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About This Project – Building Dark Mode & Winter Mode for My Audiobook Manager
When I first started building my audiobook metadata and tracker system, I wanted it to feel personal. Not just another generic tool but something that looks and feels like mine.That’s…
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🎧 My Audiobook Metadata Manager – A Small Project That Grew Bigger
About two weeks ago, during my vacation, I started building a small tool to manage my audiobooks.It was supposed to be simple… but it quickly evolved into a full system…
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My Custom Audiobook Metadata Manager A Full Library System I Built Myself
📚 My Audiobook Manager: The Complete System I Had to Build Myself 🎧 Why I Built My Own Audiobook Tracking System (When Audible & Goodreads Failed Me) For years, all…
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Building My Own Security Gateway: Why I Put a Server Between Me and the Internet
Over the past few years, the internet has stopped being the free, open space many of us grew up with. Surveillance scandals, governments pushing censorship, companies treating user data as…
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A Day at Odsherred Zoo Rescue – My Visitor’s Perspective
Welcome to Denmark’s Only Exotic Rescue Zoo Odsherred Zoo Rescue isn’t just another stop on the map—it’s Denmark’s first and only sanctuary dedicated to rescuing exotic animals in need. Tucked…
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Orøstrand Animal Park – A Fight That’s Also My Life Story
My name is Ronnie Angel Snowpaw, and for me, Orøstrand is not just a place – it’s a chapter that spans my childhood, my growth, and who I became. I…
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Chat Control: A Digital Pandora’s Box That Threatens Everyone – And Why I’m Fighting Back
In 2025, under Denmark’s EU presidency, the European Commission’s so-called “Chat Control” proposal is being pushed forward again. On the surface, it’s being sold as a way to protect children…
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Unboxing the Nikon AF-S 200–500mm f/5.6E ED VR — My Long-Awaited Telephoto Beast
Unboxing the Nikon AF-S 200–500mm f/5.6E ED VR — My Long-Awaited Telephoto Beast August 2025 After months of wanting this lens, I can finally say it’s here — the Nikon…
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My Zagreb Adventure – 5 Days of Memories, History, and Surprises
By Kiba Snowpaw Introduction After years without any trips abroad, and far too many days spent at Netto and behind the camera in Denmark, I finally took the leap: 5…
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A Wild Calling: My Life Between Orøstrand’s Petting Zoo, the Lens, and the Zookeeper’s Mindset
By Kiba Snowpaw – Wildlife Photographer & Trained Zookeeper Table of Contents 1. My Origin Story – Orøstrand Before the Petting Zoo Orøstrand is more than a place to me—it’s…
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