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date: 2024-07-28
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## July 2024

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  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-28/IMG_0400.JPG" caption="See that blue background wall?" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-28/IMG_0401.JPG" caption="Boxes full of cables and schwag" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-28/IMG_0402.JPG" caption="Lots of random crap lying around" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-28/IMG_0403.JPG" caption="The serverroom is a bit .. messy" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-28/IMG_0396.JPG" caption="A stack of Mikrotik switches" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-28/IMG_0404.JPG" caption="A stack of in-development PDUs" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-28/IMG_0408.JPG" caption="Our backyard chairs beckon for an ap&eacute;ro" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-28/IMG_0409.JPG" caption="I am doing laundry -- of the IPng schwag polos" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-29/IMG_0410.JPG" caption="A bin with 51kg of rubbish from my basement" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-29/IMG_0417.JPG" caption="A fresh set of Kallax shelves from IKEA" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-29/IMG_0418.JPG" caption="The Kallax shelves partially built in my serverroom in the basement" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-29/IMG_0421.JPG" caption="While waiting for the Mac Studio to arrive, writing the blog post on my laptop, but with wine!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-29/IMG_0422.JPG" caption="The serverroom storage space is ready for use!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0423.JPG" caption="Starting the day with a good buzzcut. No more itchy scalp!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0425.JPG" caption="The Mac Studio arrived -- completely undamaged" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0426.JPG" caption="Biking to the datacenter in 31C weather" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0430.JPG" caption="My favorite router in the world, now with +10G to Swisscom CES" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0432.JPG" caption="I'm in front of a datacenter in Zurich!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0437.JPG" caption="Biking back home through the fields - Stromer ST5" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0438.JPG" caption="Another package arrives: 2x100G linecard for ASR9k" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0442.JPG" caption="My trusty Prusa Mk3 printing a batch of cable holders" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0439.JPG" caption="A finished batch of 3D printed cable holders" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0441.JPG" caption="The cable holders doing their best work" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-30/IMG_0443.JPG" caption="Prost! Drinking a Mattei with Marina" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-31/IMG_0444.JPG" caption="This P-40 Curtiss Warhawk has been in my basement since we moved in - can you believe it?" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-31/IMG_0446.JPG" caption="I'm using a paper calendar to scribble my travels; lots of fun places to visit" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-31/IMG_0447.JPG" caption="I folded the laundry - a bunch of M, L and XL IPng polos, they are pretty schmick!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-31/IMG_0448.JPG" caption="When I clean, I CLEAN! I have sorted a few thousand screws, small, medium, large, cagenuts+bolts, and so on. It was worth it, cathartic!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-31/guegeli.JPG" caption="These swiss chickens are to be eaten with R&ouml;sti Kroketten, at all times." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-31/IMG_0450.JPG" caption="After dinner, Marina and I took a little walk through our neighborhood" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-31/IMG_0451.JPG" caption="We saw a kitty, and she was very friendly, we both spent a few minutes hanging out with each other, and then she got bored and took off!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-07-31/IMG_0453.JPG" caption="Cablemanagement! I've rerouted all cabling of Summer and Jessica, and I am pretty happy with the results!" >}}
{{< /gallery-category >}}

### The Before and After of the basement

***Before (July 29th)***

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***After (August 4th)***

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## August 2024

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  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/20240801_111752.jpg" caption="Heli hatchday, Marina gave her a nice flower which she gratefully gobbled up!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0455.JPG" caption="I found 200 or so hard drives in my stash, I removed them all from their caddies" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0457.JPG" caption="Many of the hard drives are from 2004-2008, and only 1TB or 2TB -- I'm going to destroy these" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0458.JPG" caption="But some are 3TB and Tim wanted them, so he will come pick them up in October" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0459.JPG" caption="Lunch: bacon and dippy eggs, and they were yummy" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0460.JPG" caption="After lunch, I finished the stack-o-disks, here there is a bunch of 4TB, 6TB and 3TB disks. And lots and lots of caddies" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0461.JPG" caption="Marina broke a part of the plunger in our bathroom toilet; I tried to epoxy it together again" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0462.JPG" caption="The 90min epoxy is curing (but, it immediately broke again as this plastic is not easy to glue this way)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0463.JPG" caption="For dinner, I greedily ate a taco-boat (hidden under this enormous mound of minced beef and veg and fake squirty cheese" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0464.JPG" caption="The sunset was really nice, we took a walk to the Floof chickens (who were already sleeping when we got there, unless we accidentally ate them yesterday?)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0466.JPG" caption="Selfie of Marina and I walking into the sunset. It was a lovely evening!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/IMG_0468.JPG" caption="We watched Stranger Things S04E07 on TV, after which Quinn turned" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/switch.png" caption="I am recovering a Centec S5648X switch which had a read-only filesystem. I reimaged it over TFTP and it came back up cleanly!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-01/workroom.png" caption="Speaking of clean -- just take a look at this gorgeous workroom where you can actually see the floor again!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-02/IMG_0474.JPG" caption="Marina and I went out to lunch in Glattzentrum, we had sushi from Yooji" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-02/IMG_0475.JPG" caption="I had a bit of sashimi, which was really tasty" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-02/IMG_0479.JPG" caption="This drawer is the reason why Marina gave me this closet, some 8 years ago. It is time to fix this bug! While I was here, I weeded through all 8 drawers, sorted the contents in keep versus toss, and ended up with two empty drawers!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-02/stopper.png" caption="I drew a few magnet holding brackets in Fusion360" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-02/IMG_0480.JPG" caption="And then I printed a few magnet holding brackets on the Prusa Mk3" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-02/IMG_0481.JPG" caption="Some one hundred fiber optic cables, many different lengths, multimode and singlemode, MPO as well as just normal LC/PC and some older SC/PC and E2000 cables." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-02/IMG_0482.JPG" caption="I sorted all of the SMF patch cables in lengths, from 50cm, 1m, 1.5m, 2m, 2.5m and 3m in length" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-02/IMG_0483.JPG" caption="While I was working, I also started a yeast culture, lovingly named it Dougie, and intend to bake some bread in the upcoming period!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-02/IMG_0484.JPG" caption="With the magnetic drawer stoppers in place, and all the cables sorted by length, I am done with this task." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0487.JPG" caption="Before I went to bed I put in a Dougie-inspired full grain bread loaf, as an experiment. Would it go wild before turning on at 08:35?" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0488.JPG" caption="The answer to the previous picture: yes, it went ape-shit. It bubbled over and grew unboundedly, then fell in on itself while baking. Result: a bunch of flappyfolds." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0489.JPG" caption="Marina and I ate the flappyfolds, which are not bad, and they are shaped like a heart, so what more can we want?" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0490.JPG" caption="After cutting off the flappyfolds, the loaf of break looks kind of sort of like a loaf, right?" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0491.JPG" caption="I am performing a VPP loadtest on a GOWIN N305 server, and fully loaded it is sipping 47.0 Watts, not bad for 2x25G!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0492.JPG" caption="This morning a package arrived - I had ordered a 2x10G + 4x2.5G switch, with one SFP+ and one RJ45 10G port for Jessica. Result: 10G to Amsterdam!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0493.JPG" caption="What is stopping you from coding like this?" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/article.png" caption="I am writing a review of the Gowin N305 machine which I loadtested with DPDK and RDMA. Check ipng.ch for details!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0496.JPG" caption="In the afternoon, we had an Apero of Mattei Gran Reserva, before going out to dinner" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0497.JPG" caption="Quinn also posed for a Mattei-picture.  Kids in this country can drink before they are drafted in the military. I know, right?" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0499.JPG" caption="Amuse Bouche: Pan con Tomate" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0500.JPG" caption="Primi: Seedevil carpaccio with Avocato and Chicorino with mustard" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0501.JPG" caption="Secondi: Cappellacci Caprese with Buffel Mozzarella and sun-dried tomato" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0502.JPG" caption="Mains: Grilled Beef filet on a bed of Spinnach with pistaccio, Chianti-reduction and Taleggio cheese on young potatoes" >}} 
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-03/IMG_0503.JPG" caption="Dolce: Crema Catalana and Panna Cotta with Mango and berries" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0504.JPG" caption="The Gowin 19 inch rack mountable server has 2x 2.5G, 3x 1G and 2x 25G as well as RJ45 serial. It is a pretty cool machine!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0505.JPG" caption="The inside of the Gowin server is a small but very modern board, using an Intel i3-N305 with 32GB of LPDDR5 and a bunch of IO on board." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0512.JPG" caption="The case is passively cooled, with a large heatsink over the CPU, its ribs are flush with the top of the case. I'm not sure how the dissipation is with a rack full of these ..." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0513.JPG" caption="They added an OCP 2.0 breakout which can house any number of 1G, 2.5G, 10G, 25G network cards. Pictured here is the Mellanox ConnectX-5 with 2x25G." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0517.JPG" caption="Brunch at Bagle Boys - our three bagles posed for a picture before being inhaled :)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0521.JPG" caption="Here is the kneeded dough ready for its first task. Like Alexander Hamilton, it will rise up!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0522.JPG" caption="The formed boules with sesame seeds, ready for their second rise." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0523.JPG" caption="The baked hamburger buns, golden brown but not crispy -- Marina demands soft buns!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0524.JPG" caption="Closeup of a hamburger bun with sesame seeds, cut in half to show the breadcrum" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0525.JPG" caption="My burger with salad, cheese, onions and pickles. It was godly." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/website.png" caption="A screenshot of the work-in-progress IPng.ch website in Hugo. It's looking really good!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0528.JPG" caption="I'm making pins for the Frys-IX barbecue.  Sssssht, don't tell anyone!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0530.JPG" caption="I made a lovely turkey sandwich for lunch with the leftover hamburger buns from yesterday" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0533.JPG" caption="We went to Aligro for 'bulk' shopping, and we got a lot of food!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0534.JPG" caption="Got meat? We vacuum-sealed all twelve (!) kilos of it." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0535.JPG" caption="With all of that meat frozen, we took to a vegan dinner: Crispy tofu, glass noodles, and lots of veggies." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0537.JPG" caption="The evening walk was very relaxing today, although my left ankle hurts a little bit." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0538.JPG" caption="The sunset over the fields in our village.  I love Switzerland!!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0539.JPG" caption="I made a big pot of leek soup - we'll eat this with veal dumplings and stilton cheese - you'll see!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0548.JPG" caption="The mailman came, and delivered a Rode mic arm. It's really fancy, with springs and wire guides. But my mic doesn't ... fit" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/micbracket.png" caption="Off I go, in Fusion360 to design a mic bracket that can clamp on the mic and then has a 3/8 inch screw socket for the mic arm to grip." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0549.JPG" caption="My first print was not exactly right - there's a bit of missing clearance so I redraw and print a second one (which is spot on)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0550.JPG" caption="We have an apero in the back yard with gin and tonic, kalamata olives and carrots with humus. It was delish!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0551.JPG" caption="After dinner, Marina and I watch Ariel (the 2023 version) - I saw it once on a plane but Marina hasn't seen it yet" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0552.JPG" caption="The micstand and 3D Printed bracket are done. It sounds awesome, even if the mic is under the field of view of the camera :)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0553.JPG" caption="Another angle of the micstand. I like that it can be under the camera's view this way, with really good sound." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0555.JPG" caption="Marina has printed a bunch of IPng logos on a template with circles, 2 inches wide. I'll cut in total 120 of these." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0556.JPG" caption="The 2'' disks are quickly cut. Tomorrow, they will become pins and fridge magnets!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-07/IMG_0558.JPG" caption="The magnets were done yesterday, and today the chore is 60pcs of IPng.ch pins!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-07/IMG_0559.JPG" caption="The pins are going well. Coffee: check!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-07/IMG_0560.JPG" caption="We randomly try a few hues of green and blue and purple against the (blue) car, to figure out which color contrasts well with it." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-07/IMG_0561.JPG" caption="Marina and I are curious which color logo would look best on Tessa. Blue? Grey? Red? or Hotpink? Vote in the Mastodon and Twitter posts in today's journal entry!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-07/IMG_0562.JPG" caption="Marina treats me to some Vecchia Torre wine today - dinner is excellent" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-07/micromirror.png" caption="On Mastodon, we discuss Micromirrors - the one I'm running at IPng is doing well!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-07/peertube.png" caption="I upgrade Peertube from 6.0.4 to 6.2.1 and all is well with my videos" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-07/IMG_0562.JPG" caption="The italian wine which I did not drink today (but yesterday, if that makes sense!)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-08/IMG_0563.JPG" caption="At 01:30 I formed and set the boules into the oven for a second rise." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-08/IMG_0564.JPG" caption="At 02:15 the loaves have been baked for 40min at 150C, this makes them prebaked, and ready for a second final bake at 225C later. You can freeze them like this for months!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-08/IMG_0565.JPG" caption="After baking one of the two loaves for 15min at 225V, it looks delicious -- and it turns out it also tastes that way" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-08/IMG_0566.JPG" caption="A picture of the finished loaf of white bread, simply crum with reasonable holes. I think I could get used to pre-baking loaves of bread and finishing them days/weeks after!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-08/IMG_0568.JPG" caption="After lunch I spent an hour or so cleaning the kitchen. It is spotless when I'm done. Ironically -- and Marina tells me this often -- the spotlessness lasts for only a few hours. Once we cook and have dinner in it, it's already un-spotless again the same day..." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-08/IMG_0569.JPG" caption="The streamdeck with a first set of buttons and dials. The red labels are 'with camera', the other ones without. The dials control volume, ringlights, and so on. It's really a nice system." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-08/IMG_0570.JPG" caption="I finish the OBS setup, including mic and desktop sound suppression, and streamdeck integration, and it works like a fucking boss." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-08/selfie.png" caption="I also installed a side-facing webcam which I can blend in to my video calls and recordings at the push of a (streamdeck) button. Nifty!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/IMG_0572.JPG" caption="The webcam at the side of my desk has come loose off of its crappy duct tape solution" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/IMG_0573.JPG" caption="A Mastodon user asks me about these cute 4xRS232 -> USB converters." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/IMG_0574.JPG" caption="Lunch is the last remaining pot of leek soup with veal dumplings" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/IMG_0575.JPG" caption="The before shot of the backyard with a bit of grassy goodness that needs to become less grassy goodness" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/IMG_0578.JPG" caption="The after shot after I mowed the lawn and weedwacked the sides. Drink time!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/IMG_0581.JPG" caption="The pork filet looks tasty, and it is accompanied by mushroom sauce and sauteed mushrooms" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/IMG_0582.JPG" caption="We watch 12 Monkeys on TV tonight, and I make popcorn" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/webcam.png" caption="The trivial design of the webcam hinge" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/IMG_0583.JPG" caption="The 3D printed part of the webcam hinge, this thing is not going to be falling down any time soon!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/openair.png" caption="I buy myself a VIP ticket to Zurich Openair on August 31st" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-09/sticky.png" caption="Sticky, Marina's pet Chahoua Gecko, comes to say hi" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/IMG_0585.JPG" caption="A chewy dough which is chock-full of raisins" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/IMG_0589.JPG" caption="We land at Stadelhofen, ready to immerse ourselves into Zurich Street Parade 2024- there are about 920'000 people in Zurich today!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/IMG_0591.JPG" caption="The main stage in Zurich's Opera square; techno is booming through the sound system here. It's quite nice to hear, see and feel music." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/IMG_0594.JPG" caption="Marina and I walk over the Quaibr&uuml;cke from Bellevue towards B&uuml;rkliplatz - normally I would not be able to walk here (trams and lots of cars), but today it's completely pedestrian only!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/IMG_0598.JPG" caption="The Center Stage at Zurich Street Parade, with a mellow drum and bass session" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/IMG_0599.JPG" caption="The Clubbing Stage at Zurich Street Parade." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/IMG_0600.JPG" caption="The Generations Stage, small but really good audio quality here. This is literally across the road from where my buddies Eric and Barbara live." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/mainstage.png" caption="A closeup of the Opera Stage - it's a big contraption but I'm somehow missing a screen to see the DJ spin." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/streetparade.png" caption="Here's what roughly ~half of the 920'000 people look like, between Zurich Opernhaus (bottom right) and General Guisanquai (center left). Credit: @streetparadeofficial on Instagram." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/IMG_0602.JPG" caption="We unapologetically eat Burger King tonight." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/quinn.png" caption="Quinn stays a bit longer with his buddy Liv, and they take this rainbow colored smoke picture at dusk. It's really nice." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-10/salvi.png" caption="I wish Salvi a happy birthday with a cat wearing an Optimus Meow suit" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/IMG_0603.JPG" caption="The Kramiek (raisin-)bread loaf I made for Marina. If it tastes as good as it smells, it's going to be a good one." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/IMG_0604.JPG" caption="The hand-shaped (and a little bit weirdly oven-risen) Kramiek (raisin-)bread I made for Marina. Tomorrow I will know if it was good or not!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/IMG_0605.JPG" caption="A tasty, thawed, and finish-baked boule of artican white bread, from last week. Very tasty in the rebound!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/IMG_0607.JPG" caption="Marina's Kramiek bread, she gave it an 8/10 while Quinn gave it a 10/10. Yaay!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/IMG_0608.JPG" caption="The pizza quattro formaggio that I messed up. Still ate it though!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/prusa.png" caption="The microphone webcam bracket that I printed.  It looks like a choo-choo-train" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/IMG_0609.JPG" caption="Emma Stone gave a wonderful performance in Poor Things." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/IMG_0610.JPG" caption="Some candies while watching Emma Emma-ncipate herself. I'll see myself out ..." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-11/IMG_0611.JPG" caption="The Logitech webcam on the Rode microphone boom." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-12/IMG_0612.JPG" caption="In the shop, I hesitate and want to buy these two adorable but otherwise useless (and non-floof) chickens. Marina talks me out of it." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-12/IMG_0617.JPG" caption="I fork() Dougie into one parent and two child PIDs. These will become breads tomorrow." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-12/IMG_0618.JPG" caption="I eat vegetable soup with Aromat, as I am a proud Schwyzerdutch" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-12/IMG_0619.JPG" caption="I pre-taste the new Gin we got, with Lavender and Echinacea - as if we have a cold!?" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-12/IMG_0622.JPG" caption="The approved design for the FrysIX BBQ schwag I'm making for the BBQ in Jubbega, NL" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-12/IMG_0625.JPG" caption="The new Silhouette Cameo v5 that I got for the occasion, and likely many more future occasions for arts and crafty business!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/takeover.jpg" caption="Takeover 2001, one of the first times I met Adrianus and the Multi Access / Freeler crew. I organized the Takeover demoparty from 1998 to 2001." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0628.JPG" caption="Aad and I, almost 25 years later, obligatory selfie-proof that we met!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0629.JPG" caption="The inside of Grossm&uuml;nster with a beautiful church organ" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0631.JPG" caption="A snapshot of the Fraum&uuml;nster on the other side of Limmat, as seen from Grossm&uuml;nster" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0633.JPG" caption="A McLaren 720S parked in the middle of Bahnhofstrasse. Someone has connections to the parking police :)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0634.JPG" caption="The iconic building on the corner of Sihlstrasse and Bahnhofstrasse, one of the most expensive buildings in Switzerland, per square meter, that is" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0635.JPG" caption="Back in Br&uuml;ttisellen, we play with legos, yaay!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0637.JPG" caption="The first Limosine steak I make on the BBQ - it was requested bleu, and that is how the chef made it." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0638.JPG" caption="My Buurebrot (farmers bread) that I started yesterday, it came out really nice; I will store them in the fridge half-baked, and complete them over lunch" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0640.JPG" caption="The second steak comes out a little bit more on the rare side, but it has a nice diamond on it. It's a-ma-zing (well, if you like rare steak, anyway). Apologies, my vegan friends!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0641.JPG" caption="Somebody left a cute looking tree trunk/log at the garbage bins, but I don't think it will be picked up, it's waaaay to big/heavy." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0642.JPG" caption="Our evening walk is to settle the BBQ meal in our stomachs. It's needed, I am stuffed! By the way, interesting picture quality, the 90s called, they want their compression artifacts back!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/IMG_0643.JPG" caption="The sunset over the valley towards Dietlikon is very nice tonight, the picture doesn't quite do it justice" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-14/IMG_0645.JPG" caption="I promised myself I would keep my workroom clean, so I started off the morning with a vacuuming and deep scrub of the floor " >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-14/IMG_0646.JPG" caption="Lunch time: the bread Aad and I baked has really nice holes, and I like!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-14/IMG_0647.JPG" caption="We have a few leftover hamburger patties, so I quickly fry them up and we make a make-shift burger. Delish!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-14/IMG_0651.JPG" caption="I am going to deploy two Arista 7280SR MPLS transport switches tonight; here they are, pre-configured and staged in IPng's lab rack" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-14/IMG_0652.JPG" caption="Our evening meal is simply a stirfry wok with lots-o-veg, and chicken and rice to go with it. It makes for a very nice summer dish." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-13/20240813_220724.jpg" caption="Marina and I take a good look at the faulty stamping press for the 59mm pins. We think we found the problem - TAC support ticket raised :)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-14/IMG_0654.JPG" caption="At datacenter #1, I pre-condition the 2x100G blade for AS25091 first" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-14/IMG_0657.JPG" caption="Then, I install the Arista, hook it up to some WDM channels to datacenter #2 and to the ASR9010 below. Later, these will become 100G ports (optics are underway)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-14/IMG_0658.JPG" caption="I finish the evening at datacenter #2, my favorite one at AS25091, with the other Arista switch and a very loaded ASR9006." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0660.JPG" caption="A tasty miso and beef ramen, made from leftover veggies" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0662.JPG" caption="The ES Mat that arrived, fits on the front of the Cameo, and holds paper in place using electrostatic force - it works well!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0661.JPG" caption="Look at the detailed cut of Cameo 5, it's cut out a vinyl logo of 21mm and it looks beautiful" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0665.JPG" caption="I cut one red and one white logo, so I can mix and match on lighter and darker outfits. I'm such a fashionista!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0663.JPG" caption="The Gin and Tonic, with salami, was lovely today" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0664.JPG" caption="Our hazel tree is a super happy camper, and grows easily three meters per season. This Fall, we'll have to pair it down a bit." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0666.JPG" caption="We watch Coppers, a belgian crimescene investigation series. It's OK, so far!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0667.JPG" caption="The frogs have cornered the two sharks, who are fearing for their life." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0668.JPG" caption="The frogs have consumed the magic mushrooms, and obliterated one shark, and half of the other one! Look at them gooooo!!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-16/IMG_0679.JPG" caption="A picture of a WT32-ETH01 module with Wroom32 and 100Mbit Ethernet PHY. It pings!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-16/IMG_0682.JPG" caption="Max and I are at the Thai food street festival" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-16/IMG_0683.JPG" caption="We have tasty trinks (lemongrass+honey, and berry+dates)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-16/IMG_0684.JPG" caption="THe food festival in B&uuml;lach is happening!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-16/IMG_0685.JPG" caption="We order and nom on a spicy noodle soup, mie and fried rice" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-16/IMG_0686.JPG" caption="Quinn and I take a walk and find this guy" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-16/IMG_0688.JPG" caption="This chef is pumping out dishes at one per minute, and they are all made-to-order. Amazing!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-16/IMG_0689.JPG" caption="Quinn and I are being welcomed to Thailand" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-17/IMG_0690.JPG" caption="I 3D printed a case for the ESP32 device, which will sit in a PDU" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-16/espidf.png" caption="The WT32-ETH01 modules come pre-flashed with a working ESP-IDF firmware. I'm reflashing them with a Mongoose OS app though, more on that later!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-17/nfc.png" caption="NFC Tools showing my first ever written nTAG215" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-17/IMG_0698.JPG" caption="Crimping power cables; each PDU will have 28 such cables" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-17/IMG_0699.JPG" caption="I 3D printed a left 'green' and right 'red' side, to show that these are two different feeds in one PDU" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-17/IMG_0700.JPG" caption="Quinn and I are making dinner - garlic soup and stuffed bellpepper" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-17/IMG_0702.JPG" caption="The finished product: 3 stuffed bellpeppers. Oone is buried,and  some have grated cheese (I am not a fan)" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-17/IMG_0704.JPG" caption="We watch Wolverine and Deadpool tonight - it's a lighthearted flic, and I love it how they use the fourth wall" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-19/IMG_0713.JPG" caption="A mostly finished PDU - with the ESP32-ETH01 in its own little box, and brackets that will hold the ammeter." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-19/IMG_0714.JPG" caption="One side of the box will be green, the other red. This is to signify that there are two 220V C13 inputs each with their own 8 C14 plugs on the front." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-18/fusion.png" caption="The fusion design - top right has what I call the floorplan, with the individual screw holes and pegs of the chassis. THe other things are the parts that go within." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-18/IMG_0710.JPG" caption="We watched Jared Leto and Jennifer Connelley in Requiem for a Dream." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-18/IMG_0711.JPG" caption="The two loaves of bread baked themselves on a timer!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-18/IMG_0712.JPG" caption="Another tray of parts is freshly printed in black PLA. I will need to make eight batches of these." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-19/IMG_0713.JPG" caption="The innards of the PDU are nicely placed in 3D printed parts." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-19/IMG_0716.JPG" caption="The Rigol oscilloscope cannot see a problem with the differential RS485 signal." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-19/IMG_0718.JPG" caption="I play around a little bit with the Sipeed NanoKVM" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-19/IMG_0719.JPG" caption="The Sipeed NanoKVM shows a 1920x1080p picture from my Linux PC, Summer" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-19/sipeed-kvm.png" caption="A screenshot of Summer's desktop as seen in a web browser, using Sipeed's NanoKVM over IP" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-19/IMG_0720.JPG" caption="We eat Flammkuchen tonight, courtesy of Marina" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-19/IMG_0721.JPG" caption="Leave your phone unattended, and there will be goofy pictures when you return..." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0729.JPG" caption="UPS came! Six Celestica Seastone (DX010) switches were delivered; they are 32x100G each. That's going to be a fun afternoon exploring them." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0730.JPG" caption="There was another package - Anja sent a replacement stamp head for our 59mm pins, and it works. Yahoo!!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0746.JPG" caption="I racked the Celestica switches, three of them will be for IPng, and the other three will go on to Sandro later this month." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0751.JPG" caption="In the mean time, I start stamping out pins for Frys-IX. They look really slick, in the colors of Frysl&aring;n" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0752.JPG" caption="A picture of the printing station, these pins are a bit bigger, so they fit only six to a page." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0753.JPG" caption="A picture of the cutting station. After I figured out why the cuts were offset, the Cameo did a perfect job cutting all 90 pins, yaay!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0755.JPG" caption="Marina signals success with the post office, and requires a celebratory drink. Of course, I oblige." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0756.JPG" caption="We click a few trillion cookies for Quinn." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0757.JPG" caption="I've made a few B&uuml;rli hand rolls, which are half-baked and ready for refridgeration" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/IMG_0758.JPG" caption="We watch a somewhat bizarre satire short-film about Donald J. Trump, played by Jonny Depp, with lots of famous actors and comedians pitching in.  From 2016, no less!" >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/cookies.png" caption="Cookie Clicker, the web-version. I am a novice with almost 80 cookies. Quinn has a few quadrillion." >}}
  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-20/javascript.png" caption="Quinn shows the Javascript Console builder add-on in Cookie Clicker. This baby makes 16T cookies per second, not too shabby!!" >}}
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### Playing with OBS sound (August 8th)

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### My Arista configs (August 15th)

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