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Mathematicians

Sat, 05/31/2003 - 3:33pm

I've been reading an interesting book, "The Collapse of Chaos", last week. It deals with chaos and complexity, and how some mathematical complications fundamentely affect other sciences like biology, physics and economics.

Related to this I read a nice joke on Slashdot:

"Biologists like to think they are chemists. Chemists like to think they are physicists. Physicists like to think they are mathematicians. And mathematicians like to think they are god."

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vu

At the window

Sat, 05/31/2003 - 10:45am

I'm working on the last assignment of Internet Programming. The weather is very nice again today, so I'm sitting at the large table, at the window. This morning I bought a longer cable, so now I have internet next at the window as well.

It's very busy on the river. A few minutes ago there were 3 water scooters passing, the ones you'll sometimes see at the sea-side.

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chess

Weekend!

Fri, 05/30/2003 - 10:50am

Grote MarktI'm going home. It's simply too great weather to spend inside!

We had lunch outside too, at the Grote Markt.

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chess

Quiet

Fri, 05/30/2003 - 3:47am

I'm a Chess now. Obviously it's very quiet here, many people took today off to enjoy a long weekend. I think in the whole building there are maybe 5 or 6 people.

Moved my stuff to the 2nd floor for today, there's another collegue working there.

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dailylife

Rob & Kirsten

Thu, 05/29/2003 - 6:15pm

The weather is just great; I'm really happy about it.

Today I was working on the laptop next to the open window, for a refreshing breeze. And then I heard: "Hi Guus!". Rob & Kirsten were there downstairs, they came by bike from the beach.

It was a nice surprise, and we went to the Grote Markt. We had a few drinks there, enjoying the sun.

Today Ettie, Karen and Jaap were on a boat-trip in Friesland; they couldn't have picked a better day! On the Spaarne there were many small boats as well.

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Haarlem

Fire Waarderpolder

Wed, 05/28/2003 - 12:59pm

Picture made by Websnacks.nlWhen I started smelling smoke, my first thought was to look at my monitor. I had a computer monitor on fire once, many years ago.

The smoke came from outside, there's was a huge black cloud coming from the Waarderpolder. I didn't have a lot to do, so I went to take a look. There's a building on fire on the Waarderweg, near the Vomar but at the other side of the river. The smoke smells a bit like that from the steam-trains in Opperdoes. Only there is a lot more of it, of course.

It's seems like quite a large fire, let's hope nobody gets hurt.

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vu

Internet Programming 5

Wed, 05/28/2003 - 9:47am

Oh, what a beautiful weather! It's quiet here at Chess; many people left already. I feel a lot better now than a week ago; my cold is almost over.

More good news: the deadline for the 5th assignment of Internet Programming has been extended with a week.

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dailylife

Hammie

Tue, 05/27/2003 - 1:31pm

Ettie just called; her hamster Hammie died.

Too bad, it was a very nice animal. It stayed in our apartment last year, when Ettie wasn't home for a couple of days. It was quite noisy during the night, with its running-wheel.

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guusbosmannl

New layout

Mon, 05/26/2003 - 12:30pm

There are many reasons why I have this website. It allows me to stay in touch with people who I don't see everyday, and it's cool to be able to look back now and then, and see what I did almost a year ago.

Another reason is that I like "playing" with a website -- a hobby indeed. This weekend I've been reading a book on website design, called "Don't make me think". I knew that my website is not the most user-friendly ever, and that not everybody appreciates the yellow background. The last days I've been trying to incorporate some of the books' ideas in the layout of this website. It's not completely ready yet, some small things here-and-there, but I hope you'll like it.

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dailylife

Eurovision Songcontest 2003

Sat, 05/24/2003 - 6:32pm

European SongcontestWe were watching the European Songcontest at the BBC. The voice-over was by Terry Wogan -- he was absolutely hilarious.

The songs were a lot worse than I had imagined they would be. It was the first time I saw it.

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