Matteias Collet

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  • Oct 5, 2025

    I have been asked to make some banana bread, so here’s my first attempt at banana bread! It’s gluten-free - but holds up well. Will see how it scores tomorrow.

    Photograph of banana bread

  • Oct 3, 2025

    Scope is ready for action! The weather is not… yet! Still have to pick up a 12V battery anyway so there’s no rush.

    A couple of spots I checked are great! A bit chilly but nothing I can do about that.

    Photograph of telescope equipment

  • Sep 30, 2025

    Picking up scoping again! I have been scouting out some promising observation spots over the past week and found a few that could work well.

    I am probably going to take the 70mm refractor out for a quick dark-sky test once the skies clear up. Tomorrow night is looking hopeful! If one of the areas checks out I’ll probably return with a 120mm for some long exposures.

    Also, there should be the annual meteor shower around Draco in a week or so - might be able to catch it!

    Current cloud map over Switzerland

  • Sep 29, 2025

    Been sketching the sky for someone while we were waiting for pipelines to complete.

    A sketch of Cassiopeia and its surrounding constellations


    Today we got a honey bee…

    A photograph of a honey bee on a flower

    … and a drone fly!

    A photograph of a drone fly on a flower

  • Sep 27, 2025

    ❄️ Winter is coming ❄️

    A photograph of a snow-capped mountain

  • Sep 26, 2025

    New projector! It’s sits quietly at around 24dB but might wanna work on a new hushbox anyway to get rid of the XPR buzzing.

    A photograph of the projector image


    Monarch butterflies have multiple generations in a single year with a migratory generation that lives way longer than the others.


    Due to a discussion we had today, turns out there is no universally accepted definition of what a mountain is.

  • Sep 25, 2025

    Attempting to restore a friend’s record player that broke down a few days ago.

    Photograph of the record player

    Probably a short on the main module, only reading 600mΩ. Needs to wait for another day!

    Photograph of the record player