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Browsing the early internet brought with it a sense of wonder, exploring an endless wealth of information and entertainment we more or less take for granted nowadays. Of course, which browser you used defined your experience quite a bit. While there were simil... Continue reading this post →
Sunset over Dusseldorf View this photo in full size →
Panorama of the cherry blossom park in Amstelveen, the Netherlands (2017) View this photo in full size →
Hydrangeas in Koto-ku, Tokyo View this photo in full size →
Rice fields in Shizuoka, Japan View this photo in full size →
Ghent, Flanders, Belgium View this photo in full size →
View from Higashi-chihibu, Saitama, Japan View this photo in full size →
Rain clouds over Nijmegen, The Netherlands View this photo in full size →
Hiking in Afferden, The Netherlands View this photo in full size →
Fukushima Festival, Tokyo View this photo in full size →
Ueno Park, Tokyo, seen from a hotel room View this photo in full size →
SciRev The process for publishing scientific work can be quite long. Part of this process is the peer reviewing of manuscripts. This process can be quite lengthy and opaque. To make this process more transparent, the website SciRev was founded. It aims to do this by ... Continue reading this post →
Global Data Lab The Global Data Lab (GDL) is an independent data and research center at the Nijmegen School of Management of Radboud University. Building upon over 500 household survey datasets from the major data providers for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), GDL ha… Continue reading this post →
Spec Illustration The ERATO MMSD project is developing tools to apply formal logic to industrial applications, notably self-driving vehicles. In order for it to see adoption in industry, it is deemed paramount to make formal logic more intuitive to lay people. As part of my wor... Continue reading this post →
OpenLoco Like many people who grew up in the 90s, I have very fond memories of playing Chris Sawyer's games growing up. OpenLoco is an open-source re-implementation of Locomotion, a transport simulation game from 2004, primarily focused on railroads. The project is cur… Continue reading this post →
OpenRCT2 Like many people who grew up in the 90s, I have very fond memories of playing RollerCoaster Tycoon growing up. OpenRCT2 is an open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, the popular theme park simulation game from 2002. The project started off as ... Continue reading this post →
Stitching HDR panoramas using Adobe Lightroom While travelling through the Netherlands, I often find myself without my Canon DSLR at hand. Instead, I take photos using my iPhone. Regrettably, of course, it comes with a limited lens with a fixed focal length. To counter this, people often use the built-in ... Continue reading this post →
HDR photo merging using Adobe Lightroom When taking photos, we often have to deal with difficult lighting situations, such as a bright sky and a relatively unlit landscape. In practice, unless a filter is used, most cameras can only take a proper photo of the sky, or of the landscape. We can make us... Continue reading this post →
Recently, when backing up my pictures folder, I noticed my Lightroom catalog had notably increased in size, even though I couldn't remember adding that many pictures. I decided to investigate. I remembered reading a few years ago, on Jeffrey Friedl's blog, th... Continue reading this post →
My university has partnered with Microsoft to offer its students a free version of Microsoft Office 2016 for the duration of their stay. Great, as I was still using the old Office 2011 to read and write the occasional document. To my dismay, however, I found ... Continue reading this post →