PeeCleemens
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The Art of Map Reading
Ivo is driving and his friend Jef is reading the map. “How far to the next town ?” Ivo asks. “Approximately 3 centemeters” is Jef’s answer.
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The Accidental Discovery of the HP28C
Some time ago I scored an HP28S on ebay for old times sake. I had one of those when I was in my 4th year in middle/high school and liked it a lot. It was more convenient to use than the HP15C I had before it, mainly because of the display that shows 4 entries…
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The Little Book of Stars, James B. Kaler (ISBN 9781475767599, Springer)
I started reading this book during the summer holidays but then got a bit stuck after summer. It is a literary survey of the sky and the stars in them and our place in the universe. No formulas but still written from a scientific standpoint. It is well written and serves up a strange mix…
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
After Terminator comes … Terminator 2: Judgment Day. This movie came out some 6 years after the first Terminator movie and the improved special effects are almost unbelievable. If you watch both movies directly after each other then the effects in special effects in Terminator 1 almost look amateurishly clumsy. The story in Judgement Day…
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Bonifacio and Lavezzi Islands on Corsica
On the second weekend we booked a snorkelling trip to the Lavezzi islands from Bonifacio with a catamaran. After searching a lot of searching we finally managed to book this via GetYourGuide. This is an easy service where you can search for all kinds of activities and make bookings and get all kind of information…
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Quadratic Equations
Every now and then when I am surfing I see these mathematical “challenges” passing by that are supposedly part of entry exams at one or the other famous university. The most recent one I saw is the one below As usual the claim was that only a few people could solve this. Most examples ask…
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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…
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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…
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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…
