Alex Leonard's thoughts on life, technology, music, and the arts
Welcome to the personal journal of Alex Leonard. Expect general thoughts and ramblings, amusing things I found on the web, and random rants from time to time.
Last night I went to my first meeting of the NABU Berlin Internationals volunteer group. NABU is the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union) and is the largest and oldest environment association in Germany. They have just recently decided to try and get more involved with the hugely diverse and active multinational population of… Continue reading Volunteering with NABU
So yesterday we went to a big cycling demonstration in Berlin. We weren't entirely sure what to expect, perhaps a few hundred cyclists? Maybe a thousand? Cyclists queuing en-masse to make their way up Warschauer Str. I was stunned to discover between 8,000 and 13,000 cyclists turned up, and cycled en-masse over a 14km route… Continue reading Radwegestopp? Nicht mit uns!
At 14:00 tomorrow (2nd July), there will be a bicycle demonstration against Manja Schreiner, Berlin's new senator of transport, who does not want to build new bike lanes if even one car parking space has to be redistributed. Here is the proposed route: See a full map here on Open Street Map. We meet just… Continue reading Cyclist Demonstration Tomorrow
Whilst the post ahead involves the sport of cricket, I assure you, no understanding of the game is required! At the start of June the Irish cricket team were scheduled to play England in a 4-day test match (yes, a single game of cricket can span multiple days). This is a sport that my younger… Continue reading On an unlikely occurrence involving Stephen Fry
I have an on-again off-again relationship with the news/current affairs. I find on one hand that it's my civic duty to keep up to date and informed on what is going on in the world, and on the other hand, I find it can have a noticeably negative effect on my mood. Overall I'm quite… Continue reading Taking a break from the news
As previously mentioned, things here have been exceedingly quiet for a long time, but I'm determined to get regularly back into it. Whilst I could have just picked up where I left off on the old site, I felt totally worn out by looking at my very old self-installed WordPress and wanted to wipe the… Continue reading A new (blogging) home
I'm a bit guilty of letting things sit untouched here for far too long, but I'm finally getting myself ready to get back into things. First up I've migrated all the photoblog side of things to it's own site and will be fully active over there for the foreseeable future. I've put up a test… Continue reading Changes coming
How many streams do you need to buy a bread loaf or cup of coffee? Streaming revenue is usually shown as fractions of a cent. Why not see it in real terms?
Our hearing is so important, and yet we regularly damage it with exposure to excessive volumes.
And the inability of people to forget about their phones for 90 minutes.
A somewhat long read of my thoughts on consumer responsibility. Specifically with regard to driving meaningful positive change in the way consumer goods are produced.
The continuing stream of stories resulting from immigration restrictions in the United States make me wonder whether I will ever visit that country again.
I've always been a little pissed off with Adobe for delivering consistently bloated software which just doesn't feel as fast as I think it should. I've decided it's time to find alternatives.
A quick tip on how to replicate Lightroom's auto-advance in Capture One.
It's been a little while since I've made any changes to my blog's design, so I thought a quick, subtle visual refresh was in order. Check it out!
I came across this wonderful web comic the other day which cracked me up but also got me thinking. You can see the original on Extra Fabulous Comics. First, the comic Second, the thoughts This comic really hit the mark for me. In four succinct panes, it immediately captured the notion of competition. Competition is… Continue reading The A-Team
On a Variety of Topics 