Oh it is so obvious

Docker is really the new way for me to deploy applications. And this really is an easy way. You look for a docker-compose file, tweak the standard stuff like volumes, IP address and reverse proxy settings and presto! you’re done. Recently though some of my docker containers started failing… even ones that have been running…Read more

Private Cinema

Today we went to a private cinema. We had a room that can hold 5 people. Huge reclinable chairs. We watched Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning. The room has 2 chairs in the first row and 3 chairs in the back row. There are no other rows! During the movie you can order food and drinks…Read more

Prinses Beatrixlaan 400, The Hague

The building was the district switchboard for the dutch phone company (PTT) The cellar was build like a bombshelter, housing the phoneswitchboard for the dutch government. The room was completely covered with copper plating (to prevent damage due to an EMP pulse). The building now is closed and the bunker will be closed off indefinate….Read more

A twitter alternative

If you want to participate in the socialmedia bandwagon, but you don’t want your data to be owned by Twitter or one of the other companies. Have a look at Mastodon. This is a distributed social media platform. Lot’s of people or organisations have setup their own Mastodon server. Most of them have their own…Read more

Deaf movies

I’ve created a page containing a list of movies where it’s plot relates to deafness. If I’ve seen it then I’ve sorted it according to my preference. You can find it also on the bottom of this page.

Respect

Breathing life into a very old meme, physics student Sairam Gudiseva Rickrolled his teacher in spectacular fashion, inserting every word of Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up into an essay. Getting each word to line up with the margin would be no mean feat with any piece of writing, let alone an assessment of…Read more