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Final touch paper

Sat, 08/16/2003 - 6:21am

Mr. Lämmel, my supervisor from the VU, sent me a copy of my paper with a lot of feedback. This weekend I'll incorporate his remarks into my thesis, which is really getting ready now.

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dailylife

Jerry & Marjolein in Haarlem

Thu, 08/14/2003 - 5:13pm

We had dinner with Jerry and Marjolein. They are looking after a house in Haarlem. The house has a garden and we had a barbecue. This was an interesting happening for the cats there.

It was nice to see each other again; it had been a while.

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dailylife

New house Jonathan & Irena

Wed, 08/13/2003 - 7:00pm

Rough location of Harmon Cove.Irena and Jonathan just moved to their new house in Harmon Cove, NJ.

It's on the other side of the Hudson river, facing Manhattan.

Congratulations!

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boardgames

Jaap & Mieke

Wed, 08/13/2003 - 4:59pm

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guusbosmannl

PHP Accelerator

Mon, 08/11/2003 - 3:07pm

I'm looking at a program to create an (internal) website for Chess. I found a very nice one (see experiment), but it runs a bit slow; it requires a quick computer.

On their website somebody recommended to install an "accelerator". I did so, and the difference is remarkable! It also affects Guus Bosman.nl a little bit: some 20% faster.

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dailylife

In the garden

Sun, 08/10/2003 - 4:53pm

We celebrated Jaap's birthday outside. The weather was marvelous so we sat in the garden all day. A very nice weekend.

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dailylife

BBQ in Middenmeer

Sat, 08/09/2003 - 5:20pm

BBQ in the garden in Middenmeer.We arrived in Middenmeer around 18:30. My parents and Len where playing a game (guess which one). Jaap won which is nice because it will be his birthday soon.

We had a wonderful barbecue, with lots of different things to eat. Very nice. Now Jaap, Mieke, Len and Sasha are playing Steden & Ridders downstairs. Unfortunately we don't have the extension set here, so there can only be 4 players per game. Good suggestion for Mieke's birthday I'd say.

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chess

Afternoon at Chess

Fri, 08/08/2003 - 7:08am

It's a warm day again but not as hot as the last days. Here at Chess it's nice: the new aircondition was installed right on time for this heatwave.

These days I'm working on something new. A company asked us to make a proposal for a new project they have. I'm estimating the costs that will be involved in it and writing a document that describes our proposed solution.

It's quite interesting to see this part of the job: it not only involves technological decisions but also commercial ones. Part of the job is to describe various options in our solution: a basic variant will costs you X, and possible extensions are A, B or C, each with different prices.

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dailylife

Swimming

Wed, 08/06/2003 - 5:27pm

This evening we went swimming. The Boerhavebad, a swimming pool in Haarlem, is open till 21:45 which is really convenient.

The weather was excellent today, and when we came back from the swimming pool it was still very warm outside. We had a drink at the Grote Markt, a lot of people shared that idea. Just when we got back home it started raining, for a short time but with really big drops. Happy to be inside.

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travelling

Back from Antwerp

Mon, 08/04/2003 - 2:42pm

We spent this weekend in Antwerp, Belgium.

Friday afternoon I left Chess at lunchtime, and we took the train to the south. It was a very quick connection: at 15:30 o'clock we had checked in already. We stayed in a small hotel, Hotel Eden (click on 'Virtual Visit' for some nice surround pictures), located in the Diamond District. I've been in Antwerp twice before, but it was long ago so I didn't remember the city well. Once I was there with Joost, to visit the Vogeltjes markt. This Sunday we saw it again, quite interesting all these little birds and animals for sale.

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