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  • Speculation

    ‘There’s speculation, and then there’s more speculation, and then there’s cosmology.‘― Michio Kaku

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  • Italië

    ‘De begeerte om dit land te zien was overrijp; pas nu ze bevredigd is, krijg ik mijn vrienden en vaderland weer innig lief en wordt mijn terugkeer wenselijk, en wel temeer omdat ik het stellige gevoel heb dat ik zovele schatten niet tot eigen bezit en eigen gebruik meeneem, maar dat ze mij en anderen gedurende het hele leven als richtsnoer en stimulans zullen dienen.‘― Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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  • Think Different

    ‘Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holees. 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. And 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…

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  • Of God and Scientists

    ‘If scientists don’t play God, who will?‘― James Watson

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  • Of God and Men

    ‘Men ought not to play God before they learn to be men.‘― Paul Ramsey

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  • Science and Method

    ‘The scientist does not study nature because it is useful. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and het takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful.‘― Henry Poincare, Science & Method, 1908

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  • No more ICE

    I learned earlier this week from a colleague that ICE can also stand for Internal Combustion Engine. It was his own invention no doubt but he said he got a personalised number plate with ICE on it when he switched to an electric car. He had overlooked that ICE in the US also stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. So his number plate didn’t go down well with some other drivers as they mistook it as a political statement against the government immigration policy. Anyway, last week I had to say goodbye to my good old Diesel engine powered car…

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  • Napoleon. Deel 1: van strateeg tot Keizer, Johan op de Beeck (ISBN , 9789022329115, WPG Uitgevers)

    Read this biography a second time while on vacation in Austria. I had read the book a few years ago when it first came out in 2019. As the title says it is the first part of a 2 book biography, spanning a little over 1000 pages in total. Johan Op De Beeck worked many years for the Belgian tv news of VRT. He has written 5 books about Napoleon and his 2 part biography is considered one of the Best Napoleon biographies. It is not written from the perspective of the victorious and as such doesn’t suffer from a…

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    Napoleon. Deel 1: van strateeg tot Keizer, Johan op de Beeck (ISBN , 9789022329115, WPG Uitgevers)

  • What might have been

    ‘It’s no use thinking of the chap you might have been.‘― James Clerk Maxwell

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  • Second k on the Stromer ST3 Pinion

    Last week the odometer on the Stromer crossed the 2000km mark. Again it took a bit longer than expected. Started working on a new project which has me going to The Netherlands regularly which is too far to go by bike. The Pinion + carbon belt drive form a very robust combination. I had to bring the bike in for a short 15′ check after 2 months and then I had to go back once because it started making a strange sound. Took a few hours in the shop to find out what the trouble was. Greasing an tightening a…

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