If you’ve visited hirt.se lately, you may have noticed a new countdown ticking away. Since a few people have reached out to ask what it means, I figured I should probably explain myself. In my defence, the counter was really just added for the family.
The short answer: when the timer hits zero, my family and I will be moving to a new house. Still in Küssnacht — I can literally see the new place from where we live now, just a few hundred meters away.
So no, it’s not a doomsday clock, and it’s definitely not heralding the rapture. It’s just a move.
Knowing how these things typically go, expect the usual moving-day(s) comedy of errors: internet disruptions, servers bumping down staircases, spontaneous cable sacrifices… If the blog disappears for a bit, that’s why.
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