About my chronic vertigo I finally decided to write the following post as every time I have an acute episode of my chronic vertigo and mention it to people, I have to explain my situation and symptoms again. So I decided to w...

New blog post: "About my chronic vertigo"

👉 foosel.net/blog/2025-09...

I've had this for 25 years now 😅 Was misdiagnosed as BPPV for a long while, in 2019 I tried to get another diagnosis but no one knows what's causing it. Physically everything works well, but on certain triggers I get this spinning vertigo. Currently tracking, suspecting vestibular migraine.

Boot bananas work amazingly well for me, but I'm only doing 1-1.5h per session, so YMMV

Sounds very familiar. I've been tracking symptoms (vertigo, headache, tinnitus, nausea, stress and weather changes) for almost half a year now as after half a life of misdiagnosis (BPPV etc) I'm currently suspecting it being a vestibular migraine (got a migraine history) & want to get another check.

Yeah, it sucks. Have had it for 25 years now, mostly it doesn't get in the way/I've got it under control, but there are shitty days sadly.

Me on a blue route, pulled against the wall and looking at where I need to go. Stats overlay shows 5 routes, max difficulty of 5 and 13:33 climb time.

Me lying on the padded floor, looking at the ceiling, trying to make the vertigo stop again that I just triggered.

Finally dared to go #bouldering again but halfway through the session had to stop 🙄 My chronic vertigo has been acting up the past weeks now thanks to weather & stress, and got triggered by the climbing movements. FFS.

But at least I got *some* routes done again.

I'm currently learning #Popochiu to create my own adventures in #Godot and I'll have to see how to replicate that control scheme there!

Also, I played it on the #SteamDeck with the controller input scheme instead of the usual mouse controls and I have to say that was one of the most interesting and well working controller based input schemes I've ever seen in a point-and-click adventure!

The Drifter on Steam A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ri...

Just finished The Drifter. What an amazing point & click adventure that was! Graphics, sound, atmosphere, music, UX just clicked & the story got me hooked instantly. If you like the genre, I can really only recommend getting and playing this, it's worth it!

store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/...

Gina Häußge (@foosel@chaos.social) Attached: 1 image I spent the day creating a new two part mold for the #SteamDeck buttons as the OLED model has slightly different ones and now that my partner also has the OLED model I obviously had...

More on my latest journey in making custom buttons can be found on my Fediverse account: chaos.social/@foosel/1150...

Close-up of custom made green action buttons in a Steamdeck

Close-up of a custom made green d-pad in a Steamdeck

Steamdeck OLED with custom made green d-pad and action buttons.

I've now created myself a set of custom #Steamdeck action buttons as well, and also went through the steps to make a custom d-pad too. So now my Steamdeck has a nice set of shimmering green buttons 😊

Me on a corner route, currently busy trying to get my leg on a high foot hold. Stats overlay shows 12 routes, max difficulty of 5 and 12:25 climb time.

It's Friday, which means I went #bouldering again this morning! Some new routes again, and even though I was extremely tired I managed to get a good workout I think 💪

Me working my way around a route built into a corner. Stats overlay shows 18 routes, max difficulty of 5, 19:24 climb time.

Still in recharging mode (this vacation really was extremely necessary and almost too late it seems) but still went #bouldering this morning! My arms ended up fully pumped way too early for some reason, but still managed to do some that required grip strength 💪

Hah, that's awesome!

If I ever find myself in The Hague I'll definitely have to check out Nirvana! 😊

Just this year a new gym opened up in a repurposed church about 45min away from here, Boulderchurch: maps.app.goo.gl/8LGESeZWqVZT... Haven't been yet though, it's still on the to-do list ^^

That was a really nice catch there and I love how close you keep your hips to the wall! 👍👏

Also: is that gym in an old church or something? That window there in the background looks so fancy 😅

Gina Häußge (@foosel@chaos.social) Attached: 4 images Some pictures from #why2025 ...

I've posted some of my pictures from #why2025 over at my Fedi account: chaos.social/@foosel/1150...

This was the first event like that where I took a proper camera with me (Lumix GX80 and a couple of lenses) and it certainly won't be the last.

Me hanging off a traversal route. Stats overlay shows 17 routes, max difficulty of 5, 17:28 climb time.

Still recovering from WHY and work, but still went #bouldering this morning. Ooof, what a heat in the hall, even at 7am! 🥵 But I still managed to get some routes done, some old, some new, and it felt good to work out again!

This has definitely been also a highlight of my experience at @why2025.bsky.social , lovely to meet Gina and find out we have so much in common 🫶🏻 already thinking about next camp!

Selfie of me and Erika smiling at the camera together

I'm still in full blown recharging mode, but I want to share that one of my (admittedly many) personal highlights of my past few days at #why2025 was meeting @erikaheidi.bsky.social in real life and nerding out about climbing and 3d printing! 😄

Even the 3 is!

Thanks everyone for the kind words words when I was laid off from GitHub in May. I promptly shut my computer and took a few lovely months of vacation ☺️

Now I’m back and starting interviewing! So if you’re looking for an expert in building community-first programs, now’s the time to let me know ☎️

Awesome, now I have something more to look forward to, meeting you! 🙌😊

To WHY!? Omg, if so we need to meet! My buddy and I will bring our data gnomes (datagnome.de) and deploy all 10 across the camp site 😄

Small sketch in my bullet journal showing a little drawing of a tent, the sun and a palm tree with the word "Urlaub!" - German for "vacation!" - hovering above all.

Vacation mode: on

Some desperately needed time off is starting now. Looking forward to @why2025.bsky.social and some rest before and after 😊

might take a while but I'll do my best to give an update after some experience 👍

View of my office desk in standing mode, with a walking pad underneath.

My home office just got an upgrade I've been thinking about for more than half a decade 😬

I can now not only stand while working (electric standing desk bought back in 2015), no, I can also now WALK while working thanks to a shiny new walking pad 😊

Me pressed into a corner, holding myself up with both hands behind me and my feet against both walls. My head is quite red and my face looks very grimly

And I gave it my all 😂

Me moving around a corner on a green route. Stats overlay shows 14 routes, max difficulty of 5 and 16:29 climb time.

And another #bouldering session has been done! 💪 As this year so far has been extremely tricky with regards to minor injuries, vertigo and such, I'm proud of every single one I manage to do!

Me climbing a green corner route that has me mean back and push against the wall with my feet. Stats overlay shows 18 routes, max difficulty 6A and 19:04 climbing time.

FINALLY back on the wall! Thanks to some injuries and EuroPython it's been three weeks since the last #bouldering session, but today I finally made it back. Very happy with the session too, of 18 routes I topped 16 😊 Probably will fight the Soreness of Doom this time tomorrow though 😅

Me sitting in a waiting area at an airport, with a plush donkey on my head (and hat).

The plush donkey is looking up at a display at an airport. He's wearing a little backpack.

Together with my travel buddy Timothy I'm now also on my way to @europython.eu! For now some waiting at the gate is in order...

#europython #europython2025