RobotChallenge Vienna 2008

Already more than a month ago, finally I’ve got the photo’s of the RobotChallenge on my web site. The robotchallenge in Vienna is an international event where teams compete in different challenges. Chaekith Chandranna and I participated in the Parallel Slalom and Enhanced Parallalel Slalom challenges. The robotchallenge was a very nice experience. No prizes [...]

Happy Birthday, Mr Feynman

Today, May 11th, it is Richard Feynman’s birthday. A great scientist that won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Besides being a great scientist he was able to express the ideas to the general public. The documentary “The pleasure of finding things out” by Horizon is worth the watching and it inspires to do science ;-). [...]

The Double

After reading Blindness (De stad der Blinden) of José Saramago I definitely wanted to read more from this Nobel Prize winning author. I started in his book Het Schijnbestaan (Eng: The Cave, Orig: A Caverna) but haven’t finished it yet. Blindness is one of my favourite books, however The Double seemed to be quite different.

Manchester

Some months ago we have been to Manchester. Visiting the stadium and the city centre. On the photo you see our guide in the stadium. Many Dutch players seem to play for the club (e.g. Van der Sar). The city centre was definitely not as good as Oxford or Stratford upon Avond. We met [...]

The Boondock Saints

"We must all fear evil man.
But there is another kind of evil that we must fear most.
And that is the indifference of good man."

Two people actually put up this movie as one of their best movies, so I thought there was a need to wacht it. And, okay it was funny sometimes, it [...]

Birmingham Central Mosque

Some months ago I went to the Mosque in Birmingham. The trip was organised by DSU and is part of the interfaith project. The mosque is one of the biggest in Europe. As a main place of worship I therefore expected it to be a wealthy place, however it turned out te be quite basic [...]

Gieten

Not sure where you want to go on your next holiday. Then, what about Gieten, my former home village, on the signs when entering the village it says "It happens, in Gieten". Gieten means "pooring down", however the name is more likely derived from Goats. So, enjoy, and see this touristic video about this exciting [...]

Vitamins

Publications about vitamins, you see them over and over. However the conclusions are usually more or less the same. People with a healthy diet claim that we don’t need supplements, people from the industry will claim we need them, the government will probably not say anything about them but they will try to stimulate a [...]

What a car!

Is ie lief of niet? It’s cute!

Hello, Goodbye… Mr. President.

Zijn laatste dagen (nou ja nog ruim een half jaar) en dan is het gedaan met het entertainment van onze vriend uit Amerika. Jammer, maar het beste voor de mensen die er wonen, want de recessie is not far away. Maar als economische steun heb ik mijn nieuwe geheugen over laten komen uit de USA. [...]

Fitna

Eindelijk was het dan zover, na vele maanden media-aandacht en veel beraad vanuit de politiek. De film van Wilders, fitna (het kwaad), werd gebracht alsof het wereldschokkend zou zijn. Moest deze film soms verboden worden? Wat is de mening van de man op straat?
Vandaag was de film, nou ja film, van Wilders te bekijken. Geen [...]

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