Articles populaires – Claire's stories

23 juin 2008

The E conspiracy

It began in Norway. When I arrived, I got a computer and an email adress where my first name was misspelled "Clair" without the final e. I didn't bother for the computer name, but asked that my email was changed to avoid confusion. I didn't blame Norwegian...

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8 juillet 2008

Booking Slovenia

Today I completed the booking for our trip to Slovenia. I had a bit of fun too...I was mostly looking for Bed and Breakfasts at farms. The slovenian cuisine seems delicious, and the farms highly advertise for their meals (sort of...): "We provide a highly...

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18 juin 2008

Computers and me

I am the delight and the nightmare of computer departments. The delight, because I always come to them with funny riddles they have never encountered, sometimes never even heard of. The nightmare, because they don't know how to solve them. Everything...

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7 septembre 2007

Missing Holland

Yesterday we had a brazilian visitor at the lab. He was back in Holland for holidays but lived in Delft for a couple of years. It was interresting to hear what he missed most from here. - vla (kind of custard, comes in 1 liter-pack) : - haring and lekkerbek...

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2 mars 2008

La Bougie du Sapeur

Delft, sunny but windy (there was a storm the last two days) Two days ago was 29th of February, a date that occurs every 4 years. More precisely (I checked): years that can be divided by 4 and not 100 or years that can be divided by 400: 1900 had no 29th...

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24 janvier 2008

done!

Yeeeepeeee! I just have sent my article (20 pages, 17*2 (real and imaginary part) pictures and 4 tables). The analytical formula I have derived is an extension of my previously published one. The formula is given in terms of the dipolar coefficient arising...

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30 mars 2008

Bruges-Brugge-Brügge

Forget bokmål and nynorsk, I have better: belgian language. Since a certain discussion during Easter, I was curious to know the correct spelling of this city we visited in Belgium. It seems that there are three official versions: Bruges (french -sorry...

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15 mai 2008

Au feu, au feu...

Yesterday, the building in front of my office burnt... It is the worst fire ever in a dutch university according to the news but fortunately no one was hurt. The fire started in the coffee machine around 9:00 at the 6th (top) floor and the building was...

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13 mai 2008

København

Delft, sun, warm The weather is as good here as it was in Copenhague, but dark clouds are announced (probably the ones we saw arriving just before we left the Danish capital and that are chasing us...). In the plane back I discussed with a lady who also...

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6 mars 2008

Land van Ooit

Delft, sunny, cold Always fancied to have your own "iron pink giant-table, diam. 250 cm, height 175 cm, total height 260 cm, incl. pan and chicken , with fundation, 1 iron pink giant-chair, height 247 cm, and 1 iron green giant-chair, height 240 cm" (cost:...

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25 février 2008

Shopping

I went shopping for milk, meat and washing liquid... and got out with my grocery shoppings AND a SMURF. Everyone who spend more than 15 EUR gets one at Albert Heijn. Nice. Just what I needed after a looong day of miserable calculations :-) Aha! Coincidence:...

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24 février 2008

Bruxelles

Yesterday was a day that started at 5:50, when my alarm clock told me it was time to begin Saturday. At 6:33 my train would leave from Delft to Rotterdam. From Rotterdam I would go straight to Brussels, and there have a breakfast with Cyril who would...

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16 février 2008

Talking to Earth

Delft, sunny but 5 degrees and wind There was a small documentary on the french news about the guys that are currently in the space station (ESA) somewhere far above our heads... The journalists were asking them questions about what they are supposed...

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11 février 2008

Working Sunday...

Delft, sun, nice weather Tonight it was nearly spring here! And guess what: I had to WORK. Spent all day making slides for my presentation on next week. Next week will be quite busy:Monday-Tuesday: conference where I present a poster Thursday: talk for...

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31 janvier 2008

Royal birthday!

Today is the Queen's birthday. She is 70 years old. In the streets, on the official buildings, the Dutch flags are out with wimpel. The wimpel is an orange ribbon that is only allowed on the flagpoles for royal (= special) occasions (birthday of the Queen...

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27 janvier 2008

Chicken toes

Yesterday, we had a lunch after the finnish class in a chinese restaurant in Rotterdam. For the first time of my life I tasted chicken toes. Delicicious. There are a lot of little bones in it, but they are not sharp at all, they ressemble pig's feet in...

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8 décembre 2007

Sinterklaas!

Delft, rain and cold This week (5th of December) it was Sinterklaas (Saint Nicolas day). Sinterklaas is the ancestor of the american Santa Klaus (actually it was thanks to dutch immigrants that Father Christmas was invented... even though shifted on Xmas...

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24 août 2007

A river runs through it...

Delft, sun (hourray), 25 degrees [from "my exiting life at work"] My boss ran into my office the other day. He wanted to know my opinion about the Yellow River. This is the Yellow River: ...and yes, it is yellow (my artistic side would say "ocre"). Because...

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19 août 2007

First-Class Mud

Do not think that every mud is just ordinary mud, pfff, no. Before understanding WHY I had to travel to the Island of Doom (see next episode), I have to explain what is so special about the mud that can be found there. First, one doesn't speak about "mud"...

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18 août 2007

Delft: visit the leaning tower...

Delft, 15 degrees, showers (don't be fooled by the sun: this picture has been taken in June) Pisa has its leaning tower, Delft has its leaning church, and I am living at the good side of it (the side toward which it is NOT leaning). In fact, the church...

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17 avril 2008

Fish poo and cat wee

Monday, I gave a seminar in Lausanne, at the N. Research Center. I stayed two days at the Center, measuring and discussing (scientifically) with people. Drinking free coffee too. Caesar said that you should give bad food to soldiers in order to keep them...

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8 mars 2009

specialist talks

I was at a workshop some time ago, in the middle of Holland, with 20-30 people from all the same background. This gave rise to pleasant discussions, a nice atmosphere and relaxed exchanges between the participants. Out of context, it might be a bit hard...

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19 février 2009

writting a proposal

Delft, rainy For weeks now I have been busy writting a proposal. Big proposal. Loads of money (well, at least, in my eyes, but I am half dutch so any amount impresses me :-)). I didn't thought it to be so borring and difficult (I never wrote proposals...

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27 avril 2009

410

I didn't see the movie "300" but I read somewhere it is about a war involving 300 soldiers. Well, I had 410. Not soldiers, but students. 410 students fought against the examination I created for them, and I really thought it would be easy (for them)....

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25 novembre 2008

shopping

Delft, stopped snowing, mildly cold I was shopping at Albert Heijn, coming back from work, when I heard in my back "Good day, Madam". It was one of my students. I was standing there, with my chicken filet and a pack of toilet paper. The student couldn't...

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