Camping Vesterhav ist ein netter, kleiner Campingplatz. Wenn man gegenüber vom Campingplatz über eine Treppe auf die Dünen steigt, sieht man links am Strand einen Bunker. Dort bin ich gebouldert. Eine kurze Suche bei Google zeigt, dass man generell auf den Bunkern bouldern kann - z.B. hier - Achtung, Paywall.. Ich möchte Euch als Anfang einmal einfache Routen an diesem einen Bunker zeigen. Ich habe die eingezeichneten geschafft.
Dutch Mountain Film Festival
Ich habe heute zufällig vom Dutch Mountain Film Festival erfahren. Das Gespräch fing an mit "Is this film festival about dutch mountains?". Ist es nicht... ;)
Ich wünsche mir ein Deutschland, dass offen für Einwanderung ist.
Ich wünsche mir ein Europa, dass Menschen in Not hilft.
Review: Andrew Einspruch - The Western Lands And All That Really Matters
Andrew Einspruchs fantasy series "The Western Land And All That Really Matters" is a series about Eloise Hydra Gumball IIIs adventures as a princes that becomes a queen solving challanges in her reign thereafter. The series consists of six books. However, at least two prequels exist today by the author.
Some time ago I finished the sixth book "The Magic Of Last Resort" and like to recommend to read the series. The books are easy to read giving examples about leadership, thoughts on problem solving in a modern world, and how to get a healthy self esteem. In the next paragraph I give an overview of the episodes. Then I answer my criteria for book receptions.
The series plays in a world with five realms. One of them is the kingdom of "The Western Lands And All That Really Matters". In the first episode "The Purple Haze" this kingdom is ruled by Eloises Mother. As a princess Eloise learns the ways of court with its pros and cons. Suddenly she must search for her sister Johanna in an adventure where she visits the "Half Kingdom" in the north to The Western Lands. In this medievishly world a team forms going through all ups and downs to find and rescue her sister. In the second book "The Star Of Whatever" Eloise and Johanna fight death sentencing and end a two century ill. The third episode "The Light Bearer" the closest friend of Princess Eloise is kidnapped. She and her team are up to the rescue through nearly the rest of the realms making new friends and getting in touch with strange cultures. After getting back from the rescue the two princesses mother dies. Therefore Eloise is in "The Crown Plonked Queen" elevated to being a queen. From now on she takes the burden of reigning with all the paperwork, leadership, and descisions to make. Ahead looms a war that she tries to tackle in "The Eastie Threat". However, she is not able to solve it. So she assembles in the last episode "The Magic Of Last Resort" a council of all leaders in the realms to bring peace to this world!
The book tells me that leadership consists of sacrifices. However, the story is also about having at least some fun and getting the right environment to work. This and several other topics (have a pinch at Andrew Einspruchs bio!
...
Has the author something to tell?
There are celebrations in life that one needs to make it ones way. One has to prepare for this.
In a world with nearly only women as rulers, the same things happen as in other stories with rulers.
People on can depend on are important. It is an art to find them.
Is deeper knowledge hidden in this book?
The author has kids. They were participating in creating the plot. There is some fantasy here. ;)
I tried to follow their easy to follow documentation, made one mistake, searched a bit here,
and there and finally got it. Here you find a walkthrough how I deployed my app on fly.io. Read it first
and act after that.
Other people might not deploy the app right at the first usage of
fly launch and rather do the first launch after fixing
app secrets.
I added ... where appropriate.
Sign up to fly.io
root@somename:/home/username# flyctl auth signup
failed opening browser. Copy the url (https://fly.io/app/auth/cli/5c4c6f8f88b071017781955537b91fcd) into a browser and continue
Opening https://fly.io/app/auth/cli/5c4c6f8f88b071017781955537b91fcd ...
Waiting for session... Done
successfully logged in as user.name@somedoma.in
Change to project folder
root@somename:/home/username# cd IdeaProjects/biokiste/
Create project on fly.io
root@somename:/home/username/IdeaProjects/biokiste# fly launch
Creating app in /home/username/IdeaProjects/biokiste
Scanning source code
Detected a Dockerfile app
? App Name (leave blank to use an auto-generated name): biokiste
Automatically selected personal organization: User Name
? Select region: fra (Frankfurt, Germany)
Created app biokiste in organization personal
Wrote config file fly.toml
? Would you like to set up a Postgresql database now? No
? Would you like to deploy now? Yes
Deploying biokiste
==> Validating app configuration
--> Validating app configuration done
Services
TCP 80/443 ⇢ 8080
Remote builder fly-builder-bold-moon-1658 ready
==> Creating build context
--> Creating build context done
==> Building image with Docker
--> docker host: 20.10.12 linux x86_64
[+] Building 50.4s (0/1)
[+] Building 19.5s (6/6) FINISHED
=> [internal] load remote build context 0.0s
=> copy /context / 12.6s
=> [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/openjdk:17 1.1s
=> [1/2] FROM docker.io/library/openjdk:17@sha256:528707081fdb9562 4.7s
=> => resolve docker.io/library/openjdk:17@sha256:528707081fdb9562 0.0s
...
=> => extracting sha256:a7203ca35e75e068651c9907d659adc721dba82344 2.0s
=> [2/2] ADD backend/target/app.jar app.jar 0.2s
=> exporting to image 0.2s
=> => exporting layers 0.2s
=> => writing image sha256:2b126209d6cb8a5fe4250b64e2690a9643bcad1 0.0s
=> => naming to registry.fly.io/biokiste:deployment-01GF39ZWFQ5NWC 0.0s
--> Building image done
==> Pushing image to fly
The push refers to repository [registry.fly.io/biokiste]
f5b4b49fbb03: Pushed
dc9fa3d8b576: Pushed
27ee19dc88f2: Pushed
c8dd97366670: Pushed
deployment-01GF39ZWFQ5NWC4CGN1RV8R1ZN: digest: sha256:1d05955caf98351498a2d8422c087e5af192f8be2aa84181797cc54f843d86ed size: 1166
--> Pushing image done
Image: registry.fly.io/biokiste:deployment-01GF39ZWFQ5NWC4CGN1RV8R1ZN
Image size: 511 MB
==> Creating release
Release v2 created
You can detach the terminal anytime without stopping the deployment
Monitoring Deployment
1 desired, 1 placed, 0 healthy, 0 unhealthy [restarts: 1] [health checks: 1 desired, 1 placed, 0 healthy, 0 unhealthy [restarts: 2] [health checks: 1 desired, 1 placed, 0 healthy, 0 unhealthy [restarts: 2] [health checks: 1 desired, 1 placed, 0 healthy, 1 unhealthy [restarts: 2] [health checks: 1 total]
v0 failed - Failed due to unhealthy allocations - no stable job version to auto revert to
Failed Instances
==> Failure #1
Instance
ID = 3f0297fd
Process = app
Version = 0
Region = fra
Desired = run
Status = running
Health Checks = 1 total
Restarts = 2
Created = 43s ago
Recent Events
TIMESTAMP TYPE MESSAGE
2022-10-11T10:40:41Z Received Task received by client
2022-10-11T10:40:41Z Task Setup Building Task Directory
2022-10-11T10:41:01Z Started Task started by client
2022-10-11T10:41:09Z Terminated Exit Code: 1
2022-10-11T10:41:09Z Restarting Task restarting in 1.000913253s
2022-10-11T10:41:16Z Started Task started by client
2022-10-11T10:41:22Z Terminated Exit Code: 1
2022-10-11T10:41:22Z Restarting Task restarting in 1.016588055s
2022-10-11T10:41:29Z Started Task started by client
Recent Logs
2022-10-11T10:41:35.000 [info] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:582) ~[spring-beans-5.3.19.jar!/:5.3.19]
...
2022-10-11T10:41:35.000 [info] ... 94 common frames omitted
2022-10-11T10:41:35.000 [info] Starting clean up.
***v0 failed - Failed due to unhealthy allocations - no stable job version to auto revert to and deploying as v1
Troubleshooting guide at https://fly.io/docs/getting-started/troubleshooting/
Error abort
Status of app
root@somename:/home/username/Development/IdeaProjects/biokiste# flyctl status -a biokiste
App
Name = biokiste
Owner = personal
Version = 3
Status = running
Hostname = biokiste.fly.dev
Platform = nomad
Instances
ID PROCESS VERSION REGION DESIRED STATUS HEALTH CHECKS RESTARTS CREATED
850c94fb app 3 fra run running 1 total, 1 passing 0 2022-10-11T10:48:48Z
Setting secrets
Go to https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps/biokiste/settings and note the secrets you gave your app. You get them under Config Vars.These secrets have to be configured also in fly.io.
Set fly.io secrets
root@somename:/home/username/Development/IdeaProjects/biokiste# flyctl secrets set JWTSECRET <somesecretsecret> OTHER_SECRET <other secret>
Error Could not find App
root@somename:/home/username/Development/IdeaProjects/biokiste# flyctl secrets list -a biokiste
NAME DIGEST CREATED AT
EMAIL_PASS 880da3cc314d7b48 23m16s ago
EMAIL_USERNAME 0e180a420d474bb4 23m16s ago
JWTSECRET 880da3cc314d7b48 23m16s ago
MONGO_DB_URI ad51cebe16c92201 2022-10-11T10:48:26Z
SMTP_SERVER d910184be71bdfeb 2m17s ago
Github Actions
At project creation a toml file was created. We worked in branches, so make a new branch and add this toml to version control. Change the DeployToHeroku.yml so that a fly.io API key is used to deploy there. From
Diploma thesis: "Simulation of electromagnetic waves in relativistic plasma with the Particle-In-Cell method"
The server of the Institute for Plasma- and Laserphysics in Aachen is no more. Therefore my german diploma thesis is not available anymore. Here it is.
Book reception: "What to Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed", Mitch Golant and Susan K. Golant
To the existing receptions e.g. on Amazon, I give here the insights I got from this book.
This book helps me to better understand people around me being in tough situations. Often I overhear and oversee reactions hinting that people have problems. I understand now that I have the responsibility to
understand the signs people are sending, who need help,
understand how far I can give help,
help people understand how I can help them, and
communicate others that they are not alone.
Nice MeetUp Legacy and Innovation
They told me, I get a T-Shirt and maybe some Burgers. Because the last two times were interesting, I like the idea of advertising this Meetup. You will find more information under https://www.meetup.com/Legacy-Innovation-Hamburg. There are also Youtube links for recordings of recent Legacy and Innovation Meetups.
Book reception: "Getting Things Done", David Allen
This book is a must. I have never read before such a coherent text about how to organise things in life. Usually one gets tips from friends, colleagues and such to use this technique or that one they once used or are using. However, these tips always only focus on one part of organising tasks, life, work, ..., the technologies, ...., you get the point. David Allen wrote a very practical book with much experience. I felt throughout the text, that he had every sort of experience in GTD - be it clients, himself or other people in his life.
Has the author something to tell?
If it is only this from page 204: "There are myriad ways to give up. You can ignore teh physical world and its realities and trust in the universe. I did that at one point, in my own particluar way, ant it was a powerful experience. And one I wouldn't wish on anyone. I tried to check out of my practical connections, though I didn't choose to end my life (but it was a close call!). I had much to learn about cooperating with the word I'd chosen to play in. but surrendering to your inner awareness, and its intelligence and advice for the worlds you live in, is the higher ground. Trusting yourself and the source of your intelligence is the most elegant version of experiencing freedom and manifesting personal productivity."
Is deeper knowledge hidden in the book?
Yes. The author has much experience in organising things as a consultant and from live experience.
Does the book have a bibliography?
Not as an own chapter.
Does the book cite literature?
Yes. He uses footnotes for citations. However, it is nice to see how the layout and the text plays with citing quotes of famous people, literature, and using footnotes for personal notes.
Book reception: "The ORGANIZED MIND", Daniel Levitin
After reading "Getting Things Done" this one is a must. Where David Allen falls short with scientific explanation or broader statistics, "The ORGANIZED MIND" fills the gaps. Plus one learns many things about our mind. The reader with phsycological background will surely find also some interesting details and examples.
Has the author something to tell?
Sure.
To cite Wikipedia, Daniel Levitin is a "[...] cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer." These are pretty many roles. I feel throughout the book that he has talked to many people, digs deep when trying to understand the human mind, and fights with very important people or to say people with higher ranks about the truth of good organizations where people can use their minds for the good. The book alternates between recent scientific understanding of the mind, examples, and good practices.
Is deeper knowledge hidden in the book?
Yes. He did his homework. There are statistics, numbers, and examples.
Just one example: I now know that I harmed my body and my mind for 20 years of my life with sleep deprivation.
Does the book have a bibliography?
Yes. The author calls it "Notes" section.
Does the book cite literature?
Somehow. The author does not mark the citations in the text. However, in the Notes section he goes through every chapter, citing sentences of the book with some explanation and the literature where he got the information from. This is not always as expected in a phD thesis, but more than good enough.
Criteria for book receptions
Has the author something to tell?
Is deeper knowledge hidden in the book?
Does the book have a bibliography?
Does the book cite literature?
Why I did not sell my Fairphone 2, but bought a Fairphone 3
After my last post I talked to Fairphone sales, the service of my phone carrier, and bought the phone. Call quality and network is much better. But surely it is, because my phone carrier switched to 3G lately and surely worked on a better network.
With pleasure the sales contact of Fairphone did not want to sell me the Fairphone 3 with the promise that call quality would be better with the Fairphone 3. She rather told me to ask my phone carrier for reasons of bad network quality. This was a good idea, because the service of my phone carrier told me that they worked on towers nearby at that time. However, I was for a weekend away from home. This does not explain the outages in the city.
However, later I bought the phone. The thoughts nagged to long.
Then Vodafone changed to 3G mobile network. Then I saw that Fairphone works on upgrades to Android 9 on old Fairphone 2s.
Well, I am happy with the new phone due to longer battery time. I also do not have to wait for the upgrades.
Repairs to come and why I will sell my Fairphone 2 to buy a Fairphone 3
This post will deal with challenges I have making calls that lead me besides other reasons to buy a new phone. Recently I called several people that complained about bad voice quality. For one of them I had to wait on hold with my phone for one or two minutes only to get told that the other one cannot understand my voice and to hang up. One possible decision could be to change the bottom module for about 30 Euro (25 Euro for the module plus shipping.). However, I did this the a half year ago the last time. Because I need the phone to use for work, I hesitate to do this.
Fairphone: Repair front camera
Recently I wondered to buy a new Fairphone 3. My phone connection at home is sometimes not good. The internet connection on my way to work and even often in the big german city I live in is also weak using Vodafone network with 1&1. However, I know that this even happens with a iPhone 7. I remembered the criterium why I bought the Fairphone 2 in the first place: Longevity. Every time I get a new phone, there is some work to be done to set it up. A new phone costs at least 300 Euro if it should last about 2 years at minimum. This includes getting a phone with stable glas, a stable phone itself, and somehow some software updates. The new Fairphone 3 costs now about 450 Euro. A new Faiphone 2 top module with front camera costs 37.5 Euro if I buy directly from Fairphone Inc. . I decided to get the module to repair my phone. The phone is two years old. I paid about 540 Euro for the new phone. Now that are 270 Euro per year. This is too much investment into a device I use to do calls with and use as organizational device. Therefore I invest 10 % of the price in a replacement module.
Now the front camera works again! After arrival of the package from Fairphone I followed this iFixit tutorial.
Start
I need some place to share my thoughts. And I need some place to experiment with web design/development. So, this is it. Expect some experiments.
