Harvesting Chilli Peppers in the Auk Mini: A Beginner’s Journey
Beginning of May the first chilli peppers appeared on my plant. They were small and green and this week they started to turn red so I am hoping to harvest them soon, all 3 of them. In the mean time a fourth chilli has appeared as well but that one is still green. If these…
Code of Silence
When Chuck Norris died a little while ago I watched Lone Wolf McQuade again. This is one of the top ranked Chuck Norris movies on IMDB. After this I also watched Code of Silence again. This movie is from the same period and has similar ratings. It gets a higher score than the well known…
Solis Rice Cooker: Convenient Cooking Made Easy
After contemplating and hesitating for a couple of years whether or not to buy a rice cooker I finally made the jump and bought a small rice cooker from Solis at a local store last weekend and used it for the first time yesterday. Use is super simple, simply add the number of cups of…
Looking After Your Books, Francesca Galligan (ISBN 978-1-85124-627-4, Bodlean)
This book was a tip from the newspaper I read. The author is deputy head of rare books at the Bodlean libraries, university of Oxford. The background and passion for books of the author is the strong point of the book and in my opinion the reason to read this book. A book by a…
Why Units are Important
A customer in a shop: “One kilogram milk please.” To which the shop owner replies: “Sir, we don’t weigh the milk;” “OK”, answers the customer, “give me one meter of milk then.” (uit Argument 3 leerboek Meetkunde, ISBN 9789045533643)
The Sleepwalkers, Arthur Koestler (ISBN 978-0-141-39453-4, Penguin Classics)
I read about this book in another one about the effort to send people to Mars. I wrote a short post about that book earlier. This book is a mix of history a of science and an analysis of the scientific method. From the latter perspective it presents an alternative to the well known Structure…
The Eurovision Controversy: Israel’s Impact on the Contest
Despite 2 years of controversy over the participation of Israël to the contest the EBU as organising body keeps asserting that the festival is not political and a force of unification. Obviously many people disagree, so much so that a number of countries decided not to participate this year. And a recurring theme after the…
Hanta Virus Cases Linked to Hondius Cruise Ship
Ever since a couple of people that travelled on the cruise ship Hondius died from a Hanta virus the spread of the infection has been in the daily news. The WHO website reports 11 cases of which 8 are confirmed hanta virus infections and 3 are probable. All are linked to the Hondius cruise ship…
Online Calculators
I have owned many physical calculators over the years and still have around 7 of them at home. I mostly use the HP15C Limited Edition or the HP50G. Whenever I need a calculator and I don’t have one I grab my phone but when I am at home at my desk I will always choose…
Apple Watch Series 11 Review: Battery Life and Features After One Month
I have now used my Apple Watch Series 11 for about one month and I am quite pleased with it. Added software functionality for running and increased battery life are all positive. I could get one with a 15% price discount and if it lasts as long as my previous Apple Watch then I will…
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