Wordpress was a great place for me to start my blog. It was easy to use, and had a beautiful post editor. However, issues arose around hosting it, mainly due to performance. So I decided to convert my blog to a static site using jekyll and host it using Netlify (free for small sites). And oh boy, was it not easy. But let’s start at the beggining.

After living without AC power, with only handheld LED lamps and my phone light for 2.5 months in Rusty, I decided enough is enough and installed some lights and a 300W inverter.

iTEC is a contest dedicated to pupils and students with an interest in IT. This was its 13th edition; over 200 participants showed up. It consists of a couple of short (~6 hour) challenges and 4 hackathons (web, mobile, game dev and embedded).

In order to heat my van I decided on buying a Propex HS2000 (https://www.propexheatsource.co.uk/heaters/hs2000) heater. It is efficient, consuming on average only 142 grams of gas / hour and it can run on LPG, which is quite common in Romania and in Europe in general.