You never think much about how many ancestors come before you. But it does not need many generations until the number cannot quickly be drawn.

You never think much about how many ancestors come before you. But it does not need many generations until the number cannot quickly be drawn.

/doodles /family
The Sky walk bridge on top of Titlis. It was fun to walk over it :-D Very bouncy.

The Sky walk bridge on top of Titlis. It was fun to walk over it :-D Very bouncy.

 
My new notebook and new pens. Both are an experiment, the notebook does not have a grid. Not yet sure how it will pan out. Never paid so much for a notebook but I think it will be better than having loose papers for my doodles.

My new notebook and new pens. Both are an experiment, the notebook does not have a grid. Not yet sure how it will pan out. Never paid so much for a notebook but I think it will be better than having loose papers for my doodles.

/note-taking

With all the Playdate images I see at the moment I somehow regret not having ordered one my self – not that I need one or would play the games :D I just think the device looks neat.

 

Went to the swim bath today with my daughter. I think I never was so early in the season in the outdoor pool. The water was surprisingly nice!

/father-daughter
Men in the US typically do not talk about or worry about birth control that much, to the detriment of the health and safety of wom

⤑ Letter of Recommendation: Get a Vasectomy.

It’s not only in the US where it’s not talked about. But I think it is important to talk about. I regret nothing :-)

/link
My wife and daughter found four four-leaf clovers within 10 minutes. I hope we did not use up all our luck this year oO. (The image shows a single four-leaf clovers in a box).

My wife and daughter found four four-leaf clovers within 10 minutes. I hope we did not use up all our luck this year oO. (The image shows a single four-leaf clovers in a box).

 
I finally installed the electrical blind motor on our awkward window (very high). The motor is in the top left, and the control unit in the bottom right.

I finally installed the electrical blind motor on our awkward window (very high). The motor is in the top left, and the control unit in the bottom right.

 

I like that idea.

In the latest Numberphile video , Marcus du Sautoy introduced me to the notion of n+7 writing/poetry. Take an existing text, and replace the nouns with words seven places advanced in the dictionary . I decided to apply this treatment to the most famous Star Wars crawl, from episode IV. I used

⤑ n+7 writing — Brady Haran.

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Got a new book (beautiful news), this week. I love it. Only positive information in it, and the graphs are beautifully coloured. Although I would like to have better labelling on some of the axis.

Got a new book (beautiful news), this week. I love it. Only positive information in it, and the graphs are beautifully coloured. Although I would like to have better labelling on some of the axis.

 

Yesterday I watched a very good movie on Netflix Mixtape. I did not expect very much from it but I liked the movie a lot. It is quite slow, but hits all the right spots. 🍿

/movie /netflix
To hear some people talk, you'd think function composition was some kind of sacred truth. A holy principle to meditate upon whilst genuflecting and lighting incense. But function composition is not complicated. You probably use it all the time, whether you realise it or not. Why, then, do functional programmers get all worked up about it? What's the big deal?

⤑ JavaScript function composition: What’s the big deal?.

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