Today I could finally fly my paraglider again, after breaking a leg end of November while running on ice. I was fully convinced that those 74 days was my longest break from flying. But turns out in 2013 I had an even longer break of 81 days. And I can't even remember what the reason was back then.

Look what I saw on the lake in the middle of winter: Yes that's snow on the slope. He claimed to be sweating under his wet suit.

I think DJI drones should have a big red warning that they cannot be used without activating them in a closed source app that is only available for backdoored mobile operating systems.

What a freakin cool sailboat:

My proof of work for 2025: Running for 1'251 km with 54'907 meters of climb. Swimming for 133.5 km. 124 Paraglider flights, of which 120 were RunAndFly. 8 weeks without flying, 4 week without sport. The last 4 weeks of the year I wasn't doing anything. My resolution for 2026: Recover from the dislocated ankle and broken leg, and get into physical shape again.

The full documentation of this years RedBullXAlps is out:

Another edition of the RedBull X-ALps started today. That's the adventure race where athletes race around the apls with only walking and paragliding. https://www.redbullxalps.com

may the 4th be with you

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Shiny Object Syndrome And Nothing Accomplished

Recently I found a very nice documentary about the area around Lake Lucerne:

An innovative mission on the Welsh border, funded by an anonymous private investor, has begun work to create a ‘permanent human settlement’ under the sea

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A flooded quarry, a mysterious millionaire and the dream of a new Atlantis

An innovative mission on the Welsh border, funded by an anonymous private investor, has begun work to create a ‘permanent human settlement’ und...

In case you run yubioath-desktop on debian testing, you are probably also affected by this bug:

I Challenge Thee

here is a simple workaround. Run the following on the commandline: ykman oath accounts code

Did any of you hear about this?

FuriPhone FLX1s Linux Phone

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The OS is based on Debian, and the reviews sound great.

Gentle reminder on why I prefer a phone that I can trust

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As usual at the Lugano PlanB forum, I made lots of Lightning payments. Not a single one failed, and I made them from the same crappy self hosted node as always. Just two years ago, the chance for a $100 payment to go through was about fifty fifty, and I had to sometimes ask if they could split it in two smaller payments. Sometimes we even had to make it on-chain instead. Nowdays the experience is just great.

I just came back from Sweden, where I had to pleasure to test ride the most amazing boat I have ever seen, the Candela C8 (

Candela

Leisure C-8 Product page

The Candela C-8 electric hydrofoil boat lets you travel further and faster than any other electric boat, with minimal operating costs.

I drove back and forth through most of italy last week. There is one difference to Switzerland that stands out. We have a rule of thumb to preserve a two second gap to the car in front. It is mandated by law and the default setting for the adaptive cruse control. Using this setting in italy turns you into a road hazzard, as it seems to be an invitation for reckless behavior. Traffic is much more smooth in Italy if you maintain a distance of one second or sometimes even less. I would be interested to learn about a comparison of accident statistics between the two countries.

Starship launch imminent. Will it succeed this time? I sure hope so.