I've just installed the harddisk Gerben gave me; it works fine. Currently I'm seeing if I can install a Java-based webserver for some experiments. I'm afraid it won't work because it requires a lot of diskspace and processing power. There is no native Java implementation for OpenBSD, so Java is used through a Linux-emulation layer. Not only will this be quite slow, but it also requires me to install the redhat-compatability package, which is huge.

Many computer programmers are interested in the way Google works. They use very sophisticated mathematical algorithms to deal with the huge amount of data on the internet.

I found a quite readable explanation of the more fundamental stuff.

It's nice to have a Saturday without any obligations! Last Tuesday I delivered my homework assignment, and the next deadline is in 2 weeks. Today I'm not working on it.

In the morning I experimented a bit with the server of this website. Two weeks ago I found out that the floppy diskdrive is broken and this morning I tried another one. However, it seems that there is something wrong with the mainboard; I didn't get any diskdrive working. Not a big deal, but it will be difficult to upgrade to the OpenBSD 3.3. I think I'll wait with that, it isn't very urgent. Maybe I'll have time this weekend to get the new harddisk working. Gerben gave me one (thanks!). It's 800 MB and will therefore double the total capacity of the server.


In the afternoon we went for a long walk and did some shopping. It wasn't extremely busy in the city.

I'm listening to an interesting play-list this morning:

Some quality music time.

That's the right spirit.

A few hours ago I submitted the fourth assignment of Internet Programming... Teddy Bears.com!

Always a relief to be ready with such a thing.

This weekend we celebrated that Chess-iT exists 5 year. We were in Arnhem. It was a lot bigger than the events we had with Net.Footworks, especially because partners were also invited: there were more than 60 people.

Friday evening we arrived late, so we had a drink in the hotel. Obviously many people had digital camera's with them, but Edo was the first one today to put them online.

Saturday we did the Hunt for Mister Unique, a very nice puzzle-tour through the city. By answering questions and reacting on SMS-messages we had to track down somebody.

The best part was the Saturday evening. It started with an Italian dinner, served by singing waiters. It was a long dinner: we were there from 19:00 till 23:00 o'clock.

After that we went out in Arnhem... quite a lively city at night. We ended in "Manhattan", a 1500-people disco. Not something I typically go out to, but it was great fun.

The Sunday was a day of recovering. We had a tour through a castle, which was in a very good state. Had lunch there (on the grass) and around 15:00 o'clock we went home. Got a ride from Mark and Saskia.

A physicist, an engineer, and a computer scientist were discussing the nature of God.

"Surely a Physicist,'' said the physicist, "because
early in the Creation, God made Light; and you know, Maxwell's equations, the dual nature of electromagnetic waves, the relativistic
consequences...''

"An Engineer!,'' said the engineer, "because before making Light, God split the Chaos into Land and Water; it takes a
hell of an engineer to handle that big amount of mud, and orderly separation of solids from liquids...''

Then the computer scientist
said: "And the Chaos, where do you think it was coming from, hmmm?''

Joana just went to the airport, she stayed here exactly one week. Yesterday we went out to Café Fidèl; very cosy. The ladies were having Margeritas, but I just stayed with a nice Duvel.


It was very nice that Joana was here. Too bad Bulgaria is so far... We had a typical Bulgarian exchange: Joana brought us sirene (Bulgarian feta-cheese) and she left with Dutch Gouda.

I am currently at the VU to pick up some papers for my graduation. I would like to graduate before the end of August, for financial reasons mainly. However, the official graduation date is not very related to the date of the official event. That means that I can choose between the following dates: August 27th, September 17th and October 15th. No matter what the date will be... everybody's invited!

Brought back a book to the CWI -- didn't have to pay a fine this time. Back to Chess now.