There was a month-long hiatus on this blog because, reasons. I'm happy to say that, after a two-week back-and-forth with Framework Computers to get a mainboard replacement under warranty for my laptop, things should now be mostly back to normal in the IT department.

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It's my 59th birthday. Unbelievable.

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The title is a bit of a mouthful but we did go to this very nice concert in Bad Homburg. Many thanks to Sigurd for the tickets!

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At work we're using Gitlab – a software package that helps us organise our development. We have a fleet of “runners”, which we use to run automated tests and other tasks like packaging up our software. These can sometimes be an unruly bunch and it can be useful to be able to keep an eye on them.

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Just some small items today:

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It's the first day of (meteorological) spring, and the weather is actually reasonably nice!

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Monday again! No big topic today, just a few odds and ends.

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Today the public transport workers in Mainz are on strike for higher salaries and extra time off, and the trams and buses aren't running (except for an “emergency schedule” which isn't actually a schedule – prospective riders are encouraged to wait at the stop to see whether anything will turn up, and service ceases entirely after 8.30pm).

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It may not come as a huge surprise that today is just as busy as yesterday.

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Between work, the weekly shopping run, cooking dinner, and sundry other chores there isn't much time for blogging today, so this will be brief.

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