Jan-Lukas Else

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When did I start blogging?

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When I rewrote my “About Me” page some days ago, I was thinking about how long I’ve already been blogging. My thought was 2016, so about 10 years. But reading about another blog birthday piqued my interest again, and I did some more research.

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My December ‘25 and my 2025 in Review

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Some in my blogging circle have already published their 2025 year in review, so I want to continue my tradition since 2019 and write a review of my own. But first, a few words about the past month.

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Blog Questions Challenge

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I wasn’t explicitly asked by anyone to join the Blog Questions Challenge, but I guess I can just join and also tell a bit about my blogging process. So here are the questions and answers:

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Preserving Memories: My Adventure with Digital8 Tapes and FireWire

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The last few days, I dived into a new topic in my spare time: Archiving videos from old Hi8 and Digital8 videotapes onto my hard drive.

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My January ‘23 in Review

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Before you realize it, January - and with it the first month of the new year - is already over. A little review.

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My 2022 in Review

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2022 is over, welcome 2023! A year full of unexpected events, many personal changes and a lot of new experiences… But since I wrote a review every month, I just want to highlight the highlights here.

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My January ‘22 in Review

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Crazy, new year and yet January is already over, how time flies! What was going on?

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Finally sleeping better 😴

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I have a very light sleep. The first brightness in the morning makes me wake up, noise from the neighbors in the evening does not let me fall asleep. No matter how late or early I go to bed, no matter how little I slept in total.

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Self-hosting my calendar and contacts using Baïkal

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I recently moved my emails to Purelymail. And since I also used the contacts and calendar synchronization feature of my previous email provider, I also transferred the contacts and calendar entries to Purelymail via WebDAV using WinSCP.

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My January ‘21 in Review

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And now the first month of the new year is already over. On the one hand, time passes quickly, but somehow it doesn’t. Due to lockdown and the limited possibilities to do something outside, one day is like the other, one week like the other.

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