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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 12/08/2026

Well that was stunning.

A crescent sun, the moon eclipsing 98% of the sun, leaving a thin sliver of bright orange in the sky. The moon is eclipsing bottom to top, so the crescent looks like an n.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 08/08/2026

I guess @swiftonsecurity.com is also secretly a Korn fan

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 18/05/2026

Shame indeed. It's one of the busiest RIPE meetings in recent memory. Over 700 folks in person.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 18/05/2026

And Mirjam just kicked off #RIPE92 in Edinburgh. Whoop!

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 18/04/2026

Wooo #RSD2026 Show up at 0930, and already down 2 albums from the list 😭 And now we wait 90 minutes

A wrapping queue in an industrial estate

A queue of people in front of some industrial buildings

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 23/03/2026

It's been 10 years since I last set foot in this place. Nothing's changed. Truly is home away from home.

The front of a bar, slightly occluded by a tree with new leaves on the branches.
A red awning has the name of the bar written in white lettering: "The Hairy Canary".
Above it there's another sign with the name, in more traditional English pub lettering.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 01/03/2026

I'm feeling incredibly pigeonholed here. Teletext feed of Untappd checkins and tap list. They know their audience...

A TV in front of a window with exposed brick around it.
On the tv is an old school teletext display, showing beer checkins through Untappd

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 02/02/2026

Looks like there's a small collection of uranium glass trinkets in Bruges @astrokatie.com . Worth a trip to pick up?

A 2-shelf cupboard, with a glass shelf. On the top shelf there's a set of green-glowing glassware, made with uranium glass. The bottom shelf has random trinkets.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 23/11/2025

The chips market is having an entirely normal one I see. Thanks AI...

A graph of RAM (DDR5-6000 2X32G) module price over time. It's stable around $200 from the left of the graph (jan 2024) until sept 2025. Since the price is accelerating upwards, and is currently at $700.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 24/10/2025

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a prideful person. But I get my pride from odd places Such as getting the steno team at #RIPE91 to type "oopsy whoopsy fucky wucky" without blinking. And yes IPTables was an oopsy whoopsy fucking mistake.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 20/10/2025

Yeaaaah baby! #RIPE91 time! Excited to catch up with the @ripencc.bsky.social community this week.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 12/06/2025

This architecture needs more NAT gateway, right @quinnypig.com ?

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 22/05/2025

Today in funny router bugs: Junos will resolve ASCII characters to their decimal value in an as-path regex: 'show route aspath-regex .*;' will show you all prefixes/paths originated from AS59, as ; is 59 in the ASCII table.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 18/04/2025

I have made it to the Holy Land. My pilgrimage is complete.

The front entrance of Verdant Brewing. It's an industrial building with a large glass entrance. A large green sign saying Verdant Brewing Co. Sits on top.
In front are some benches with an sail providing some weather protection.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 15/03/2025

This feels like a bad hobby to get sucked into...

Two Japanese knives, one gyuto with a damascus steel pattern, and one santoku, on top of a green cotton knife roll

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 08/01/2025

This is insanely cool work. So excited for you. It's a tiny club of network engineers that get to say their network is running in SPACE. FRIGGIN SPACE!

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 07/01/2025

Bit preoccupied with anything not thinking sand this week.

A picture of a snow covered mountain range in the background, and an out of focus piece of cheese and a foldable knife in the foreground.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 21/12/2024

Profitec Pro 500 and the Niche Zero

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 03/12/2024

Odd, what's this then?

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 17/11/2024

Rise and shine Mr Freeman, rise and shine!

The start screen of Half-Life 2, showing a town square with a large imposing tower in the background.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 13/11/2024

Tomorrow (2024-11-14) I'm making a (hopefully somewhat entertaining/interesting) fool of myself at #NetLdn 7PM sharp @ The Wheatsheaf netldn.uk/2024/11/08/n...

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 31/10/2024

A wild Barry appears at #RIPE89 to talk about IXP manager v7. #INEX being awesome yet again.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 28/10/2024

Mirjam Kühne kicking off #RIPE89 in Prague, excited to see old and new faces.

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