Lost in thoughts

By David Roessli

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I know, it’s been awhile since I last posted anything. Time wasn’t right, or my mind was elsewhere, or a bit of both.

Nevertheless, I’m posting this short note from my new CMS. Yes, I finally took the time to migrate my existing Perch Runway install to Kirby 5! 🎉 I’ll detail more of the process soon(ish). I have a number of posts waiting to be published.

Two empty benches under wind battered trees over looking Parikia bay from Agioi Anargiroi
Parikia bay from Agioi Anargiroi

In the meantime, I’m enjoying some downtime on the island of Paros, after a short interlude in Athens. I wanted to reconnect with that city, albeit just for 48 hours. I have always been moved by Athens, in a similar way I am by Kathmandu, Mumbai or Genoa.
More to come. Stay salty ☀️

Recent Logs — or the next 10 entries

Well, they might not be all that recent. You'll find the older entries in the archives.

  • End of the road for legacy Kindles
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    Amazon is phasing out support for Kindle devices released in 2012 or earlier. That includes two I still have around: the Kindle Touch and the first-generation Paperwhite.

  • Spring
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    Spring is here.

  • Hide those icons
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    → Many thanks to Steve Troughton-Smith for sharing that defaults write command to hide that avalanche of icons-in-menu in macOS 26 Tahoe.

  • IN THE BRAIN, Shechter II
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    → We had the pleasure to assist to one of the first international performances of IN THE BRAIN, Shechter II and it was amazing.

  • A Web Day Out in Brighton
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    I’m in Brighton, and it’s blowing a gale outside. The air is fresh and salty and I’m gliding back to my hotel room 50cm above ground, my mind still high on the day’s vibes.

  • Dialed in colour fun
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    → Remembering colours is hard, but playing this little game is soo much fun.

  • Web Rewind
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    To celebrate Opera’s 30th anniversary, the company created an amazing time travel website to discover or relive for some, the early days of the web.

  • Back to analog journaling
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    I’m making a comeback to analog journaling after years of digital recording of my ideas and feelings in a multitude of forms.

  • Calibre v9 broke my calibre-web server
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    Today, my calibre-web server crashed after upgrading to calibre v9.

  • Streets of Minneapolis
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    → It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

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Brighton  — Web Day Out / 2026

Web Day Out Flickr album screenshot

My short stay in Brighton for Web Day Out, one of the best single track web focused conferences I’ve attended since beyond tellerand or smashing conf.