We began by looking at how big the Death Star is. The first one is reported to be 140km in diameter and it sure looks like it’s made of steel. But how much steel? We decided to model the Death Star as having a similar density in steel as a modern warship. After all, they’re [...]
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February 3, 2012
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Redblooded
By Jan in UncategorizedComing up in the list of brand I like/love/admire: Fieldnotes. Getting a subscription for this soon. Very soon.
February 3, 2012
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Meetings are a chance not to sit.
By Jan in UncategorizedMeetings are a chance to not sit. But I also feel more engaged when I stand, even if I’m not talking. And when I am talking, I feel like I have a greater command of people’s attention. Come to think of it, I don’t remember Darth Vader sitting in many meetings aboard the Death Star. [...]
January 28, 2012
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Waking Up at 5am to Code.
By Jan in UncategorizedMatt gets up at 5am to work on personal projects for 2 hours before heading to work and is loving it so far. I’ve done this with running a couple of times (although I haven’t been doing it all day every day) and can certainly agree with what he’s saying. Getting up at 5 to [...]
January 19, 2012
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The iOS beginner blog series.
By Jan in UncategorizedOver the past few years though, it’s become very difficult to resist the attractiveness of iOS development. The major barrier to entry for all of us Web-focused developers is most often Objective-C. Objective-C is a different world to me, but it’s super exciting and I’ve got “build and release an iOS app” on my Someday [...]
January 16, 2012
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The pursuit of Everything.
By Jan in UncategorizedThe time has come for you to plan your very own conspiracy. Not against your boss or your company, but against yourself. Against your inner critic who keeps telling you that you can’t make it outside the game of Monopoly that the world handed you. Who keeps telling you that you’re crazy to think you [...]
January 10, 2012
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Enough, episode 100
By Jan in podcast, UncategorizedOne of my favorite podcasts is Enough, with Patrick Rhone and Mike Hurley and they’ve just posted their 100th episode. This episode is over 3 times longer than their usual altercations, but they have number of interesting people on the show who all discuss their favorite event/product/app/moment of 2011 and look forward to 2012 as [...]
December 27, 2011
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Just Email Me
By Jan in Uncategorized” I already have a great channel that lets anyone, friend or stranger, contact me and it’s plain old, regular, basic, vanilla email.” – Khoi Vinh I strongly agree. People sending me messages through facebook, flickr, tumblr, linkedin, … Those are all extra inboxes I have to check but don’t want to. Just email me. [...]
December 22, 2011
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Their system doesn’t work for us.
By Jan in UncategorizedToday the majority of employees of Belgium’s public services are on strike because they disagree with the new pension law. And I just don’t get that. Compared to people working in the private sector or to those who are self-employed, government employee pension are much much higher. So if there is one group who doesn’t [...]
