Learning new things – Page 2 – THE FLIP FLOP LIFE

The challenge of keeping up with positive thinking in times of Coronavirus

May 7, 2020

I do not know what the last drop in the glass was but this last weekend I finally felt the frustration of the current situation with the corona growing inside me. Physical tiredness or emotional tiredness? It might have been our respective family losses in Europe, the worries with Matilda, the sleepless nights when I … More The challenge of keeping up with positive thinking in times of Coronavirus

New Insights into Job Downgrading. The Blessing of Having Time to Answer Emails

May 2, 2020

One of the largest frustrations of my current job as an academic and I guess that as a professor is the permanent feeling of not having enough time; of constantly being behind deadlines; of not being able to devote time to individual projects; of ending the working day with the sensation that I have been … More New Insights into Job Downgrading. The Blessing of Having Time to Answer Emails

A solution to a common data problem

May 1, 2020

In this post, I will explain what the database does that I am currently developing for the sea turtle researchers at Osa Conservation. In short, their problem is that have have multiple tables with sea turtle data, which are structured somewhat differently and which they want to bring together in one table. (See my previous … More A solution to a common data problem

Part II. How an economist, a computer engineer and a gardener embarked in the construction of a garage. And succeeded!

April 30, 2020

Act 4. The beams The day after Frank set to cut the bamboo. We needed bamboo sticks of 6,5 meters long for the beams. But since the sticks are so long, we estimated that one good straight bamboo stick could serve for two beams. So, Frank set to the task. Act 5. The finger and … More Part II. How an economist, a computer engineer and a gardener embarked in the construction of a garage. And succeeded!

How an economist, a computer engineer, and a gardener embarked on the construction of a garage. And succeeded!

April 29, 2020

Or so it seems. This is a story in 6 acts. Act one. Denial Almost right after we arrived, the house caretaker took a glimpse of the car and very politely asked us if it was rented or it was ours. We proudly informed him that the car was ours, to which he immediately responded … More How an economist, a computer engineer, and a gardener embarked on the construction of a garage. And succeeded!

A common data problem

April 27, 2020

In this post, I will explain the problem that the sea turtle researchers at Osa Conservation asked me to solve. It turns out that they have a data problem that I am sure many other people and organizations have. What is the problem? In short, the problem is that you may have multiple tables with … More A common data problem

What are the three songs that make you happy?

April 25, 2020

Like really, really happy. So happy you can not help but start dancing like nobody is watching?

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Sabbatical insight : more databases

April 19, 2020

One thing that I am learning from this sabbatical as a sabbatical is that I want to make more databases. I have had an itchy feeling about this for a couple of years now. However, because I have been very happy with my job, I never really addressed the itch. Now I know that it is the road to go for me. I could use your help, though. … More Sabbatical insight : more databases

Where do pineapples come from?

April 17, 2020

… errr … … from the supermarket? I had never ever even wondered about this, even though I love pineapples. My un-asked question however got answered when we got the first tour of the garden. Now, I have started an agricultural experiment. … More Where do pineapples come from?

Some things change, some stay the same

April 4, 2020

While I am writing these lines, I have the Pretenders song in my head. She will always carry on, something is lost and something is found, they will keep on speaking her name, some things change, some stay the saaaaaaame. The Pretenders. Hym to her Two years ago, I got a very very nice book … More Some things change, some stay the same

THE FLIP FLOP LIFE

The sabbatical that turned into a radical life change

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