#weeklyreview 18/2026

Again a very busy week with work-related stuff. I’m working on a global that involves AI technology. It’s hard as a large international company to keep pace with how fast the industry moves in this area. Before we even have a chance to evaluate a new tool, model, concept etc. the object has likely changed. Leadership members are of course demanding more speed and just repeat the marketing bullshit from all the AI companies. Expecting unicorns and glitter to be delivered in no time. That’s going to end in tears and everyone knows. A bit similar to climate catastrophe…

I jailbroke an old Kindle eReader just for the fun of it. I saw multiple people posting their projects of liberating their Kindle devices with instructions from https://kindlemodding.org

It’s not entirely easy as it requires multiple steps in the correct order. But it’s doable. I didn’t manage to load my books with Calibre so far as there are some network issues to be solved.

Got Bag

I finally got myself a new backup. The old one was decomposing severely and too small anyway. I always carry a lot of stuff beside the mere work laptop. I’m prepared with all sorts of cables, power banks, tools and stuff.

I settled on a got-bag Rolltop 2.0 with the Seashepherd logo. Got delivered within 3 days and I love it. It’s large, versatile (got multiple inner pockets and a pouch for a laptop) and comfy.

Glitza Band and Open Studio day

On the weekend it was open studio day again in the whole country. Our local artists of course participated. We went to Silke Schmidt again as she had the slightly unfair advantage that the local band Glitza was playing a little concert on her terrace.

Very lovely. There were missing two musicians of their usual setup and had to improvise a bit. They called it an open practice session. Delivered with as much enthusiasm and talent as always.

Notes for April 27 – May 3

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#weeklyreview 17/2026

I know, this is a bit later for week 17 review. There wasn’t too much to talk about. Very busy at work and that’s why not much time to do much other things.

It was slightly weird weather as the sun came out but it was still rather cold. Down to -3ºC in the countryside and also Berlin was rather cold in the morning. The sunshine almost made me not wear a jacket on the bike ride to the office. But fortunately I checked the weather app before.

Nevertheless we had few nice lunches outside in the sun. One time in the new Szechuan restaurant at Torstrasse/Tucholskystrasse. The menu looks very authentic and the food was rather good as well. Might do this more often.

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We had a lot of scrap wood ripped out of the attic of the house. That was still on site and I want to recycle parts of it for a new shed in the countryside. In order to transport it over there we but had to remove all the nails that were poking out still. That was more intense than I anticipated. They’ve used a lot of nails back in GDR construction times. One very thick (as thick as my pinky finger) nail flipped off the crowbar and hit me in the face. Fortunately no lasting damages on my side. But that was a close call for the eye. Wear protective glasses!

By brother and dad properly decommissioned some more debris from the attic at the local dump sites. Good progress over all.

Open Stage in Templin

On Saturday night it was time again for open stage at the MKC in Templin.

As always a colourful mix of artists who gave their best. This time an old author lady recited some poems and aphorisms of her own. That was surprisingly good.

A duo did some experimental music performance that reminded me a little bit of Deichkind. Their setup crashed several times at the beginning and they almost gave up. Nobody knew whether that was part of the performance or actual software problems 🤣

My highlight was the last band named “VEB Klangschalen”. They played rock music of their own creation and some cover songs – and with much verve and energy. For a local band absolutely outstanding und surprising as I’ve never heard of them before nor knew those guys would play in a band (Templin isn’t that big, so I know quite many people one or the other way).

Again a fun packed evening.

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