Tanjore
Today Nikhil and I went to Thanjavur (Tanjore) from Puducherry. Here we visited the Brihadishwara temple. In the temple people were bathing in the water that was far from clean.
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Ehm... no toilet paper
After a long stop in Dubai I finally arrived in Chennai. A long wait for the baggage reclaim, it appears that Indians bring a lot of stuff with them, of which around 10 television sets which appeared to be cheaper in Dubai. Customs went quite smoothly and Nikhil and his father were awaiting my arrival. …
Gelukkig nieuwjaar
Dit jaar iedereen een gelukkig nieuwjaar toegewenst (Nederlandse tijd) vanuit 's werelds hoogste gebouw Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Gisteren ben ik vertrokken vanaf Schiphol. De vlucht verliep comfortabel, het eten aan boord, kip, aardappelpuree, spinazie en chocoladeperenmousse overtrof alle verwachtingen van een vliegtuiglunch (en de wijn was ook niet slecht). Het uitzicht op de verlichte …
Dr Denker kerstpuzzel 2012
De Dr Denker kerstpuzzel 2012 uit het Dagblad van het Noorden is er weer. Aan tafel!, want dit jaar is het thema van de Dr Denker W.v.t.t.k. Lees verder om tips uit te wisselen of de puzzel te downloaden.
De Nationale Wetenschapsquiz 2012
Hij is er weer, de nationale wetenschapsquiz 2012. Wie heeft er al ideeën over de antwoorden? Op 30 december wordt de wetenschapsquiz om 22:10 uitgezonden op Nederland 2.
Dr Denker kerstpuzzel 2011
Het is weer zo ver, het kerstweekend, De Dr Denker kerstpuzzel 2011 valt weer in de bus. Dit jaar is het thema van de Dr Denker weer Uit de Kunst.
De puzzel is weer beschikbaar en voor wie tips wil uitwisselen voor de Dr Denker kerstpuzzel rebussen die kan dit hier doen. Veel puzzelplezier.
Nationale Wetenschapsquiz 2011
Tweede kerstdag is het weer zo ver. De nationale wetenschapsquiz. Vraag 1: Na het inschenken van de drank stijgen champagnebelletjes sneller op dan bierbelletjes van dezelfde grootte. Hoe komt dat? A. Door de hogere viscositeit van het bier B. Doordat bierbelletjes bij het opstijgen 'beplakt' raken met eiwitten waardoor ze een hogere weerstand ondervinden C. …
Saint Nicholas
A few days ago I visited a talk on Saint Nicholas at Sis Josip in The Hague. Even though I already knew some of the background of our Dutch Saint Nicholas celebrations I came to know about the origins of the almond pastry roll, puting presents in once shoe and why we throw pepernoten. Saint …
Beach creatures
These animals of artist Theo Jansen are a truly beautiful example of what is possible with artificial intelligence. It shows how you could achieve an enormous complexity with the use of relatively simple elements. The combination of GA's (genetic algorithms) in evolutionary computing and a very basic neural network idea makes these beasts adaptive and …
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...
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- Toelage
- De lijnen in het landschap
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- ‘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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