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Simon’s just finished auditing a class at the University of Antwerp. His first experience at the university came via a road less traveled. But then again, one may argue that … Continue reading Auditing a class at the university
Simon has been asked to help compiling the program for the next MathsJam!
An amazing visit to the Red Star Line Museum this weekend! It’s a museum telling the moving story of the exodus from Europe at the turn of the 20th century. … Continue reading Red Star Line Museum
Simon isn’t fond of magic or fantasy. Plus, he is not fond of long walks in the woods. Both “not fond of” are understatements. What was I counting on when … Continue reading Photons Trapped in Flemish Woods
What a blissful atmosphere at Maths Jam Antwerp yesterday, full of respect, encouragement and acceptance. It’s an international monthly meet-up taking place every second to last Tuesday of the month, … Continue reading Maths Jam in May
Inspired by a Numberphile video. It was Simon’s idea to record this on the go, it’s fun to watch him talk about math while making his way through the vibrant … Continue reading Simon talks about Boring Numbers
Simon told me about two butterflies trying to mate: “One is attracted to the other one and the other one is repelled from it!” He added that he’d already built … Continue reading Simon and the Butterflies
Visited the reopened museum of contemporary art in Antwerpen MuHKA this afternoon. Simon enjoyed a few graphical pieces, especially when allowed to take photos of them with my mobile. Three … Continue reading At MuHKA
An unexpected encounter in the Dutch Bergen op Zoom. Simon was so shy he went hiding nearly the whole time. Singing Sinterklaas songs with his sister Neva Neva asked Simon … Continue reading Sinterklaas
Yesterday at Simon’s first session by the Digisnacks, a course offered by the Antwerp University’s computer science faculty. The session was about computer history, what’s inside the computer and binary language.
This weekend we were at the Urania observatory again. We had been looking forward to finally seeing Saturn’s rings through a telescope (had observed Saturn in Southern France but didn’t … Continue reading Saturn calling?
Geeks out of the box 