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Enhancing Your Dart Experience with Optimal Lighting
Last year I bought a second hand dart carpet from a colleague. They were getting rid of all their dart gear so I got the carpet + a set of darts, a board + surround, all for the price of the carpet alone. As we already had a board the plan was to sell the…
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Beer Discovery : Paix Dieu
Recently we were at Kluisberg where I discovered this beer. The beer is brewed by brewery Caulier for only 25 years. Belgium has so many excellent beers that you can easily get spoiled and it is very difficult to come with something new that is excellent and truly stands out. Paix Dieu is such a…
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Sci-Fi Crime Thriller: Déjà Vu
I recently watched this movie from 2006 starring Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton and Jim Caviezel again. The movie is a mix of the crime and science fiction genres. The movie starts with a terrorist bombing of a ferry and follows the investigation of ATF agent Doug Carlin, played by Denzel Washington. He is…
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Exploring the Hotond: A Must-Visit Peak in East Flanders
When we were recently in Ronse for a hockey match at hockey club Hermes we had some time on our hands before the game started. We decided to cross the street and go for a walk towards the Hotond. With a height of 150 metres this is the highest point in the province of East…
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Discover Quintine: A Unique Beer from Ellezelles near Ronse
Recently we were in Ronse where I discovered a local beer called Quintine they had on tap. It is brewed by the Brasserie de Légendes which started from something that reads like a dream/hobby project of the founders. If you watch the video then you learn it is a fusion of 2 breweries and a…
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Manual vs. One-Click WordPress Install: A Personal Journey
For reasons not related to this blog I decided to look into webhosting options. I found a service which offered one click WordPress installation and decided I might just as well start WordPress on that site as well. This one click did not work as expected and the installation didn’t run through to the end.…
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Welcome Apple Watch Series 11
As I decided my 8 year old Apple Watch had to go also I had to decide what to replace it with. For a long time I had been thinking about switching to a Garmin ForeRunner but after watching some reviews on DC RainMaker I went for the newest Apple Watch Series 11 instead. This…
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Arboretum Wespelaar on Easter 2026
On Easter we got together again with the family for a lunch at home. In the morning we visited the Arboretum Wespelaar to look at their blossoming Magnolias. After the visit we went home to search for chocolate Easter eggs in the garden, some drinks and then a late lunch. We had sole filet prepared…
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Goodbye Apple Watch Series 4: Why I Made the Switch
This week I finally said goodbye to my Apple Watch Series 4. I had it for more than 7 and a half years but now it was time to make a switch. The watch was running on an old OS and missing many of the newer sports activity features. It also has a limited 16Gb…
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Spijkerbos – Kwaremont rondtocht vanuit Zulzeke
Last weekend we had some time on our hands on Saturday and we needed to be in Ronse early on Sunday for a hockey game so we decided to turn the match day into a weekend trip and we went on Saturday for a walk nearby in Zulzeke. The walk was 16k but because we…
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