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  • Speed Pedelec Commuting

    Back in 2017 I sold my motorbike and bought a second hand speed pedelec to bike to work. Stromer was gaining popularity and I did a couple of test rides on one. Besides being fast the bike was obviously also very expensive and I decided to opt for a second hand demo model of Cannondale instead, a Control E Speed. It had been driven for only 500km and I could buy if with a 25% price reduction. That made the investment a little less risky financially as I wasn’t sure I would consistently use the bike to commute. The first…

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  • The Discovery of Pure Mathematics

    ‘Pure Mathematics was discovered by Boole in a work which he called The Laws of Thought.’― Bertrand Russell

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  • The Poet Mathematician

    ‘It is true that a mathematician who is not also something of a poet will never be a perfect mathematician.’― Karl Wilhelm Theodor Weierstrass

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  • Confidence

    Found this one on the FB of Maddie Hinch. ‘Confidence is not “They will like me”. Confidence is “I will be fine if they don’t”. ― Christina Grimmie

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  • Tequila

    ‘Neem het leven als Tequilla, met een tikkeltje zout.’ ― Metejoor & Snelle

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  • The Bourne Identity

    In 2002 the Bourne Identity hit the theatres and new spy movie franchise was born. This was also the year of Die Another Day, the last James Bond movie starring Pierce Brosnan. Where Jason Bourne is in search of his identity in the movie one could say that James Bond has been looking for his new identity ever since Sean Connery quit the role. Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton did not succeed and probably many also disliked Pierce Brosnan’s interpretation of the character. Compared to the 2002 James Bond Jason Bourne is a spie of another kind, unseen at that…

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  • 5k run in May

    Yesterday I went for what I thought would be a 4k run building up the distance again after not having run for a while. Work has been very busy lately with an endless sequence of meetings to attend and no time for lunch runs anymore. Come to think about it, lunch has been replaced by lunch meetings most of the days. As my planned circuit ended up being 4.7k anyway I pushed on to complete the full 5k and earned the 5k Strava trophy for May. Looking at my trophies I saw the last registered 5k trophy was from August…

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  • Hamiltonian words

    “I have very long admired Ptolemy’s description of his great astronomical master, Hipparchus, as a labor-loving and truth-loving man. Be such my epitath.”  ― William Rowan Hamilton

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  • Dok 14

    Today we met with friends in Cadzand to celebrate the ‘lentefeest’ of their youngest kid who recently turned 12. There were a few speeches and gifts and then we went for a late lunch on the beach at Dok 14. For me the weather was almost perfect. In the sunshine it was just warm enough to walk outside in a shirt with long sleeves. You can be outside and not too warm yet to exercise. A few degrees warmer would be even better because then you can sit outside without feeling cold. Today we had lunch inside so it didn’t…

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  • Brasserie Klein Zoersel

    Yesterday we went for a family dinner to Brasserie Klein Zoersel in Malle to celebrate some may birthdays in the family. The place is well known and the location is quite unique with the terras at the back looking out over the natural reserve ‘s Herenbosch, pond included. We sat outside on the terras next to the outdoor bar. The bar has a look vaguely resembling a mountain chalet. This all adds to a relaxed atmosphere and although the restaurant is located next to a big road we didn’t hear any traffic on the terras at the back. It was…

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