Archives for July, 2008
Wasting cpu cycles
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
I’ve been wondering–and so have you, haven’t you–what it looks like if you build a matrix of numbers, and determine for each of these numbers if its digits are in ascending or descending order (or neither). That is to say, a number like 13689 has its digits ordered from low to high (ascending), and a [...]
Leiden at night
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
A not totally legally obtained copy of a dvd containing a short documentary on night photography has inspired me to go out with my camera last night, and capture bits and pieces of Leiden. I walked around for about an hour and a half, and tried to avoid the most common cliche’s. I couldn’t create [...]
An evening of Processing
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
I’ve been fiddling with processing this evening (after having typed out the minutes of some meeting I had a few weeks ago, outside on the terrace of Brasserie ‘t Park, in the sun on a Saturday afternoon with a few beers to go round–go figure how much I’d remember of what was said!).
Something I’ve wanted [...]
1 year ago today…
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
… I quit smoking!
Boating
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
The cast of Desire Under the Elms went boating yesterday! We met in the Doeshaven where Jan has a small boat, and six of us went boating from 13.30 to 18.30! There were five of us first (Jan, Arnoud, Joop, Miranda and me), and we picked up Hans somewhere near the Waardeneiland.
At De Grote Beer [...]
"Laat me niet alleen"
Friday, July 11th, 2008
I’ve found a Dutch version of Ne Me Quitte Pas by Jacques Brel. There is something about the French connection that makes it that you can hear the rain, desperation, passion, chi, and everything through song. I almost feel unpriviliged about not having had the chance to see and hear Brel for myself. Having this [...]
The Cumbria Way
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
I received notice that my holiday is finally booked and I’ve just booked the flights to and from Liverpool through Easyjet! It is now completely definitive: I am going to spend 9 days in Lake District’s wilderness by myself, walking an average of 15 km’s per day, staying in small village inns, and be away [...]
Panorama from work
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Approach to the A12 from Papendorp (Utrecht)
Although these pictures are taken with my phone, the lens-distortion is surprisingly small! In fact, smaller than the distortion I get when shooting panorama’s with my dSLR. The colours are dreadful and the detail is horrible, but as panorama’s go it’s not such a bad result.
It’s probably for the [...]
Stawberries and whipped cream
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Holiday Bookings and Car Failure
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Sunday I went for a walk with Manuela and we talked about our holidays; she’s going to Sweden and I hadn’t made any plans yet. I told her I would like to go on a hiking-holiday by myself, and having heard myself saying that I immediately set out to see what was on offer in [...]
My name is Marco Hokke. My blog is about the things that interest me and things I might forget if I would not blog them.