”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the dark silhouette<br />\nof a sea bass swimming past<br />\nin troubled waters</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_27","date_published":"2025-09-27","date_modified":"2025-09-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Eaves”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>droplets dripping down<br />\nthe eaves, falling towards their<br />\ndestiny, soon gone</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_28","date_published":"2025-09-28","date_modified":"2025-09-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Laughter”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>deep solemn silence<br />\nall of a sudden broken<br />\nby jarring laughter</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_29","date_published":"2025-09-29","date_modified":"2025-09-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-30 (1/4)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “High Tide”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the small isle, swallowed<br />\nby the high tide, waiting to<br />\nre-rise from the sea</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_30","date_published":"2025-09-30","date_modified":"2025-09-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_30_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-30 (2/4)","content_html":"<p>Finally added an Atom feed to my website: <a href="/atom.xml">/atom.xml</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_30","date_published":"2025-09-30","date_modified":"2025-09-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_30_3","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-30 (3/4)","content_html":"<p>About a week ago, I had the great pleasure to be on the\n<a href="https://lazybea.rs/overunder/">Over/Under</a> series from\n<a href="https://lazybea.rs/">Hyde</a>. You can read the questions I was asked and my\nanswers, along with Hyde’s answers to the same questions,\n<a href="https://lazybea.rs/ovr-034/">here</a>. It was a lot of fun – thanks to Hyde for\nhaving me!</p>\n\n<p>Also, don’t forget to follow Hyde on <a href="https://lazybear.social/@hyde">Mastodon</a>\nif you don’t already do!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_30","date_published":"2025-09-30","date_modified":"2025-09-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_30_4","title":"[Stream] 2025-09-30 (4/4)","content_html":"<p>Learned about <a href="https://typst.app">Typst</a> today (hat tip to <a href="https://mastodon.art/@RussSharek">Russ\nSharek</a> for pointing me to it – had for some\nreason never heard of it before). It is a typesetting system for creating\ndocuments which has a lot of features, including advanced facilities for\ntypesetting mathematical formulae. I have only started diving into it, but it\nlooks <em>really</em> promising, and as far as I can tell so far, it may even have the\npotential to replace LaTeX (though it is probably a little early to assess).</p>\n\n<p>Currently, I use <a href="https://docs.asciidoctor.org/pdf-converter/latest/">Asciidoctor\nPDF</a> for simpler documents\nand LaTeX for more complex documents, in particular documents involving\nmathematical formulae (though this happens rarely these days). <em>Typst</em> might\nvery well be able to satisfy both these use cases. And there is even an OpenBSD\npackage for it!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_09_30","date_published":"2025-09-30","date_modified":"2025-09-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Hunter’s\nMoon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>hunter’s moon shining<br />\nbrightly over reddish woods –<br />\nautumn time has come</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_01","date_published":"2025-10-01","date_modified":"2025-10-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-02","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Grain”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>heaps of grain filling<br />\nthe storage chambers, a mouse<br />\ndelights in its share</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_02","date_published":"2025-10-02","date_modified":"2025-10-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-03","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Frost”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>frost-covered meadows<br />\nlet fall in oblivion<br />\na summer long gone</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_03","date_published":"2025-10-03","date_modified":"2025-10-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Yellow\nLeaves”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>yellow leaves dancing<br />\nwildly in the air, stirred up<br />\nby harsh autumn wind</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_04","date_published":"2025-10-04","date_modified":"2025-10-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Flour”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>no trace of the mouse –<br />\nexcept footsteps in the flour<br />\nscattered on the floor</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_05","date_published":"2025-10-05","date_modified":"2025-10-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-06 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Night Chill”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>as the moon rises<br />\non a starry sky, autumn’s<br />\nnight chill slowly spreads</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_06","date_published":"2025-10-06","date_modified":"2025-10-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_06_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-06 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Thanks to <a href="https://adam.omg.lol/">Adam Newbold</a>, today I learned that one’s\n<a href="https://social.lol/@adam/115328017911416358">Mastodon posts are automatically published via an RSS\nfeed</a>, where the URL of the feed is\nobtained by simply appending <code>.rss</code> to the URL of one’s Masotodon account (so,\nfor instance, my feed is available under\n<a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller.rss">https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller.rss</a>) – <a href="https://sive.rs/obvious">Obvious to others. Amazing\nto me</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_06","date_published":"2025-10-06","date_modified":"2025-10-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Avoid”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>flocks of birds flying<br />\ntowards the south to avoid<br />\nthe cold of winter</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_07","date_published":"2025-10-07","date_modified":"2025-10-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Ghost”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in deep autumn fog<br />\na raven slowly descends<br />\nlike a somber ghost</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_08","date_published":"2025-10-08","date_modified":"2025-10-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Geese”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the sky is mirrored<br />\nin the lake; at its far end<br />\na flock of geese rest</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_09","date_published":"2025-10-09","date_modified":"2025-10-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-10 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Straw”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a straw is dancing<br />\non the meadows, blown around<br />\nby petulant winds</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_10","date_published":"2025-10-10","date_modified":"2025-10-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_10_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-10 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>A must-read: <a href="https://www.thetinywisdom.com/the-slow-decline-of-joy/">The slow decline of\njoy</a></p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_10","date_published":"2025-10-10","date_modified":"2025-10-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-11 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Vivid”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>created by my<br />\nvivid imagination:<br />\na world united</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_11","date_published":"2025-10-11","date_modified":"2025-10-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_11_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-11 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>In <a href="https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/">Ruby</a>, transforming a hash of the form</p>\n\n<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="n">h</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="n">key_1</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="n">arr_1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">key_n</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="n">arr_n</span><span class="p">}</span>\n</code></pre></div></div>\n\n<p>into an array of the form</p>\n\n<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">[</span>\n  <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">key_1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arr_1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">first</span><span class="p">],</span>\n  <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">,</span>\n  <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">key_1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arr_1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">last</span><span class="p">],</span>\n  <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">,</span>\n  <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">key_n</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arr_n</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">first</span><span class="p">],</span>\n  <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">,</span>\n  <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">key_n</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arr_n</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">last</span><span class="p">]</span>\n<span class="p">]</span>\n</code></pre></div></div>\n\n<p>can be achieved as follows:</p>\n\n<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">flat_map</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="o">|</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arr</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">arr</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">map</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="o">|</span><span class="n">elem</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">elem</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span>\n</code></pre></div></div>\n\n<p>Example: With</p>\n\n<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="n">h</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"a"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="s2">"b"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">]}</span>\n</code></pre></div></div>\n\n<p>one thus obtains:</p>\n\n<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">[[</span><span class="s2">"a"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"a"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"a"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"b"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"b"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"b"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">]]</span>\n</code></pre></div></div>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_11","date_published":"2025-10-11","date_modified":"2025-10-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Crunch”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pebbles crunch under<br />\nthe cart’s heavy wheels, drowning<br />\nout tired panting</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_12","date_published":"2025-10-12","date_modified":"2025-10-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Stem”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>waiting patiently<br />\nfor the asparagus stems<br />\nto finish cooking</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_13","date_published":"2025-10-13","date_modified":"2025-10-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fallen”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>so many people<br />\nhave fallen in disgrace for<br />\njust speaking the truth</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_14","date_published":"2025-10-14","date_modified":"2025-10-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Apple”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>an apple falling<br />\nfrom a tree helped finding the<br />\nlaw of gravity</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_15","date_published":"2025-10-15","date_modified":"2025-10-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Ease”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>standing at the shore<br />\nwatching the infinite sea<br />\nputs my mind to ease</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_16","date_published":"2025-10-16","date_modified":"2025-10-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Crisp”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>this delicious smell –<br />\ni anticipate the taste<br />\nof bread, fresh and crisp</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_17","date_published":"2025-10-17","date_modified":"2025-10-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mushrooms”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>mushrooms, big and small,<br />\nsprout abundantly on grounds<br />\nmoist from autumn rain</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_18","date_published":"2025-10-18","date_modified":"2025-10-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-19","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Withered”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>long-withered flowers<br />\nsurround the weathered tombstone<br />\nunder a pale moon</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_19","date_published":"2025-10-19","date_modified":"2025-10-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Decline”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>ceasing to do things<br />\nfor their own sake – this is the<br />\nslow decline of joy</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Inspired by <a href="https://www.thetinywisdom.com/the-slow-decline-of-joy/">The slow decline of\njoy</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_20","date_published":"2025-10-20","date_modified":"2025-10-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Grown”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>vegetables grown<br />\nin one’s own garden – what could<br />\nbe more delicious?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_21","date_published":"2025-10-21","date_modified":"2025-10-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-22","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Haystack”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>on the withered field<br />\na single haystack rises<br />\nlike a huge meerkat</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_22","date_published":"2025-10-22","date_modified":"2025-10-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pear”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>amidst apples and<br />\nplums in the basket a pear,<br />\ncrooked and beautiful</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_23","date_published":"2025-10-23","date_modified":"2025-10-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-24","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Endeavor”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>leaves fall in autumn<br />\nin earth’s timeless endeavor<br />\nto renew itself</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_24","date_published":"2025-10-24","date_modified":"2025-10-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-25","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Ripe”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>no leaves, no fruits – yet<br />\nonce again leaves will be green<br />\nand fruits will be ripe</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_25","date_published":"2025-10-25","date_modified":"2025-10-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-26 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Halt”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>sitting in silence<br />\nletting all my thoughts pass by<br />\ntime comes to a halt</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_26","date_published":"2025-10-26","date_modified":"2025-10-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_26_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-26 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Finished reading <em>The Worst Spies in the Sector</em> by <a href="https://www.skylerramirez.com/">Skyler\nRamirez</a> – part 2 of his <em>Dumb Luck and Dead\nHeroes</em> series. Had as much fun reading it as the first part. Looking forward to\nread the next part in the series soon!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_26","date_published":"2025-10-26","date_modified":"2025-10-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Coolness”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>autumn’s wet coolness<br />\ncreeps into my bones as i<br />\nwander through the mist</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_27","date_published":"2025-10-27","date_modified":"2025-10-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Groan”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>i groan sullenly<br />\nas i get up, still dazed from<br />\nmorning tiredness</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_28","date_published":"2025-10-28","date_modified":"2025-10-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Desolate”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>desolate is the<br />\ngarden of gethsemane<br />\nwasteland of despair</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Inspired by the wonderful book <em>Lev Shestov – Philosopher of the Sleepless\nNight</em> by Matthew Beaumont.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_29","date_published":"2025-10-29","date_modified":"2025-10-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-30","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Maudlin”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>maudlin memories<br />\noverwhelm me as i watch<br />\nthe deserted beach</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_30","date_published":"2025-10-30","date_modified":"2025-10-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_31_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-10-31","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Foggy”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a weak sun’s dispersed<br />\nlight faintly illuminates<br />\nthe foggy landscape</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_10_31","date_published":"2025-10-31","date_modified":"2025-10-31"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Carp”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>its mouth wide open<br />\nthe giant carp seems resolved<br />\nto swallow the 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ruthlessness</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_03","date_published":"2025-11-03","date_modified":"2025-11-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mittens”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>half-covered by snow<br />\na pair of mittens suggests<br />\nill-fated events</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_04","date_published":"2025-11-04","date_modified":"2025-11-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pine Sap”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>small drops of pine sap<br />\ndripping down the tree sparkle<br />\ngolden in the light</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_05","date_published":"2025-11-05","date_modified":"2025-11-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Moon Rise”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>it fills me with joy<br />\nto watch the moon rise on a<br />\ncloudless winter sky</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_06","date_published":"2025-11-06","date_modified":"2025-11-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “North Wind”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>whistling through the woods<br />\nthe harsh north wind makes the trees<br />\ndance to its music</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_07","date_published":"2025-11-07","date_modified":"2025-11-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Clear Day”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>stony giants far<br />\naway, visible on a<br />\nclear day’s horizon</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_08","date_published":"2025-11-08","date_modified":"2025-11-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Turnips”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>delicious turnips –<br />\nautumn’s gifts are plenty, and<br />\nveggies grow galore</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_09","date_published":"2025-11-09","date_modified":"2025-11-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fireplace”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>embers smolders in<br />\nthe fireplace, a last faint<br />\nglow in the darkness</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_10","date_published":"2025-11-10","date_modified":"2025-11-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fading”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>memories of peace<br />\nfading to oblivion<br />\nfor so many souls</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_11","date_published":"2025-11-11","date_modified":"2025-11-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mask”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>thick clouds mask earth’s face<br />\nnot even the gods high on<br />\nolymp can look through</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_12","date_published":"2025-11-12","date_modified":"2025-11-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “First Snow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>first snow is falling<br />\nearly, an unexpected<br />\nguest in november</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_13","date_published":"2025-11-13","date_modified":"2025-11-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Winter Moon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>silent mountains cast<br />\nin silver by the distant<br />\nwinter moon’s pale light</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_14","date_published":"2025-11-14","date_modified":"2025-11-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Classic”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>all is separate:<br />\nclassic misunderstanding<br />\nof the thinking mind</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_15","date_published":"2025-11-15","date_modified":"2025-11-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Rust”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>sprinkled stains of rust:<br />\nbeautiful imperfection<br />\nand lesson for life</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_16","date_published":"2025-11-16","date_modified":"2025-11-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pine”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>tasty salad bowl<br />\nfull of raw veggies topped with<br />\ndelicious pine nuts</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_17","date_published":"2025-11-17","date_modified":"2025-11-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Rake”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>ants crawl all over<br />\nthe rusty rake’s teeth; it has<br />\nnot scraped leaves since long</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_18","date_published":"2025-11-18","date_modified":"2025-11-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-19","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Withering”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>flowers in full bloom<br />\ndays ago, now withering –<br />\nthat’s the course of life</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_19","date_published":"2025-11-19","date_modified":"2025-11-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Bonfire”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>do things completely<br />\nleaving no trace of yourself<br />\nlike a bonfire</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Inspired by Shunryu Suzuki.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_20","date_published":"2025-11-20","date_modified":"2025-11-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Hot Tea”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>steam rises from the<br />\nhot tea, slowly dissolving<br />\nin cold winter 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well</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_23","date_published":"2025-11-23","date_modified":"2025-11-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_23_2","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-23 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Winter has arrived in Frankfurt, Germany: Sub-zero temperatures and the first\nsnow.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_23","date_published":"2025-11-23","date_modified":"2025-11-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-24","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fireplace”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>crackling fireplace<br />\ninside, outside the storm is<br />\nraging in the night</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_24","date_published":"2025-11-24","date_modified":"2025-11-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-25","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fright”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>birds fly up in fright<br />\nas the scarecrow suddenly<br />\njerks and comes to life</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_25","date_published":"2025-11-25","date_modified":"2025-11-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Frost”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>frost covers the grass<br />\nafter another ice cold<br />\nlate november night</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_26","date_published":"2025-11-26","date_modified":"2025-11-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Yellowing”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>leaves cover the trail,<br />\nyellowing, soaked from pouring<br />\ncold november rain</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_27","date_published":"2025-11-27","date_modified":"2025-11-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Turnip”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a patch of purple<br />\nreveals the turnip, hidden<br />\nin the dark brown soil</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_28","date_published":"2025-11-28","date_modified":"2025-11-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Withered\nReeds”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>between withered reeds<br />\na lonely duck swims along<br />\non an autumn eve</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_29","date_published":"2025-11-29","date_modified":"2025-11-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-11-30","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Winter Coat”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>days get colder in<br />\nlate autumn – time to dig out<br />\nthe warm winter coat</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_11_30","date_published":"2025-11-30","date_modified":"2025-11-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Tea”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>drink your tea slowly<br />\nlet it become the center<br />\nof your universe</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_01","date_published":"2025-12-01","date_modified":"2025-12-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-02","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cold Night”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>as the cold night ends<br />\nthe sun rises for its brief<br />\nvisit to the sky</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_02","date_published":"2025-12-02","date_modified":"2025-12-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-03","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Moon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pitch black is the night<br />\nwhich no moon illuminates<br />\nand cast in silence</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_03","date_published":"2025-12-03","date_modified":"2025-12-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Juncos”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a flock of juncos<br />\nsuddenly appears, rushing<br />\nby, gone in a blink</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_04","date_published":"2025-12-04","date_modified":"2025-12-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cardinal”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>behind green leaves a<br />\ncardinal’s red cap protrudes –<br />\nnice play of colors</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_05","date_published":"2025-12-05","date_modified":"2025-12-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “December”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>december has come,<br />\nanother year has almost<br />\npassed – tempus fugit</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_06","date_published":"2025-12-06","date_modified":"2025-12-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Desolation”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>let us be wakeful<br />\nand not slip into a world<br />\nof desolation</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_07","date_published":"2025-12-07","date_modified":"2025-12-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “North”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in the far north days<br />\nare so short now, darkness is<br />\nalmost permanent</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_08","date_published":"2025-12-08","date_modified":"2025-12-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Breath”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>my anxiety<br />\nfinally fades as my breath<br />\nbecomes slow and deep</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_09","date_published":"2025-12-09","date_modified":"2025-12-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Camellia”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>between bushes and<br />\nshrubs camellia in bloom<br />\nunassuming gem</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_10","date_published":"2025-12-10","date_modified":"2025-12-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Star”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in the north a star<br />\nshining brightl in the sky –<br />\nreliable guide</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_11","date_published":"2025-12-11","date_modified":"2025-12-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Snowflake”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>last moments of the<br />\nsnowflake descending towards<br />\nearth before it melts</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_12","date_published":"2025-12-12","date_modified":"2025-12-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Dark Cloud”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>behind the dark cloud<br />\nthe sun is shining brightly<br />\neven if unseen</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_13","date_published":"2025-12-13","date_modified":"2025-12-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Hare”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>serene silence of<br />\nthe snowy woods, broken by<br />\na hare racing by</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_14","date_published":"2025-12-14","date_modified":"2025-12-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Stew”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>steaming stew on the<br />\nstove, tempting offer on a<br />\ncold december day</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_15","date_published":"2025-12-15","date_modified":"2025-12-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Snow Drift”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>snow drift on the road<br />\nviolent blizzard’s remnant<br />\ndeceptive hazard</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_16","date_published":"2025-12-16","date_modified":"2025-12-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Grebe”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>on the lake’s surface<br />\nreflecting pale december<br />\nsun a lonely grebe</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_17","date_published":"2025-12-17","date_modified":"2025-12-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Long Night”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>after a long night<br />\nthe sun will finally rise<br />\nand give light and warmth</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_18","date_published":"2025-12-18","date_modified":"2025-12-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-19","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Winter”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the cold and darkness<br />\nof winter weight on my mood<br />\ni long for springtime</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_19","date_published":"2025-12-19","date_modified":"2025-12-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sleet”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>snow turns into sleet<br />\nawkward precipitation<br />\nwet, cold and nasty</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_20","date_published":"2025-12-20","date_modified":"2025-12-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Solstice”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>december solstice<br />\nyear’s longest night and mark of<br />\na new beginning</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_21","date_published":"2025-12-21","date_modified":"2025-12-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-22","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Overcoat”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>good to have a warm<br />\novercoat in these freezing<br />\ncold december nights</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_22","date_published":"2025-12-22","date_modified":"2025-12-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Quilt”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>hand-sewn quilt, patchwork<br />\nof bright and colorful fabric,<br />\nreal piece of art</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_23","date_published":"2025-12-23","date_modified":"2025-12-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-24","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Hay”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>stacks of hay fill the<br />\nold barn from bottom to top.<br />\nwhere is the needle?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_24","date_published":"2025-12-24","date_modified":"2025-12-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-25","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Night”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>deepest night, dark and<br />\nsilent, stars shining faintly<br />\nin the endless sky</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_25","date_published":"2025-12-25","date_modified":"2025-12-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mirth”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>what a joyful time<br />\nthese days between the years are<br />\nand brimming with mirth</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_26","date_published":"2025-12-26","date_modified":"2025-12-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Bear”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>i know a lazy<br />\nbear called hyde, lover of vim,<br />\ncool guy all the way</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p><a href="https://lazybea.rs/">Lazybear</a></p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_27","date_published":"2025-12-27","date_modified":"2025-12-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Chestnut”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>on top of the hill<br />\na sole chestnut tree towers<br />\nover the landscape</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_28","date_published":"2025-12-28","date_modified":"2025-12-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cold”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>human warmth: this is<br />\nthe counterpoint to a world<br />\ngrowing cold so fast</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_29","date_published":"2025-12-29","date_modified":"2025-12-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-30","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Icicles”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>icicles lined up<br />\nlike nails of frozen water<br />\nmelting in the sun</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_30","date_published":"2025-12-30","date_modified":"2025-12-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_31_1","title":"[Stream] 2025-12-31","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Clear Sky”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the storm is over<br />\nand the sun is shining from<br />\nthe cloudless clear sky</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2025_12_31","date_published":"2025-12-31","date_modified":"2025-12-31"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Thread”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>breath is like a thread<br />\nwe traverse along in our<br />\ngreat journey through life</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_01","date_published":"2026-01-01","date_modified":"2026-01-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-02","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Plover”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>on the lake’s sandy<br />\nshore a lone plover, looking<br />\ninto the distance</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_02","date_published":"2026-01-02","date_modified":"2026-01-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-03","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “New Year”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>another new year<br />\nanother chance to renew<br />\nlike every day</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_03","date_published":"2026-01-03","date_modified":"2026-01-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Bear”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>deep down in the box<br />\na frayed teddy bear, hidden<br />\nfor many decades</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_04","date_published":"2026-01-04","date_modified":"2026-01-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pheasant”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>colorful pheasant<br />\nproudly showing its plumage<br />\nwhile strutting around</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_05","date_published":"2026-01-05","date_modified":"2026-01-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Field”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>flower field in bloom<br />\ndeceptive beauty, full of<br />\nannoying pollen</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_06","date_published":"2026-01-06","date_modified":"2026-01-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Wolf Moon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>no wolves are howling<br />\nin this year’s first full moon night<br />\nwolf moon is silent</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_07","date_published":"2026-01-07","date_modified":"2026-01-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Time”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>sitting in silence<br />\nbeing aware, just breathing<br />\ntime seems to stand still</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_08","date_published":"2026-01-08","date_modified":"2026-01-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Soup”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>hot soup - warming and<br />\ndelicious not only on<br />\nfreezing winter days</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_09","date_published":"2026-01-09","date_modified":"2026-01-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-10 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Creek”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>small creek just hours<br />\nago, now raging river<br />\nflooding the valley</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_10","date_published":"2026-01-10","date_modified":"2026-01-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_10_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-10 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Beautiful post by R.L. Dane: <a href="https://rldane.space/why-you-need-a-stack-of-thinkpads.html">Why You Need A Stack of\nThinkpads</a></p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_10","date_published":"2026-01-10","date_modified":"2026-01-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-11 (1/5)","content_html":"<p>Started using <a href="https://ledger-cli.org/">Ledger</a> for tracking the team fund of my\nson’s soccer team. Haven’t used Ledger in a while, but it definitely feels like\nthe right tool for the job (plain text, after all!).</p>\n\n<p>See <a href="https://plaintextaccounting.org/">Plain Text Accounting</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11","date_published":"2026-01-11","date_modified":"2026-01-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-11 (2/5)","content_html":"<p>Reading “The Calendar of Wisdom” by Lev Tolstoi has become one of my favorite\ndaily practices over the past couple of years. I certainly don’t agree with\neverything, but I feel there is a lot of truth and wisdom in it, and everything\nis expressed in very clear and simple words. It is a bit like a compass: After\nreading the entry of a given day, I feel a little more aligned and focused on\nwhat is really important, if only for a short while.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11","date_published":"2026-01-11","date_modified":"2026-01-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11_3","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-11 (3/5)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sable”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>high up in the tree<br />\na sable clings on a branch<br />\nenjoying the view</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11","date_published":"2026-01-11","date_modified":"2026-01-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11_4","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-11 (4/5)","content_html":"<p>Interesting insights by Samir Talwar: <a href="https://functional.computer/blog/thirty-seven">So I’m that age,\napparently</a></p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11","date_published":"2026-01-11","date_modified":"2026-01-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11_5","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-11 (5/5)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://www.punchlistmag.com/p/can-a-50-year-old-book-on-paris-help-repair-your-attention-span">Can a 50-year-old book on Paris help repair your attention\nspan?</a>\n– hat tip to <a href="https://colin.io/">Colin Wright</a> for mentioning the article over\non <a href="https://mastodon.social/@colinwright/115861369792805854">Mastodon</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_11","date_published":"2026-01-11","date_modified":"2026-01-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Winter Grass”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>frozen winter grass<br />\nscattered on snow-covered ground<br />\nblend of green and white</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_12","date_published":"2026-01-12","date_modified":"2026-01-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cold”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>cold days, colder nights<br />\nwinter puts us heat lovers<br />\nto the test once more</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_13","date_published":"2026-01-13","date_modified":"2026-01-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Thaw”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>thaw has arrived now<br />\nas winter’s tight grip loosens<br />\nmomentarily</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_14","date_published":"2026-01-14","date_modified":"2026-01-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Rage”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>maybe there is hope<br />\nif we can learn to respond<br />\nto rage with kindness</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_15","date_published":"2026-01-15","date_modified":"2026-01-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Candle”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>flickering candle<br />\nin the dark, shadows dancing<br />\nmadly on the wall</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_16","date_published":"2026-01-16","date_modified":"2026-01-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Turnip”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>purple and white bulb<br />\nsmall stem with green leaves – turnip’s<br />\npeculiar look</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_17","date_published":"2026-01-17","date_modified":"2026-01-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Chestnuts”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>melting snow reveals<br />\na bunch of rotten chestnuts<br />\nremains from last fall</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_18","date_published":"2026-01-18","date_modified":"2026-01-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-19","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Snow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>snow, rare guest these days<br />\neven now, deep in winter –<br />\nthe times they have changed</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_19","date_published":"2026-01-19","date_modified":"2026-01-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Smoke”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>thick gray plumes of smoke<br />\nmeander through the bright sky<br />\nslowly dissolving</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_20","date_published":"2026-01-20","date_modified":"2026-01-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Quiet”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>quiet is the night<br />\naround me, the only sound<br />\nmy slow and calm breath</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_21","date_published":"2026-01-21","date_modified":"2026-01-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-22","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sparrow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in the bare brown bush<br />\na little sparrow, sitting<br />\ncalmly in the cold</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_22","date_published":"2026-01-22","date_modified":"2026-01-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mountain”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>mountain of knowledge<br />\ncompletely worthless without<br />\nwisdom how to live</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_23","date_published":"2026-01-23","date_modified":"2026-01-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-24","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Blizzard”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>swirling white vortex<br />\ndisappearing horizon –<br />\nfurious blizzard</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_24","date_published":"2026-01-24","date_modified":"2026-01-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-25","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lonely”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>this beautiful state<br />\nof solitude, of being<br />\nalone, not lonely</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_25","date_published":"2026-01-25","date_modified":"2026-01-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Charcoal”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>red glowing embers<br />\nbeneath dark charcoal briquettes<br />\nfire’s last remains</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_26","date_published":"2026-01-26","date_modified":"2026-01-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Hoarfrost”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>old willow tree in<br />\nhoarfrost, like glittering strands<br />\nof long silver hair</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_27","date_published":"2026-01-27","date_modified":"2026-01-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Bean Soup”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>delicious bean soup<br />\nhot and spicy, smelling well<br />\nperfect winter meal</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_28","date_published":"2026-01-28","date_modified":"2026-01-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Quince”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>quince tree in full bloom<br />\npale pink blossoms all over<br />\na feast for the eyes</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_29","date_published":"2026-01-29","date_modified":"2026-01-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-30","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Horse”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>wild horse’s gallop –<br />\nimpressive blend of beauty<br />\nand raw energy</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_30","date_published":"2026-01-30","date_modified":"2026-01-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_31_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-01-31","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Glimmer”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in the darkest sky<br />\nglimmer of a shooting star<br />\nflashing up, then gone</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_01_31","date_published":"2026-01-31","date_modified":"2026-01-31"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Twittering”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>serene silence in<br />\nthe woods, broken only by<br />\nthe bird’s twittering</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_01","date_published":"2026-02-01","date_modified":"2026-02-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-02","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Rain”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>this beautiful smell<br />\nwhen the rain begins to fall<br />\nso fresh and earthy</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_02","date_published":"2026-02-02","date_modified":"2026-02-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-03","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Grove”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>grove of cedar trees<br />\npermeated by a grid<br />\nof golden sunbeams</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_03","date_published":"2026-02-03","date_modified":"2026-02-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Barley”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>golden barley field<br />\nrocking gently in the wind<br />\nlovely melody</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_04","date_published":"2026-02-04","date_modified":"2026-02-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Warmth”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>what a beautiful<br />\nplace this world would be were it<br />\nfilled with human warmth</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_05","date_published":"2026-02-05","date_modified":"2026-02-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mend”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>let us start to live<br />\nin harmony with nature<br />\nso earth’s wounds can mend</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_06","date_published":"2026-02-06","date_modified":"2026-02-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “North Wind”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>this chilly north wind<br />\nclear sign that spring time is still<br />\nquite a long way off</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_07","date_published":"2026-02-07","date_modified":"2026-02-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Flurry”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>my mind is in a<br />\nflurry, i cannot calm it –<br />\nbreathe, just breathe slowly</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_08","date_published":"2026-02-08","date_modified":"2026-02-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Spring\nLantern”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>spring lantern shaking<br />\nwildly in the wind – sign of<br />\na stormy new year?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_09","date_published":"2026-02-09","date_modified":"2026-02-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Violet”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>sky in violet<br />\nand orange, like strokes painted<br />\nby a giant brush</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_10","date_published":"2026-02-10","date_modified":"2026-02-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cloud”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>huge cloud moving by<br />\nslowly in the azure sky<br />\nunattached and free</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_11","date_published":"2026-02-11","date_modified":"2026-02-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Evergreen”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>lone cypress high up<br />\nin the mountains, evergreen<br />\namid endless gray</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_12","date_published":"2026-02-12","date_modified":"2026-02-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Wind”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>gentle wind blows mild<br />\nair into my face – almost<br />\nfeels like spring is near</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_13","date_published":"2026-02-13","date_modified":"2026-02-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pilgrimage”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>what will we find on<br />\nour quiet pilgrimage<br />\nback to ourselves?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_14","date_published":"2026-02-14","date_modified":"2026-02-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Note”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in the yellowed book<br />\nnow incomprehensible<br />\na note from my youth</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_15","date_published":"2026-02-15","date_modified":"2026-02-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “High”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>high up in the sky<br />\na swallow flies by; black blob<br />\non deep blue canvas</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_16","date_published":"2026-02-16","date_modified":"2026-02-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Egg”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>egg-shaped and orange<br />\nwonderfully refreshing<br />\ndelicious kumquats</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_17","date_published":"2026-02-17","date_modified":"2026-02-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Friend”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>so calm and serene<br />\nalone with me and my thoughts<br />\nthe night is my friend</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_18","date_published":"2026-02-18","date_modified":"2026-02-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-19 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Finished reading <em>72 Minuten bis zur Vernichtung</em> (<a href="https://www.anniejacobsen.com/nuclear-war">Nuclear War – A\nScenario</a>) by Annie Jacobsen. Highly\nfrightening and alarming reading – in particular if one believes that the\nthreat of nuclear war has decreased since the end of the cold war. Shockingly\nclear exposition of the horror of nuclear war and its consequences.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_19","date_published":"2026-02-19","date_modified":"2026-02-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_19_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-19 (2/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fresh Water”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>crystal clear creek, like<br />\na silver thread, carrying<br />\npure and fresh water</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_19","date_published":"2026-02-19","date_modified":"2026-02-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-20 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>Started reading <a href="https://nesslabs.com/book">Tiny Experiments</a> by Anne-Laure Le\nCunff.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_20","date_published":"2026-02-20","date_modified":"2026-02-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_20_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-20 (2/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Day”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>this magical time<br />\nwhen a new day starts, full of<br />\nopportunities</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_20","date_published":"2026-02-20","date_modified":"2026-02-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Late”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>late february<br />\nwinter may be over soon<br />\nmaybe not – who knows?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_21","date_published":"2026-02-21","date_modified":"2026-02-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-22","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Seed”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the final end or<br />\nseed of a new beginning<br />\nnot always so clear</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_22","date_published":"2026-02-22","date_modified":"2026-02-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Robin”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a splash of color<br />\nbetween the bare brown branches<br />\ncute little robin</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_23","date_published":"2026-02-23","date_modified":"2026-02-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-24","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Blackbird”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>over snow covered<br />\ntreetops a blackbird enjoys<br />\nits perfect freedom</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_24","date_published":"2026-02-24","date_modified":"2026-02-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-25","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Yellow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pages turned yellow,<br />\nfaded letters – old records<br />\nfrom a distant past</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_25","date_published":"2026-02-25","date_modified":"2026-02-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Frog”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>two red balls protrude<br />\nfrom the green – only its eyes<br />\nreveal the shy frog</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_26","date_published":"2026-02-26","date_modified":"2026-02-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Buds”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>how pleasurable<br />\nto see the first buds after<br />\nthe long wintertime</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_27","date_published":"2026-02-27","date_modified":"2026-02-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-28 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>What a great joy it is to walk – the pure joy of movement itself, of feeling\nones body, of using it the way it is meant to be used.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_28","date_published":"2026-02-28","date_modified":"2026-02-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_28_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-02-28 (2/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Tranquil”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>so tranquil a night<br />\ncasting the world in darkness<br />\npeaceful and solemn</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_02_28","date_published":"2026-02-28","date_modified":"2026-02-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-01 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fresh”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a fresh month begins<br />\nwinter will make way for spring<br />\ntime passes quickly</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_01","date_published":"2026-03-01","date_modified":"2026-03-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_01_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-01 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>It is not that other tasks prevent us from doing our practice – the other tasks\n<em>are</em> our practice.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_01","date_published":"2026-03-01","date_modified":"2026-03-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-02","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Wild Rose”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>near the riverbank<br />\nsurrounded by rampant shrubs<br />\na single wild rose</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_02","date_published":"2026-03-02","date_modified":"2026-03-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-03","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Evening”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>frigid evening<br />\nafter a warm sunny day<br />\ndeceptive pre-spring</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_03","date_published":"2026-03-03","date_modified":"2026-03-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-04 (1/3)","content_html":"<p>Two options (non-exhaustive) what to do when waiting for something or someone:</p>\n\n<ol>\n  <li>Mindlessly checking your phone.</li>\n  <li>Focusing on long and deep inhalations and exhalations and enjoying your\nbreath.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>Choose wisely.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_04","date_published":"2026-03-04","date_modified":"2026-03-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_04_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-04 (2/3)","content_html":"<p>How beautiful to have spring ahead (except for the hayfever; that is not so\nnice…)!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_04","date_published":"2026-03-04","date_modified":"2026-03-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_04_3","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-04 (3/3)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “New Moon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>heaven and earth<br />\nand all is fused in deep darkness<br />\npitch black new moon night</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_04","date_published":"2026-03-04","date_modified":"2026-03-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Catkin”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>like a kitten’s tail<br />\npeeking out behind the rock<br />\nyellow birch catkin</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_05","date_published":"2026-03-05","date_modified":"2026-03-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Geese”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a flock of gray geese<br />\nflying in the azure sky<br />\nlike beads on a string</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_06","date_published":"2026-03-06","date_modified":"2026-03-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Nirvana”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>nirvana, that realm<br />\nof emptiness – let us live<br />\nin this world for now</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_07","date_published":"2026-03-07","date_modified":"2026-03-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-08 (1/3)","content_html":"<p>I get that “personal growth” is a big thing these days. In fact, many of the\nnon-fiction books I read more or less fall into the category of “personal\ngrowth”.</p>\n\n<p>Yet, I increasingly get the impression that much of the personal growth advice\nis very self-centered – which is somewhat obvious in a sense (it is called\n<em>personal</em> growth after all). What I mean by that is that personal growth often\nseems to focus on improving oneself in a way that the benefit is also mostly for\noneself.</p>\n\n<p>It is good to grow, for instance, by paring down ones possessions and noticing\nthat one does not need all the material stuff one has accumulated, or by\nlearning a new language and immersing oneself in a new culture. But it can also\neasily become a trap if it is only centered around onself.</p>\n\n<p>Here is a very simple (but not easy) alternative I am trying to focus on: to not\nbe a jerk. What is all the personal growth worth if one does not manage to not\nbe a jerk, at least most of the time? What would the world be like if we all put\na little more effort into not being jerks (no offense intended)?</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_08","date_published":"2026-03-08","date_modified":"2026-03-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_08_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-08 (2/3)","content_html":"<blockquote>\n  <p>Addition expanded my house.<br />\nSubtraction expanded my life.</p>\n\n  <p>When you have everything, you still want more.<br />\nWhen you want less, you finally have enough.</p>\n\n  <p>— Josha Fields Millburn; <a href="https://www.theminimalists.com/howmore/">How More Made Me\nBroke</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_08","date_published":"2026-03-08","date_modified":"2026-03-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_08_3","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-08 (3/3)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fiddlehead”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>patch of fiddlehead<br />\nferns, their bright green curled up fronds<br />\nseeking attention</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_08","date_published":"2026-03-08","date_modified":"2026-03-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Moon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pale mountains tower<br />\nunderneath a crescent moon<br />\nin perfect silence</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_09","date_published":"2026-03-09","date_modified":"2026-03-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Frog”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>frog on a lotus<br />\nsitting motionless like in<br />\ndeep meditation</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_10","date_published":"2026-03-10","date_modified":"2026-03-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Plow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>rusty plow, not used<br />\nin ages; now meeting point<br />\nfor doves and sparrows</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_11","date_published":"2026-03-11","date_modified":"2026-03-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Spring Sky”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>anticipation<br />\ngrows as i look into the<br />\nbright yellow spring sky</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_12","date_published":"2026-03-12","date_modified":"2026-03-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-13 (1/2)","content_html":"<p>There are three kinds of people: Those who see God in nothing; those who see God\nin everything; and those who see God in some things only.</p>\n\n<p>The last kind I understand the least.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_13","date_published":"2026-03-13","date_modified":"2026-03-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_13_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-13 (2/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Low Tide”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>low tide brings to light<br />\nwhat high tide will swallow soon<br />\nmoon’s eternal play</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_13","date_published":"2026-03-13","date_modified":"2026-03-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-14 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Hare”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>ears with ugly cracks,<br />\nruffled brown fur – witnesses<br />\nto the hare’s hard life</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_14","date_published":"2026-03-14","date_modified":"2026-03-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_14_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-14 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>New post: <a href="/quake-discoveries/">Quake Discoveries</a></p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_14","date_published":"2026-03-14","date_modified":"2026-03-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Bloom”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>violas in bloom<br />\na taste of the colorful<br />\nsplendor spring bestows</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_15","date_published":"2026-03-15","date_modified":"2026-03-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Tadpole”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>wriggling in the pond<br />\ndark shadow above the ground<br />\na tiny tadpole</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_16","date_published":"2026-03-16","date_modified":"2026-03-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Late Snow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>late snow end of march<br />\nwhen winter was thought over<br />\nunpleasant surprise</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_17","date_published":"2026-03-17","date_modified":"2026-03-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Horse Tail”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>growing in the yard<br />\na strange kind of fern looking<br />\nlike a green horse tail</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_18","date_published":"2026-03-18","date_modified":"2026-03-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-19","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Melting”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>merging into one<br />\nlike ice melting in water<br />\ncomplete union</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_19","date_published":"2026-03-19","date_modified":"2026-03-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Equinox”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>vernal equinox<br />\nnext milestone on earth’s endless<br />\norbit around sun</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_20","date_published":"2026-03-20","date_modified":"2026-03-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Spring Grass”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>spring grass, splashes of<br />\nfresh green, bringer of joy and<br />\nhay fever alike</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_21","date_published":"2026-03-21","date_modified":"2026-03-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-22","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Long Day”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pure and simple joy:<br />\nletting body and mind rest<br />\nafter a long day</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_22","date_published":"2026-03-22","date_modified":"2026-03-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Warbler”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>greenish white warbler<br />\nchirping its plain melody<br />\nsitting on a branch</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_23","date_published":"2026-03-23","date_modified":"2026-03-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-24","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Shell”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>shaking in the wind<br />\ncaught on a broken sea shell<br />\na torn plastic bag</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_24","date_published":"2026-03-24","date_modified":"2026-03-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-25","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Stork”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>standing in shallow<br />\nwaters, balancing on its<br />\nskinny leg, a stork</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_25","date_published":"2026-03-25","date_modified":"2026-03-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Gusts”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>gusts of wind driving<br />\nclouds across the rainy sky<br />\nmore autumn than spring</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_26","date_published":"2026-03-26","date_modified":"2026-03-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Swallow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>lone swallow circling<br />\nover rough waters; tiny<br />\ndot in the vast sky</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_27","date_published":"2026-03-27","date_modified":"2026-03-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Thunder”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>thunder far sway<br />\nsuddenly the sun breaks through<br />\nthe ominous sky</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_28","date_published":"2026-03-28","date_modified":"2026-03-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Till”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>dancing in the rain<br />\nnot waiting till it’s over<br />\nliving in the now</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_29","date_published":"2026-03-29","date_modified":"2026-03-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-30","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Crocus”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>blue crocus blooming<br />\nat the forest clearing’s edge<br />\nunassuming gem</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_30","date_published":"2026-03-30","date_modified":"2026-03-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_31_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-03-31","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Buds”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>red hibiscus buds<br />\npatiently developing<br />\ntheir graceful beauty</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_03_31","date_published":"2026-03-31","date_modified":"2026-03-31"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pheasant”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>colorful pheasant<br />\nparading the riverbank<br />\nred head holding high</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_01","date_published":"2026-04-01","date_modified":"2026-04-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-02 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Waning”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>waning moon shining<br />\nweakly, barely shedding light<br />\non silent meadows</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_02","date_published":"2026-04-02","date_modified":"2026-04-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_02_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-02 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Having a lot of fun reading the third book of Skyler Ramirez’ “Dumb Luck and\nDead Heroes” series, “The Worst Pirate Hunters in the Fringe”.</p>\n\n<p>This series really has something which makes it highly entertaining and fun to\nread. It is probably the combination of the setting (space!), a light-footed way\nof narrating the stories with just the right amount of humor, and – probably\nmost importantly – the characters, which are both original and credible, and\nespecially their development within the series.</p>\n\n<p>Hat tip once again to <a href="https://nathanlowell.com/">Nathan Lowell</a> for having\ndrawn my attention to the series in the first place!</p>\n\n<p>And yes, I am a very slow reader. And yes, I seem to like reading this series\nwhen I am on vacation…</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_02","date_published":"2026-04-02","date_modified":"2026-04-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-03","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Hoe”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>bringing out the hoe<br />\nhaving waited for so long<br />\ntime to work the soil</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_03","date_published":"2026-04-03","date_modified":"2026-04-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Seedlings”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>new life breaking through<br />\nthe fertile soil, fragile young<br />\nlavender seedlings</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_04","date_published":"2026-04-04","date_modified":"2026-04-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Misty”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>mad misty mountains<br />\nimpenetrable silence<br />\ndwelling place of ghosts</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_05","date_published":"2026-04-05","date_modified":"2026-04-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Carp”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>swimming in the pond<br />\ndoes the carp notice how the<br />\nwater is today?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_06","date_published":"2026-04-06","date_modified":"2026-04-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pond”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>hidden in the woods<br />\nsurrounded by bamboo groves<br />\nso serene a pond</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_07","date_published":"2026-04-07","date_modified":"2026-04-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lamb”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>drinking from the stream<br />\nhow can the lamb pacify<br />\nthe wolf approaching?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_08","date_published":"2026-04-08","date_modified":"2026-04-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sowing”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>digging the crop field<br />\nsowing seeds on fertile soil<br />\nrich harvest will come</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_09","date_published":"2026-04-09","date_modified":"2026-04-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Grass”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>covered by blue grass<br />\nrolling hills lie silently<br />\nunder a bright moon</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_10","date_published":"2026-04-10","date_modified":"2026-04-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Blossoms”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>colorful blossoms<br />\nspringtime’s greetings make forget<br />\nwinter’s dull grayness</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_11","date_published":"2026-04-11","date_modified":"2026-04-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Spring Mist”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>dense spring mist pervades<br />\nthe narrow valley before<br />\nmorning sun breaks through</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_12","date_published":"2026-04-12","date_modified":"2026-04-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mustard Flower”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>bright yellow blossom<br />\nsanguine color of spring<br />\nmustard flower charm</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_13","date_published":"2026-04-13","date_modified":"2026-04-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Wisteria”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pink wisteria<br />\nclimbing a bright white stone wall<br />\nbeautiful decor</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_14","date_published":"2026-04-14","date_modified":"2026-04-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Plum”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>sitting on the porch<br />\non a warm spring afternoon<br />\ndelicious plum cake</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_15","date_published":"2026-04-15","date_modified":"2026-04-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Clouds”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>dark clouds passing by<br />\ncasting shadows on the plain<br />\nno more warming sun</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_16","date_published":"2026-04-16","date_modified":"2026-04-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mulberry”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>coffee and fresh bread<br />\nwith homemade mulberry jam<br />\nnot a bad breakfast</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_17","date_published":"2026-04-17","date_modified":"2026-04-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-18 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Planting”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>planting one new tree<br />\nbeautiful act of caring<br />\nfor our future</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_18","date_published":"2026-04-18","date_modified":"2026-04-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_18_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-18 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Started reading <a href="https://www.playyourwaysane.com/pysw-book">Play Your Way Sane: 120 Improv-Inspired Exercises to Help You\nCalm Down, Stop Spiraling, and Embrace\nUncertainty</a> by Clay Drinko.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_18","date_published":"2026-04-18","date_modified":"2026-04-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-19","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Colt”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>standing by the creek<br />\ndrinking fresh and pure water<br />\na content young colt</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_19","date_published":"2026-04-19","date_modified":"2026-04-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Calm”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>calm is the vast sea<br />\ngone the raging thunderstorm<br />\na patch of blue sky</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_20","date_published":"2026-04-20","date_modified":"2026-04-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Windmill”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>old windmill spinning<br />\nslowly in the gentle wind<br />\ncreaking now and then</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_21","date_published":"2026-04-21","date_modified":"2026-04-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-22","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mountain”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pointed mountain peak<br />\npiercing the thick cloud cover<br />\ngiant stone needle</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_22","date_published":"2026-04-22","date_modified":"2026-04-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Calf”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>newborn red deer calf<br />\nwalking first uncertain steps<br />\nstaggering around</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_23","date_published":"2026-04-23","date_modified":"2026-04-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-24 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lupine”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>wild lupine bursting<br />\ninto bloom in violet<br />\nand blue, so charming</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_24","date_published":"2026-04-24","date_modified":"2026-04-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_24_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-24 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Started reading “Saga: Compendium One” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_24","date_published":"2026-04-24","date_modified":"2026-04-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-25","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Evening”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>mild spring evening<br />\ngolden sun casting all things<br />\nin bright warm colors</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_25","date_published":"2026-04-25","date_modified":"2026-04-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “New Leaves”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>new leaves sprouting on<br />\ntrees and shrubs, turning bare brown<br />\ninto bright lush green</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_26","date_published":"2026-04-26","date_modified":"2026-04-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Down”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>time for the down coat<br />\nto vanish in the closet<br />\nbye bye wintertime</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_27","date_published":"2026-04-27","date_modified":"2026-04-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Hazy Moon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>barely visible<br />\nin the hazy moon’s dim light<br />\na town’s silhouette</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_28","date_published":"2026-04-28","date_modified":"2026-04-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Spring Rain”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>spring rain pouring down<br />\nbehind distant dark hilltops<br />\na rainbow appears</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_29","date_published":"2026-04-29","date_modified":"2026-04-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-30 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lingering”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>these lingering thoughts<br />\nabout what was and will be<br />\nwhy not just live now?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_30","date_published":"2026-04-30","date_modified":"2026-04-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_30_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-04-30 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>New article: <a href="/vim-and-pkm/">Vim and PKM</a></p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_04_30","date_published":"2026-04-30","date_modified":"2026-04-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Moth”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in the dark a moth<br />\nflattering frantically<br />\naround the lantern</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_01","date_published":"2026-05-01","date_modified":"2026-05-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-02","content_html":"<p><a 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wave’s last moment<br />\ngently kissing the seashore<br />\nbefore vanishing</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_04","date_published":"2026-05-04","date_modified":"2026-05-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Breeze”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a breeze so gentle<br />\nalmost imperceptible<br />\nfeeble breath of spring</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_05","date_published":"2026-05-05","date_modified":"2026-05-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “New Clothes”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>nature awakens<br />\nproudly wearing its new clothes<br />\nlush green everywhere</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_06","date_published":"2026-05-06","date_modified":"2026-05-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Spray”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>white spray rising up<br />\nfrom viciously breaking waves<br />\nthe sea is roaring</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_07","date_published":"2026-05-07","date_modified":"2026-05-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Chick”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>fluffy whitish ball<br />\nthis young chick toddling around<br />\nexploring its world</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_08","date_published":"2026-05-08","date_modified":"2026-05-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Grief”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>grief leading to rage<br />\nrage leading to tragedy<br />\na chain so fatal</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>(Inspired by Anne Carson, <em>Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides</em>.)</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_09","date_published":"2026-05-09","date_modified":"2026-05-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Balmy”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>cicadas chirping<br />\nsmell of spring filling the air<br />\nin this balmy night</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_10","date_published":"2026-05-10","date_modified":"2026-05-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Porch”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>sitting on the porch<br />\nenjoying a pleasant day<br />\nunder warm spring sun</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_11","date_published":"2026-05-11","date_modified":"2026-05-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “South Wind”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>lovely scent of spring<br />\ncarried by gentle south wind<br />\nover wooded hills</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_12","date_published":"2026-05-12","date_modified":"2026-05-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Roots”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>cobblestones lifted<br />\nby the old tree’s mighty roots<br />\nthe power of age</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_13","date_published":"2026-05-13","date_modified":"2026-05-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Nest”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>high up in the tree<br />\ntwo sparrows building a nest<br />\ntall and airy home</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_14","date_published":"2026-05-14","date_modified":"2026-05-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Thunder”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>thunder echoing<br />\noff rock faces, its rumbling<br />\nstrangely distorted</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_15","date_published":"2026-05-15","date_modified":"2026-05-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-16 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Tickle”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>swaying with the wind<br />\ngentle grass blades’ soft tickle<br />\ndelights the senses</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_16","date_published":"2026-05-16","date_modified":"2026-05-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_16_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-16 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>When I was a child, there was hardly a day I didn’t run. Running was a\ncompletely natural method of locomotion – maybe the <em>most</em> natural method. I\nbarely walked; most of the time, I ran. And when I walked, I almost had to force\nmyself to do so, to overcome my urge to move (and to move <em>fast</em>) and to release\nenergy.</p>\n\n<p>Nowadays, there is hardly a day I <em>do</em> run. Running has lost all of its\nnaturalness; when I do run these days, it feels unusual, and certainly not\nnormal and natural. And when I run, I often have to force myself to do so, to\novercome my inertia.</p>\n\n<p>I think the message here is pretty obvious.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_16","date_published":"2026-05-16","date_modified":"2026-05-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “New Tea”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>the last infusion<br />\nwas a tad bland already<br />\nhigh time for new tea</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_17","date_published":"2026-05-17","date_modified":"2026-05-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Rainbox”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>thinking about it<br />\nthe beauty of a rainbow<br />\nis truly gorgeous</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_18","date_published":"2026-05-18","date_modified":"2026-05-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-19","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Ambrosial”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>opulent gardens<br />\nfilled with captivating scents<br />\nambrosial joy</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_19","date_published":"2026-05-19","date_modified":"2026-05-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cocoon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>future butterfly<br />\ncaught in a whitish cocoon<br />\nhanging from a branch</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_20","date_published":"2026-05-20","date_modified":"2026-05-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Airing Out”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>airing out the room<br />\nreleasing the old and stale –<br />\nlet the freshness in!</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_21","date_published":"2026-05-21","date_modified":"2026-05-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-22","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Chimes”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>soft breeze caressing<br />\nthe wind chimes, eliciting<br />\ntheir sweet melody</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_22","date_published":"2026-05-22","date_modified":"2026-05-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-23 (1/3)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Green Reeds”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>hemming the lake’s shore<br />\nhiding its deep-blue water<br />\ndense green reeds abound</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_23","date_published":"2026-05-23","date_modified":"2026-05-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_23_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-23 (2/3)","content_html":"<p>If you are seriously thinking about learning\n<a href="https://www.vim.org/">Vim</a>/<a href="https://neovim.io/">Neovim</a>, do yourself a favor\nand proceed as follows:</p>\n\n<ol>\n  <li>Grok ed(1).</li>\n  <li>Grok vi(1).</li>\n  <li>Ask yourself whether you really need anything ed(1) and vi(1) don’t provide.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>If your answer to step 3 is “yes”, go ahead. But first, do steps 1 and 2.</p>\n\n<p>Here is how to do step 1: Read the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ed">man page</a> (it’s\nrather short), read <a href="https://mwl.io/static/books/ed-mastery.html">Ed Mastery</a> by\n<a href="https://mwl.io/">Michael W Lucas</a> (those two steps are interchangeable and even\nparallelizable), then use it consistently.</p>\n\n<p>Here is how to do step 2: Read the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vi">man page</a> (it’s\nrather short as well, though not as short as ed’s), then use it consistently.</p>\n\n<p>Also, have a look at <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/1220118">https://stackoverflow.com/a/1220118</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_23","date_published":"2026-05-23","date_modified":"2026-05-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_23_3","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-23 (3/3)","content_html":"<p>Fried dandelion greens with a splash of soy sauce – so delicious…</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_23","date_published":"2026-05-23","date_modified":"2026-05-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-24","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Melody”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>spring rain pattering<br />\nagainst the tall roof window<br />\nlovely melody</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_24","date_published":"2026-05-24","date_modified":"2026-05-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-25 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Snapshot”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>why not enjoying<br />\nthe here and now instead of<br />\ntaking a snapshot?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_25","date_published":"2026-05-25","date_modified":"2026-05-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_25_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-25 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_shadow_illusion">checker shadow\nillusion</a> is really\nstriking. Not sure if I ever saw it before, but it is really remarkable for sure\n(recently stumbled on it when it was a “Did you know…” article on German\nWikipedia).</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_25","date_published":"2026-05-25","date_modified":"2026-05-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Peony”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>wilting peony<br />\nlast pink speckles recalling<br />\na beauty now gone</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_26","date_published":"2026-05-26","date_modified":"2026-05-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cicada”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>trillions of insects<br />\nemerging all at once now –<br />\ncicada-geddon</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_28","date_published":"2026-05-28","date_modified":"2026-05-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pool”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>plunging from great heights<br />\ninto a deep turquoise pool<br />\nmisty waterfall</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_29","date_published":"2026-05-29","date_modified":"2026-05-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-30","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Curl”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>divergence, curl and<br />\ngradient – sounds like some nice<br />\nvector calculus</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_30","date_published":"2026-05-30","date_modified":"2026-05-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_31_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-05-31","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Green Tea”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>cup of fresh green tea<br />\nmy whole universe for some<br />\nprecious calm moments</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_05_31","date_published":"2026-05-31","date_modified":"2026-05-31"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Swelter”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>swelter in late may<br />\na heat so unusual<br />\nfar from midsummer</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_01","date_published":"2026-06-01","date_modified":"2026-06-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-02","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Swallow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>on top of the cliff<br />\nhanging over rough waters<br />\na small swallow rests</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_02","date_published":"2026-06-02","date_modified":"2026-06-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-03","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Waterfall”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>silver waterfall<br />\ncascading down the rock face<br />\nsplendid spectacle</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_03","date_published":"2026-06-03","date_modified":"2026-06-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Paint”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pale blue paint peeling<br />\nfrom the cabin’s wooden wall<br />\nfirst signs of decay</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_04","date_published":"2026-06-04","date_modified":"2026-06-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sweet Peas”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>spreading their strong scent<br />\ngrowing on the mountainside<br />\nwhite and pink sweet peas</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_05","date_published":"2026-06-05","date_modified":"2026-06-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pests”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>fields being flooded<br />\npests destroying the harvest<br />\nthis too is nature</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_06","date_published":"2026-06-06","date_modified":"2026-06-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Wild Iris”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>wild iris blooming<br />\nits wide-open blue blossom<br />\ngreeting the bright sun</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_07","date_published":"2026-06-07","date_modified":"2026-06-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cut Grass”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>fresh cut grass scattered<br />\nacross the wooden porch floor<br />\nblown by moody winds</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_08","date_published":"2026-06-08","date_modified":"2026-06-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Salvia”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>salvia in bloom<br />\nblending into the colors<br />\nof summer meadows</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_09","date_published":"2026-06-09","date_modified":"2026-06-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Spray”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>white spray: the only<br />\nsign of motion far below<br />\non the sea’s surface</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_10","date_published":"2026-06-10","date_modified":"2026-06-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cool Evening”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>cool evening air<br />\nrelieving and refreshing –<br />\nthe day’s heat is gone</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_11","date_published":"2026-06-11","date_modified":"2026-06-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Aroma”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>aroma of pines<br />\nintense on hot summer days<br />\ntangy and soothing</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_12","date_published":"2026-06-12","date_modified":"2026-06-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Spring Water”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>purest spring water<br />\nemerging from the surface<br />\ntender new lifeline</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_13","date_published":"2026-06-13","date_modified":"2026-06-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-14 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cool Water”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>what a great pleasure:<br />\na glass of cool water on<br />\na hot summer day</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_14","date_published":"2026-06-14","date_modified":"2026-06-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_14_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-14 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>I’m not too fond of the roots of sugar beet, but the leaves are simply delicious\n(just like almost all other leaf vegetables)!</p>\n\n<p>(Actually, it’s true for most vegetables with edible leaves that I much prefer\nthe leaves over their roots or tubers.)</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_14","date_published":"2026-06-14","date_modified":"2026-06-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Roots”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>roots of sugar beet –<br />\ntasty companion to its<br />\ndelicious green leaves</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>(Honestly, <a href="https://exquisite.social/@thorstenzoeller/116749863898804815">not too tasty in my\nopinion</a>, but not\nthat bad either…)</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_17","date_published":"2026-06-17","date_modified":"2026-06-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Maple”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>sunbeams filter through<br />\nthe maple tree’s canopy<br />\nstrange play of shadows</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_18","date_published":"2026-06-18","date_modified":"2026-06-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-19","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Mild”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>mild days of summer<br />\nwinter chill and gloomy skies<br />\nforgotten for now</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_19","date_published":"2026-06-19","date_modified":"2026-06-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Grazing”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>grazing in the shade<br />\na sleepy cow is hiding<br />\nfrom the midday sun</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_20","date_published":"2026-06-20","date_modified":"2026-06-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-21","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Solstice”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>this year’s longest day<br />\ndelights with sunshine galore<br />\nhot summer solstice</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_21","date_published":"2026-06-21","date_modified":"2026-06-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-22","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Balmy”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a balmy night is<br />\nfinally descending on<br />\na feverish earth</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_22","date_published":"2026-06-22","date_modified":"2026-06-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-23","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Picnic”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>ruthless summer sun<br />\nshining from a cloudless sky<br />\ntoo hot for picnic</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_23","date_published":"2026-06-23","date_modified":"2026-06-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-24","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Long Days”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>long days and short nights<br />\nsummer solstice has just passed<br />\nnow all is reversed</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_24","date_published":"2026-06-24","date_modified":"2026-06-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-25","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Vibrant”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>vibrant summer air<br />\npulsating with energy<br />\nso stimulating</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_25","date_published":"2026-06-25","date_modified":"2026-06-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pastoral”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>flock of sheep grazing<br />\nnear a meandering creek<br />\npastoral landscape</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_26","date_published":"2026-06-26","date_modified":"2026-06-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Toss”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>this way or that way?<br />\ntoss a coin, then go ahead<br />\nand never look back</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_27","date_published":"2026-06-27","date_modified":"2026-06-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Splash”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a splash of water<br />\ndisrupting the pristine pond’s<br />\nmirror-smooth surface</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_28","date_published":"2026-06-28","date_modified":"2026-06-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Shade”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>dozing in the shade,<br />\nhiding from the harsh sunlight –<br />\nnot bad, this dog’s life</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_29","date_published":"2026-06-29","date_modified":"2026-06-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-06-30","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Hot Night”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>when the hot night ends<br />\na sweltering day begins –<br />\nthe world’s out of joint</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_06_30","date_published":"2026-06-30","date_modified":"2026-06-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-01","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Morning Dew”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>when the sun rises<br />\nthe morning dew is long gone<br />\nwas there even some?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>And another one, in German:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>aller morgentau<br />\nist im ersten sonnenlicht<br />\nschon längst verschwunden</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_01","date_published":"2026-07-01","date_modified":"2026-07-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-02","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lightning”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>grotesque formations<br />\nflaring up in the darkness<br />\nsurreal lightning</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_02","date_published":"2026-07-02","date_modified":"2026-07-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-03","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pasture”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>rising morning sun<br />\ncasting golden rays of light<br />\non the dark pasture</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_03","date_published":"2026-07-03","date_modified":"2026-07-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Roses”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>scent of fresh roses<br />\nblending with shades of orange<br />\nsensual vortex</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_04","date_published":"2026-07-04","date_modified":"2026-07-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-05","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sand”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>sand trickling slowly<br />\nthrough the hourglasses crack<br />\ntime is running out</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_05","date_published":"2026-07-05","date_modified":"2026-07-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Parched”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>dusty brown meadows<br />\nparched by a relentless sun<br />\nclouds in the distance</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_06","date_published":"2026-07-06","date_modified":"2026-07-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Morning Cloud”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>morning cloud backlit<br />\nby the rising sun’s light, like<br />\norange cotton wool</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_07","date_published":"2026-07-07","date_modified":"2026-07-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-08","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Swim”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>broken branches swim<br />\nin the raging swollen stream<br />\nthe storm is over</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_08","date_published":"2026-07-08","date_modified":"2026-07-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cut Grass”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>smell of fresh cut grass<br />\nfilling humid summer air<br />\nwhen it starts to rain</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_09","date_published":"2026-07-09","date_modified":"2026-07-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cool Off”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>dim glow in the dark<br />\nthe fire’s sole remnant while<br />\nthe embers cool off</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_10","date_published":"2026-07-10","date_modified":"2026-07-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Rain”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>this beautiful sound<br />\nof pouring rain pattering<br />\nagainst window panes</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_11","date_published":"2026-07-11","date_modified":"2026-07-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Meadow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>bright full moon casting<br />\nfaint light on the blue meadow –<br />\nmystical silence</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_12","date_published":"2026-07-12","date_modified":"2026-07-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sunflower”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>sitting on the porch<br />\nsnacking some sunflower seeds –<br />\nla dolce vita</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_13","date_published":"2026-07-13","date_modified":"2026-07-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lush Pasture”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>lush pasture abounds<br />\nin the deep valley’s twilight<br />\nguarded by steep rocks</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_14","date_published":"2026-07-14","date_modified":"2026-07-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-15 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Overcast Sky”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>dark overcast sky<br />\npierced through by a golden beam<br />\nin the far distance</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_15","date_published":"2026-07-15","date_modified":"2026-07-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_15_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-15 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Started practicing Ashtanga Yoga again after a rather long break. The pain is\nstill there, but practice feels really good. It is hard – as always –, but\nnot practicing is not an option.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_15","date_published":"2026-07-15","date_modified":"2026-07-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Evening Rain”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>dark is the sky as<br />\nevening rain approaches<br />\nno stars are shining</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_16","date_published":"2026-07-16","date_modified":"2026-07-16"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_17_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-17","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cook Out”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a pleasure it is<br />\nto cook out in the garden<br />\non hot summer nights</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_17","date_published":"2026-07-17","date_modified":"2026-07-17"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_18_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-18","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lotus Blossom”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>old lotus blossom<br />\nbereft of former beauty<br />\nwilting on the shore</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_18","date_published":"2026-07-18","date_modified":"2026-07-18"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_19_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-19","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Beach”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>a beach so pristine<br />\nhidden by steep rock faces<br />\nthe waves’ soft murmur</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_19","date_published":"2026-07-19","date_modified":"2026-07-19"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_20_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-20","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Eggplant”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>delicious dinner:<br />\nflavorful eggplant curry<br />\ngarnished with basil</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_20","date_published":"2026-07-20","date_modified":"2026-07-20"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_21_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-21 (1/3)","content_html":"<p>Ashtanga Yoga is definitely the most humbling practice I am aware of.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_21","date_published":"2026-07-21","date_modified":"2026-07-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_21_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-21 (2/3)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Light\nClothing”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>light clothing filling<br />\nmy wardrobe; no end in sight<br />\nof hot summer days</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_21","date_published":"2026-07-21","date_modified":"2026-07-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_21_3","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-21 (3/3)","content_html":"<p>Heading home tonight after three and a half weeks in Vietnam. Had a great time\nhere as usual. Not keen on getting back to the rat race…</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_21","date_published":"2026-07-21","date_modified":"2026-07-21"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_22_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-22 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Melon”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>big juicy melon<br />\nsweet summer delicacy<br />\nin these latitudes</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_22","date_published":"2026-07-22","date_modified":"2026-07-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_22_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-22 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Finished reading “The Gentle Romance”, a collection of sci-fi short stories by\n<a href="https://www.richardcngo.com/">Richard Ngo</a>. Though most are AI-related, they\nare not about current-state AI developments, but rather constitute eloborate\nthought experiments about how AI might develop in the near, not-so-near and very\ndistant future.</p>\n\n<p>Don’t expect any AI marketing bullshit – at the heart of most stories lies the\n<em>human</em> nature, and the stories are often more about humanity than about\ntechnology.</p>\n\n<p>I first heard about “The Gentle Romance” in a short but raving\n<a href="https://www.recomendo.com/i/191614601/rewarding-sci-fi-book">review</a> by Kevin\nKelly in the “Recomendo” newsletter. Highly recommended, no matter what your\nviews on current AI developments are!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_22","date_published":"2026-07-22","date_modified":"2026-07-22"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_23_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-23 (1/4)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cool Morning”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>cool morning shower<br />\npurifying stifling air<br />\nrefreshing and sweet</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_23","date_published":"2026-07-23","date_modified":"2026-07-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_23_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-23 (2/4)","content_html":"<p>Started reading <a href="https://craigmod.com/books/things_become_other_things/">Things Become Other\nThings</a> by Craig Mod.\nLooking very much forward to it!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_23","date_published":"2026-07-23","date_modified":"2026-07-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_23_3","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-23 (3/4)","content_html":"<p>One of the worst things you can do as an adult: ignore your natural urge to\nmove.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_23","date_published":"2026-07-23","date_modified":"2026-07-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_23_4","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-23 (4/4)","content_html":"<p>After finishing my first workday after having returned from Vietnam yesterday\nmorning, I go for a short walk in the nearby forest (why do I do this so\nrarely?). The weather is beautiful and the temperature just about perfect.\nUsually walking pretty fast, I deliberately walk slowly; I am not in a hurry. I\nfocus on deepening and slowing my breath and relaxing the muscles in my face.\nThe gravel crunches beautifully under my feet, and I enjoy the many shades of\ngreen around me in the warm evening sun. Then I notice something weird: The\nspace – there is so much space around me. Spending most of my days in a room,\nand most of that time in front of a screen, my eyes are happy to be able to fix\non something more than a meter away. How come this has become unusual?</p>\n\n<p>I don’t aim for mileage. Returning home after less than half an hour, I know\nthis was the most beneficial time of the day for my physical and mental\nwell-being.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_23","date_published":"2026-07-23","date_modified":"2026-07-23"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_24_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-24 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pinks”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>hardly visible<br />\nbetrayed only by their scent<br />\npinks behind the hedge</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_24","date_published":"2026-07-24","date_modified":"2026-07-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_24_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-24 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>Many famous people (and probably also many not-so-famous people) have said it\nalready, even books have been written about it<sup>[1]</sup>, but let me say it\nin my own simple words:</p>\n\n<p>Going for a walk is the single most efficient way to generate ideas.</p>\n\n<p>(And besides, it is good for your physical and mental health, too.)</p>\n\n<p>Usually, as soon as I start walking, ideas come flooding in on me (if I want it\nor not). I am not talking about big, grandiose ideas (though these might come as\nwell); but the walking seems to set in motion parts of the mind which are not so\neasily set in motion when sitting still. Or phrased more pointedly: Setting\noneself in motion sets one’s mind in motion. I find this connection deepy\nfascinating.</p>\n\n<p>And yet, I spend most of my days sitting at a desk…</p>\n\n<p>[1] Like <em>A Philosophy of Walking</em> by Frédéric Gros – very recommended</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_24","date_published":"2026-07-24","date_modified":"2026-07-24"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_25_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-25 (1/4)","content_html":"<p>Finished my Ashtanga practice and meditated for half an hour.</p>\n\n<p>Feels good to start the day with two small victories.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_25","date_published":"2026-07-25","date_modified":"2026-07-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_25_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-25 (2/4)","content_html":"<p>Interesting exercise: When you can hear your own heartbeat (e.g. after physical\nexertion), try to count with a frequency different from that of your heart\nbeating.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_25","date_published":"2026-07-25","date_modified":"2026-07-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_25_3","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-25 (3/4)","content_html":"<p>Seriously, how could one not love the writing of <a href="https://craigmod.com/">Craig\nMod</a>?</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_25","date_published":"2026-07-25","date_modified":"2026-07-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_25_4","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-25 (4/4)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sand Castle”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>its evanescence<br />\ncreates the sand castle’s grace<br />\nsoon it will be gone</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_25","date_published":"2026-07-25","date_modified":"2026-07-25"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_26_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-26","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fireworks”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>frightened cat hiding<br />\nin the treetop – fireworks<br />\nso loud and scary</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_26","date_published":"2026-07-26","date_modified":"2026-07-26"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_27_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-27","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lotus”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>hardly visible<br />\nin pale moonlight – a lotus<br />\nor a peony?</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_27","date_published":"2026-07-27","date_modified":"2026-07-27"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_28_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-28","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Glade”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>deep forest’s twilight<br />\nresolving into brightness<br />\nunexpected glade</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_28","date_published":"2026-07-28","date_modified":"2026-07-28"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_29_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-29","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Smoldering”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>smoldering ashes<br />\nrelics of the bonfire<br />\nglowing in the dark</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_29","date_published":"2026-07-29","date_modified":"2026-07-29"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_30_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-30","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Overcast”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>gray overcast sky<br />\nlooking like cool fall weather<br />\nnot this summer heat</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_30","date_published":"2026-07-30","date_modified":"2026-07-30"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_31_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-07-31","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Yarrow”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>whitish pink yarrow<br />\ngrowing so abundantly<br />\non alpine pasture</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_07_31","date_published":"2026-07-31","date_modified":"2026-07-31"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_01_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-01 (1/4)","content_html":"<p>Spending the weekend in my hometown of Oberhausen. Feels good to be here!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_01","date_published":"2026-08-01","date_modified":"2026-08-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_01_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-01 (2/4)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Grasshopper”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>green-brown grasshopper<br />\nclinging to a blade of grass<br />\nsinging its strange song</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_01","date_published":"2026-08-01","date_modified":"2026-08-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_01_3","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-01 (3/4)","content_html":"<p>Visited the exhibition <a href="https://www.gasometer.de/de/ausstellungen/mythos-wald">Mythos\nWald</a> (<a href="https://www.gasometer.de/en/exhibitions/mythos-wald">Forest\nWorlds</a>) in the <a href="https://www.gasometer.de/en">Gasometer\nOberhausen</a> today. Another great exhibition in this\nwonderful location with lots of impressive photos and interesting facts.</p>\n\n<p>Highly recommended!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_01","date_published":"2026-08-01","date_modified":"2026-08-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_01_4","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-01 (4/4)","content_html":"<p>Afterwards went on to the <a href="https://www.ludwiggalerie.de/en/">LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss\nOberhausen</a> (just a short walk away form the\nGasometer) to see the exhibition <a href="https://www.ludwiggalerie.de/ausstellung/anja-niedringhaus/">Anja Niedringhaus – An vorderster\nFront</a> (<a href="https://www.ludwiggalerie.de/en/ausstellung/anja-niedringhaus/">Anja\nNiedringhaus – On the front\nline</a> about the\nPulitzer prize winning German photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus who was killed\nin Afghanistan in 2014. I was not familiar with her work before and all the more\nimpressed by her photos, mostly (but not exclusively) from war zones worldwide.</p>\n\n<p>Another highly recommend exhibition!</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_01","date_published":"2026-08-01","date_modified":"2026-08-01"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_02_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-02","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sail”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>rocking on the waves<br />\ntorn sail tossing in the wind<br />\nan old boat half-sunk</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_02","date_published":"2026-08-02","date_modified":"2026-08-02"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_03_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-03","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Sardines”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>school of young sardines<br />\nsilver-glittering pattern<br />\nin the sun-drenched sea</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_03","date_published":"2026-08-03","date_modified":"2026-08-03"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_04_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-04","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Refresh”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>this relentless heat –<br />\nit’s time to refresh in the<br />\npond’s soothing coolness</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_04","date_published":"2026-08-04","date_modified":"2026-08-04"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_05_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-05 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Soaked”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>soaked to bones after<br />\nthe violent summer storm<br />\nstroke too suddenly</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_05","date_published":"2026-08-05","date_modified":"2026-08-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_05_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-05 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>One nice thing about a daily Ashtanga yoga practice is that no matter how much\nyou’ve messed up your day, you know that the very first thing you’ll do the next\nmorning is something good and meaningful.</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_05","date_published":"2026-08-05","date_modified":"2026-08-05"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_06_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-06","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Fall Colors”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>still some time until<br />\nmuted fall colors replace<br />\nthe green of summer</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_06","date_published":"2026-08-06","date_modified":"2026-08-06"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_07_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-07","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Valerian”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pink valerian<br />\ngrowing wild on the roadside<br />\npretty medicine</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_07","date_published":"2026-08-07","date_modified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_08_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-08 (1/2)","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Leaves”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>brown leaves withering<br />\non dusty meadows parched by<br />\nfervent summer heat</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_08","date_published":"2026-08-08","date_modified":"2026-08-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_08_2","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-08 (2/2)","content_html":"<p>I am seriously considering switching back from Neovim to nvi. I constantly\nvacillate between the richness and bloat of <a href="https://neovim.io/">Neovim</a> and the\nscarcity and minimalism of nvi. Sure, Neovim does have some nice features. But\nis it worth this huge increase in complexity? The size of Neovim’s codebase is\nprobably like 20 times that of nvi’s, while its benefits seem rather marginal to\nme (based on my way of using it – your mileage may vary).</p>\n\n<p>We always add, add, add instead of subtract, subtract, subtract…</p>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_08","date_published":"2026-08-08","date_modified":"2026-08-08"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_09_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-09","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Leaves”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>mysterious sound<br />\nlike a lone cricket chirping<br />\nhidden in the dark</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_09","date_published":"2026-08-09","date_modified":"2026-08-09"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_10_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-10","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Pack”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>pack of coyotes<br />\ncasting long shadows on snow<br />\ngleaming in the sun</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_10","date_published":"2026-08-10","date_modified":"2026-08-10"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_11_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-11","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Cold Rain”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>no cold rain since long<br />\nno rain at all – a summer<br />\nso hot and arid</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_11","date_published":"2026-08-11","date_modified":"2026-08-11"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_12_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-12","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lantern”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in utter darkness<br />\na lone lantern far away<br />\nthe only signpost</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_12","date_published":"2026-08-12","date_modified":"2026-08-12"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_13_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-13","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Spiral”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>fiddlehead’s spiral<br />\nstretching upwards like a green<br />\nseahorse in headstand</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_13","date_published":"2026-08-13","date_modified":"2026-08-13"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_14_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-14","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Boisterous”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>walking the river<br />\non a mild midsummer eve<br />\nin boisterous mood</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_14","date_published":"2026-08-14","date_modified":"2026-08-14"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_15_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-15","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Joy”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>rain – a joy denied<br />\nfor flora and fauna so<br />\nlonging for relief</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_15","date_published":"2026-08-15","date_modified":"2026-08-15"},{"id":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_16_1","title":"[Stream] 2026-08-16","content_html":"<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt">Daily haiku (prompt “Lamplight”)</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>in the dark of night<br />\nwarm lamplight illuminates<br />\nthe narrow alleys</p>\n</blockquote>\n","url":"https://thorstenzoeller.com/stream/#_2026_08_16","date_published":"2026-08-16","date_modified":"2026-08-16"}]}