The 35th edition of Rock Wechter 2009 (Belgian ‘rock’ festival) is over. It was good, great weather and great organization, but I heard often the remark that the line-up was a bit poor this year. Simplify My two highlights of Rock Werchter were Rodrigo y Gabriela and Seasick Steve. Rodrigo y Gabriela did it with only two guitars and no singing; Seasick Steve with a 3-string ‘piece of shit’, some other weird instruments and actually great singing.

This is my summary of what humanity is all about. I am inhuman, I am a pacifist.

Yesterday, Colos-Saal in Aschaffenburg became the epicenter for a select number of Editors fans. From all over Germany (and outside) people came to sweat during the only gig Editors were doing in Germany. The venue was great to get intimate. So far all reactions were positive and people that just discovered them enjoyed. It was bringing back memories of Joy Division for a few! It was a good set, about an hour and a half, just right.

There are situations where the General Query Log has to be kept running. One problem here is that when creating MySQL users and setting a passwords, it will be logged in clear text. There is a bug/feature request handling this. Here is my workaround using MySQL 5.1 (and higher). mysql> CREATE USER geert; mysql> SELECT 'Password setting hidden'; mysql> SET SESSION sql_log_off = 1; mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR geert = PASSWORD('asdf'); mysql> SET SESSION sql_log_off = 0; The SELECT is just handy to put in a note in the log file so the reader knows what happens.

I’m not looking for the meaning of life. I’m looking for an excuse to be offline. Life ends when there are no more first times. If life’s a bitch, then I wish I had one. I’m a motorcade through empty streets. Keep your expectations low to enjoy moments even more. Better one woman in your heart than ten in your head. I have a voice in my head, mine.. and it seems I forget, to listen from time to time.