Jan-Lukas Else

Jan-Lukas Else

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Replacing the battery in my electric toothbrush

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I haven’t soldered anything since school. When we decluttered the flat some years ago, I gave away all the soldering gear of my dad. But this year, I finally soldered again. I upgraded my electric toothbrush with a much bigger battery, going from an aging 700 mAh to 2300 mAh.

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Struggling with music selfhosting

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I mentioned in my last monthly review that I’m currently switching from Deezer (my streaming alternative after the previous cheap YouTube Premium trick stopped working) to a self hosted music setup.

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My September ‘26 in Review

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And here we go again; another month has passed, and the year is flying by.

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New headphones: soundcore AeroClip

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After one and a half years, there’s a new addition to my collection of almost exclusively soundcore headphones: the open-ear soundcore (by Anker) AeroClip.

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My August ‘26 in Review

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Another month has passed and my monthly review is a bit late this time. Why? We’ll get to that in a moment. First, let’s take a look back at August.

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My July ‘26 in Review

And here we go again; another month has flown by. July was a particularly eventful month for me and my wife.

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My June ‘26 in Review

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And here we are again, another half year has passed. Time to take a quick look back at my June. Well, not much actually happened …

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Schwäbisch Hall

For the regular planning workshop at work (my second since I started), I have to be in Schwäbisch Hall from Monday to Wednesday. As train tickets are cheaper on Saturday than on Sunday and I was eager to explore the city anyway, I decided to already arrive yesterday (Saturday). Today (Sunday) I did my planned city discovery.

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My May ‘26 in Review

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And just like that, another month has flown by. Time for my usual look back.

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Why it’s totally ok that I quit my bikepacking trip

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As I wrote, I had planned a bikepacking trip covering a total of 224 km. Well, things didn’t quite go as planned.

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