Dear Friends, After three years of quasi-silence, I think I found what I was looking for in a social platform. My nostr key is npub18kmu5s4gaq7qf02je6pk4xqckm5s2t5782596gkzk0r3tufpl9hs3gxwnr And this is

After eleven hours of good sailing we arrived at 9 PM in Gedser (Denmark). This marina was almost empty and so we docked Maranea at the head of the landing stage. The picture was taken at 10 PM, half an

Cargoship on TSS Terschelling German Bight

I have just completed a 550 sm leg from Makkum in The Netherlands via Germany and Denmark to Gothenburg in Sweden. Now I have a few days in the Lilla Bommen marina in the city center and will post a few

Three days ago I left Makkum in The Netherlands to travel through the North Sea To Helgoland and onto Brusbüttel at the entrance of the Kiel Kanal (connecting the North Sea to the Baltic Sea). So far we

It seems that blogging for me is a winter activity. In summer there is so much going on that I don't spend much time on the keyboard. But I still take pictures from time to time ;-) I am currently in

Hello Hifivers, I got really fond of lightning payments (explained). For example, I use Bitrefill to load my pre-paid SIM cards when travelling - it is just amazing. I am going to send 300'000 sats to

I have added the bitcoin tag as a symbol for the time before the next bull run. Now is the time to get ready. (This image works well as wallpaper on my Mac. Perhaps you want to try this too?)

src For those who are puzzled and overwhelmed by crypo forks, I want to share my view on how I pick my fork. Forks are beautiful. If we could fork Earth, we would have much less lively and fruitless debates

Judged by the activity this picture looks like it has been taken at 2 AM but instead, it was 9 PM. I would really like to go back in one year, same date same time to capture the "delta corona".

Yesterday, I left the marina in Medemblik at 6 AM to catch favorable winds. It was very calm, and I enjoyed a beautiful sunrise on the water. Du to travel restrictions for my planned crew, I can practice

Dear Hivefriends, since one month I am living on my ship Maranea. So corona-wise I have more than passed the quarantine here in The Netherlands. Luckily, many marinas and harbor are open on the IJsselmeer

This is a quick post, essentially just this image. There are hundreds of small things that need to be done every day but sometimes they all make sense and the journey continues.

April is amazingly rich in weather in Northern Europe. Mist and coat in the morning and short sleeves and sun screen in the afternoon. After two weeks of work, some by myself (the iPhone no longer recognizes

(metal plate with the ship's former name, bottle of Champagne, one silver dollar to be placed under the mast, flags of the host country (The Netherlands) and my club for decoration) This post is the permanent

(src) I am in the crypto space since 2014. This means I missed the first four years even though I was a software entrepreneur then. The reason that I am not (yet) living under a bridge is not that I never

(this post is not referring to Plan-₿ - which ironically is my A-plan) (Leica Apo-Telyt-R, 280 mm, 1:4) This is a brief reminder that there are not risk-free avenues. Your A-plan may involve assumptions

These days I read a lot and go for solo walks. Social isolation is not very difficult when there is almost nobody in sight. ... wait: This man is pushing sand onto the beach in preparation for the summer

Yesterday I traveled from Switzerland to Makkum (Holland). I was driving, and so it was straightforward to comply with the social distancing guidelines. The only real checkpoint was the Swiss/German border;

In the last three months, I have gone through a divorce. It was coming pretty unexpectedly, for both of us. My ex-wife and I have reached a mutual agreement amicably because we both tried to embrace change.