Our experiences during the sabbatical year
Ja, lieve blogbuiskinderen, er viel veel te beleven in het grote dierenbos de afgelopen week. Om te beginnen een Corona-update, ellende met een Fairphone, mijn verjaardag, een ontmoeting met een slang en een baby bij de buren. … More Week 16. In het grote dierenbos
In English The last two months or so, all the Dutch week reports were headed by links to Google translate, so that English and Spanish speakers could also get an idea of the post. We noticed that not many people found those. So instead, from now on, there will be posts like this , so … More Week 16. In the big forest of the animals / Semana 16. En el gran bosque de los animales
We have just published a new photo album with some wildlife that we have spotted during our walks in the neighborhood over the last two weeks. You can access the album by clicking here
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
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
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!
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!
De afgelopen week ging was een week vol zorgen om Matilda. Problemen met haar lever. Crisis op zaterdag. Goed nieuws over coronamaatregelen en het afdak voor de auto. Tenslotte hebben we nota bene een film gekeken. … More Week 15. Zorgen om Matilda
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
Like really, really happy. So happy you can not help but start dancing like nobody is watching?
THE FLIP FLOP LIFE 