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‘t Pläske in Ootmarsum
We went to Ootmarsum to visit a few of the local art galleries. Unfortunately it was a Monday and most galleries were closed. This was a pity as we saw quite some beautiful art behind windows of closed galleries. After discovering the village walking around we had lunch at ‘t Pläske. Food was simple but…
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Infantino and FIFA: A Crisis of Credibility
FIFA boss Infantino always tries to justify his own injustice by claiming that football unites. I am kind of curious how he will try to turn the latest debacle of his own making into a uniting story. A few days ago the American star player Balogun was sent off with a red card and according…
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Proeflokaal de Smokkelaar in Oldenzaal
Recently visited Proeflokaal de Smokkelaar in Oldenzaal in The Netherlands. We were walking through the village and looking for a place for a drink and a toilet and more or less stumbled on to their terrace by accident. They brew their own beers and also promote beers from local breweries. I tried out their Aloha…
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Discover Hidden Secrets in Everyday Life
‘And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you. Because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.‘― Roald Dahl
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Celebrating Summer with Greek Cuisine
After the heat wave of last week and with exams finished we had to go and celebrate with a nice dinner. We chose to go to a Greek restaurant called Tzikis Ouzeri. It is a family restaurant run by a couple of brothers. The weather was still good enough to sit outside which added to…
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100 Days of Programming Projects: Reflections and Tips after Day 14 and the Beginner Level Section of the Course
Day 14 marks the end of the beginner level. I just finished that and all in all as expected nothing fundamentally new learned so far. Still, I had some refreshers here and there and learned a couple of nice tricks. Most days ended with a guided programming project that used newly learned concepts of that…
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The Expendables
Recently watched this movie from 2010 again. It was a bit of an ironical movie project from Stallone, bringing together action movie heroes from the past: The Expendables. In the movie the expendables are a group of mercenaries that get hired by the CIA to take out another CIA operative gone rogue as a drug…
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FIH Pro League 2026: Matches in Wavre During a Heat Wave
Went to watch a couple of games in the FIH Pro League. First time it was hosted in the new stadium in Wavre where part of the 2026 World Championship in August will be played (matches are played in Wavre and Amsterdam). We are suffering from a heat wave so matches were delayed to start…
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Understanding the Module Operator: Remainder in Python Explained
In another post I mentioned the module operator and explained it gives the remainder of a division. This description works for positive numbers and 5 % 3 gives 2 which is identical to the remainder but -5 % 3 gives 1 which doesn’t make much sense if it is supposed to be the remainder. If…
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Mastering Python Basics: Essential Programming Concepts From the First 7 Days of 100 Days of Coding Bootcamp Course on Udemy
The first 14 days are labelled as beginner level. And so far I have certainly not learned any new concepts, it is all about the basics of programming really: variables, conditional statements, loops, functions and the like. Still, most of what I learned so far came from the daily programming projects. During those projects I…
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