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Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon was Bruce Lee’s 4th movie and his first and last Hollywood picture. It was to be his big break through in the West but unfortunately he died before it premiered. Compared to his earlier movies this one has more of real story and also co stars John Saxon and Jim Kelly playing an important role in the movie. It is a mix of the spy movie and martial arts genres in a Hollywood production. So in that respect it is a more classical movie with a plot driving the action instead of the other way around like…
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Long Way Down
In 2007, 3 years after the Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman Long Way Down went on a second motorcycle trip together. This time they went all the way from John ‘O Groats to Cape Town in South Africa and they called the trip Long Way Down. They had the BMW R1200GS at their disposal this time which people say is less heavy and nimbler compared to the R1150GS they rode on Long Way Round. The other team members like Claudio, Jimmy and Russ and David also joined again. Compared to Long Way Round this trip is even…
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Way of the Dragon
Way of the Dragon is the third Bruce Lee movie and the one that prepared the road towards Enter the Dragon. It was released in 1972 and it was the debut of Chuck Norris on the screen. Compared to the previous 2 movies this one is a step towards traditional US action movies in terms of story telling and acting. It plays in Rome and with Chuck Norris, Bob Wall and a few others has a more global cast compared to the all Asian ones from the first 2 movies. This probably makes it a bit easier to enjoy for…
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Long Way Round
I first watched this series on DVD years ago when I was still riding a BMW GS1200 motorcycle myself. I had read a few books about riders traveling the world but watching Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman actually make the trip through Mongolia and the Road of Bones in Russia made the experience a lot more ‘factual’. Recently I saw it again on Apple TV+ and I am no longer riding a motor cycle. I never had the time to go on trips to ride my motor cycle and mainly used to avoid the traffic jams of my daily commute.…
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Kung Fu Killer
Kung Fu Killer is a 2015 Hong Kong martial arts movie starring Donnie Yen. Yen plays Hahou Mo, a police martial arts instructor that is imprisoned after killing a man by accident in a fight. When a mysterious killer starts to pick off top martial artists Yen’s character volunteers to help the police to find the killer. As the story evolves it becomes clear that Hahou Mo knows more about the killer’s motives than what he is telling the police. The story follows the killer as he challenges the different martial artists each specialised in a different area with the…
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The Universal Test of Citizenship
The Americans have had their civics test for many decades. Certain politicians around here (in Europe) have been proposing a similar test for new immigrants as a way to share our common values and culture and to integrate the newcomers in our society. The proposal has been problematic from the start for various reasons I do not wish to go into here. In essence the problem is that the rules don’t seem to apply equally to all. So why not go for a universally applicable test : A test for citizenship of our Solar system What is the most abundant…
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Fibonacci Primes
The Fibonacci series is often mentioned so most people are probably familiar with it. It starts with 0, 1, … and all other numbers are obtained by taking the sum of the 2 preceding numbers in the series so we get : 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, … and so on. The first 2 numbers are squares of a natural number : 0 = 02 and 1 = 12. In 1964 the mathematician J.H.E. Cohn proved that there is only 1 other number in the series that is a square of a…
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De architecten van ASML, René Raaijmakers (ISBN 978-9082579826, Techwatch Books)
Ik kwam een verwijzing naar dit boek tegen op het LinkedIn kanaal van ASML. Aanleiding was de Chinese vertaling van dit boek. Ik had hiervoor al met veel plezier Natlab gelezen dus was de beslissing om dit boek te kopen en te lezen snel genomen. En ik heb er zeker geen spijt van gehad. De 640 pagina’s zijn voorbij gevlogen. In de 2 weken van de kerstvakantie was het boek uit. Een aantal hoofdstukken over de ontwikkeling van de eerste stepper op het natlab zijn overgenomen uit het boek Natlab. Dit boek gaat verder in detail in over hoe Philips…
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The Taking of the Pelham 123 (2009)
After watching the movie from 1974 I naturally also had to see this modern adaptation from 2009. It start Denzel Washington as luitenant Garber and John Travolta as the criminal with the plan to hijack the subway. Most of the story is the same although there is an additional twist with Garber being suspected of having taken a bribe while selecting a new train. That makes him suspicious and everyone has to wonder if he is not in with the criminals. Obviously this only works when you watch the first time. It also adds a little drama to the main…
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Curious Equations (1)
Came across this equation. Can be proven by simply calculating both sides. (t – 8)3 + (t – 1)3 + (t + 1)3 + (t + 8)3 = (t – 7)3 + (t – 4)3 + (t + 4)3 + (t + 7)3
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