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The world is a laboratory to the enquiring mind
Sunday, 1. February 2026 ~ 15:12 Uhr
Monthly entry - January 2026  
January...in which the main event is still Mum's situation, but things calm down a bit. She caught a bug and felt like crap for a few days, but is getting better now. Maybe from the end of next week on she can start standing/training to walk properly again. /fingers crossed

We finally get fibre glass (after five years or so), I set up the home network anew and use Gemini 3 to program some phython scripts for me.
The dead tree in the garden is finally removed.
Work has ups and downs, but is more or less fine and I'm glad I didn't take (or had to take) extended vacation.
Vesta enjoys the snow.

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Has anyone used AI as their personal programmer (or otherwise) and created something amazing for their life yet? Imagetrobadora, for fixing a bad case of writer's block, maybe?
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Wednesday, 31. December 2025 ~ 23:28 Uhr
Monthly entry - December 2025  
December...in which my Mum is hit by a car and breaks both her legs. The month is filled with related organisation (yay, German bureaucracy) and getting work stuff done before the much needed Christmas break.

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Hopefully your December was less stressful than ours - have a great start into 2026, everyone!
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Sunday, 30. November 2025 ~ 23:33 Uhr
Monthly entry - November 2025  
November...in which I lean more into the low carb approach, the dog wears clothes and I go wild with a label printer.




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Oh man, tomorrow is already the 1st December. Where did the year go?
Only a few weeks until Christmas (and finally some peace and quiet, I hope).
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Sunday, 30. November 2025 ~ 18:40 Uhr
Monthly entry - September/October 2025  
A late two month combo entry, because I just didn't get my shit together until now...


September...in which we prepare for the trip to SF and I get the last pieces of my gift for my prof.

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October...in which we rest up from the trip and prepare for the colder days. I decide to switch my eating habits up a bit and try low carb. The new doorbell is installed by yours truly. The fibre glass cable arrives at our home. We have a 'fire protection assistant refresher' at work and I'm responsible for the fire. (MUAHAHA)

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:36 Uhr
Trip to San Francisco - Overview  
Unbelievable that took me so long to put all the photos and info from our San Francisco trip together. This was supposed to be done the week after my return (in October!!), with the regular (but smaller) monthly entry for October following at the end of that month, as usual.

However, putting together the photos (and occasional videos), sorting out and adding the expenses, Google Maps and the overview the way I wanted it all took ages; at some point it became too much and I just had to do something else. Suddenly I had to work again, catching up with whatever had been brewing during my vacation. After three long weeks with >9 hour days things are seemingly calming down a bit now, and this weekend I swore to myself that I would complete the DW/LJ part.

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So here is the report on my San Francisco Trip. One entry per day with lots of photos and a few lines of text to account for what happened are public now.

What we had not expected or accounted for was the US government shutdown, but the only issue we had was that Muir Woods closed down before we could get there, and considering all the other amazing things we saw (including Yosemite despite the shutdown!) it wasn't that bad. Even the lines at the airport on our way back were moderate, so no chaos as some people and outlets had indicated (at least not at that point).

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01 23rd September 2025 Flight to SF, The Chapter
02 24th September 2025 Union Square, Nintendo Store, Chinatown, North Beach, Fisherman's Wharf, Cable Car Turnaround, The Cannery & Lombard Street
03 25th September 2025 SF Premium Outlets
04 26th September 2025 Palace of Fine Arts, Bob's Lookout, Marina District Lighthouse & Wave Organ, The Presidio with the Yoda Fountain & the Lucasfilm Lobby
05 27th September 2025 MBA Event
06 28th September 2025 Lands End Trail Eagles Point, Legion of Honor, Stonestown Galleria
07 29th September 2025 Alcatraz, Painted Ladies
08 30th September 2025 Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito, Ferry Ride, Ferry Terminal Farmer's Market, Tony's Pizza (North Beach), Musée Mécanique, Cable Car Ride
09 1st October 2025 Cable Car Museum, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf
10 2nd October 2025 Ocean Beach, Golden Gate Park
11 3rd October 2025 Oracle Park, Treasure Island, Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, Coit Tower, Cheesecake Factory
12 4th October 2025 Yosemite
13 5th October 2025 Japan Town, Salesforce Park
14 6th October 2025 Baker Beach, Fisherman's Wharf
15 7th October 2025 Coffee at Chris' place, flight home



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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:29 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 15 (7th October 2025)  
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My prof had invited us to his house that morning, so we hopped on the bus with all our luggage and went to the Caltrain station to catch the train to Burlingame. Due to bus delays we were lucky a nice lady helped us with our luggage because otherwise we might have missed that train. (Imagine our faces when we raced off the bus frantically looking for the entrance to the train station...and then realising it was three flights of stairs down, no elevator. And I had to take Mum's suitcase and my own because it was too heavy for her. Bless that lady who carried Mum's suitcase all the way down.)

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:29 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 14 (6th October 2025)  
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Our last full day in San Francisco. The weather was perfect as if to give us a proper send-off. We went to Baker Beach and got our best shots of the Golden Gate Bridge. A guy was standing around on the beach completely nude and looked as if he was expecting that someone would tell him off. No one gave a fig. My kinda state.
We walked barefoot through the sand and waves, and tried to soak up as much sun as possible as we knew the weather we'd experience upon our return.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:28 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 13 (5th October 2025)  
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Since Mum had gotten tickets to see the Haas-Lilienthal House while I was on the MBA event we went to Japan Town in the morning to be back when they'd open at 12:00. After some waiting around I googled the place and it turned out the Haas-Lilienthal House wasn't even open on Sundays. XD
So we just went back to Japan Town and took a trip to the Salesforce Park afterwards.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:28 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 12 (4th October 2025)  
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Guess we were lucky the trip was still on, despite the US government shutdown. We got up at 4:25, turned off the alarm and slipped out as quietly as we could to not wake John up...just to find him dozing in one of the comfy chairs in the dark kitchen. Uh well, to each their own.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:27 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 11 (3rd October 2025)  
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Oracle Park was on my list of place to see, not because of a sudden interest in Baseball, but because I'd watched the second part of "San Andreas" (the disaster movie with The Rock in which San Francisco is destroyed) by coincidence before the trip and I absolutely wanted to see this particular location to compare it to the scene on a rewatch. It was pretty cool seeing the same area we'd previously been in surrounded by debris!
I added some comparison screenshots from the film below my own set of photos!

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:27 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 10 (2nd October 2025)  
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It had been raining in the early morning, and was still grey and wet outside.
That's why we took the bus to Golden Gate Park to see the Conservatory of Flowers, but when a few rays of sunshine came out on the way, we changed plans and went to Ocean Beach instead.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:26 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 9 (1st October 2025)  
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We started the day by tidying up our pods as we would get new linens, and buying new 7-Day passes for public transport. This time I got a Clipper Card for Mum as well as I didn't want to chance it with her Muni app.
The day started out rather grey again, and we thought it would be a good opportunity to visit the Cable Car Museum to find out how the system works. We walked past a huge hotel which had a statue of Tony Bennett standing in the front, near the zebra crossing underneath a small sign labelled "Tony Bennett Way".

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:26 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 8 (30th September 2025)  
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Bridge Day! The plan was to go over the bridge to Sausalito by bus (130) and take the ride back on the ferry, the checking out the Farmer's Market at the Ferry Terminal. And that's exactly what we did!

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:25 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 7 (29th September 2025)  
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We got up earlier than usual to be at the Ferry (Pier 33) in time for the Alcatraz Tour. On the way we realised that we'd forgotten our water bottles, so we dropped by a 7/11 (the only store open at the time) to buy two small bottles for the trip.
We took photos on the way as it was eerily empty in the area.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:25 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 6 (28th September 2025)  
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What a grey day. We took the bus to Lands End Eagles Point to get a better look at the Golden Gate Bridge, but the weather was not on our side.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:25 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 5 (27th September 2025)  
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Finally, the event I'd initialised the whole trip for - today I met my professor and some of my fellow MBA students in person, and officially received my diploma. There aren't too many photos as it was a bit of a private affair and I didn't want to publish the faces of a bunch of people willy-nilly. My prof is fair game as he's very much making himself a public figure to begin with. XD

Unfortunately I haven't received the diploma photos from him yet, will have to inquire in the next video chat.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:24 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 4 (26th September 2025)  
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This time I managed to sleep until 4:00 in the morning, but was awake from then on. After breakfast (without milk for tea and coffee as the hostel's delivery hadn't arrived, boooh) we took the bus to the Palace of Fine Arts.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:23 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 3 (25th September 2025)  
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You would think that a visitor to San Francisco checks out the highlights in the city first (starting with the Golden Gate Bridge), but I was on a bit of a time table as the MBA graduation event I'd come for in the first place would take place on the following Saturday.
So I had strategically planned to do some clothes shopping beforehand.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:23 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 2 (24th September 2025)  
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Gah, jetlag. We were both awake at 2:00 in the morning and tried to rest as much as possible, but in the end got up quite early.
There is no breakfast at The Chapter, but they have complimentary coffee and tea, so we poured a cup each and planned the day.

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Thursday, 13. November 2025 ~ 21:22 Uhr
San Francisco Trip, Day 1 (23rd September 2025)  
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Suitcases and backpacks were sitting next to the door and due to the rainy and cold weather we were wearing appropriate clothing and shoes.

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Monday, 13. October 2025 ~ 20:47 Uhr
Pixel 10 Pro - Camera Zoom  
We returned from San Francisco a few days ago, and I'm still trying to catch up with everything, including journal entries.
For the trip both Mum and I decided to get the latest Pixel phone, mainly for its top notch camera. The second reason is that we both still owned older phones in excellent conditions that we could use as trade-ins, lowering the price for the new phones considerably (otherwise we wouldn't have done it).
The camera is indeed top notch, including the excellent zoom. (Click on the photos to see them in their original size - otherwise you may not even make out the detail from the zoom shot.)


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It works with AI, and not all images come out as good, of course. But more often than not it's pretty damn impressive.
I've got one more...

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Sunday, 31. August 2025 ~ 13:03 Uhr
Monthly entry - August 2025  
August...in which work is still impossible, but at least I'm beginning to see an end now.
There is some garden improvement, we went to Münzenberg Castle with some friends and - to my surprise - I'm buying the latest Google Pixel phone.


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Thursday, 31. July 2025 ~ 23:08 Uhr
Monthly entry - July 2025  
July...in which the workload lightens for all but 5 seconds, then is back up. But at least I'm working on my own project and don't have to jump in as backup for my colleague as it was initially planned. Even manage to finish a few improvement tasks.
In the last week of the month the fiber glass construction works start in our street. They dig up the whole sidewalk, plant the pipes and fill everything up again. Not sure when, but I'm guessing by the beginning of the year at the latest we should be connected. It won't be a massive change overall, but the connection should be more stable on the weekends which is something I'm looking forward to.

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Monday, 30. June 2025 ~ 23:16 Uhr
Monthly entry - June 2025  
June...in which we have two more holidays, which is perfect because the workload at the office is still incredible. Somehow we also squeeze in a team lunch at a Korean place near the office. With the extra days I get some things done at home as well. The company summer fest takes places.

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Oh dear, it's hot. 35°C today and of course the Deutsche Bahn had delays and no working air conditioning on any train.
At least they finally got the air conditioning in the office to work properly, so it was actually nice to be there today. My hope rests on Thursday when there should be storms and the temps coming down a bit.
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Thursday, 12. June 2025 ~ 17:42 Uhr
Epic Store: Two Point Hospital up for grabs!  
If you play on your PC I just wanted to let you know that a very fine game is currently free in the Epic store: --> Two Point Hospital

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In general it's a good idea to check back on the page regularly as the free games change weekly. Have fun!
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Saturday, 31. May 2025 ~ 22:47 Uhr
Monthly entry - May 2025  
May...in which we enjoy having two holidays (Labor Day & Ascension Day) and use them to get more garden/yard work done. The dog's mood is getting better as the weather is improving, same as ours.
On this last day of the month, just as I sent off my latest review for the awesome pasture fence we used for our kitchen garden, I got a very unexpected invitation to Amazon Vine which I'm excited about.


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Wednesday, 30. April 2025 ~ 23:04 Uhr
Monthly entry - April 2025  
April...in which we have a family Easter celebration, workload at the office is increasing...and my cousin on my Mum's side dies of cancer.

We sadly didn't have a lot of contact over the years, but of course it shook me. She was only a few years older than myself, and...you know...somehow always there, despite us not talking much. Last time I saw her was on grandpa's 100th birthday, and we had a brief phone conversation a bit after, but nothing else since. She was such a wonderful person - and the one introducing me to tea back in the day (as in the loose kind, with a pot and a warmer). She's leaving behind her husband and two 20 year old twin girls.
It's so sad that my family members are spread out all over the country. Of course everyone has their lives and it's difficult to meet a lot.
Completely unrelated to that my cousins on my dad's side are somewhat pulling that side of the family together by inviting everyone to Christmas, Easter, and now even a summer party. I'm not really into all this family meeting stuff, but have to say after this rather unexpected death feel more open to it.

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Monday, 31. March 2025 ~ 21:28 Uhr
Monthly entry - March 2025  
March...in which I happily go back to "three office and two WFH days" from mid month. We can take a longer lunch break to go grocery shopping, have sudden vet visits and suchlike and not squeeze that in in the evenings or on Saturday. SO pleasant! Mum sees a cardiologist as she's not feeling very well. My electrician returns and sets up our door buzzer and some more outlets. The MBA course is slowly winding down.

Mum hasn't been feeling well for a few weeks. Somehow she never got over the last cold she had and her doc eventually forwarded her to a cardiologist. Both told her to rest and take better care of herself, which she finds very difficult - she is not a patient person and wants to do stuff. But even putting on shoes and a coat to walk the dog feels like work to her, she says. This week she's got the second appointment, so hopefully we'll hear a bit more.
At least taking a step back and resting more helped a bit in recent days.

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Friday, 28. February 2025 ~ 22:52 Uhr
Monthly entry - February 2025  
February...in which work turns around and becomes ridiculous, with everything (well, a lot of things) going wrong at the same time, people getting sick etc.
Also, we have an election (Bundestagswahl) that pretty much turns out as expected. (The results were not as catastrophic as they could have been, but certainly nothing to brag about.)

This is going to be a short one.

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Friday, 31. January 2025 ~ 22:44 Uhr
Monthly entry - January 2025  
January...in which work is a bit slower (definitely the calm before the storm, though) and I take some home and self improvement steps. And bath the dog on the last day of the month.

Somehow we made it to the New Year 2025. We did go out into the street to greet the neighbours and watch some fireworks, but it was cold and we quickly returned home. Fireworks went on almost until 1:00 in the morning, about half an hour longer than usual in our calm little town.

While she was visiting him last year my brother had taken photos of Mum for her passport and she picked the document up at the beginning of the week.
Now I only have to apply for ESTA for both of us which I'll probably do in summer, a bit closer to the travel date. My own passport is still valid until 2028, so we should be set up nicely for our trip to San Francisco.

My yearly doc checkup was uneventful, as usual. From next year on I'll strategically postpone it to late spring/early summer, though, because going in right after consuming Christmas food & sweets in large quantities gives the scale a fit. Can't be around Easter either, for similar reasons. Maybe May/June...

To help with "self improvement" I ended up buying one of these modern scales that also deduct/calculate your BMI, body fat, muscle mass and about 15 other things I'd never thought of in my life. Maybe seeing this many data points gives me (nerd) motivation enough to tweak the right ones, especially since I already began to tweak my surroundings...

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