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Trains to Hamburg again? Sort of. 2026-08-28 Earlier this year, I shared how excited I was for a direct service between Amsterdam and Hamburg by GoVolta. This rail link could have also provided a hop to Denmark and the rest of Scandinavia, especially as it lined up with GoVolta's expansion plans. Unfortunately, that didn't last long and the service to Hamburg was cancelled only three months after starting. According to Thibault Lapers from m Read more.

Ground-level power supply for trams 2026-08-22 Most trams you'll encounter today run on electricity using an overhead contact system, or OCS for short. This usually includes one wire, called the contact wire, powered by feeder stations providing DC voltage, which is "collected" by a pantograph connected to the roof of a tram. This provides power to the tram while it's moving or standing still. A GVB 15G tram (CAF Urbos 100) at Amsterdam Zuid. Read more.

Deleting S3 Tables resources 2026-08-13 S3 Tables still does not provide a great console experience despite being around for two-ish years now. This is evident when looking for an easy way to delete the resoure you create with it through the console. So here are some easy AWS CLI commands I've been using to delete resources when testing S3 Tables. First, there's three resources types that get created, a table, a namespace and a table b Read more.

Eurostar Snow and Travelski Night Express 2026-07-26 Eurostar released the schedule for its winter ski season, earlier this month, the "Eurostar Snow". Since I covered what the inaugural Travelski Night Express service would look like, it would be interesting to compare it against the now established Eurostar Snow. Eurostar Snow begins their seasonal service on 19 December 2026, offering a train to and from Amsterdam and Bourg-Saint-Maurice every S Read more.

2026-09-03 TIL when using AWS-RunPatchBaseline and selecting `RebootIfNeeded` (which is also the default option) the instance _always_ reboots even if the patch itself doesn't require a reboot. The "IfNeeded" part is misleading... After lots of reading, and tests, I found my answer through this one line in the docs[1]: > Whenever an update is installed on a managed node, the node is rebooted to > make sur Read more.

2026-08-30 @kokomo Yeah I figured it was increase the amount of time spent looking at stuff. Read more.

2026-08-30 As a person who sorts their grocery list by the store layout, I really dislike when things move around. Now I have to not only find where they were moved to but this throws of my mind map of the store for the next few weeks. As a side note, when I lived near and would shop at a large grocery store (Albert Heijn XL) I created a small Python script that would automatically sort my list for me. I cr Read more.

2026-08-29 Exit through the window. Read more.

2026-08-28 I noticed the GoVolta route between Amsterdam and Berlin goes through Hamburg starting October (because of track works between Hannover-Berlin), at least according to the NS Intl travel planner. The GoVolta site itself doesn't show any tickets for sale to Hamburg through, I guess that ship has sailed, if the route is correct. Read more.

2026-08-26 @mattblaze Including an interesting interview after the talk https://youtu.be/AJCWsoozg0Q Read more.

2025-11-24 Pesky P. is drinking a San Miguel Premium Especial by Grupo Mahou-San Miguel View check-in.

2025-10-05 Pesky P. is drinking a Cosmic Blond by Uiltje Brewing Company View check-in.

2025-09-28 Pesky P. is drinking an IPA by Honest Greens at Honest Greens View check-in.

2025-09-07 Pesky P. is drinking a NIJPA by Brouwerij 't IJ View check-in.

2026-08-22 peskypotato watched episode 5 - 12 of MARRIAGETOXIN View activity.

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2026-07-28 peskypotato watched episode 4 of MARRIAGETOXIN View activity.

2026-07-27 peskypotato watched episode 1 - 3 of MARRIAGETOXIN View activity.

2026-07-27 peskypotato completed Isekai Shokudou 2 View activity.