diff --git a/content/blog/wk12day2.md b/content/blog/wk12day2.md index 673fe57..427cfee 100644 --- a/content/blog/wk12day2.md +++ b/content/blog/wk12day2.md @@ -1,7 +1,89 @@ --- -title: "Week 12, Tuesday:" +title: "Week 12, Tuesday: IP-Max 20 years" date: 2024-10-15T21:55:00+02:00 -draft: true --- -{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/todo.png" alt="Credit: " >}} +{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/missmonique-04.png" alt="Credit: Miss Monique, YouTube" >}} + +Ahh, this. This is what I came here to do! I met Fred, many moons ago, at a SwiNOG conference in +Berne. We fed the bears in the pit, as yes, there were actually +[[bears](https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/experiences/bern-bear-park/)] in a little bear-pit park +in Bern, until not too recently ago. At this place, I got to know the IP-Max crew. This was in 2007 +or there-abouts. Fast forward a few years, and these guys are moving into the _Deltalis_ bunker in +_Attinghausen, Uri_. I helped them move in and for a few years, operated my own association called +_IPng_, there. We've been super close ever since! + +This Monday, AS25091 turns twenty years. This AS number the digital signature of the ISP network +that Fred and his company have built out to a presence spanning all of Europe, and beyond. I'm so +proud to have been a part of this journey with the company, through thick and thin, good times and +bad. But today is definitely a good time: The IP-Max network turns twenty! Yesterday we had a little +bit of a pre-party, with the _Christian's_. + +In the morning, I do only one thing, but it takes me for-ever due to a string of bad luck. I wanted +to install an APU for Brainserve, as neither IP-Max nor IPng currently have an out-of-band +connection there. First, the disk is busted. Then, the USB flash is corrupt. Then, after installing, +the machine mysteriously doesn't boot. Then, I reinstall it and make sure for it to boot on serial, +and it comes up but the WiFi doesn't work. I spend a comically long amount of time only to figure +out that it's not a WiFi module, but a 4G module instead :) We rummage around the stock and find an +appropriate WiFi card, and then the install is completed. + +But hey look, it's now noon! Today, we have a luscious lunch in a small place just outside of +Geneva. Here, they have an indoor wood fired barbecue, which they fire with olive tree wood. It is +the first thing I smell when I entered the place, so divine! We are six today: Anastasia, Florian, +Ludovic, Frederic, Fabrice and your's truly. The trick here is that for a certain price you can eat +_Bouef a gogo_, which essentially means all-you-can-eat. They first grill it on the barbecue for +you, and then you get a hot plate to build the _cuisson_ you like. It also means I eat a lot, +because for me the perfect cuisson is between mooing and blue. + +We have the most fabulous time. I catch up and quiz Ludo about his commercial pilot license and +which aircraft he is certified on; he is not bored by this, and in return quizzes me on the flight +simulator. It turns out, Ludo has a great hobby in the weekends, flying all sorts planes around. +The next time he'll be in Zurich for maintenance, I may lure him into the basement to show me how to +pilot dual-engine aircraft like the King Air. That sounds pretty amazing to me. + +Of course, as carnivores of _Team Viandard_, we think fondly of Clément who couldn't make it +today, as we frantically chomp away at the meat. I decide to keep dry for the day, and I'm also one +of two designated drivers. I think I will take it easy today, but food-wise, I loosen the belt +buckle as I enjoy a slice of the celebratory cheese cake that Anastasia has prepared. We have a +jolly old time. + +Back at the office, we each complete our chores for the day; IP-Max decides their new colocation and +carrier landing spot in Frankfurt (it's Japanese!), and we together put things in motion for this +complicated move. I think we're going to be very happy in our new spot, and we will stay at the +Kleyerstrasse as well for the foreseeable future, which makes moving a tiny bit easier. + +I write a few journal entries, as I'm once again traveling more and writing less! But, I manage to +finish the lazy [[Sunday]({{< ref wk11day7.md >}})] and the somewhat more debaucherous [[Monday]({{< +ref wk12day1.md >}})], and will take care of today, tomorrow :) + +At around 18:00, Fred beckons me. There is a cat just down the road who will need some attention. It +does not take much more than this comment to unwedge me from my laptop; the APU is done for +tomorrow, and I have a patch cable to replace one that was a bit too short at Brainserve. We walk +over to Fred's place (having a two hundred meter commute is pretty great) and hang back on the couch +in the living room. Dazzling joins us and does not leave. + +Instead of going out to dinner, I suggest that we maybe eat some soup and salad. I order myself a +pumpkin soup and a niçoise salad, Fred also orders a leafy green meal. As it gets delivered, +we're watching TV, winding down from our party, and - honestly - still trying to digest the half cow +we ate in the afternoon. The salad is a perfect end to this short trip to Laus-s-ane and Geneva. + +It must be around 22:30 when we both turn in for the night. Tomorrow, I drive back via Brainserve to +deploy this APU, and then onwards to my fam-damily in Brüttisellen. + +## Pictures of the Day + +{{< gallery-category >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-15/IMG_2109.JPG" caption="This is a olive-wood fired barbecue at the steak-house we are having lunch today." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-15/IMG_2110.JPG" caption="The beef comes pre-bbq'd and sliced, ready to finish cooking on the hot plate at the table." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-15/IMG_2112.JPG" caption="We are having a jolly time celebrating the 20th anniversary of AS25091 - IP-Max!" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-15/IMG_2116.JPG" caption="Anastasia arranged a birthday cake, it's a raspberry cheesecake. One of my favorites!" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-15/IMG_2117.JPG" caption="Ludo and I take a selfie outside, as we are about one kilogram heavier than before lunch" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-15/IMG_2118.JPG" caption="I am writing my journal entries at the IP-Max office in Geneva." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-15/IMG_2120.JPG" caption="The frontdoor of my favorite company around - with not one but two dark fiber trunks, too!" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-15/IMG_2122.JPG" caption="Dazzling Saphire says hello. He is very photogenic and I love him." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-15/IMG_2123.JPG" caption="Dinner for tonight - slowing down with food intake: soup and salad." >}} + +{{< /gallery-category >}} + +{{< gallery-modal >}} +{{< gallery-script >}} diff --git a/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2118.JPG b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2118.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d6ac94 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2118.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:1237da0239825e89461fab68787b31d9beb1f3047fc3f8cfe117cbe13318561d +size 1112624 diff --git a/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2120.JPG b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2120.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb4a328 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2120.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:51589007dcbeddbc7e8655d41bc90343eb603647f7d52fadda7e024889012fe5 +size 1319350 diff --git a/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2122.JPG b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2122.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a1a10cf --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2122.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:f8cf730128980c18bd58630e3f490e12368cbb12e38178169f98ae939869a788 +size 869913 diff --git a/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2123.JPG b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2123.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2c81f80 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/fullsize/2024-10-15/IMG_2123.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:704290c9041709ec7884daa37f4685144dcf3c1394ad2a37502f229f49f06ed9 +size 1102910 diff --git a/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2118.JPG b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2118.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fedd3d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2118.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:5d3640553735f3b21cc0ba073588259cf2ffd8cac84354539bcf1df686315fce +size 39656 diff --git a/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2120.JPG b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2120.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e39f31 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2120.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:f6d8e2960687c1a54e579aee2ef95758ea31c42fb880a55230d3e00b2a8d662e +size 50876 diff --git a/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2122.JPG b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2122.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca28917 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2122.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:e3549eed4c6bdeee376cb33d1de4002764c8f4429c4717fe051af986efd40681 +size 29983 diff --git a/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2123.JPG b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2123.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3ffd29d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-10-15/IMG_2123.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:bddb8db77d9a94261b2be78495db3faa4f29b09faaaa56103d8ff9345df5ed1c +size 38148