Stephan Max

Meine Wahrnehmung, dass viele Menschen die Welt brennen sehen wollen, bestärkt mich darin, mehr zu tun.

As of today, I am building this website with Astro.

Wir sind nach Zwischenlandung in Kairo im Embrace Hotel auf der westlichen Nilseite von Luxor angekommen.

Eine Ausstellung über das Ausstellen.

Auch 2016 habe ich mir schon die Nacht um die Ohren geschlagen und konnte meinen Augen nicht trauen.

I did it and submitted my procedural Tangram generator (procedural, not random, because I do set and check for some constraints) to PROCJAM 2024.

Interesting, how aesthetic merit depends on whether individual tans are visible or just the outlined shape.

All the bits and pieces are there, really.

My code needs some clean-up, so that’s what I am going to do.

Das Wochenende war spaßig, produktiv und inspirierend!

Laying out tans was fun, but messing with a lot of √2 and π not so much.

My first task is to model tans, be able to draw tans to the screen, and create hard-coded (as in: place tans with set coordinates on the screen) configurations.

Ich sitze im ICE von Deutz nach Wiesbaden um beim Hackathon Flood the Zone with Love – Bots für schwierige Zeiten?

PROCJAM—the procedural generation (Procgen) jam where people make things that make things—is back for its 2024 edition.

Manchmal gibt es solche Momente: Gestern noch bei Ben vom Silmarillion gelesen—und richtig Lust drauf bekommen—und was finde ich heute in Kalk in einer Grabbelkiste?!

I spent ten minutes this morning on the 16Personalities Test, and to quote my wife: Thanks, it delivered real added value.

Was.

I’ve been following Campbell Walker and his Youtube channel struthless for a bit over a year now, since I felt mental unease last fall.

Heute haben wir uns direkt alle für den Halbmarathon angemeldet!

Es ist geschafft!

Today’s progress update is very short: I reached the entrance of the Forest Temple and completed it!

Einigermaßen unverhofft bin ich an ein Ticket für die wunderbaren Post-Hardcorer von BoySetsFire gekommen—danke J und A und schade, dass ihr nicht dabei sein konntet.

Short public service announcement: Today is Bandcamp Friday—a Covid-born measure turned fan favorite: For every song or album you buy on the plaform, Bandcamp waives their revenue share and passes 100% of the funds to artists and labels.

Endlich war es so weit: Der erste Filmeabend unseres kleines Filmclubs Schöne Filme für schöne Menschen mit Katharina, A1, A2, J, M, L und S bei uns zu Hause.

Being in possession of all three Spiritual Stones, it was high time for me to pay the Temple of Time a visit.

I have already collected 11 Gold Skulltulas, so I had to go to Kakariko to check whether I can already cash out.

Ich möchte voranstellen, dass ich Meinungen für richtig und wichtig halte.

The wonderful Filmdienst recommended the film In Bed with Michel Gondry in ARTE’s media library today and at first I thought it’s the same film.

After meeting Zelda and taking a good look at Ganondorf, I made my way to Kakariko Village.

I very much enjoy and value the occasional gaming session, especially now that I am haunted by a protracted cold and what seems to be my first sinusitis.

Mit C und O ging es am vergangenen Samstag ins Autonome Zentrum Aachen zum Geburtstags-/Reunionkonzert mit den vier Punk-Bands Be Tiger!

Shit, ich bin spät dran; aber falls du das heute noch liest und ein paar Taler übrig hast, überlege doch kurz, ob du diese nicht in die Rettung des Hafenklangs in Hamburg investieren willst.

OK, first a little bit of story time, before I dive into some code: When I started this personal website, I thought of it as a mix of notebook, portfolio, and tech playground.

Mit etwas Verspätung möchte ich heute von der Traumathek in Köln berichten und wie sie mich in ihren Bann gezogen hat.

Woohoooo!

It is often tricky for me to explain to people what I do at work and how my tech contributions to NGO work lead to tangible results; my work is technical, abstract, and often shielded by privacy and safety concerns.

Am Sonntag ging unser vorerst letzter Tanzkurs an der Tanzschule Leyer in Bergisch-Gladbach zu Ende.

Kaum zu glauben, dass der Game Jam der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) schon knapp über zwei Wochen her ist!

Inspired by my web ring neighbor Michael and his internet radio for the kitchen, I got myself a black Logitech Squeezebox Radio for 25€ on Kleinanzeigen.

Nachdem ich vor zwei Tagen im Fernverkehr (!)

„Wir sind solche Schweine!

Und zwar UberBlogr, wo jedes Mitglied noch einen privaten Blog führt als wären es die frühen 2000er.

Since I restarted this website, I have been struggling with choosing the right language.

Let’s first define some vocabulary that I routinely mix up: GnuPG, also known as GPG—Gnu Privacy Guard—is a free implementation of the OpenPGP standard, also known as PGP—Pretty Good Privacy.

I watched See the Sound’s festival entry Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself!

Since I saw the signpost for Schloss Burg (roughly translated as Castle Castle) a couple of years ago, I’ve been wanting to visit this medieval castle with the peculiar name.

I am navigating the Linux file system a lot over the day, and since I am still wary of using a fuzzy finder, I like to stay on top of where I am and how to move to recently visited directories quickly.

I went to the movies today at Lichtspiele Kalk and watched Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Lua keeps popping up on my radar lately: Configuring and modifying Neovim Game development for the Playdate Game development with LÖVE Controlling the Tangara music player So today I decided to start learning the Lua programming language.

I stumbled upon the album Tekkno by Electric Callboy, formerly known as Eskimo Callboy, while looking for new metalcore music.