Recent blog posts
GoVolta connections from Amsterdam to Berlin and Hamburg
On 8 December 2025, GoVolta announced its intercity service from Amsterdam to
Berlin and Hamburg, starting 19 March 2026 and 20 March 2026, respectively; at
first, three times a week each, before increasing to daily in December. The
service will alternate between Berlin and to Hamburg, with services to Berlin
on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, and Hamburg on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Founded by
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Finding AWS account names
If you've worked with AWS thorugh the CLI, you'll be familair with `aws sts
get-caller-identity`, essentially the `whoami` and `uname` of the cloud. While
working with one or more accounts, getting the caller identity allows you to
identify what role or user you are authenticated as and on which AWS account.
There's only one thing that I miss while using the API call, a human-readable
account name
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NS Sprinters: Flirt Flex
On 19 November 2025, the Dutch Railway, NS, announced the purchase of 36 new
sprinter trains called the NS Flirt Flex. This will be the 5th generation of
sprinter trains used by NS.
The tender for these trains began in July 2022 with a request for information
(RFI) from European manufacturers. Given sprinter services stop at all
stations, the train needed to have quick acceleration and decelerati
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Accessing AWS credentials from the console
When working on an AWS account it's sometimes useful to have CLI access to run
commands that automate repetitive tasks or to get to pesky resources that
don't show up on the console. If you federate into an AWS account through
Identity Center you could simply get the credentials through the portal when
selecting an account. If you get console access through other means those
credentials are not al
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Recent toots
@cks @gordoooo_z @mayintoronto
I've received a system that was developed and maintained by a sole owner, and
now am in the position of passing it on to a different team. One of the first
things I did was to collect all documentation scraps I could find and glue
them in a larger high-level overview.
This page/README now serves as a more complete high-level overview of the
system that then links t
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@partim Can't forget the sprint at Venlo to make the connecting train.
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Merry Christmas!
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@timbray Lambda on EC2, is this an :aws_logo: fever dream?
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On the way back from Barcelona, we decided to take the regional trains, which
included the TER by SCNF from Perpignan to Portbou and then the Rodalies de
Catalunya by Renfe from Portbou to Barcelona.
I was able to book the tickets for the first leg easily enough through SNCF,
but for the second part, it would require purchasing them at the station in
Portbou.
Going to Portbou was uneventful, but
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Going from Barcelona to Perpignan by high-speed train. It's my first time
experiencing Spanish security theatre. It's off the charts.
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Recent beer check-ins
Pesky P. is drinking a San Miguel Premium Especial (5.4%) by Grupo Mahou-San Miguel
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Pesky P. is drinking an Uiltje Blond by Uiltje Brewing Company
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Pesky P. is drinking an IPA by Honest Greens at Honest Greens
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Pesky P. is drinking a NIJPA by Brouwerij 't IJ
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Recent Anilist activity
Pesky completed Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi 2
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Pesky watched episode 11 of Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi 2.
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Pesky completed Ranma 1/2 (2024) 2nd Season
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Pesky watched episode 11 of Ranma 1/2 (2024) 2nd Season.
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