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Two weeks without music streaming. Peacock's 'Tales of Another'

A reflection on shifting from Spotify to high-fidelity local listening, and some listening impressions on 1977 origins of the Keith Jarrett Standards Trio.

5 min read   ·   January 03, 2026

2026   ·   technology   music-research   despotify   environment   jazz   gary peacock   keith jarrett   jack dejohnette   ecm records   ·   digital-life   music

Email, webhosting, green energy, GDPR, Spotify, accessibility

A reflection on moving to European providers, implementing GDPR compliance, and switching to high-fidelity local music.

5 min read   ·   December 27, 2025

2025   ·   technology   degoogle   environment   gdpr   cookies   spotify   accessibility   ·   digital-life   music

Social media in 2025 part 1, Mastodon and Bluesky

A preliminary reflection on the (apparent?) exodus from Meta towards Mastodon and Bluesky and how those two platforms differ.

5 min read   ·   January 25, 2025

2025   ·   technology   fediverse   social-media   decentralization   gdpr   digital-ethics   privacy   ·   digital-life

Train travelling

A description of how I exclusively travel by train since 2023. It includes a timetable and a map of my last travel from Helsinki to Milan

3 min read   ·   January 20, 2025

2025   ·   train-travel   environment   slow-travel   finland   sustainability   ·   travel

Why blogging in 2025?

2 min read   ·   January 12, 2025

2025   ·   general