March 2003 | Guus Bosman.nl

Programming all weekend

Sun, 03/09/2003 - 4:19pm

I've been programming from 12:00 till 23:00 o'clock yesterday, and today from 9:00 till 22:00 again... The assignments are nice but it's not exactly a weekend feeling.

At the end of the afternoon the computers of the VU stopped functioning, one after another. Nobody seems to be able to login anymore. Luckily enough I still have 1 SSH terminal open. Because FTP connections can not be made either I have to 'upload' my files with a cat > file.c command and copy & paste from the editor to my terminal window.

Second assignment Internet Programming

Sat, 03/08/2003 - 6:59am

After a (very nice) week of programming there is now a weekend with... programming. I'm working on the 2nd assignment of Internet Programming.

I expect to be working on it all weekend, last time it also took a lot of time. It's quite interesting; the assignment is the make a few small webservers to experiment with various techniques. The deadline is Tuesday.

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Frans Hals Museum

Thu, 03/06/2003 - 3:12am

Frans Hals Museum. Yesterday we went to the Frans Hals Museum, together with Wouter. Parts of the museum had been renovated, so from 19:30 till 22:00 there was free entrance. They had guides giving short explanations at various paintings, and there was life-music too (Mozart).

Aan het eind van de aspergetijd

Tue, 03/04/2003 - 4:26pm

We saw 'Aan het eind van de aspergetijd' on TV; a movie made from a play. It was excellent, especially the acting.

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Arts & Letters Daily

Tue, 03/04/2003 - 12:09pm

Arts & Daily. A very interesting site is Arts & Letters Daily. It's motto is 'Veritas odit moras' which means 'Truth hates delay'. It contains links to many interesting articles, often about politics.

You can also find such beauties as Why Computers Should be Kept Out of the Classroom or this article of George Orwell on English language and politics.

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Delphi

Tue, 03/04/2003 - 3:13am

Although I didn't get my first salary yet we still felt we had something to celebrate. My first working day!

We went to Delphi, a Greek restaurant in Haarlem. We had a really nice evening; there was life-music and the food was very delicious. I think the main reason I like the Greek kitchen so much is that it is so similar to the Bulgarian one.

First day at Chess

Mon, 03/03/2003 - 5:26am

First day at Chess.

Introduction to my first project.

End of Idols

Sat, 03/01/2003 - 5:27pm

Well.

What can I say?

Just listen to this.

Marteniza

Sat, 03/01/2003 - 3:14pm

Marteniza. Chestita Baba Marta!

Today is a special day in Bulgaria. On March 1st Marteniza (see the picture) are given to friends and family to wish them health and happiness. The red and white colors symbolize the end of winter and the coming of spring.

These decorations are worn until you see a sign of spring, such as birds migrating or trees blooming.

Demo in Alkmaar

Sat, 03/01/2003 - 1:51pm

Three games I learned today. Today we had a game-demo in Alkmaar, in a shop "Boekers en Strippers".

It was a very easy day, not in the least because we started at 12:00 o'clock. To our surprise Jaap and Mieke also came by; they wanted to learn Carcassonne.

The first half hour we learned 'Piramides van de Jaguar', a simple but nice game for two players. Later we explained it quite often; many people liked it. Together with 2 customers I learned Magellaen, I liked it. The last new game was 'Zeus and Hera', not bad but not very exciting.

Guus Bosman

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