Noud de Vries

Update 59: Bird count at Filmwijk this morning: more geese than people, which is the correct ratio.

I am quoting this later. Too clean a summary to lose. [15.6]

Update 102: Unpopular take: the coffee at Groningen is better than half the specialty bars in the city.

The herons union would like to add: more fish, fewer drones. [40.7]

The herons union would like to add: more fish, fewer drones. [15.7]

Does anyone have a spare cargo bike in Muiderberg on Sunday? Moving plants, not pianos. Mostly.

Update 60: Hot take: if your .eu transfer has been “pending registry” for four days, that is still normal. Annoyingly.

PHP will PHP. The workaround is ugly and it works. [40.8]

Update 103: Anyone else stuck behind a disrupted sprinter near Zwolle? Bring a book.

Read the DMA FAQ so you do not have to. Gatekeepers, gatekeeping, gated communities of PDFs.

This is the bit I keep forwarding to people who think DNS is “just a lookup”. (61)

Sunset over Filmwijk made the whole commute feel like a documentary with a better soundtrack.

If you still roll a 1024-bit KSK in 2026 I need you to sit down for a minute.

Update 106: The new bike path lighting toward Zeewolde is actually good. Whoever signed that off: thank you.

Officially: we are looking into it. Unofficially: yes. [94.6]

I can bring a folding table if we are still on for Muiden. [80.1]

Market at Lelystad had the first decent peaches. I bought too many. I regret nothing.

I can bring a folding table if we are still on for Pampus. [55.1]

Update 107: Looking for a trailer this weekend near Muiderberg. Two wardrobes, one optimistic plan.

This is the actual failure mode. Pending with no expiry. [55.2]