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Houshunting continued

Tjeerd — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:02:35 +0000

The house we had an eye on (nearby a trainstation) is finally sold officially, in the meanwhile we have found a “new” house which we visited last week. It is located in a quiet neigbourhood with many big trees and gardens full of plants, so it looks like they like nature. The house itself looks quite good too, although the kitchen is very old-fashioned. There is some work to do in the house. For me there is currently only one minor point and that’s the fact that the house has wooden floors on the first and second level. Because I want to play electronic drums we have to look into that, hopefully we can solve that problem. Upcoming Monday we will have our second visit together with the father of Nina to get a better idea of the state of the house. Click on the pictures below to take a better look at it.

Windows Vista filesize bug

Tjeerd — Sat, 16 May 2009 09:02:56 +0000

This morning I discovered a bug in Windows Vista – an OS which I rarely use, only if something really requires 100% Windows. I was exporting photos from Adobe Lightroom and while I was watching the files being written into a folder I also wanted to know the filesize of the exported files. If you are standing on an existing file and then click on a file being written it will report a negative filesize for the new file. That’s a minor bug, but if you then click on any other existing file in that folder, it reports for every file a negative size.

Numbers and angles

Tjeerd — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:44:18 +0000

You probably think that numbers and angles don’t have anything in common, but have you ever been thinking about the idea behind why numbers looks like … numbers? Today I heard from an Indian colleague that every number actually represent(ed) the amount of angles (or corners) it contains. I looked on the internet and there is indeed a theory behind numbers and angles, but it’s not easy to recognize it back in all numbers nowadays.

How does it feel like to have dementia?

Tjeerd — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:30:55 +0000

With a little test you can experience symptoms of dementia. All you need is a mirror, a pencil and a some pieces of paper. First draw a six-pointed star and inside that star draw an other extra six-pointed star, in such a way that you have a narrow band of about 1 cm between the inner and outer star. Now setup a mirror in front of the paper where you drew the star on. Finally grab another piece of paper to cover the drawing on your side, so that you can only see the mirror image of your star. Now start drawing a line between the inner and outer star and try to stay within the lines of the star. Keep drawing a line until you have followed the complete shape of the star and you end up at the beginning. Remember, you are only allowed to look via the mirror.

Once completed, this test gives you the feeling of someone who has dementia and has problems with his orientation.

Househunting: too late

Tjeerd — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:54:23 +0000

Last year we now and then looked for houses nearby Utrecht, but we weren’t really active. Since beginning of this year we are more actively seeking for a house and once in a while we see a house which looks interesting from the outside. Then we arrange a realtor to get a free tour to see the inside of the houses. It’s a good thing to do to see what you can expect for a certain price. Till now we aren’t yet really convinced of the houses, although a house in De Bilt came close, but it was too small. Everytime we realize that the house we currently rent is relatively spacey.

Anyway, two weeks ago we saw a house in for sale for 6+ months, but the weather was bad and there were streetworkers making a lot of noise. We were actually doubting whether this house is situated in a nice area. Anyway, we didn’t arrange a realtor yet for this house. Last week we visited together with a realtor other houses which I personally didn’t have a “good” feeling about and the living rooms were again smaller than what we are used to. At the end of the day we biked along the house we first saw, but now without streetworkers and with a nice sun. Actually the house wasn’t bad at all. And last weekend we fantasized about customizing the house and upgrading it, we really started to like it, especially because the living room is at least the size of ours. And the total space was also quite big. Today I called the realtor to make an appointment and they told me that the house was sold last Thursday. Really unbelievable and I really really really regret that we didn’t come into action earlier. For the moment it’s still strange that on the internet the house is still for sale. And even when we were there last weekend the for sale sign was hanging on the window.

I am not happy. On the one hand I hope that the current buyers cancel their bid, but on the other hand I hope that something else comes along which comes close to this house.

Some Sketchup-models from the house:

Veluwe holiday

Tjeerd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:35:24 +0000

Last week we had our first holiday since summer 2007 and we were stationed nearby Hoenderloo (at the Veluwe). No obligations, nice and relatively sunny-like weather – except for two days of raining – and we cycled/walked a little bit around in the area. While sitting outside (and inside) we could see a bunch of animals walking around, mostly birds actually. And we also saw a squirrel. Take a look at the photos I made of the animals and the area nearby if you want. The sharpness is lacking a bit, but part of the photos have been made behind glass (inside) which might have contributed to that.

I’m a bad player …

Tjeerd — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:09:19 +0000

… in glChess, an open-source based chess game. While on holiday I played everyday several games of chess against the computer. In easy mode. The game always starts optimistic for me, but halfway the game I got stuck everytime. The computer makes – in my opinion – well “thought” moves and till now always defeated me (surprise?). While I try to think two or three steps forward and imagine certain moves, the computer calculates ten or hundred steps forward. Till now I’ve never won from the computer. I guess I’m a bad player or that the easy mode isn’t easy at all.

Uitzicht Flam

Tjeerd — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:19:19 +0000

Dit is wat je ziet vanuit ons huisje. Bijna een km. omhoog. We gaan de omgeving nog verkennen

Op vakantie

Tjeerd — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:25:58 +0000

Vanaf vandaag (7/7/7) ben ik op vakantie met Nina. Zie www.bellanina.nl voor meer informatie.

Sloopstatus

Tjeerd — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:25:58 +0000

In Zuidland, naast het huis van mijn ouders, staat dit halfgesloopte gebouw. De graanfabriek voor het hele eiland Voorne-Putten. De vergunning schijnt nu helemaal rond te zijn en dus gaat alles plat.