Diary
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First impressions of The StoryGraph
In another post I mentioned the negative image of Goodreads because it is owned by Amazon and considered as not the right platform for book lovers by some. The StoryGraph was proposed as an alternative for quality seekers. I decided to check it out as I am not a big fan of Amazon myself mainly…
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Lego Batman Tumbler
For Christmas I gave the kids a Lego Batman Tumbler to build. You can get it from many places like for example on the lego site but I managed to grab a nice discount from Bol.com at the time. It was fun building at a leisurely pace with the 3 of us. The set consists…
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Looking for a book ?
Ever looked for a book or some details about one ? I had just the other day a book without an ISBN number on the cover which was messing up my digital library system. Luckily the internet came to the rescue. Everything you need is ISBN Search. You can search based on ISBN, title and/or…
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50 books a year
I read an article in De Standaard yesterday from their journalist Jan-Frederik Abbeloos about how he finally managed to read 50 books in 2022. Like me he uses goodreads to keep track of his progress and almost apologises for it (but not really) as it is part of the Amazon evil empire. JF lists some…
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La Royale
Today we went looking for a student room in Leuven for our daughter and we had time to lunch between visiting 2 rooms. As the second place was not far from Leuven central station we decided to eat at La Royale. This is part of The Lodge group but it is definitely better than the…
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Bowling Berkerijs
Since the beginning of 2023 we were saying we should go bowling with the family. Now with the easter holidays and no hockey training or matches going on we finally managed to find an evening to go and play a few games among the four of us. We went to bowling Berkerijs as it is…
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Jan de Volksschilder
Last week our daughter was away with school so we took the opportunity to go to Jan de Volksschilder in Keerbergen. The restaurant is known for its variety and quality of spare ribs. As our daughter is vegetarian this is not the first choice to go for dinner with the whole family. But as she…
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Pizza at Luciano
To celebrate the end of the indoor hockey competition of our son we went for Pizza at Luciano in Keerbergen with the team. We come here every now and then when we want to eat pizza. From the places in the neighbourhood this is our favourite pizza restaurant. And they also have other Italian food…
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First k on Stromer ST3 Pinion
Early this week the odometer on the Stromer crossed the 1000km mark. It took a bit longer than expected due to a lot of bad weather. Too much rain when it was close to freezing. Not the ideal conditions for going +40 km/h on 2 bicycle tyres. Instead of enjoying a relaxing bike ride I…
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More PlayStation Luck
After buying a new PS4 earlier in the year we had some issues with black screens while playing. We decided it was time to retire our 17 year old 50 inch Pioneer plasma tv and buy something new. The choice was between a LG or Sony OLED screen. Both had good reviews with LG having…
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