Monthly Archives: June 2014

Friday 27 June and no football to watch! Instead, a celebration dinner with my kids now that the exams are behind them. Vacation ahead and they deserve the good times. Meanwhile in the world some strange things are happening. Did … Continue reading →

Today is another special day – Lisa’s birthday and she is now 24. Only this coming Friday can we celebrate with her since she has exams this week and stays in Tilburg. So it is a little strange this year. … Continue reading →

Yes, this is about the 2014 World Cup. It is also about the faded English lion and, after all the hype and spin, the inevitable – 2 matches and it’s all over. Since 1966, it has been more or less … Continue reading →

Yesterday, a Father’s Day lunch with Christy; her treat and how nice it was! As ever, a long rambling conversation and many recollections. One was about anger. A couple of times (some 15 years ago) when I was driving and … Continue reading →

It is encouraging that most car manufacturers are making Start-Stop technology standard; while stationary the engine is turned off, to (re-) start just press on the gas pedal. Result: fuel saving and a much better environment. Of course, the manufacturers … Continue reading →

Sunday, but also Whitsun(day) and it’s warm (not hot). It’s also Trees Feest (Tree Party) the name given to a 2 day celebration for the neighbourhood where I live. 2 years ago they renewed the pavements in the Theresiastraat to … Continue reading →

In my last blog post, I mentioned returning (Friday) to the old Shell site where I worked (1979-87). It has been transformed in recent years, after Shell moved to a new yet close-by location. From 1979 to 1982, I took … Continue reading →

How many scenarios can you put in a matrix before you have a portfolio? I wrote this back in the 80’s as my contribution to the fight against business-speak, then just taking off. We scientists were subjected to so much … Continue reading →

Rarely do I read an article which contains many of my thoughts as good as the one by John Naughton in The Guardian today. It’s about the self-driving pods now being developed by Google but it is also about attitudes, … Continue reading →