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Sharath Jois, director of the Sharath Yoga Centre in Mysore, India, and lineage holder of the Ashtanga Yoga system, dies at age 53.

The “Día de Muertos” is a really beautiful tradition (and yes, I know I’m a little late…).

A nice – if somewhat explicit – companion to Words by Justin Jackson: Motherfucking Website And another reason for the Gemini protocol, for that matter.

Here’s my review of Michael W Lucas: “Ed Mastery”.

Finished reading Ed Mastery by Michael W Lucas.

Michael W Lucas: “Ed Mastery” 2024-09-29 The average user may not think a lot about which text editor to use.

A simple demonstration of the monkey mind in action I find startling every time I am experiencing it: When something comes to your mind which you must not or do not want to forget, do not write it down (or otherwise persist it) immediately, but instead try

Thinking differentiates the world, meditation integrates it.

I love the poem “Small Kindnesses” (see www.danushalameris.com/poems) by Danusha Lameris, an ode to kindness and compassion.

Practiced meditation for 30 minutes this morning.

One of the things I really like about the Gemini protocol is that Gemini capsules lend themselves to being viewed with a text-based Gemini client in a terminal (although there are great GUI Gemini clients as well, notably Lagrange).

Practiced meditation for 30 minutes this morning.

Got some more gardening work done before the rain starts.

Practiced meditation for 30 minutes this morning.

Did some gardening work in the evening, enjoyed vegan overnight oats made with oat milk – time to close the day.

I always felt like being too much of a mathematician for being a physicist, and too much of a physicist for being a mathematician – like sitting between two chairs.

Creating a Gemini capsule (in particular when approached with the mindset of creating a web page) is another proof for the fact that constraints often foster creativity and focus on what is really important.

Practiced meditation for 30 minutes this morning.

Foggy morning in Frankfurt.

Again practiced meditation for 20 minutes this morning.

So why does the behavior of dc(1) and bc(1) differ with respect to the -e command-line parameter?

I love the pictures of the Scottish Highlands by Steve Carter.

Practiced meditation for 20 minutes yesterday and today morning.

Above 30 °C in Frankfurt right now.

Today’s featured article on the German Wikipedia is about Caspar David Friedrich, one of my favorite painters.

Installed aerc today and quite like it at first (and second) glance.

Just started reading Ed Mastery by Michael W Lucas, and it’s great fun (and very instructive as well).

I have created a Gemini capsule out of curiosity: thorstenzoeller.com.

Two really great (and completely unrelated) documentaries I watched a while back on a flight: The Alpinist about climber Marc-André Leclerc.

The wonderful and timeless text Words by Justin Jackson actually quite perfectly captures the essence of what the Gemini protocol was made for.

Repeating things over and over again creates strong habits with time.

Always take the stairs.

The best booster for creativity: Being in motion.

Words uttered far too rarely: “I don’t know.”

Perspectives are not right or wrong.

Just had my first sugar apple (or sweetsop?)

Note to self: Spend more time squatting.

Eating fresh mangosteens – what a joy!

Richard Rogler, one of the great German political satirists (“Kabarettist”), died at age 74.

A little vegan gem in Đà Lạt, Vietnam: “Quán Chay Hằng Thiện”.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. – Cormac McCarthy A very stoic and true quote.

Beautiful restaurant with many vegan options in Nha Trang, Vietnam, not far from the beach: Ơi Nha Trang Read on Mastodon.

Went to see the current exhibition Planet Ozean in the Gasometer Oberhausen when I visited my hometown a couple of weeks ago.

First Ashtanga Yoga practice in a while this morning.

An ability of utmost importance – and becoming ever more important: To be able to focus, to not easily get distracted, to withstand the constant fight for one’s attention.

Note to self: Instead of impulsively checking the phone in idle moments and mindlessly browsing the web (which includes mindlessly browsing Mastodon), do a few rounds of mindful breathing instead.

Best statement about patriotism I have ever heard: No, no.

In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs.

Finished reading Der Zen-Affe und die Lotusblume (The Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower).

Why Functional Programming Matters by Minh Quang Tran.