Gisteren naar de derde Via Via borrel in Antwerpen geweest. Er waren een kleine dertig mensen voor een gezellige babbel, en voor mij een kans om de sfeer in Antwerpen nog eens op te snuiven. De meeste aanwezigen zijn couchsurfers, (ben hospitality club niet vergeten) de bloggers waren zwaar in de minderheid.
Vorige keer was er sprake om de namenlijst te linken naar hun blogs...bij deze een poging:
Anne en Vera
Peter
Serge (waar zat ge ?)
Monique (gaat beginnen aan een blog met filmrecencies)
Anamcara
2007-10-06
2007-10-05
huis en Waarschootse bloggers
Mijn huis staat nu op immoweb, era, vlan, en wie weet nog andere...
De bloggers uit Waarschoot en Waarschoot hebben het weer zitten...
De bloggers uit Waarschoot en Waarschoot hebben het weer zitten...
2007-10-01
The final frontier
Space, the final frontier...another controversial subject ;-)
Why does our country have borders ? It used to be to defend against evil invaders, enemies and thieves, looters and vikings. But ask the question today...Why do countries like Belgium, France or Germany have borders ? There are no enemies to keep out, no armies serving napoleonistic kings, and the vikings are no longer a threat.
What would happen when there are no borders ? A lot of immigrants would come, because there is a lot of wealth here. Our wealth would be distributed among more people, this means less money for us...and there is the magic word...we would lose money without borders. Borders protect our wealth, and we don't want to share our wealth with strangers from other countries.
Think about it, the only reason for the existence of European borders (and this includes paper/passport/permit borders), is because we don't want to share the wealth in which we are by sheer luck born.
So start feeling guilty, start sharing some of your wealth.
Get a plan child : http://www.plan-international.org
Get a decent bank account : http://www.triodos.com
Learn about Fair Trade
Why does our country have borders ? It used to be to defend against evil invaders, enemies and thieves, looters and vikings. But ask the question today...Why do countries like Belgium, France or Germany have borders ? There are no enemies to keep out, no armies serving napoleonistic kings, and the vikings are no longer a threat.
What would happen when there are no borders ? A lot of immigrants would come, because there is a lot of wealth here. Our wealth would be distributed among more people, this means less money for us...and there is the magic word...we would lose money without borders. Borders protect our wealth, and we don't want to share our wealth with strangers from other countries.
Think about it, the only reason for the existence of European borders (and this includes paper/passport/permit borders), is because we don't want to share the wealth in which we are by sheer luck born.
So start feeling guilty, start sharing some of your wealth.
Get a plan child : http://www.plan-international.org
Get a decent bank account : http://www.triodos.com
Learn about Fair Trade
2007-09-24
House for sale
My house is for sale.
It is located near Tienen, about 20 minutes from Leuven/Bertem on the E40. It has 110m2 downstairs: living room 8x4, buro 4x4, hall 4x2, stairs, toilet, veranda with kitchencorner 8x7; and 60m2 upstairs (three large bedrooms with straight walls, bathroom with bathtub), and an attic of 60m2 (nothing there yet, but possibility to create three more rooms) and a cellar of 60m2 (five caves). Ah, and a huge garage measuring 20x10m!
According to the immo's Era, Aldimo and Century 21 the house is worth around 255.000 euro. I will sell it for 235.000 if you contact me (0478/222.686) before i sign a contract with any of these agencies.
It is located near Tienen, about 20 minutes from Leuven/Bertem on the E40. It has 110m2 downstairs: living room 8x4, buro 4x4, hall 4x2, stairs, toilet, veranda with kitchencorner 8x7; and 60m2 upstairs (three large bedrooms with straight walls, bathroom with bathtub), and an attic of 60m2 (nothing there yet, but possibility to create three more rooms) and a cellar of 60m2 (five caves). Ah, and a huge garage measuring 20x10m!
According to the immo's Era, Aldimo and Century 21 the house is worth around 255.000 euro. I will sell it for 235.000 if you contact me (0478/222.686) before i sign a contract with any of these agencies.
2007-09-20
Linux trainer wanted
Looking for a Linux teacher to teach basic System Administration next week!
If you can teach Linux System Administration (intro philosophy, hardware, install from cdrom, managing disks, boot and init, ps, top, nice, rpm, users, groups, file security, tcp/ip, intro to services like apache/samba) next week in Evere (Brussels), then please contact Birgit or Veronique asap on this phone number 02 745 58 40.
If you can teach Linux System Administration (intro philosophy, hardware, install from cdrom, managing disks, boot and init, ps, top, nice, rpm, users, groups, file security, tcp/ip, intro to services like apache/samba) next week in Evere (Brussels), then please contact Birgit or Veronique asap on this phone number 02 745 58 40.
2007-09-16
suicide
I know, suicide is a very controversial subject. In Belgium suicide is the first cause of death for people between 24 and 35 years young. Every year more than a hundred Belgians jump in front of a train to end their life.
Why do they do it ? Because they want to end their suffering ? Because their life is more suffering than joy ? But why jump in front of a train, traumatizing the driver and blocking public transportation ? Is there no easier solution ?
I guess killing oneself is not so easy. People in general don't like pain. So they search for a painless death. This makes me wonder whether Drion's Pill is a viable solution.
Drion's Pill would allow people to end their life in a painless way. It would prevent people from jumping of buildings, jumping in front of trains or hanging themselves for some traumatized person to find them.
So why does this pill not exist ? Why is it not available ? Because people that want to die need to be cured ? This is indeed the general conception among the living...people that want to commit suicide are sick and need help. Well i have to disagree there...if they want to die, let them, and give them a normal and clean solution to end their life.
...i told you it was a controversial subject.
Why do they do it ? Because they want to end their suffering ? Because their life is more suffering than joy ? But why jump in front of a train, traumatizing the driver and blocking public transportation ? Is there no easier solution ?
I guess killing oneself is not so easy. People in general don't like pain. So they search for a painless death. This makes me wonder whether Drion's Pill is a viable solution.
Drion's Pill would allow people to end their life in a painless way. It would prevent people from jumping of buildings, jumping in front of trains or hanging themselves for some traumatized person to find them.
So why does this pill not exist ? Why is it not available ? Because people that want to die need to be cured ? This is indeed the general conception among the living...people that want to commit suicide are sick and need help. Well i have to disagree there...if they want to die, let them, and give them a normal and clean solution to end their life.
...i told you it was a controversial subject.
2007-09-07
Driving a car (Ka or Kia)
Driving a car in Belgian traffic equals taking a risk. Thousands of people die in traffic, tens of thousands get hurt badly.
When i was driving my little purple Ford Ka the past two years, i was getting really afraid. Other cars were always trying to pass me, anywhere, sometimes doing dangerous maneuvers. A couple of times, a big Mercedes or BMW takes a highway exit only centimeters before my bumper...i guess the little purple car acts like a magnet on big cars...they *have* to take any exit *before* the little purple car (even though it would be a lot easier to just stay behind).
Another example are roundabouts, very often big cars would enter the roundabout right before the little purple car, so i had to break to avoid an accident.
So i changed cars, sold the Ford Ka, and bought a big black Kia Sportage, to feel safer in traffic. But guess what ? Nobody tries to exit a highway centimeters before the Kia. Nobody enters a roundabout so i have to break.
After two months with the Kia Sportage, it is clear to me. This car gets a lot of room on the road. I feel a lot safer in this big car, but i also notice a lot more respect from other cars.
When i was driving my little purple Ford Ka the past two years, i was getting really afraid. Other cars were always trying to pass me, anywhere, sometimes doing dangerous maneuvers. A couple of times, a big Mercedes or BMW takes a highway exit only centimeters before my bumper...i guess the little purple car acts like a magnet on big cars...they *have* to take any exit *before* the little purple car (even though it would be a lot easier to just stay behind).
Another example are roundabouts, very often big cars would enter the roundabout right before the little purple car, so i had to break to avoid an accident.
So i changed cars, sold the Ford Ka, and bought a big black Kia Sportage, to feel safer in traffic. But guess what ? Nobody tries to exit a highway centimeters before the Kia. Nobody enters a roundabout so i have to break.
After two months with the Kia Sportage, it is clear to me. This car gets a lot of room on the road. I feel a lot safer in this big car, but i also notice a lot more respect from other cars.
2007-08-27
poor silly hedgehog
A couple of nights ago, Wolf was barking strangely in the garden. I went out, and noticed a rare growling and jumping...not her regular-it-is-dark-so-i-bark bark.
So i put her inside, and went back, only to discover a big rolled up hedgehog. I kept her inside till morning (as always). The hedgehog was gone.
Until a couple of minutes ago...the "i have a trespassing hedgehog in my mouth so i growl" growl was there. (I didn't see her actually biting it a couple of days ago, but now she was holding it in her mouth). I immediately tried to get her away from it, hoping she didn't hurt the animal. When she-Wolf "why can't i play with trespassers?!" was inside the house, i went back to investigate. The hedgehog is wounded, hopefully not too bad.
If it is still alive (and in my garden) tomorrow, then i will take it to a vet. Picture taken minutes ago...
Poor hedgehog, because it is hurt. Silly hedgehog, because it came back to the big-bad-Wolf.
Click the picture for a bigger view.
update 28/8/2007 : Hedgehog was not there this morning.
So i put her inside, and went back, only to discover a big rolled up hedgehog. I kept her inside till morning (as always). The hedgehog was gone.
Until a couple of minutes ago...the "i have a trespassing hedgehog in my mouth so i growl" growl was there. (I didn't see her actually biting it a couple of days ago, but now she was holding it in her mouth). I immediately tried to get her away from it, hoping she didn't hurt the animal. When she-Wolf "why can't i play with trespassers?!" was inside the house, i went back to investigate. The hedgehog is wounded, hopefully not too bad.If it is still alive (and in my garden) tomorrow, then i will take it to a vet. Picture taken minutes ago...
Poor hedgehog, because it is hurt. Silly hedgehog, because it came back to the big-bad-Wolf.
Click the picture for a bigger view.
update 28/8/2007 : Hedgehog was not there this morning.
2007-08-20
dog pictures
Let's start with two pictures of my little Wolf chewing on a bone (click the picture for a larger version).
And finish with Bull Terrier Puppies. (got these pictures from a friend).
And finish with Bull Terrier Puppies. (got these pictures from a friend).
2007-08-17
dogsitting
I like dogsitting for Max, besides the nice pictures, Max is also good company for Wolf.
Wolf is becoming very good at listening to sit and stay, whereas Max still needs to figure out what stay means. But we're making progress!
Wolf is becoming very good at listening to sit and stay, whereas Max still needs to figure out what stay means. But we're making progress!
2007-08-02
open standards
Open standards are a very nice thing to have. Open standards enable easy communication between different computers.
In 1969 some intelligent people decided to write down these open standards. They decided that all information necessary to support (read program) an open standard would be written down in a clear way (in plain text).
In 1981 they wrote an open standard for internet communication named IP (or Internet Protocol). This open standard enables all computers to connect to the internet.
In 1982 they wrote an open standard for using names on the internet (DNS or Domain Name System). Everybody uses the same open standard for names.
In 1982 they also wrote an open standard for sending e-mail. All computers can send and receive each others e-mail, because they all use the same open standard.
In 1984 they wrote an open standard to share and copy files between all computers on a local network. It enables all computers to share and copy files.
During the eighties, a lot of companies (Novell, IBM, Microsoft, DEC, ...) tried to impose their own undocumented systems for communication. They all failed, except one... Microsoft.
In 1987 Microsoft wrote an open standard describing their way of sharing and copying files.
Standards are a nice thing, since they enable everyone to communicate. Except for the 1987 Microsoft standard. People noticed, that the standard was incomplete, and they asked Microsoft about that. Microsoft never completed the standard.
So today, we have thousands of open standards that everyone can use, and we have near-monopoly-Microsoft refusing to co-operate with an open system that worked well for over thirty years.
All computers can communicate with each other in every way possible (names, internet, e-mail, www, sharing files, opening documents...). Only Microsoft keeps their standards secret.
Microsoft fooled the world more than once already...and they are at it again!
Help maintain real open standards (avoid the fake ones).
In 1969 some intelligent people decided to write down these open standards. They decided that all information necessary to support (read program) an open standard would be written down in a clear way (in plain text).
In 1981 they wrote an open standard for internet communication named IP (or Internet Protocol). This open standard enables all computers to connect to the internet.
In 1982 they wrote an open standard for using names on the internet (DNS or Domain Name System). Everybody uses the same open standard for names.
In 1982 they also wrote an open standard for sending e-mail. All computers can send and receive each others e-mail, because they all use the same open standard.
In 1984 they wrote an open standard to share and copy files between all computers on a local network. It enables all computers to share and copy files.
During the eighties, a lot of companies (Novell, IBM, Microsoft, DEC, ...) tried to impose their own undocumented systems for communication. They all failed, except one... Microsoft.
In 1987 Microsoft wrote an open standard describing their way of sharing and copying files.
Standards are a nice thing, since they enable everyone to communicate. Except for the 1987 Microsoft standard. People noticed, that the standard was incomplete, and they asked Microsoft about that. Microsoft never completed the standard.
So today, we have thousands of open standards that everyone can use, and we have near-monopoly-Microsoft refusing to co-operate with an open system that worked well for over thirty years.
All computers can communicate with each other in every way possible (names, internet, e-mail, www, sharing files, opening documents...). Only Microsoft keeps their standards secret.
Microsoft fooled the world more than once already...and they are at it again!
Help maintain real open standards (avoid the fake ones).
2007-08-01
vmware server on Ubuntu 7.04
Yesterday i started teaching linux. There were thirteen identical computers in the classroom, so i brought Ubuntu CD's for everyone. I installed Ubuntu on my computer without problems, then copied the vmware server files that i downloaded last week.
I run vmware-install.pl and it fails...true, i need the vmware-any-any-update. I run the runme.pl and vmware server installs without a glitch.
I have all students copy the files to their machines, and run the runme.pl and it fails. It fails on all of them. "can't exec /etc/.vmware/installer.sh" and "unable to open installer database" with "/etc/vmware/locations".
Solution:
Turns out that first running the vmware-insatll.pl, knowing that it will fail, solves the problem. After that, the runme.pl works fine.
I run vmware-install.pl and it fails...true, i need the vmware-any-any-update. I run the runme.pl and vmware server installs without a glitch.
I have all students copy the files to their machines, and run the runme.pl and it fails. It fails on all of them. "can't exec /etc/.vmware/installer.sh" and "unable to open installer database" with "/etc/vmware/locations".
root@dtpaul:~/vmware# ll
total 8.0K
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K 2007-07-31 14:35 vmware-any-any-update105
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4.0K 2007-07-31 14:36 vmware-server-distrib
root@dtpaul:~/vmware# vmware-server-distrib/vmware-install.pl
root@dtpaul:~/vmware# vmware-any-any-update105/runme.pl
root@dtpaul:~/vmware#
Solution:
Turns out that first running the vmware-insatll.pl, knowing that it will fail, solves the problem. After that, the runme.pl works fine.
2007-07-25
Samba 4 tp6
Look here, a screenshot of ADUC running on Windows XP...
...at first sight, nothing special. Except that ADUC is connected to Samba 4 running as an Active Directory domain controller.
Samba 4 is not yet ready for production, but it is getting close.
Many thanks to Ks for his Samba 4 live CD.
And many thanks to the Samba team for this nice free software.
...at first sight, nothing special. Except that ADUC is connected to Samba 4 running as an Active Directory domain controller.
Samba 4 is not yet ready for production, but it is getting close.
Many thanks to Ks for his Samba 4 live CD.
And many thanks to the Samba team for this nice free software.
2007-07-01
Ford Ka Trend is verkocht!
Verkocht: mijn Ford Ka (pdf flyer) aan de spotprijs van 6000 euro.
Ford Ka Trend (mettalic, kleur viola, bumpers in metaalkleur, ALU velgen, toerenteller, radio-CD speler)
38.000 kilometers
eerste ingebruikname op 27 januari 2006
Ford garantie tot 28 januari 2008 !
6000 euro is echt spotgoedkoop, kijk zelf maar op kapazza, autogids ; daar kost een oudere Ka met meer kilometers makkelijk 8000 euro!
De nieuwprijs van de wagen als je hem vandaag bij Ford gaat kopen is 10.400 euro. (Je kan dat controleren via de website www.ford.be, bouw zelf een Ka Trend met de opties hierboven).
Ford Ka Trend (mettalic, kleur viola, bumpers in metaalkleur, ALU velgen, toerenteller, radio-CD speler)
38.000 kilometers
eerste ingebruikname op 27 januari 2006
Ford garantie tot 28 januari 2008 !
6000 euro is echt spotgoedkoop, kijk zelf maar op kapazza, autogids ; daar kost een oudere Ka met meer kilometers makkelijk 8000 euro!
De nieuwprijs van de wagen als je hem vandaag bij Ford gaat kopen is 10.400 euro. (Je kan dat controleren via de website www.ford.be, bouw zelf een Ka Trend met de opties hierboven).
2007-06-30
nerdy meetings ;-)
To quote Wouter, my "name to face arp table" has been updated quite a bit this week.
Tuesday i joined five open source mysql enthusiasts for my first mysql meetup. I mostly listened (and learned ;-) ). Tuesday was good, Leuven is a great location too.
Friday 13 geeks gathered in Vilvoorde for the 5th geekdinner (my first though). It was nice to get to know some people and find out some more about what they are working on. The embedded development and clearcase ranting (PP&P2&JVH) was a bit over my head, but fun to hear anyway.
Serge, Bart, Guy, Peter, Jan, Elise, Tom and Bernard were added to the arp cache. Philip, beardless Wouter, P2, Amedee had their cache timeout reset ;-)
Tuesday i joined five open source mysql enthusiasts for my first mysql meetup. I mostly listened (and learned ;-) ). Tuesday was good, Leuven is a great location too.
Friday 13 geeks gathered in Vilvoorde for the 5th geekdinner (my first though). It was nice to get to know some people and find out some more about what they are working on. The embedded development and clearcase ranting (PP&P2&JVH) was a bit over my head, but fun to hear anyway.
Serge, Bart, Guy, Peter, Jan, Elise, Tom and Bernard were added to the arp cache. Philip, beardless Wouter, P2, Amedee had their cache timeout reset ;-)
2007-06-27
monkey and dog do sit ups
Heb dit filmpje via mail gekregen, tis gewoon schitterend (een aap en een hond die samenwerken voor situps).
http://www.dailymotion.com/ of http://brecht.edustria.com/
geniet ervan!
http://www.dailymotion.com/ of http://brecht.edustria.com/
geniet ervan!
2007-06-24
picture the sun and the ISS
This French guy took a picture of the Sun while the Space Station was in transit. Very nice work!
2007-06-20
2007-06-15
goede daad ;-)
De bloggers van waarschoot en waarschoot vinden dat dit niet langer kan. Ondergetekende kan de drang om mensen in nood te helpen niet weerstaan. Bij deze mijn steentje bijgedragen, Zofie uit Waarschoot en Serge uit Waarschoot zullen mij danken.
2007-06-14
appels
Vandaag is een van mijn beste vriendinnen dokter in de bio-ingenieurswetenschappen geworden.
"Comprehensive evaluation of the acoustic impulse-response of apples as a measure of fruit quality".
Ik heb veel bijgeleerd over bibberende appels: als je een appel een tik geeft met een hamer, dan bibbert hij. Verse appels bibberen anders dan microgolf-appels. Ah, en radijsjes die geen water krijgen drogen uit (en doen dit sneller dan appels).
"Comprehensive evaluation of the acoustic impulse-response of apples as a measure of fruit quality".
Ik heb veel bijgeleerd over bibberende appels: als je een appel een tik geeft met een hamer, dan bibbert hij. Verse appels bibberen anders dan microgolf-appels. Ah, en radijsjes die geen water krijgen drogen uit (en doen dit sneller dan appels).
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