Saturday, 900y Dietlikon

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+In 1124 the town of _Dietlinchoven_ appears near to where I now live.  Hard work awaited the
+pioneers. Field names such as Rüti, Rütenen, Brand, Blüttler and Stockwiesen give an idea of how
+space was wrested from the forest for meadows and fields. Some viticulture was also practiced early
+on and the rather bitter wine was used together with grain for tithes. Among others, the
+Allerheiligen monastery in Schaffhausen was wealthy in Dietlikon, and the church tax went to the
+Wettingen monastery. Local historiography also mentions Count Adalbert von M&ouml;rsburg (around 1100),
+the Counts of Kyburg and, in connection with the castle and bailiwick of D&uuml;belstein, the Zurich
+mayor Hans Waldmann.
+
+This weekend, the modern city of _Dietlikon_ celebrates its ninth (!) centennial. It's amazing how much
+culture can be tucked away in such a small part of Switzerland which I call home. The weather ranges
+from pleasant (for JP and I) to scorching (for Quinn and Marina). It's about 33C outside, not a
+cloud in the sky, and lots of sunshine. Yesterday I suggested to go see the _piglet race_, yes this
+is a thing, which starts at noon. We walk over from our place in Br&uuml;ttisellen, which is about
+3.5km or 2mi away, and stop to take a look at the old clock at Dietlikon's reformed Church, a quaint
+little place of worship.
+
+We arrive a few minutes before noon, to see the tail end, literally, of the race. Piglet #9 has won
+today, and in an absolutely bizarre turn of non-swissness, they started 20 minutes early and
+finished before their announced start time of 12:00. Dafuq! But the piggies are happy, albeit a bit
+overheated from their sprint. While they rummage around in the mud, we rummage around in the local
+eatery and get some hamburgers and sausages, just like they did in the middle ages!
+
+After the lunch, we take a look at the fairgrounds, lots of old-skool shops, forges, jewelry, and
+folks in their _Tracht_ clothing. There's a brass band playing in a tent and I kind of dig it -
+these are old dudes and they've clearly been playing a while. It's like 40C in this tent, but it
+doesn't stop them.
+
+Marina demands icecream, and is quickly pouting because there seems to be only softcream, and she
+wants 'real' icecream.  After walking around a bit more, including a required selfie _for
+Instagram_, or in my case, _Pixelfed_, we find a creamery with belgian waffles -- we do not know the
+origin or type of these waffles, and as belgians, JP and Marina are much offended -- but they also
+have icecream so Marina indulges and gets a few scoops of watermelon flavor.
+
+We walk back home and I do a little bit of prepwork in Geneva. Tomorrow, Fred will rewire the
+cabinet so that I can land my leased lines in Zurich on the Aristas. At the same time, we'll move my
+termination points from the (very expensive) 10Gig ASR9k router ports to (much cheaper) 10Gig Nexus
+switchports. To not lose connection, I make use of the awesome redundancy and connect a third
+ethernet pipe from my quarter rack's switch called `msw0.chplo0.net.ipng.ch` via MPLS to the new
+Arista in Interxion. When that link up, my IPng Site Local and VPP will be able to briefly lose
+their redundancy tomorrow while Fred makes the change for me. This goes down without a hitch, and
+after my changes to AS8298, the VPP router and iBGP route-reflector that I run in Geneva are still
+up and running, with no loss of service. Whoot!
+
+I managed to convince Marina that it was cooler outside at 16:30, and I lured her under the tree
+with a Gin&Tonic. While we were outside, our neighbor Thomas called out "hey do you want some
+truffles?" - Maggie, their doggo, went for a walk in the woods this afternoon and snuffled up some
+300+ grams of the black truffle stuff, and he came outside with a handful, maybe 70g or so of it.
+Halleluja, this day is now perfect! This will turn into a celery soup + black truffle, and a plain
+pasta with oil, cheese, and black truffle. Omm nomm!
+
+After dinner, the weather finally cools down - to the point that it starts raining. We snuggle up
+inside to catch a movie. Quinn chooses _Annihilation_ with Natalie Portman. It's a weird flic,
+enjoyable for it's psychological drama, but a super trippy ending. I won't spoil it, but I settle
+down with a big bowl of salted popcorn and enjoy the movie.
+
+Then I turn in for the night, and I find myself in bed at 22:30, doomscrolling a bit on Twitter, and
+after a few minutes get bored and super tired. Zzz.
+
+## Pictures of the Day
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+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0800.JPG" caption="The church in Dietlikon has a mechanical clock from the 1600s - I note in passing that this clock is older than most countries!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0802.JPG" caption="The piglet race started early, so I got to catch only the tail end of it (see what I did there?)" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0803.JPG" caption="The piggies are overheated and need to cool down after such an invigorating race!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0804.JPG" caption="There's a brass band playing. They sound kind of nice, even though the insdie of this tent is easily 40C. If I would play any brass instrument, it would be the tuba for sure." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0808.JPG" caption="Marina, JP and I take a selfie in the sunshine. What a great day to be out and about! " >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0810.JPG" caption="Juxtaposition: 900 year old festival ground paired with a CHF 100Mio jet airplane flying overhead." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0813.JPG" caption="Marina is happy - she gets artisanal icecream (melon flavored)" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0815.JPG" caption="The protestant church in Dietlikon from 1698. It's a nice little place of worship." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0816.JPG" caption="Back home, our neighbors' dog, Maggie, has a gift; they went for a walk and found 300g + of black truffle. These will turn into a risotto and celery soup!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-24/IMG_0819.JPG" caption="In the evening, we watched Annihilation and I made popcorn." >}}
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