Tobias Schafroth

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One year with my Nexus S

One year ago I've had my 3GS for two years and started to feel slow and unresponsive. I strongly felt the urge to buy a new phone but at that time I hadn't the money to buy a iPhone 4s so I bought an Nexus S instead. So my gadget hunger was set and I became friends with my Nexus over the 12 months. I was still using my 3GS as an iPod Touch basically and this was a good compromise for me. But after half a year I left my 3GS in the cab so I had to use my Nexus for everything. I purchased doubletwist as an replacement for the Music App on iOS and some other stuff. I wasn't perfectly happy with everything but I liked my Nexus and got along quite well. 

But I kinda knew all the time, that if the new iPhone will come out I probably will switch back to iOS on my phone. So last week I ordered a iPhone 5 and it will arrive on Monday. I'll sell my Nexus to a friend and today I was asking myself what features I'm gonna miss on my iPhone:

Miss:

- Öffi Stations. Before I take the bus I always check the live departure times on the dashboard widget.

- Dashboard widgets in general

- Nice google account integration

Don't miss:

- Physical back button. I hate that thing, the reaction is not consistent at all.

- The keyboard. I still hate typing on it because I hit the back button all the time if I want to hit the space bar.

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What a story!

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at Kurbad Königstein https://www.instagram.com/p/CpInTmMMmQB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Otzberg - Uetikon - Trun - Stuttgart https://www.instagram.com/p/CnKAdpMsL7J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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at Berlin Hauptbahnhof https://www.instagram.com/p/CDG1T3SAshi/?igshid=k5qzkjuxrsig

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at Darmstadt, Hessen https://www.instagram.com/p/CCos9puACGX/?igshid=3vp3wt38bgt5

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The Longing for Less

New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice"More than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation, The Longing For Less peels back the commodified husk of minimalism to reveal something surprising and thoroughly alive." -Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing “Less is more”: Everywhere we hear the mantra. Marie Kondo and other decluttering gurus promise that shedding our stuff will solve our problems. We commit to cleanse diets and strive for inbox zero. Amid the frantic pace and distraction of everyday life, we covet silence-and airy, Instagrammable spaces in which to enjoy it. The popular term for this brand of upscale austerity, “minimalism,” has mostly come to stand for things to buy and consume. But minimalism has richer, deeper, and altogether more valuable gifts to offer. Kyle Chayka is one of our sharpest cultural observers. After spending years covering minimalist trends for leading publications, he now delves beneath this lifestyle's glossy surface, seeking better ways to claim the time and space we crave. He shows that our longing for less goes back further than we realize. His search leads him to the philosophical and spiritual origins of minimalism, and to the stories of artists such as Agnes Martin and Donald Judd; composers such as John Cage and Julius Eastman; architects and designers; visionaries and misfits. As Chayka looks anew at their extraordinary lives and explores the places where they worked-from Manhattan lofts to the Texas high desert and the back alleys of Kyoto-he reminds us that what we most require is presence, not absence. The result is an elegant new synthesis of our minimalist desires and our profound emotional needs.

Lesetipp:

Wer sich auch wundert, weshalb die Cafés, Airbnb’s, die Sofas in unseren Wohnungen auf der Welt überall gleich aussehen und was das alles mit Japan zu tun hat, kriegt vom Autor und Kunstkritiker Kyle Chayka in dem Buch, was ich gerade fertig gelesen habe, ein paar Hinweise. Eine sehr er- und einleuchtende Lektüre und eine klare Empfehlung.

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Paddleton | Netflix Official Site

After he's diagnosed with terminal cancer, middle-aged Michael asks his neighbor friend Andy to help him end his life before the disease doe

Highly empfohlen and very touching. Go watch it!

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Gabriela Reuter-Schafroth  † 4. Dezember 2016

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I used this sunny Sunday to watch and listen attentively to this long but very fascinating talk by Pierre Bélanger, currently Professor at Harvard Design School. 

He questions the way we architects are trying to solve problems without understanding or questioning how much the infrastructure and their design influences the inner-working of our world. 

Especially the part where he talks about the foundation of the UN and the Club of Rome and the influence engineers are having (https://youtu.be/bl96Qo5MZkQ?t=1h24m56s) was quite eye-opening for me and could question the way I see how architect could understand their role as designers of the environment we live in.

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at Stäfa, Switzerland

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Tado Heizkörper-Thermostat vs. Danfoss RAVL Ventil

Auch ich bin auf den Wagen der smarten Heizkörper-Steuerung aufgestiegen und habe diesen Herbst für das System von tado entschieden. 

Bei der Montage  musste ich feststellen, dass ich trotz mitgelieferten Adapter, die laut tado Seite auch für das RAVL-Ventil passt, und Kontakt zum tado Support sich den Thermostat nicht montieren ließ. Der Adapter war ca. 0,5-1mm zu dick, so dass sich das Thermostat nicht dranschrauben ließ.

Nach längerer Recherche und Zweifel, dass es doch vielleicht an meinen handwerklichen Fähigkeiten lag, fand ich heraus, dass es vom RAVL-Ventil zwei Typen gibt, die einen fast identischen Durchmesser besitzen. 

Der tado Support scheint von dieser Tatsache nichts zu wissen und konnte/wollte mir keinen passenden Adapter zuschicken. Ich bestellte mir dann bei Amazon einen Stahl Adapter und siehe da, er passt! 

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