[flomei]

- Setting up a small webservice that creates PDF files with sample data for workflow development. I need this for work as it's easier than working with real customer data. Hopefully others find it useful, too. Will make a ShowHN once it's finished.

- Remade a small landingpage for tshirt-designs with motives for my hometown/area. Used a software called "Bootstrap Studio" for that. I think I found it through HN. Really like it for static one-pagers. Looking into doing more with that.

- Rebuilding an old commercial espresso machine. The electronics were fried, you can't get them as spare parts, so I'm doing a full rebuild. New casing, new electronics but the old mechanical parts. Waiting for the last exchange parts, then I will finish the mechanical work and can look into the electronics.

- Learning French via Duolingo. Been keeping it up for almost 30 days now, Homeoffice made some time for two or three more "lessons" a day. I like it so far.

- Maybe I should start meditating, but I'm not sure where/how to start. I looked into some apps but I find them rather distracting. Maybe I just need to sit in my bed for 10 minutes with closed eyes and everything and just focus on my breath every morning. Any recommendations on how to get this started?

[chris_st]

Really recommend the book, "Why Buddhism is true" by Robert Wright. He discusses the "atheist" take on buddhism, and how it predates an awful lot of what we now understand through modern psychology.

It's not really a tutorial on meditation, but I've learned more than enough to get started, and it's really interesting to see where I've gotten since starting.

[flomei]

Thanks, I'll have a look into that.

[abnercoimbre]

(Re: Meditation) The Waking Up App is a godsend; baffingly comprehensive. The only potential problem (for some) is it was created by Sam Harris.

[flomei]

I would have to google Sam Harris, so I think I got no problem here. But the app is with in-app purchases, too. Are there no good meditation apps without that?

[abnercoimbre]

Sam spent like 10 years in meditation studies before ever returning to college, but also dabbles in political debates (mostly to the left) so there ya go.

In-app purchases? Mmm I thought you subscribed monthly and then it's all unlocked. I can share a free month to anyone so e-mail me (see my bio / description.) Worth the try.