personal
Look what I found on Uetliberg
Scarcely had I hiked up Uetliberg when I found the one my heart loves. I held her tightly and I put a ring on her finger! (to paraphrase Song of Solomon 3:4)
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programming
Indexing IM logs with Elasticsearch
Remember my old project for processing instant messaging logs? Probably, because I wrote about it five years ago. Well, the project is only mostly dead, every once in a while I still occasionally work on it. I mostly use it as an excuse to learn tech
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Silence
Silence is a movie by Martin Scorsese about two Catholic priests, Rodriguez and Garupe, who go to Japan in the 17th century to find their mentor, Father Ferreira, who is rumoured to have lost the faith. It's a really good movie, even though it's extremely brutal.
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Backing up 2: The NAS
As I mentioned in my previous post, it's good to have various kinds of backups. Today I'm going to talk about on-site backups, in a Network Attached Storage. Network Attached Storages (NAS) are small form computers which usually have at least two hard drives. The hard
backup
Backing up
In today's world, our data and our information is one of our most valuable assets. I have photos going back to 2008. My sporadic journal has digital entries from 2010. I have IM logs from 2009. I have a list of my monthly expenses since
sports
Winter sports
I've been in Switzerland for almost two and half years now, but I haven't done the typical Swiss things (except eating Fondue). Last winter I was either not here or busy at work, so I avoided all winter sports. But this year two oppor
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Sous vide with Anova Precision Cooker
Last year I bought an Anova Sous Vide Cooker. The name is slightly misleading, because it's not generally used to cook in a vacuum, but for cooking at very precisely controlled temperatures. The advantage of using Anova is that you can cook various foods at
personal
New year, old goals
My attempt a year ago to set public goals was quite successful. I achieved most of them and the average completion score was 0.7. I took a break in the second half of the year, but now I'm well rested and I want to start again. I
blog
2016 in review
Wow, this post is finally done on time! Yaaaay! This year was the first time I had a goal for writing on my blog, at least for the first half of the year. In January I set up a goal to write 3.5 blog posts per month, for the
trips
Shalom from Israel
Three jeeps, filled with mostly young and idealistic Westerners and driven by former Special Forces members, are going along the mine fields between Syria and Israel. They arrive to an abandoned Syrian hospital, with some soldiers in front of it. They go up to the rooftop, through the crumbling hospital,
voting
Noh hai la vot!
On Sunday there are parliamentary elections in Romania, so I'm doing my civic duty of encouraging people to go and vote. După cum probabil ați auzit, mâine, 11 decembrie, sunt alegeri pentru deputați și senatori. Eu o să merg mâine la vot în Berna, cum am fost și
personal
Going places...
...but not too far. Last month I exchanged the view that can be seen in the above image, for this one: I moved from Langnau am Albis, where I have lived for two years, to Wiedikon, a district in Zürich. The old place has been officially the place where I&