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Firebug for Firefox 3
Firebug is a very handy extension for web developers. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page. Currently I am using Firefox 3 beta which is not supported by the current build but is by the development build. Firebug is really an outcome for AJAX development since you can't see the code normally that is generated by your AJAX stuff. Firebug enables you to debug your javascript. Since the website getfirebug.com is down for the moment I made the xpi for version 1.2 beta 5 available for download or intallation here.
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 Chinsky …
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, …
Guantánamo Bay
In The Guardian today: The former head of interrogations at Guantánamo Bay found that records of an al-Qaida suspect tortured at the prison camp were mysteriously lost by the US military, according to a new book by one of Britain's top human rights lawyers. Retired general Michael Dunlavey, who supervised Guantánamo for eight months in …
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 …
Asides
Apps
Since September I work for Amgate where I recently started to develop iPhone apps. To get an impression you can visit the Amgate App Center.
Apparaten en printers
Soms wens je je dat je nooit die cursus logica had gevolgd.
Computational Intelligence and Robotics
Since September 2007 I am doing the MSc Computational Intelligence and Robotics course in Leicester. This is somewhat similar to artificial intelligence, but it is slightly more focussed towards applications of AI and less focussed on the research towards human intelligence. Moreover I have applied for the RobotChallenge in Vienna. The picture shows the robotdog AIBO, which I will probably use in the competition.
Wintersport
In the week of new year (2005/2006) we were (Sylvia and I) in Zell am Ziller for wintersports. The skiing area, Zillertal Arena, was very good, we visited the different subareas on different days. During the week I nearly skied all the slopes once. Rob Muntz (environmental knights) also visited the Zillertal, het points at the environmental effects related at global warming as a result of skiing. Well as long as skiing is possible and affordable you can still find me annually on the skiing slopes. The photos will soon be added to the website.
Wintersport
Roderik (I), Sylvia and Tanja went for wintersports in Lenggries. Information regarding wintersports, hotel and so forth can be found at wintersport page.
The photos of the holiday can be found at the photo page.
(Nederlands) Dr Denker kerstpuzzel
Yearly in between christmas and new year I enjoy solving the Dr. Denker rebus puzzle. Like every year the puzzle consisting of of 40 rebusses could be found in the Dagblad van het Noorden (regional newspaper targeting the north of The Netherlands). U can find the puzzle of 2007 on the website. On the blog you can exchange your findings regarding the puzzle of 2007.
(Nederlands) De Nationale Wetenschapsquiz
Christmas eve, a moment to look out for, the national science quiz. Yearly 20 extraordinary multiple choice questions that are open to a lot of discussion and reconsideration are published in news papers and television guides. The atmosphere of the quiz including its experiments is a feast, currently with Denvis, not bad, but the absurdistic presentation of Wim T Schippers is unsurpassed. Its a shame he won't pick it up again after the sad event some years ago of the premature publication of the questions.
The adventures of Roderik
One day... Roderik prepares a slice of bread. He takes two slices of bread from the bread cabin and tops them with a delicious coloured hail topping. Well Roderik, that will be feast!
Sure, that is feast. Roderik takes the slices one by one and enjoys the hail topping. Roderik is happy, because when his mom will return she does not have to complain that he is eating too less.
Philips, high tech, free beer...
With the top management of Archytas, Marinus, and I, Roderik, we've been to the 'Design your own future' event at Philips in Eindhoven. Philips strategy is to rule the market with their connected planet concept and with e-ink (but actually Sony will bring that to the market). Photography was not allowed, and of course there was (free) beer available...
Nieuws
- Psychologie is overal en van iedereen
- Hoe belangrijk is landbouw voor de Nederlandse economie? (Herhaling)
- Hoe New Wave de Nederlandse hiphop ingrijpend veranderde
- Toelage
- De lijnen in het landschap
- Na deal over nieuwe NAVO-norm moeten er nu echte keuzes gemaakt worden
- ‘Grote ommezwaai’ in Europees beleid: commissie versoepelt regels omtrent staatssteun om industrie te behouden
- Bijna een op de vijf migranten staat nodeloos aan de kant
- Delen van de Tienhovense Plassen lijken wel een aquarium dat lang niet is schoongemaakt: deze waterplant verstikt alles
- Fabers wetten leven voort: dit zijn de vier ingrijpende asielvoorstellen die de Kamer vandaag behandelt
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