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veen  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 18, 2017

God, this week's chaotic. In no particular order, the last days I:

- gave a talk to my department at work about all the cool shit I've been up to so far

- lost a big chunk of one of my molars

- designed a traffic model to capture rerouting behaviour in case Amsterdam Airport is in a lockdown

- had a great dinner with some friends at a hipsterish place where you're supposed to throw your peanut shells on the floor

- tried to study, but ran out of time

- had a seminar at the Dept. of Transportation where my half-improvised talk on how to make roadworks more fun was apparently impressive enough to warrant an invitation by said department

- was seconds away from my bike being towed away by the city, even though putting my bike there is the least obstructive place to put it in the entire street

- decided to visit Ghent in two weeks to visit a good friend

- found out that there is a makerspace a short walk away where I wanna do a workshop and when I went there to sign up I found out they had a full-size Strandbeest in front of the entrance

- came up with the idea to go to Lisbon in three weeks with another good friend





kleinbl00  ·  2646 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I want your week. You wanna do the last 30 drawer pulls and I'll hang out in Ghent?

veen  ·  2646 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Tempting offer, but I think I'll pass. Unless you don't mind them askew...

goobster  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Strandbeest. Oh man, I would LOVE to have one of those on a big, wide, flat beach some day...

For those who don't know:

veen  ·  2646 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Theo actually got his fascination for creating with PVC while lecturing physics at my university. The makerspace is in the same building as this museum which has an exhibition by Theo now until March. I'm fairly positive they have some books or models for sale in the museum gift shop.

user-inactivated  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    - designed a traffic model to capture rerouting behaviour in case Amsterdam Airport is in a lockdown

That one sounds particularly cool. Do you do this for your job?

veen  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I could've (the company also has a traffic modelling department), but I don't find the topic very compelling. I'm actually still doing my master's degree so designing that model is for one of my courses.

user-inactivated  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nice. Keep doing awesome job! :)