Category Archives: Computers and IT

Reviving a school website

15 July 2024Coding, Computers and IT, Design, Munich, World Wide WebSascha

Earlier this year I took on the task of reviving my son’s high school website. Now we have finally reached the point where the school has decided to officially move from the old and outdated site to this new one.

After another less successful attempt by someone else to relaunch the site, we decided to go for a slimmer and simpler approach this time to minimise maintenance.
Using WordPress, I derived a minimally modified but dedicated child theme based on Twenty Twenty and wrote a bit of PHP, Javascript and HTML/CSS code to adapt the site to the needs and wishes of the school staff.

Some content still needs to be added, but the site is already more functional and complete than the old one, so the school decided to launch it at their summer party today.

I will continue to support the school team with maintenance, development and working on the long list of ideas we still have for the site. These include updating some of the images in collaboration with the photography course and better integrating the school newspaper and other school projects.

Mapping targets

23 June 2024Archery, Design, Munich, World Wide WebSascha

Over the past few days, I’ve been playing around with a new and updated course map for our archery club, TFBS München e.V. Traditioneller Feldbogensportverein, which today found its way onto the club’s website. Let me know if you have comments …

Secrets of Rætikon

Computers and IT, Games

Secrets of Rætikon is a 2D open-world action adventure where one controls a little bird on its way through forests, caves and mountains trying to collect relics to power some ancient device.

It’s maybe to the greatest game of all times, but it was a fun to play and explore.
Some technical issues with the full-screen mode and when playing on the Steam Deck were a bit annoying.

2023 in games

6 January 2024Computers and IT, Games, UncategorizedSascha

This is apparently how I/we spent 2023 in terms of computer games … at least as far as my Steam account is concerned (which misses a lot of Minecraft with the kids this year).
Find more details and game reviews and recommendations on my games page.

And here’s my 2022 review …

And Yet It Moves

Computers and IT, Games

And Yet It Moves is a tricky little puzzle-platform game with a very interesting game concept and lot’s of great – and sometimes annoying – challenges to solve.
In the game you have to guide an anonymous fella through a seemingly paper-cut world, but either walking and jumping or by rotating the whole world, yet keeping in mind always-present gravity and – even more important – momentum conservation.
AYIM dates back already to 2010, but it’s still lots of fun to play .. definitely a recommendation.