Math vs Math
Yesterday Simon and I were doing some primary school math (Dutch 6th grade, Belgian 4th grade, on average two grades above Simon’s biological age). It’s something we regularly do to … Continue reading Math vs Math
Author: Geeks out of the Box
This is a blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. We write this blog together, share their projects and thoughts on their journey towards self-dicovery. They’re growing up in a supportive non-coercive learning environment. We deeply believe in interest-based, self-paced education and have had to move countries to make this possible as a family.
Visit Simon’s website at https://simontiger.com/
We are a family from Amsterdam who moved to Antwerp because homeschooling is illegal in The Netherlands.
This blog started as https://antwerpenhomeschooling.wordpress.com in March 2016. Over the years, most of our entries have gravitated towards exploring together with Simon as he has developed an insatiable passion for programming, math and science. His sister Neva is treading on his heals. We changed or name to Geeks of the Box in May 2021.
C# in VisualStudio
Simon downloaded VisialStudio, one of the ide’s in which you can write in C# on a pc, and has played with it writing a programme for a calculator in C#.
Simon talking to me in English
Simon: You can use https if you want to get fancy. I: Do you want to get fancy, Simon? Simon: OBVIOUSLY NOT! *** Simon, in the car: Mommy, there is … Continue reading Simon talking to me in English
The Most Dangerous Place
Simon talking about the most dangerous place in the world:
Calculator in C#
Simon has been into learning about C# the last couple of days. Yesterday he built a calculator. He didn’t actually compose the code himself as one might think after watching … Continue reading Calculator in C#
Computer Vision
This is another Daniel Shiffman coding challenge where Simon got stuck half way, after hours of building though. The project involved building a video camera program in Processing (Java) and having … Continue reading Computer Vision
Smart Rockets
Smart Rockets, a coding challenge by Daniel Shiffman. It involved creating a genetic algorithm from scratch and making “smart rockets” (based on a simulation by Jer Thorp). The rockets evolve the … Continue reading Smart Rockets
Microsoft WebMatrix
Simon has discovered Microsoft WebMatrix , a free web development tool that provides an easy way to build websites and servers. he built a small site with it, following instructions on … Continue reading Microsoft WebMatrix
Sentiment Analysis API and Front End Client
Simon was trying to apply the AFINN Sentiment Analysis list once again, following a whole playlist of tutorials by Daniel Shiffman. This time things got more complicated as Simon has built a … Continue reading Sentiment Analysis API and Front End Client
Snow
Back home from an adventurous trip to the Tirol Alps. Simon is excited to tell everyone about how our car got stuck deep in the snowy forest on the night … Continue reading Snow
Simon is on GitHub!
Yesterday Simon created an account on GitHub! He had followed a number of tutorials by both Daniel Shiffman and LearnWebCode to learn how to upload his projects on GitHub using … Continue reading Simon is on GitHub!
w3.css library
Simon trained with w3schools.com using their CSS library to create coloured boxes, panels, notes, quotes, danger alerts, box shadows, tables, buttons (floating, disables and shadow buttons), tags, tables, batches and … Continue reading w3.css library
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