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I’m Andreas, and this is the place where I write about all the things that catch my interest.
It could be books, it could be music, it could be tech (especially retro tech), it could be random musings about society and philosophy or psychology… whatever comes to my mind.
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And if you’re wondering - why 82MHz? It’s simple, 82 is the year of my birth, and MHz is a nod to the fact that I studied electrical engineering and telecommunications engineering many, many moons ago ;)
Latest Posts
Linkdump No 89
I started writing an intro about current world events, but you know what? I don't want to talk about it. It only puts me (and probably you too) in a bad mood, and I'd rather be in a good mood. So instead, here's a picture from a few days ago when it had just snowed for the first time, and snow always makes everything so much more beautiful! I'm currently reading The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, and I totally get why Calvin loves snow and winter.
I'm a wanted criminal in Italy. Well, maybe. Probably not
So here's a story I just thought about because I saw a link to the Italian post on Mastodon which triggered a memory in me.
read more...Spreading misinformation on the internet
The other day I took apart an old smoke detector. I looked at it for a bit until I thought I'd figured out how it works, and then I thought, hey, why not write a quick blog post about it, maybe someone else will find it interesting, too. And so I did and I put the post online.
Small problem though: I completely misunderstood how the thing actually works. Whoops.
read more...How does a smoke alarm work?
Last month I've lived in my current apartment for exactly 10 years, which means it's now time to replace the smoke alarms, which you're supposed to do after 10 years. When I was a kid, I always took everything I could get my hands on apart to see what it looked like on the inside, much to the dismay of my parents at times. Now, several decades later, things haven't really changed all that much. So, before bringing the old smoke alarms in for recycling, I decided to take one apart to see what's inside.
read more...Linkdump No 88
Over the last few days I read a lot of end-of-year blog posts around the small web, and I noticed that by reading personal blogs you get the full range of human experiences. Some people are doing really well and are in a good place, and some are unfortunately struggling due to health issues, financial uncertainty or the loss of a loved one. Life is unpredictable, sometimes things are great and sometimes they really aren't. I haven't written a 2025 roundup this year, but there have been some challenges for me as well, mostly regarding my health which hasn't been great these last few months, and it still isn't where I'd like it to be. There are also some changes in my professional life. But these are topics that I might talk about at some other time; suffice it to say that 2026 is going to be a challenging and interesting year for me.
I hope you are doing well, I wish you a happy new year wherever you are and whatever 2026 has in store for us all, we'll deal with it to the best of our abilities.