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‘t Kerckevelt
Recently looking for a place to eat on Tuesday evening in the neighborhood. Not easy. We ended up in ‘t Kerckevelt. This is in Steenokkerzeel almost next to Zaventem Airport. It is a nice brasserie with good food and a cosy atmosphere. Food is good and service is very friendly. Inside is a renovated old building so it has a bit of its own additional character making the interior unique in the sense that it is not belonging to a chain. In summer you can sit outside under a pergola and with the right temperature you can imagine being in…
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Windows Joke (2)
The day Microsoft makes something that doesn’t suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners.
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Think Differently
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.…
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Windows Joke
in a world without walls and fences – who needs Windows and Gates ?
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Tipp-Ex
Ik gebruikte Tipp-Ex zelf als student in het middelbaar in de jaren 80. Dat waren toen in het begin nog potjes met een kwast in. Dat was niet altijd even handig in gebruik om ergens 1 letter uit te wissen bijvoorbeeld. Tegenwoordig bestaat het nog steeds maar in een handzamere vorm zoals bvb als roller die je over het uit te wissen fragment rolt, mijn kinderen gebruiken het nu. In Nederland noemden ze Tipp-Ex vroeger blijkbaar ook wel ‘blunderkalk’ of ‘Belgenverf’. Fraai is dat, niet snel te betrappen op fijngevoeligheid die Nederlanders.
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WFH over de computer
‘Voor de schrijfmachine is het nu wachten op de doodklap van de computer. Terecht ? Meneer. Menéér. De computer is toch niet beter! Wat is daar beter aan? Zo’n ding is misschien een vooruitgang op kantoor, een brief ziet er netjes uit. Maar voor particulieren? De mens is nu eenmaal feilbaar, nietwaar? Fouten in mijn getypte brief verbeter ik met de pen, daar geneer ik me niet voor. Ik ben tenslotte de secretaresse van de Shell niet, die keurige brieven naar Amerika moet versturen. En dat geldt toch ook voor de meeste mensen? Wat moeten ze nou met een computer?…
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Koken
‘De gemiddelde kooktijd is sterk gedaald in Nederland. Door de week ligt die nu nog maar op 17 minuten. Dat noem ik niet koken, dat is assembleren.‘― Theo Roos (1997)
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The Discoverers, Daniel J. Boorstin (ISBN 978-039472625-0, Vintage)
This book by Daniel Boorstin was first published in 1983. I read the Dutch translation around 1995 at which time it made quite an impression on me. In my mind it was still among the best books I have read. End of last year I decided to read it again but in the original English version this time. Reading it a second time it was not such a revelation anymore compared to the first time. And luckily for me I read much in the past 30 years to enlarge my ‘knowledge’ of history. But it was still a good refresher…
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb : 25th Anniversary Edition, Richard Rhodes (ISBN 978-1451677614, Simon & Schuster)
Last year ‘revolved’ about the history of the atomic bomb with the Oppenheimer movie being released. To brush up on my Oppenheimer I read 2 biographies, one by Abraham Pais and the other one the Pulitzer Prize winning American Prometheus. And then I decided to finally read book by Richard Rhodes about the making of the atomic bomb which also won a Pulitzer Prize. This book is much more than a history of the Manhattan project, it is a history of science around the beginning of the twentieth century, especially the discovery of nuclear physics interwoven with a bit of…
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FEV vacationing
End of last year I had to say goodbye to my almost 7.5 year old diesel lease car. Because of the changed regulations and tax laws I ended up getting a full electric car from Audi with a theoretical range of slightly over 500 km. This summer was the first time we went on vacation with it and we suffered a bit from anxiety range because the 500 km range is not reached by far if you are traveling on the highways. We went to the Vosges in France which was around 550 km from home for us. Except for…
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