2009-01-31
dessert blogbecue
Een van de dessertjes morgen op de blogbecue. Volgens Annik heet dit een "Javanais à la Polonaise van de Noordpaul". 
2009-01-30
Freedom
Yes we do!
And I 'm not talking about IT or gadget-of-the-week people! I'm talking about everyone who stands for Free/Libre software. We carry the very important message of Freedom. Freedom of choice in software, Freedom of source code, Freedom of information, and more. We might even be at a worldwide revolution of Freedom in all aspects of human life, Freedom for all people on this planet.
You keep going girl, because the message you carry is the message of Freedom!
And I 'm not talking about IT or gadget-of-the-week people! I'm talking about everyone who stands for Free/Libre software. We carry the very important message of Freedom. Freedom of choice in software, Freedom of source code, Freedom of information, and more. We might even be at a worldwide revolution of Freedom in all aspects of human life, Freedom for all people on this planet.
You keep going girl, because the message you carry is the message of Freedom!
2009-01-29
Plant a tree for me [add $2]
Check out the Dell website that let's you customize a laptop. One of the optional features of the laptop is called "Plant a tree for me [add $2]". Dell can improve this feature letting you choose how many trees you want planted!
2009-01-27
Samba 4 now works with GPO's
One of my students this week asked about using a Samba 4 Active Directory domain with GPO's to manage the Windows XP clients. Samba 4 alpha 6 impressed me! The download comes with a small howto.txt to setup your kerberos realm and to integrate the SRV records in DNS (a chrooted bind 9.3.4). Adding users is explained, joining Windows computers works flawlessly.
Last time, Samba 4 was unable to operate Group Policies, now I tested a few, and they work! The screenshot below is no proof, but I get a kick out of it ;-)
In this screenshot, you see a fully patched Windows 2003 server in a Samba 4 domain, in its own OU, together with the user 'brel', having applied the GPO setting "remove Search from Start Menu".
The future is free!
Last time, Samba 4 was unable to operate Group Policies, now I tested a few, and they work! The screenshot below is no proof, but I get a kick out of it ;-)
In this screenshot, you see a fully patched Windows 2003 server in a Samba 4 domain, in its own OU, together with the user 'brel', having applied the GPO setting "remove Search from Start Menu".
The future is free!
2009-01-22
linux usb adsl driver ?
Dear Linux community,
a friend of mine has a USB ADSL modem (Asus AAM6000UG). I'm trying to get this to work so he can access the internet (with Ubuntu 8.10 installed from CD).
The eciadsl-config-text asks me this:
Here's the output i get when running "sudo eciadsl-start"
a friend of mine has a USB ADSL modem (Asus AAM6000UG). I'm trying to get this to work so he can access the internet (with Ubuntu 8.10 installed from CD).
The eciadsl-config-text asks me this:
Select your PPP mode (use the DEFAULT one if you don't know what this means):Does anyone know the correct answer here for "Belgacom Time" with this modem ?
1) VCM_RFC2364
2) LLC_RFC2364
3) LLC_SNAP_RFC1483_BRIDGED_ETH_NO_FCS
4) VCM_RFC_1483_BRIDGED_ETH
5) LLC_RFC1483_ROUTED_IP
6) VCM_RFC1483_ROUTED_IP
Here's the output i get when running "sudo eciadsl-start"
[EciAdsl 1/5] Setting up USB support...The complete script is here. Any suggestions ? (I already spent two evenings on this...)
Preliminary USB device filesystem is OK
[EciAdsl 2/5] Uploading firmware...
can't set interface 0 to use alt setting 1
: Invalid argument
ERROR eciadsl-firmware: failed
eciadsl-firmware: success
firmware loaded successfully
[EciAdsl 3/5] Synchronization...
ERROR can't set interface 0 to use alt setting 4
ERROR eciadsl-synch: failed
ERROR: failed to get synchronization
2009-01-20
2009
Today was a good day! Good contact with friends and neighbours, good health, nice girlfriend coming here tonight ;-)
Health
December 24th 2008 I was struck with vertigo caused by Neuritis Vestibularis (pdf in Dutch). I felt really really dizzy for about six hours, then the pills started working. I needed the pills every day for about a week. The dizziness is almost gone...but my balance still sucks.
Oh, and those Agyrax pills make you sleep all day AND all night! Scary...
Girlfriend
December 30th I was seduced by a very nice and good looking girl.
Blender
I bought a blender yesterday!!!! The SEB performa. Good choice!
Goal
It seems like I found a real goal. Make a good book... it still needs a lot of work, but it should be "good enough" by the end of 2009.
Health
December 24th 2008 I was struck with vertigo caused by Neuritis Vestibularis (pdf in Dutch). I felt really really dizzy for about six hours, then the pills started working. I needed the pills every day for about a week. The dizziness is almost gone...but my balance still sucks.
Oh, and those Agyrax pills make you sleep all day AND all night! Scary...
Girlfriend
December 30th I was seduced by a very nice and good looking girl.
Blender
I bought a blender yesterday!!!! The SEB performa. Good choice!
Goal
It seems like I found a real goal. Make a good book... it still needs a lot of work, but it should be "good enough" by the end of 2009.
2008-12-17
Linux en vergrotingssoftware
Deze vraag plofte zonet in mijn inbox:
"Weet jij trouwens waar ik het best kan zoeken voor linux downloads voor b.v. vergrotingssoftware voor linux of is google de weg?"
De vraag komt van een slechtziende vriend, en ik moet helaas het antwoord schuldig blijven. Heeft iemand ervaring met zeer sterke vergroting van een gnome of kde interface ?
(Ik heb hem wel verteld van Ctrl-+ en Ctrl-Shift-+ in gnome-terminal en in firefox.)
"Weet jij trouwens waar ik het best kan zoeken voor linux downloads voor b.v. vergrotingssoftware voor linux of is google de weg?"
De vraag komt van een slechtziende vriend, en ik moet helaas het antwoord schuldig blijven. Heeft iemand ervaring met zeer sterke vergroting van een gnome of kde interface ?
(Ik heb hem wel verteld van Ctrl-+ en Ctrl-Shift-+ in gnome-terminal en in firefox.)
2008-12-08
Linux Training
This weekend "chapter 17: the Linux kernel" of my Linux training pdf was reworked. It should contain the essentials about Linux kernel module management and Linux kernel compilation.
The rest will be for later (na mijn twee examens Spaans 16-18 december).
The rest will be for later (na mijn twee examens Spaans 16-18 december).
2008-12-07
Standaard kwaliteit! (over flac en mp3)
Als reactie op Serge, soms kan de standaard toch informatief (en technisch correct) zijn.
dixit de standaard vandaag:
Flac wil zoveel zeggen als Free Lossless Audio Codec en is een compressietechniek om audio op te slaan. Het woord Lossless (verliesvrij) in de term verwijst naar het feit dat de audiogegevens worden opgeslagen zonder dat daarbij gegevensverlies ontstaat.
Het flac-formaat verschilt hierdoor onder andere van het mp3-formaat, een compressietechniek waarbij wel gegevens verloren gaan (lossy). Zo'n mp3-bestand dat vervolgens terug wordt omgezet in een wav-bestand, heeft aan kwaliteit ingeboet ten opzichte van het origineel, daar waar decompressie van het verliesvrije flac-formaat een exacte kopie oplevert van het originele bestand.
dixit de standaard vandaag:
Flac wil zoveel zeggen als Free Lossless Audio Codec en is een compressietechniek om audio op te slaan. Het woord Lossless (verliesvrij) in de term verwijst naar het feit dat de audiogegevens worden opgeslagen zonder dat daarbij gegevensverlies ontstaat.
Het flac-formaat verschilt hierdoor onder andere van het mp3-formaat, een compressietechniek waarbij wel gegevens verloren gaan (lossy). Zo'n mp3-bestand dat vervolgens terug wordt omgezet in een wav-bestand, heeft aan kwaliteit ingeboet ten opzichte van het origineel, daar waar decompressie van het verliesvrije flac-formaat een exacte kopie oplevert van het originele bestand.
2008-12-06
World Record Card Stacking
'took this picture moments ago in the Stadsfeestzaal in Antwerpen. Bryan Berg is trying to build the highest card house ever. He is up on the ladder (the highest building is not in the picture...yet).
to be continued ;-)
to be continued ;-)
2008-12-05
fun with bash
rofl...just saw this on the LPI mailing list.
(Just in case you're wondering: This will look for the most recent command line in the history containing the string »foo«, pick up the last word of that line, discard everything from that word except for the last filename component, and return that with the string »bar« replaced by »baz«. And just for the record, I don't use such things myself as my poor brain cannot handle them as a matter of course.)
$ echo !?foo?$:t:s/bar/baz/
(Just in case you're wondering: This will look for the most recent command line in the history containing the string »foo«, pick up the last word of that line, discard everything from that word except for the last filename component, and return that with the string »bar« replaced by »baz«. And just for the record, I don't use such things myself as my poor brain cannot handle them as a matter of course.)
2008-11-17
AVG user32.dll question
Dear Lazyweb,
You all know about AVG accidentally erasing user32.dll on certain computers. People tell me the shops that repair this ask for Windows CD's + Product Key to fix the issue.
Is it not fixed when copying user32.dll to where it belongs ? (using a bootable cd?)
You all know about AVG accidentally erasing user32.dll on certain computers. People tell me the shops that repair this ask for Windows CD's + Product Key to fix the issue.
Is it not fixed when copying user32.dll to where it belongs ? (using a bootable cd?)
2008-11-16
Linux Training
Made a little time today to work on my Linux course. Almost all corrections from reviewers are integrated (as a stack). Some of those corrections require me to learn a bit more ;-)
I've been teaching the Linux Fundamentals four times since September and (partly) integrated my experience in the course to make the pace flow nicer between theory, demo's and practices.
The thing is, I spent most of today (again) on the "first steps" chapter (pwd, cd, ...). I must not touch it again, unless for typo's! Other chapters require more urgent attention:
- I need to rewrite the two bash chapters, the first one is too long (imho it should be split in two separate chapters), the last one is way too brief.
- I also think the File System Hierarchy chapter is too long (too much theory compared to the humble practice)
- Processes is kinda complete, but the order and layout can improve (same for vi)
- Scripting is incomplete and also needs some order.
- The first chapter (introduction) is a mess. Luckily i teach it better than it is written.
The System Administration course is in even worse shape. I'm really not happy about it. Okay, maybe the hard disk and LVM chapters are good enough, but kernel compile is really lousy. (I have completely rewritten the kernel compile chapter, but only in my mind, not yet on paper.)
Anyway, thank you all for encouraging me and telling me it is a good book. No, this is not a plea for more pats on the back, just look at this post as my todo-list.
I hope to have updated the bash chapters and the kernel compile chapter RSN.
I've been teaching the Linux Fundamentals four times since September and (partly) integrated my experience in the course to make the pace flow nicer between theory, demo's and practices.
The thing is, I spent most of today (again) on the "first steps" chapter (pwd, cd, ...). I must not touch it again, unless for typo's! Other chapters require more urgent attention:
- I need to rewrite the two bash chapters, the first one is too long (imho it should be split in two separate chapters), the last one is way too brief.
- I also think the File System Hierarchy chapter is too long (too much theory compared to the humble practice)
- Processes is kinda complete, but the order and layout can improve (same for vi)
- Scripting is incomplete and also needs some order.
- The first chapter (introduction) is a mess. Luckily i teach it better than it is written.
The System Administration course is in even worse shape. I'm really not happy about it. Okay, maybe the hard disk and LVM chapters are good enough, but kernel compile is really lousy. (I have completely rewritten the kernel compile chapter, but only in my mind, not yet on paper.)
Anyway, thank you all for encouraging me and telling me it is a good book. No, this is not a plea for more pats on the back, just look at this post as my todo-list.
I hope to have updated the bash chapters and the kernel compile chapter RSN.
2008-11-14
Carolus Ludovicus (Charel) Cobbaut
Toen ik als klein manneke ne keer in de doos met doodsbeelekes mocht kijken, vond ik daar een mooi handgeschreven lijstje van namen. Het bleek een mini-stamboom van de Cobbaut-en. Ergens bovenaan stond mijn grootvader (Jozef Cobbaut), die toen al overleden was. Maar boven hem stond nog een naam: Carolus Ludovicus (ofte Charel) Cobbaut.
Wow, dat was een man uit een ver verleden. Beeld u in als tienjarige, dat ge plots beseft dat uw stokoude (overleden) grootvader ook een vader had! Ne mens van voor er auto's waren, voor het bestaan van TV, algemene electriciteit en radio's! Die man was geboren in 1855...een mythische figuur.
Gisteren fietste ik naar Merksem, naar mijn nonkel Jean Cobbaut en tante Irma (waarvan ik vroeger dacht dat ze Tantirma heette). En zij toonde mij een foto van deze Charel Cobbaut. Aub, ne foto van bijna honderd jaar geleden.
Wow, dat was een man uit een ver verleden. Beeld u in als tienjarige, dat ge plots beseft dat uw stokoude (overleden) grootvader ook een vader had! Ne mens van voor er auto's waren, voor het bestaan van TV, algemene electriciteit en radio's! Die man was geboren in 1855...een mythische figuur.
Gisteren fietste ik naar Merksem, naar mijn nonkel Jean Cobbaut en tante Irma (waarvan ik vroeger dacht dat ze Tantirma heette). En zij toonde mij een foto van deze Charel Cobbaut. Aub, ne foto van bijna honderd jaar geleden.
een blog experiment
Greet schrijft:
this blog post is an experiment by uMarket.it
"Een eindje geleden vulde ik een enquête in over blogs en blogpersoonlijkheden. Deelname aan een experiment rond gesponsorde blogposts was optioneel, dus de nieuwsgierigheid in mij kreeg de bovenhand en ik stemde toe deel te nemen.
Deelnemers werden willekeurig ingedeeld in een commerciële en niet-commeriële groep, ik in de eerste. De opdracht luidde: eet een Quick ’n Toast of Suprême Pepper in de Quick en zeg wat je ervan vindt."
Dit polleke zit echter in de niet-commerciële groep, net zoals boskabout, en die schrijft:
"Een collega heeft vorig jaar zijn zoontje - amper zes maanden oud - Mats verloren aan kanker (zie ook www.mierenhoop.be) (this sucks). Vanuit de herinnering aan Mats werd de idee geboren om in zijn naam een project te steunen in Tanzania. Daarom hebben de ouders Tom & Ellen the Mats Foundation opgericht onder de Endallahkoepel. Het doel van dit project is om 5.000 euro bij mekaar te verzamelen voor de bouw van een schoolklasje in het Afrikaanse dorp Endallah. Neem dus gerust een kijkje bij het Endallah-project! (that would blow)"
De mail van Tom Michiels eindigt met de vraag om wat code te zetten onderaan deze post, dat ziet er dan zo uit:
this blog post is an experiment by uMarket.it prettig weekend alllemaal,
paul
2008-11-10
"I was there", dinosaurs and freedom: part 3 of 3
A bit late...because i didn't get this text written the way i want it.
part 3 of 3: freedom
Are you a dinosaur because even a plant can twitter ? Of course not. Is a twittering plant a sign of automatic-twitter feeds for people ? I think so.
In the future, when you go to a concert, a party or just get a hamburger, then auto-twitter-tweets (A.T.T.'s) will be twittering your every move. In the future, we are constantly tracked, monitored (and filmed?). So you can see which hamburger stand I prefer on Sundays, which parties I go to, and which concerts I attend. You can probably follow my gps coordinates, connect to live feeds of cameras close by, or even zoom in using the Google satellites(beta).
When you buy a T-shirt at the CFC concert, then your followers would know what T-shirt you bought, how many people bought it, for what price and in which order. In this future the T-shirt sale generates more statistics than the average bvlg post.
In this future, there are no l33t blogging or twittering communities, since all this can be done automatically. (Also, it will be hard to differentiate between generated content and real content written by real people.)
Parents can track their kids, banks their customers and lovers their lovers...it's going to be hard to surprise visit a friend, since they will mostly know where you are, with who, and what you are wearing, where you bought your clothes and for how much...must i go on ?
But Paul, I don't want this future. I don't want my bank to track me (or my parents to know about my lover). Well, tough luck. When GSM's first arrived on the scene, many people claimed to "never want one". How many people do you know today that don't have a GSM ? How many below 60 ?
Likewise, banks will not *force* you to be traceable *all* the time, but it will make your life a lot easier when you are. Same for cheaper insurance. Shops will not force you either, but fitting clothes and just walking out the store with them (with auto-payment when passing the door) is so much easier.
freedom ?
Where is your freedom when you can be followed, tracked, monitored, located, contacted *all the time* ? Is this future avoidable ? Can frogs be boiled (read it if you don't know the story!) ? That's the point, you don't see it happening.
Remember end of the eighties ? We had movies on TV without advertising. Even the minutes before (speaker) and after (too late) the movie where without advertising. At that time we had a discussion in school about how movies in the United States where interrupted up to four times for advertising. Nobody would accept such a intrusive thing here in Belgium. But it came gradually, one (announced) interruption, then two... last time i saw a movie on TV, the sound of the advertisement was mixed in the movie fading to the ad. yuk!
This is not a call for protest, it is only an observation... i could be wrong ;-)
part 3 of 3: freedom
Are you a dinosaur because even a plant can twitter ? Of course not. Is a twittering plant a sign of automatic-twitter feeds for people ? I think so.
In the future, when you go to a concert, a party or just get a hamburger, then auto-twitter-tweets (A.T.T.'s) will be twittering your every move. In the future, we are constantly tracked, monitored (and filmed?). So you can see which hamburger stand I prefer on Sundays, which parties I go to, and which concerts I attend. You can probably follow my gps coordinates, connect to live feeds of cameras close by, or even zoom in using the Google satellites(beta).
When you buy a T-shirt at the CFC concert, then your followers would know what T-shirt you bought, how many people bought it, for what price and in which order. In this future the T-shirt sale generates more statistics than the average bvlg post.
In this future, there are no l33t blogging or twittering communities, since all this can be done automatically. (Also, it will be hard to differentiate between generated content and real content written by real people.)
Parents can track their kids, banks their customers and lovers their lovers...it's going to be hard to surprise visit a friend, since they will mostly know where you are, with who, and what you are wearing, where you bought your clothes and for how much...must i go on ?
But Paul, I don't want this future. I don't want my bank to track me (or my parents to know about my lover). Well, tough luck. When GSM's first arrived on the scene, many people claimed to "never want one". How many people do you know today that don't have a GSM ? How many below 60 ?
Likewise, banks will not *force* you to be traceable *all* the time, but it will make your life a lot easier when you are. Same for cheaper insurance. Shops will not force you either, but fitting clothes and just walking out the store with them (with auto-payment when passing the door) is so much easier.
freedom ?
Where is your freedom when you can be followed, tracked, monitored, located, contacted *all the time* ? Is this future avoidable ? Can frogs be boiled (read it if you don't know the story!) ? That's the point, you don't see it happening.
Remember end of the eighties ? We had movies on TV without advertising. Even the minutes before (speaker) and after (too late) the movie where without advertising. At that time we had a discussion in school about how movies in the United States where interrupted up to four times for advertising. Nobody would accept such a intrusive thing here in Belgium. But it came gradually, one (announced) interruption, then two... last time i saw a movie on TV, the sound of the advertisement was mixed in the movie fading to the ad. yuk!
This is not a call for protest, it is only an observation... i could be wrong ;-)
2008-11-04
"I was there", dinosaurs and freedom: part 2 of 3
part 2 of 3: dinosaurs
People that are not up to date with the latest technologies (or gadgets) are sometimes called dinosaurs.
twitter
In other words...some people twitter, some people don't ;-)
By the way, to all my twitter followers, I promise to never twitter. Following my twitter will not bring you up to date on where I am, or what I do. I sincerely promise to not ever twitter anything useful or anything pointless. Not that i have anything against twitter...i just don't want to make the effort to type my tweets several times a day. Do i have to ? (answer in part 3 of 3 ;-)
Second Life, iphone, ipod, ...
I missed Second Life completely! I don't have an iphone, only a plain old Nokia. I don't have an ipod and only recently created my first youtube channel. Some people consider me a dinosaur!
Not a dinosaur ?
I guess i don't get off this easy...i blog, i have a website, i know things about the internet, i am on a couple of social networks. So to some people i am the opposite of a dinosaur.
Is the gap between dinosaurs and the blogging/twittering/iphoning/secondliving online community widening ?
(part 3 of 3 tomorrow)
People that are not up to date with the latest technologies (or gadgets) are sometimes called dinosaurs.
In other words...some people twitter, some people don't ;-)
By the way, to all my twitter followers, I promise to never twitter. Following my twitter will not bring you up to date on where I am, or what I do. I sincerely promise to not ever twitter anything useful or anything pointless. Not that i have anything against twitter...i just don't want to make the effort to type my tweets several times a day. Do i have to ? (answer in part 3 of 3 ;-)
Second Life, iphone, ipod, ...
I missed Second Life completely! I don't have an iphone, only a plain old Nokia. I don't have an ipod and only recently created my first youtube channel. Some people consider me a dinosaur!
Not a dinosaur ?
I guess i don't get off this easy...i blog, i have a website, i know things about the internet, i am on a couple of social networks. So to some people i am the opposite of a dinosaur.
Is the gap between dinosaurs and the blogging/twittering/iphoning/secondliving online community widening ?
(part 3 of 3 tomorrow)
2008-11-02
"I was there", dinosaurs and freedom: part 1 of 3
Part 1 of 3: I was there!
Country Feedback Club
Thursday October 30th i went to the CD-release concert of the Country Feedback Club in Lille (Belgium!). The CD is good, the performance was good. Although i personally liked their acoustic setup two weeks ago in Antwerp more. And even though these guys have a lot of experience, i prefer to hear Danny's voice from Woodfever (provided they get their sound setup done). Anyway, "i was there"!
Moulin Rouge Party
Saturday November 1st i arrived on time for Moulin Rouge, the Birthday Party. If you have seen the movie with Nicole Kidman, then you can imagine the dress code.
(picture will follow RSN)
Ten years Cuba Bella
Afterwards i went to the ten year Cuba Bella Salsa party. I was really surprised by the (Belgian) Cuban group "Ache Havana" : An amazing life performance of ten musicians, packed together on an eight square meter podium. Damn these guys are good! Hm...was i there ?
I was there, or was i there ?
I also went to the market on Sunday, got a hamburger, went back to the "Zoltjes" for some cake and stayed home for most of the afternoon. Really! Believe me! I blog it!
(part 2 tomorrow...)
Country Feedback Club
Thursday October 30th i went to the CD-release concert of the Country Feedback Club in Lille (Belgium!). The CD is good, the performance was good. Although i personally liked their acoustic setup two weeks ago in Antwerp more. And even though these guys have a lot of experience, i prefer to hear Danny's voice from Woodfever (provided they get their sound setup done). Anyway, "i was there"!
Moulin Rouge Party
Saturday November 1st i arrived on time for Moulin Rouge, the Birthday Party. If you have seen the movie with Nicole Kidman, then you can imagine the dress code.
(picture will follow RSN)
Ten years Cuba Bella
Afterwards i went to the ten year Cuba Bella Salsa party. I was really surprised by the (Belgian) Cuban group "Ache Havana" : An amazing life performance of ten musicians, packed together on an eight square meter podium. Damn these guys are good! Hm...was i there ?
I was there, or was i there ?
I also went to the market on Sunday, got a hamburger, went back to the "Zoltjes" for some cake and stayed home for most of the afternoon. Really! Believe me! I blog it!
(part 2 tomorrow...)
2008-10-25
de wereld aan de rokers
Sinds bijna twee jaar geld er een algemeen rookverbod in restaurants. Iedereen weet dit, het verbod ook naleven blijkt voor sommige rokers moeilijk.
Zo zag ik donderdagavond een ober roken achteraan in restaurant "Kapitein Zeppos" op het Mechelseplein in Antwerpen. Ik zei hem dat dit "degoutant" was (ok sorry, dat is misschien een aggressieve woordkeuze van mij), hij deed de sigaret wel onmiddellijk uit.
Daarjuist, wederom helemaal achteraan in de "Kapitein Zeppos" een klant die rookte. Misschien heb ik weer iets te "aggressief" gevraagd om buiten te gaan, want hij begon me uit te dagen.
Ik zei dat ik de politie zou bellen, waarop de roker me aanmoedigde om dat inderdaad te doen. Die politie laat uiteraard efkes op zich wachten, en ondertussen besloot ik onder invloed van mijn disgenoot om mijn excuses aan te bieden aan de roker (omdat ik overdreven reageerde op zijn sigaret). Toen de politie toekwam zei ik hen dan ook dat het in orde was, en een proces verbaal niet nodig was.
Toen de tafel van de roker vertrok begon de uitdaging weer. Mijn disgenoot moest me weer tegenhouden, anders zou ik weer gebeld hebben...
Soit, ik ben vaste klant in de "Zeppos", dus besloot me toch maar te excuseren aan de obers voor mijn gedrag. De obers van restaurant "Kapitein Zeppos" zijn bijna allemaal rokers, en geven toe dat ze soms binnen roken. Toen ik de rekening betaalde kreeg ik nog een sneer van de dame achter den toog.
Eerlijk gezegd, ik heb geen zin meer om daar ooit nog een voet binnen te zetten. "Ga je je dan opsluiten?" vroeg mijn disgenoot. Tja, ik vrees inderdaad dat het zoiets wordt, want blijkbaar is de wereld nog steeds eigendom van de rokers.
Zo zag ik donderdagavond een ober roken achteraan in restaurant "Kapitein Zeppos" op het Mechelseplein in Antwerpen. Ik zei hem dat dit "degoutant" was (ok sorry, dat is misschien een aggressieve woordkeuze van mij), hij deed de sigaret wel onmiddellijk uit.
Daarjuist, wederom helemaal achteraan in de "Kapitein Zeppos" een klant die rookte. Misschien heb ik weer iets te "aggressief" gevraagd om buiten te gaan, want hij begon me uit te dagen.
Ik zei dat ik de politie zou bellen, waarop de roker me aanmoedigde om dat inderdaad te doen. Die politie laat uiteraard efkes op zich wachten, en ondertussen besloot ik onder invloed van mijn disgenoot om mijn excuses aan te bieden aan de roker (omdat ik overdreven reageerde op zijn sigaret). Toen de politie toekwam zei ik hen dan ook dat het in orde was, en een proces verbaal niet nodig was.
Toen de tafel van de roker vertrok begon de uitdaging weer. Mijn disgenoot moest me weer tegenhouden, anders zou ik weer gebeld hebben...
Soit, ik ben vaste klant in de "Zeppos", dus besloot me toch maar te excuseren aan de obers voor mijn gedrag. De obers van restaurant "Kapitein Zeppos" zijn bijna allemaal rokers, en geven toe dat ze soms binnen roken. Toen ik de rekening betaalde kreeg ik nog een sneer van de dame achter den toog.
Eerlijk gezegd, ik heb geen zin meer om daar ooit nog een voet binnen te zetten. "Ga je je dan opsluiten?" vroeg mijn disgenoot. Tja, ik vrees inderdaad dat het zoiets wordt, want blijkbaar is de wereld nog steeds eigendom van de rokers.
2008-10-19
Country Feedback Club
Ne mens moet zijn gedachten verzetten, dus ben ik naar een optreden geweest van (den helft) van de Country Feedback Club in den Hopsack in Antwerpen. Wreed goed die mannen!
Donderdag 30 oktober is de voltallige band te bewonderen (voorstelling van hun nieuwe CD) in Zaal Jeugdhaard te Lille(Antwerpen). Gratis inkom vanaf 20u.
Donderdag 30 oktober is de voltallige band te bewonderen (voorstelling van hun nieuwe CD) in Zaal Jeugdhaard te Lille(Antwerpen). Gratis inkom vanaf 20u.
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