Well, well, well - so the (majority) of the French voters, opted for NON to the constitution. Is that because 55% of the voters were extreme right-wing or extreme left-wing (as the media apparently will have you believe) ? Not really, it's a desperate scream for change in the French administration. It is a shame, that a the referendum had to be sacrificed - but I do not see it as a big problem.
At worst, the EU constitution will be slightly delayed. On the positive side, it might force the politicians to amend the current "draft" to something even better ?
Oh well, what the hell do I care - and could not cast my vote anyway.. (why is that by the way ? Since, I am an European - that works, lives and pay tax in France - why should I not be able to cast my vote ? )
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Another wedding
Last weekend we went to the wedding of Sabrina and Stephane. It was a beautiful ceremony held at an old manoir in the north of France (Manoir de Bloisonville, between Honfleur and Deauville).
We had booked a room in a small hotel in Barneville (5-6 km from Honfleur), called "L'Auberge de la Source". It was very nice, especially as it was located well out on the countryside close to a forest.
I'll see if I can grab some photos from somewhere to put up one of the following days, as I (as usual) forget my camera...
We had booked a room in a small hotel in Barneville (5-6 km from Honfleur), called "L'Auberge de la Source". It was very nice, especially as it was located well out on the countryside close to a forest.
I'll see if I can grab some photos from somewhere to put up one of the following days, as I (as usual) forget my camera...
Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith
I finally got my shit together, and went to see the "masterpiece" ! It was great, the CGI was awesome - and a lot of loose ends were explained/tied up.
I think, I'll watch episode 4-5-6 in the upcoming days, perhaps it'll be interesting watching them with a different background..
A few things, about it - I loved that we actually saw the homeworld of Chewbacca, also we saw that Obi-wan Kenobi is a hardcore motherfu**ker - and last but not least, it's great to see Yoda in some one-to-one combat.
The only thing, that bugged me a bit - was how easily Anakin was turned to the dark side, I know we are suppose to believe that he was "blinded" by his love for Padme - but hey, as a Jedi - he is trained to resist the temptation.
If you haven't seen it yet, then you should definitely go and see it - it's one of those movies that really needs to be seen on a big screen.
I think, I'll watch episode 4-5-6 in the upcoming days, perhaps it'll be interesting watching them with a different background..
A few things, about it - I loved that we actually saw the homeworld of Chewbacca, also we saw that Obi-wan Kenobi is a hardcore motherfu**ker - and last but not least, it's great to see Yoda in some one-to-one combat.
The only thing, that bugged me a bit - was how easily Anakin was turned to the dark side, I know we are suppose to believe that he was "blinded" by his love for Padme - but hey, as a Jedi - he is trained to resist the temptation.
If you haven't seen it yet, then you should definitely go and see it - it's one of those movies that really needs to be seen on a big screen.
Friday, May 20, 2005
Google Portal
Tonight (I believe) google will change the frontpage, so you can switch between the classical google page (as it is now) and the new portable-like customizable google page.
It integrates Gmail (should you use it) and Google News. You can also include stockquotes, quote-of-the-day, NYtimes headlines and BBC news headlines.
Check out the preview here.
It integrates Gmail (should you use it) and Google News. You can also include stockquotes, quote-of-the-day, NYtimes headlines and BBC news headlines.
Check out the preview here.
A few cocktails before the weekend
So i've finally decided to post something, and what else could it be but a few cocktail recipes. Here we go
Jack and Sam
This is one of our favorite shots, when we get to the point of ordering these at the VD, it's basically the beginning of the end. I think this shot makes you blind, deaf, stupid and angry. This is a real man's shot, none of that "creme de mure" or manzana flavored sissy crap.
Very simple to make.
- In a shot glass, pour in half Sambuca (Greek aniseed liquor).
- Layer Jack Daniel's to fill the second half of the glass.
- Shoot that shit.
- note: if you don't have or can't find sambuca, some Uzo will do, or any Aniseed based liquor. The advantage of Sambuca is that it tasted just right, and has the liquory consistency which enables an easy layer, which is handy when you're canned.
Another great way to have sambuca in a shot is to fill a shotglass with sambuca, throw in a couple coffee beans, light the beverage on fire for a couple second, and shoot it (I hope you choke on the coffee beans mich).
Irish Car Bomb
This is a variant of the Flaming Dr. Pepper posted earlier. The principle is the same, half a glass of beer (except THIS time it's not lager, but Guinness or another stout) and a shotglass of alcohol (in this case it's half whisky, half Baileys). So it goes something like this:
- fill half a pint glass with Guinness, Beamish Stout, or any equivalent Stout. Let it settle.
- fill a shotglass with whisky and baileys. You don't have to layer it.
- drop the shotglass into the beer, and chug.
That's all for now, more to come.
Ciao!
Jack and Sam
This is one of our favorite shots, when we get to the point of ordering these at the VD, it's basically the beginning of the end. I think this shot makes you blind, deaf, stupid and angry. This is a real man's shot, none of that "creme de mure" or manzana flavored sissy crap.
Very simple to make.
- In a shot glass, pour in half Sambuca (Greek aniseed liquor).
- Layer Jack Daniel's to fill the second half of the glass.
- Shoot that shit.
- note: if you don't have or can't find sambuca, some Uzo will do, or any Aniseed based liquor. The advantage of Sambuca is that it tasted just right, and has the liquory consistency which enables an easy layer, which is handy when you're canned.
Another great way to have sambuca in a shot is to fill a shotglass with sambuca, throw in a couple coffee beans, light the beverage on fire for a couple second, and shoot it (I hope you choke on the coffee beans mich).
Irish Car Bomb
This is a variant of the Flaming Dr. Pepper posted earlier. The principle is the same, half a glass of beer (except THIS time it's not lager, but Guinness or another stout) and a shotglass of alcohol (in this case it's half whisky, half Baileys). So it goes something like this:
- fill half a pint glass with Guinness, Beamish Stout, or any equivalent Stout. Let it settle.
- fill a shotglass with whisky and baileys. You don't have to layer it.
- drop the shotglass into the beer, and chug.
That's all for now, more to come.
Ciao!
Back to work
Back to work as of yesterday, and it is definitely harder than I thought.
The wedding of Thomas and Karine went perfect, and I believe everyone had a great time. We all met up in a small village about 10-15km outside of Toulouse. This is were Karine's family live. The couple were wed by the assisting mayor, whom also know Karine (and her family) since her childhood - which made for a very "cozy" ceremony. It was particularly fun, when he tried pronouncing Danish names ;)
After the official wedding, we were transported another 5-10km out on the country, where the church wedding were to be held. I am personally not much for going in church and whatnot, but I have to admit, it was a very pleasant ceremony, and the priest actually seemed very nice (especially when he cranked up the volume of the Ray Charles CD that was playing..)
Afterwards, everyone drove (while honking their horns like crazy) to the place the reception and dinner would take place. A very nice place, in a remote area - where the kids could play in the outside area while the adults could get loaded on the (excellent) punch.
Dinner was excellent.. fois gras and magret de canard among other things. I, as usual, got plenty of good wine, and finished off nicely with Armagnac.
Met a bunch of cool people, both Frenchmen and Danes - but also brits.
Looking forward going back to Toulouse, hopefully it will be a little bit less stressed for Thomas and Karine so we can chill out, and drink some pastis and play some petanque.
The wedding of Thomas and Karine went perfect, and I believe everyone had a great time. We all met up in a small village about 10-15km outside of Toulouse. This is were Karine's family live. The couple were wed by the assisting mayor, whom also know Karine (and her family) since her childhood - which made for a very "cozy" ceremony. It was particularly fun, when he tried pronouncing Danish names ;)
After the official wedding, we were transported another 5-10km out on the country, where the church wedding were to be held. I am personally not much for going in church and whatnot, but I have to admit, it was a very pleasant ceremony, and the priest actually seemed very nice (especially when he cranked up the volume of the Ray Charles CD that was playing..)
Afterwards, everyone drove (while honking their horns like crazy) to the place the reception and dinner would take place. A very nice place, in a remote area - where the kids could play in the outside area while the adults could get loaded on the (excellent) punch.
Dinner was excellent.. fois gras and magret de canard among other things. I, as usual, got plenty of good wine, and finished off nicely with Armagnac.
Met a bunch of cool people, both Frenchmen and Danes - but also brits.
Looking forward going back to Toulouse, hopefully it will be a little bit less stressed for Thomas and Karine so we can chill out, and drink some pastis and play some petanque.
Ripped off from http://ledanois.blogspot.com
Anyhow, congratulations to the newly wed.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Going to Toulouse
Leaving for Toulouse tomorrow morning. We are going to the wedding of Thomas and Karine, and I have a feeling we'll have a real good time. We have decided to stay a couple of extra days, to look at apartment prices in Toulouse, and of course, enjoy a pint or two.
As we've found a hotel in the center with a parking, I've decided to drive.
I'll give a short recap once back in Paris (and fully recovered from the festivities)
As we've found a hotel in the center with a parking, I've decided to drive.
I'll give a short recap once back in Paris (and fully recovered from the festivities)
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Easier than expected
Just got off the phone with our salesmanager in Germany. Apparently, one of network adapters in our firewall got nuked due to power fluctuations last night.
I asked him to fetch a shiny new 10/100 network adapter, and guided him over the phone how to change it. Remarkably it went smooth, and now everything is working again..
I had been considering leaving *real fast* for Germany, but I guess, sometimes you just need to have a little faith in our sales staff ;)
I asked him to fetch a shiny new 10/100 network adapter, and guided him over the phone how to change it. Remarkably it went smooth, and now everything is working again..
I had been considering leaving *real fast* for Germany, but I guess, sometimes you just need to have a little faith in our sales staff ;)
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Merge !
It seems that Neuf Telecom & Cegetel are about the merge their IP divisions (for now). Cegetel actually does pretty well in terms of service, and if they can "bump" up the service of Neuf Telecom they might be "big enough" for AOL, Free and FT users to switch ISP.
I, for one, will follow this transaction closely. Free (my current ISP) have a lot of great services, but they do little release engineering when launching them so the quality and stability often suffers..
I, for one, will follow this transaction closely. Free (my current ISP) have a lot of great services, but they do little release engineering when launching them so the quality and stability often suffers..
Monday, May 09, 2005
First (serious) firefox exploit
Yup, you read it right.. a cross-site scripting exploit for firefox 1.x has been released today.. Obviously remote exploitable which can give the attacker system access. I guess it was just a matter of time, let's hope the folks at Mozilla will release a patch RSN.
Until then, you can use the following work-around:
1. Disable JavaScript (always a good thing)
2. Disable the "software installation" function
Read the full report here.
Update: Firefox-1.0.4 has been released, in which the above mentioned exploit has been fixed.
Until then, you can use the following work-around:
1. Disable JavaScript (always a good thing)
2. Disable the "software installation" function
Read the full report here.
Update: Firefox-1.0.4 has been released, in which the above mentioned exploit has been fixed.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Pro*C is shabby
We've got a couple of Pro*C programs, that needs updating. Jeez, Pro*C is a pain in the ass, especially when the original author of the code wrote it in a hurry.. I'm contemplating rewriting it..
What is Pro*C?
Is a oracle supplied preprocessor, that enables you to write you SQL code directly in your C code. Before compiling it, you run the proc(1) preprocessor that converts the SQL code to C.
Why not omit the preprocessor, and write the SQL directly in C?
Cause I suck.
What is Pro*C?
Is a oracle supplied preprocessor, that enables you to write you SQL code directly in your C code. Before compiling it, you run the proc(1) preprocessor that converts the SQL code to C.
Why not omit the preprocessor, and write the SQL directly in C?
Cause I suck.
Monday, May 02, 2005
Firefox hits the big 5-0
Today firefox downloads worldwide hit the 50 millions barrier. Holy crap, that's a lot. Hopefully, soon my web statistics will show a majority in Firefox users.
Congrats must be in order to the firefox team.
Congrats must be in order to the firefox team.
Friday, April 29, 2005
Just back from Munich
Just came back from a trip to Munich - we moved our office location in Munich, so I had to rollout new firewall pack. This time with a twist though.. We did not want to purchase a big PBX solution from Deutsche Telekom, so we only purchased a couple of ISDN2 lines. Together with VoIP enabled router and a bunch of 7940 Cisco IP phones we've got a nice solution.
Of course, it's going to be better once we route all calls to other offices though our Internet connection, but it will suffice for now.
Had a shitload of weissbeer.. I love coming to Munich, simply because of the excellent weissbeer.
Of course, it's going to be better once we route all calls to other offices though our Internet connection, but it will suffice for now.
Had a shitload of weissbeer.. I love coming to Munich, simply because of the excellent weissbeer.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Cisco fun
So I was testing some stuff in my lab for a friend of mine, and I discovered an alternate use of the AUX port on your Cisco router.
Actually I've always been aware of the AUX port, but only thought it would apply for some modem callback stuff.
Here's a cool way to use your AUX port:
I'll now plugin a rollover cable in the AUX port, and the other end into the console port of some other device (in this case a Cat5)
Now I'll be able to do the following:
Pretty nifty, If you need console access to a device that is behind a core-router..
Actually I've always been aware of the AUX port, but only thought it would apply for some modem callback stuff.
Here's a cool way to use your AUX port:
r3#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
r3(config)#int loopback 0
r3(config-if)#ip address 10.10.10.10 255.255.255.255
r3(config-if)#no shutdown
r3(config-if)#exit
r3(config)#line aux 0
r3(config-line)#transport input telnet
r3(config-line)#^Z
r3#
r3#sh line
Tty Typ Tx/Rx A Modem Roty AccO AccI Uses Noise Overruns Int
0 CTY - - - - - 1 0 0/0 -
* 65 AUX 9600/9600 - - - - - 14 2 0/2517358 -
* 66 VTY - - - - - 14 0 0/0 -
67 VTY - - - - - 0 0 0/0 -
68 VTY - - - - - 0 0 0/0 -
69 VTY - - - - - 0 0 0/0 -
70 VTY - - - - - 0 0 0/0 -
Line(s) not in async mode -or- with no hardware support:
1-64
I'll now plugin a rollover cable in the AUX port, and the other end into the console port of some other device (in this case a Cat5)
Now I'll be able to do the following:
r3#telnet 10.10.10.10 2065
Trying 10.10.10.10, 2065 ... Open
Console>
Console> sh ver
WS-C5505 Software, Version McpSW: 6.3(4a) NmpSW: 6.3(4a)
Copyright (c) 1995-2002 by Cisco Systems
NMP S/W compiled on Feb 9 2002, 19:11:26
MCP S/W compiled on Feb 09 2002, 18:56:22
System Bootstrap Version: 5.1(1)
Hardware Version: 1.0 Model: WS-C5505 Serial #: xxxxxxxxx
Mod Port Model Serial # Versions
--- ---- ---------- --------- ----------------------------------------
1 2 WS-X5550 022301142 Hw : 1.2
Fw : 5.1(1)
Fw1: 5.2(1)
Sw : 6.3(4a)
DRAM FLASH NVRAM
Module Total Used Free Total Used Free Total Used Free
------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----- ----- -----
1 32768K 18662K 14106K 8192K 3910K 4282K 512K 185K 327K
Uptime is 0 day, 5 hours, 30 minute
Pretty nifty, If you need console access to a device that is behind a core-router..
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Coolest music video EVER!
It's a damn shame that only these modern artists, are not using the KISS principle when creating music videos.
You've got:
* chicks
* the band
* a cheap plastic tent from Toys'R'Us
* and some sweet 70s groove
(click on the image to see the full video)
You've got:
* chicks
* the band
* a cheap plastic tent from Toys'R'Us
* and some sweet 70s groove
(click on the image to see the full video)
Monday, April 04, 2005
Retro
I was walking around Virgin Megastore the other day, when I stumbled upon this _really_ retro offer:
I was actually considering getting it - but I really do not have any space for it. Too bad, there's a bunch of classic games on it.
I was actually considering getting it - but I really do not have any space for it. Too bad, there's a bunch of classic games on it.
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