24.12.2011
Packing
This morning I started to prepare the bagagges for my trip to 28C3 and for the two months in Sydney.
While stowing away all my stuff in boxes so I can sublet my room I found old boxes with stuff, which I did stow away over a year ago when I went to Sydney the last time and I've never even thought about since!
As I did not have time to open them today I don't even know what is in those boxes. Probably I should just throw them away when I come back from Sydney, there can't be anything important in there :-)
11:49 | Misc | Permalink
Open Systems
Let's finish the badge advent calendar like it started - with a tech conference badge. Enjoy my Open Systems nametag:
08:31 | Badges | Permalink
23.12.2011
Soiree BAM
One of the rare concert evenings at Satellite where even the technicians had to have an additional badge (but nevertheless this is another one of a kind memory): Soiree BAM 2005
08:43 | Badges | Permalink
22.12.2011
Balelec 2005
There we go, the first year I participated as staff: Festival Balelec 2005
06:56 | Badges | Permalink
21.12.2011
Balelec 2006
Luckily this one took place very year (for more than 30 years now!): Festival Balelec 2006
08:11 | Badges | Permalink
20.12.2011
Closedair 2006
Yet another great event which no longer exists: ClosedAir 2006
10:23 | Badges | Permalink
19.12.2011
LinuxWorld 2007
Let's start the last week of this badge advent calendar with another tech conference badge (looks like the conference no longer exists, thus no link to any website): San Francisco LinuxWorld 2007
08:35 | Badges | Permalink
18.12.2011
Artiphys 2008
And there the other student music festival which managed to provide badges: Artiphys 2008
12:46 | Badges | Permalink
17.12.2011
check_disk_usage.sh
Quick and dirty way to get an alert before your server starts to go crazy because of a full disk.
This script checks if a disk is more than 75% full.
#!/bin/bash
df -h | awk '/%/ {
limit = 75
percent = sprintf("%d",$5)
if ( percent > limit ) {
print "Warning: ",$6," (",$1,") is to ",percent,"% full:"
print $0
}
}'
Save it under /root/check_disk_usage.sh and create the following crontab entry to check the disk usage every day at half past midnight.
30 0 * * * /root/check_disk_usage.sh
Assuming your host has configured an MTA and defined a recipient for root@<yourhost>, you should get an e-mail whenever a disk is more than 75% full.
17:09 | Linux | Permalink
Balelec 2008
Now on to the badges of 2008, as every year: Festival Balelec 2008
10:10 | Badges | Permalink
16.12.2011
iPhone PIN bruteforce
(via vowe.net)
08:20 | Misc | Permalink
Caprices 2009
The only time (for now) when I got to fly in a helicopter for a music festival was at: Caprices 2009
08:15 | Badges | Permalink
15.12.2011
Balelec 2009
And once more there is a badge from: Festival Balelec 2009
08:37 | Badges | Permalink
14.12.2011
Festival de la terre 2009
Here comes the largest badge in my collection: Festival de la terre 2009
12:44 | Badges | Permalink
13.12.2011
Montreux Jazz 2009
Probably the most 'famous' badge in my collection: Montreux Jazz Festival 2009
07:44 | Badges | Permalink
12.12.2011
Metropop 2009
With the 2009 badges, I can almost fill another week. Let's start with: Metropop Festival 2009
05:44 | Badges | Permalink
11.12.2011
(Mini) Bacon and Egg Cups
Last week I stumbled upon this delicious looking bacon and egg cups recipe and thought that I should try it sometimes, which I did this morning.
Since I don't have a real muffin tin I used a somewhat smaller cake tin, with the result that the handling was a bit more delicate and also my cups are more like 'mini' cups (which is not necessarily a bad thing because the bacon I bought was also smaller than expected and thus it matched perfectly).
This is the result of the first step in the recipe and all what is leftover once I was finished. Not very useful for putting jam on it anymore, but perfect to stir the next cheese fondue :-)
Ingredients:
- 1 slice of bread per muffin cup (1 slice per 4 cups for the 'mini' version)
- 2 slices of bacon per muffing cup (use small slices for the 'mini' version)
- 1 egg per muffin cup (same for the 'mini' version)
- 1 tablespoon shredded cheddar cheese per muffin cup (optional, I used some parmesan instead)
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
(that's 190 degrees celsius)
- Use a cookie cutter to cut circles out of each piece of bread.
- Grease a muffin tin and press circles of bread in the muffin cups. Place in the oven and bake for 5 minutes or until bread is slightly toasted. Remove from oven.
(be careful when doing the 'mini' version, your bread will be toasted in well under 5 minutes)
- Cook bacon in a skillet until halfway cooked (approximately 3-4 minutes).
(here again: when using small bacon slices they will be ready in less than a minute, be careful to not make them too crispy otherwise they will be hard to fit into the cups)
- Place 2 slices of bacon on top of the pieces of bread to form a cup (the bacon should cover the bread and the sides of each cup).
- Crack an egg into each muffin cup (on top of the bacon). It helps to discard a little bit of the egg white after cracking and before pouring into the muffin cup.
(for the 'mini' version keep the surplus egg white in a bowl and use it to make some 'only-white' cups, one egg gives enough surplus egg white for another cup)
- Place in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes or until the eggs are set.
(for the 'mini' version use 8-10 minutes, I almost burned mine!)
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese over each egg and continue to bake until cheese is melted (this step is optional).
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.
Enjoy!
The advantage of my 'mini' version is that you will end up having plenty of little bacon and egg cups, yummy :-)
18:55 | Food | Permalink
Caprices 2010
Right at the beginning of spring, in the beautiful mountains of Crans-Montana, there is: Caprices 2010
11:35 | Badges | Permalink
10.12.2011
Artiphys 2010
Also this one took place in 2010: Artiphys 2010
09:36 | Badges | Permalink
09.12.2011
Balelec 2010
Like almost every year, there is a badge from: Festival Balelec 2010
00:37 | Badges | Permalink
08.12.2011
Metropop 2010
Looks like most of the 2011 badges are done. Now on to the 2010 ones, starting with: Metropop Festival 2010
07:44 | Badges | Permalink
07.12.2011
Caprices 2011
And there comes the next music festival: Caprices 2011
14:15 | Badges | Permalink
06.12.2011
Artiphys 2011
Another student music festival from EPFL: Artiphys 2011
07:45 | Badges | Permalink
05.12.2011
Sat Rocks IV
Again a badge from a music festival: Sat Rocks IV
05:20 | Badges | Permalink
04.12.2011
MoleKul'Air
The next badge is from a concert (or rather a series of three concerts): MoleKul'Air
12:55 | Badges | Permalink
03.12.2011
Balelec 2011
Another badge from a music festival: Festival Balelec 2011
12:55 | Badges | Permalink
02.12.2011
Metropop 2011
Here comes the next badge. This time not from a tech conference but from a music festival: Metropop Festival 2011
For insiders, there is also a view of the backside :-)
08:02 | Badges | Permalink
01.12.2011
Badges
When attending conferences you often receive a badge granting you access (which usually is not much more than a nametag with some logo).
Also when working at concerts and festivals you receive a badge identifiying you as staff. I regularly keep these as souvenirs which remind me of the amazing times passed at those events.
Over the time there are now a couple of badges hanging on my closet and I think it would be nice to be able to look through them on my laptop. Thus this new Badges category in the weblog.
My idea for now is to put a new badge online every day until Christmas like some form of an Advent calendar.
Here is the first one, it is from the IPv6 Business Konferenz:
00:00 | Badges | Permalink
