Forty

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/24/forty/

Exactly ten years ago I was swimming in the airport with my friends :)

Reconnecting After a Decade: A Pizza, Laughter, and a Shared, Shaking Memory

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/20/reconnecting-after-a-decade-a-pizza-laughter-and-a-shared-shaking-memory/

Sometimes, after a long or stressful day, retreating to sit and relax in bed, often my thoughts drift back to riding in The Headlands - most recently spring 2017, and reaching back to the early 2000s.

It wasn't just the memory, but the feeling of the endless pulse where every moment is beautiful, every hill climb is perfect, and you never want to stop. Six days per week, 1000kcal per ride on moderate days, every perfect morning a perfect sunrise.

Na, mal wieder Lust so richtig Dampf abzulassen?

In our #embroidery club, we often receive material leftovers from estates. These mysterious scraps had everyone shouting for me: 'That's something for you, you make art out of it! Doesn't it tell #stories like a #book?'

Indeed, it's from an old woman who became too old to #stitch. Did she cut her work? Why is it cut like this? Why were these scraps saved in a box? Did she play with them, hated them, hallucinated #memories? #Art begins with listening. @textilearts
@embroidery

"The Old Hand Pump"

By Scott Loring Davis, Fine Art Photography https://pixels.com/profiles/scottloringdavis

As a boy, many, many years ago, one the chores my brothers and I shared, was to pump enough water very morning, to last our family for the day. - SEE MORE - https://pixels.com/featured/the-old-hand-pump-scott-loring-davis.html

Fun Fact: At the end of 2008 / beginning of 2009, I bought a mini laptop — an Acer Aspire One, on sale because no one wanted them. Windows didn’t run on it for even a minute, but every other OS did. Including a version of "Hackintosh", which actually led me to get a MacBook Pro a few months later (which my parents are still using). It ran quite well.

But the OS that worked best and longest on that little guy was PC-BSD. I truly did everything with it. When I was flying around Europe during the most hectic years of my life, it was my trusty companion - always ready, always in my backpack. I have a special memory tied to it that will always make it dear to me, but it’s a private one

Oh, I almost forgot the Fun Fact: its hostname was always "acerone" - from Acer (Aspire) One, of course. But in Italian, "acerone" sounds like "big Acer", and considering its micro size (9 inches), it was truly ironic.

Crucial Track for May 2, 2025: "Livin' On Love" by Alan Jackson

Since @beardedtechguy and I were talking about memories when it comes to music, I'm going to keep that going with today's song which is Livin' On Love by Alan Jackson.

#Music #CMT #AlanJackson #LivinOnLove #CountryMusic #Memories #GoodMemories

View entry:
https://app.crucialtracks.org/profile/cliff/20250502

#ThrowbackThursday
Drake at home three years ago today. I miss you.

At work, 2012.

Music is important in my life. I want to sing along when the spirit moves me and feel the intense emotions that music has the power to grant.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2018/10/the-importance-of-music-in-our-lives

Earlier, speaking of FediMeteo, it reminded me of my grandfather (the reason is explained in the post where I describe the project: https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/).

And this is his accordion, which my grandmother kept safe for years, knowing how much it meant to me as a keepsake of him. When I was younger, I could play it a little as he loved to teach me how to play it, and now I want to get back to it, at least enough to play a few tunes.

In memory of the times when, as a child, he would play it for me to cheer me up and to celebrate.

I still remember the first time I saw this at a friend's house. I had the normal C64 and his father had this "portable" version.
And I started dreaming of a computer that could always be with me. Maybe in my pocket.
Late 80ies...

Take a breath.

"Moods And Memories" playlist. / Now on #Spotify and #SoundCloud.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HybIlcJ235QvG0FlpSPeM
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/luumemusic/sets/moods-and-memories

@electronicmusic @synths

That Night in Athens

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/25/that-night-in-athens/