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Learning Tkinter
In the 100 Days of Code course there are projects early on using graphical user interfaces. This starts in the intermediate section after day 14 and uses Turtle first. As this is more a learning library than a real GUI library the course switches to Tkinter near the end of the intermediate section on day 27. I found Turtle very informative for animated graphics but Tkinter more useful for actual user interface design. The course doesn’t tackle the Tkinter module in a structure way but introduces widgets as needed. I learned enough to apply it to a project at work…
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BE Heroes: a Belgian David Bowie Tribute Band
Recently we went to a concert in the village of BE Heroes. This is supposedly the sole Belgian David Bowie tribute band. I mainly went because the proceeds were going to a good cause and I didn’t have high expectations. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The singer did a decent job to imitate David Bowie’s accent and voice timbre. This alone is a remarkable feat. A while into the concert I thought to myself that it is not surprising that there is no other David Bowie tribute band. To use a famous movie quote: “the SOB gave…
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Virus Alert
‘The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on the planet is a virus.‘― Joshua Lederberg
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Miel Van Kest
We recently went for dinner at Miel Van Kest in Tremelo. It had been a while since we had last been here and wondered if the place had changed much. The interior was still the same and the owners also hadn’t changed. The type of food you get here and the quality was still very good luckily. We had a mix of variation dishes: Ceasar salad, tuna salad, steak haché. They serve a good mix of Belgian classics and ‘World’ kitchen traditionals so you can always go for the burger, pasta or wok dishes if you are not in the…
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The Terminator
After having watched the Daniel Craig James Bond movies I decided to “binge” watch another franchise. I saw the original Terminator movie in the theatres when it came out in 1984 as I was 15 year old and at the time it blew me away as a revolutionary movie. Watching it again after a couple of decades the special effects are definitely dated but luckily this is only visible in a couple of scenes. Most of the movie we just see Arnold Schwarzenegger whose acting is also “awkard” at times but that is not due to special effects. At the…
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A Pota Marina
After a day visiting Bastia we stopped for dinner on the way back to our apartment in Santa Lucia di Moriani. We ate at A Pota Marina right next to the sea. They describe the setting as idyllic but that is slightly exaggerated. I consider the neighbourhood too touristic and crowded. Plus, too many people were smoking at their tables. Even while sitting outside we had smoke regularly wafting across from another table. Luckily staff was friendly and the food was good as well. And when you looked away from the boulevard in the direction of the sea you could…
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Nailing Jello to the Wall
‘Restraining online speech is sort of like trying to nail jello to the wall.‘― Bill Clinton
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Internet Services Discoveries
Because I doing the 100 Days of Code Python course I am discovering all kinds of information that is programmatically available on the internet. The latest one is latlong.net. On this site you can type in the name of a city and get the latitude and longitude back. It also gives you gps coordinates. Another one which was fun but probably less useful is an api for tracking the current location of ISS. There are also weather services, sites that tell you sunrise and sunset times at a location and date of choice, trivia quiz databases, etcetera etcetera. The point…
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Bastia, Corsica
One of our days on Corsica we spent visiting Bastia. We had been there on our previous visit and judging purely on size and population Bastia is more a village than a city. But walking around there it gives you the feeling of being in a bigger city. It has nice bars, restaurants and shops selling all the big brands. We arrived shortly before noon and decided to walk around looking for a place for lunch first. Without intention we ended up in restaurant Nova, the same restaurant where we ate a few years ago. The restaurant has a large…
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Local Markets near Bravone on Corsica
During our vacation on Corsica we went to a couple of markets. The first one was a Thursday morning market near Bravone where they had a lot of local produce. We bought some spicy olive oil and wine from a vineyard nearby. But it was too hot in the sun to really enjoy it. There were also some stands with local crafts so we could pick up a few souvenirs to give to friends and family back home. We also went to the evening market at Cervione. This is a small village on a hill top and the market occupies…
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