Archives for May, 2008
Valkenburgse Meer
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
When I woke up this morning it was grey and wet outside, but there was no wind. Perfect conditions for a walk! I made some tea, some breakfast, put on my walking clothes and walking shoes, and headed for the Valkenburgse Meer, which I wanted to walk around.
You can’t actually walk around it, though. There’s [...]
Desire Under the Elms
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Last night we had our premiere of O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms! We were a bit worried about the turnout, but in all 45 people showed up which is a reasonable amount for our amateur theater. We were all nervous, particularly Miranda and I. We knew there would be two critics coming to see the [...]
Anjeractie 2008
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
I’ve spent yesterday evening with Marieke collecting money for the Anjeractie in Leiderdorp, as part of the collection done by Theater Toverlei. It’s a chore, every year, but as we get funded partly by the Anjerfonds we have to collect, too. And if you’re together at least you have someone to talk to.
From Marieke’s perspective, [...]
10 Months…
Friday, May 16th, 2008
…since I quit smoking!
10 months x 30 days x € 4.20 = €1260 saved and counting.
The bad thing about good imagination
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
is that you can’t tell anybody. It’s like skipping the body of this post and just reading the first and last line.
Have you ever been overcome with laughter till the sun disappears from your eyes over something you imagined happening but didn’t actually happen, or over something you’ve seen on tv 13 years ago?
If you [...]
Empty building
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Some of you know that I was looking for abandoned offices or factories in Leiden. Well, I found one in the Rooseveltstraat yesterday.
Even though it is lined with fences that have signs posted on them, with big letters warning of dangers lurking behind and of the illegal nature of entering the site, I found that [...]
Night Photography May 9th
Monday, May 12th, 2008
And here’s yet another round of my night-photography! Last Friday-evening I went out to the bridge across De Korte Vliet, between Leiden and Voorschoten, and to station De Vink in Leiden. I thought I had lost my wallet during shooting (as I was lying on the grass for the second picture below), and received help [...]
Sun & Balcony
Friday, May 9th, 2008
I’ve just finished building a lounge couch on my balcony. I know, I should have been behind my laptop working, but I couldn’t resist. I’ll be on my balcony for the rest of the day!
Train diagram
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
I’ve been experimenting with Processing to create a visual I encountered in The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, a diagram that displays routes and timetables of trains.
The example in the book is a train between Paris and Lyon, somewhere near the end of the 19th century. It does not have many lines in it, and [...]
Leiden at night
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Well, bits of Leiden anyway:
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