The Trolley Problem
It hasn’t been an easy month for Simon. On top of having to live with the cast on his arm, which he has been handling stoically, he has also had … Continue reading The Trolley Problem
Category: Exercise
Underwater Cubing
3×3 underwater while holding your breath. Not an official WCA event, but so much fun Simon repeated this four times yesterday!
One Hour of Snow
Our hour of snow this winter. Had been anticipating this for months. I really miss snow, considering my Russian childhood/youth and all, but the kids treat it more like an … Continue reading One Hour of Snow
Het Zwin
This weekend we went on a bird expedition to a nature park at the Belgian coast. Many birds come there for the winter, other bird species will come back in … Continue reading Het Zwin
World Cleanup Day 2020
10 times the volume of an olympic swimming pool of plastic waste ends up in the world ocean every hour. E v e r y h o u r. Today … Continue reading World Cleanup Day 2020
Math at the beach
We also visited another old favorite, the beach in Noordwijk. By the way, that’s where ESA is located, toon (they’ve got an awesome space museum we used to frequent when … Continue reading Math at the beach
Singing bottles, negative kelvins and resolving Zeno’s paradox
Picking up hiking keeps leading to beautiful conversations and thought experiments on the way. Yesterday, on our longest hike so far (over 8 km, partially in the sand), as we … Continue reading Singing bottles, negative kelvins and resolving Zeno’s paradox
Typetopia
We’ve developed a whole new subculture here, based on the typing course called Typetopia. Simon’s sister Neva was the one doing the course. It took her 42 days to finish … Continue reading Typetopia
Math and Game Theory Outside
Since mid-March, all playgrounds have been closed in Belgium, so we’ve been left with simply taking walks, first at the park and then, after we were no longer allowed to … Continue reading Math and Game Theory Outside
Vacation Milestones
A couple more milestones passed! Going on a Ferris wheel after having been afraid of heights for years. “Mom, do you know how many rays there are? I’ll tell you: … Continue reading Vacation Milestones
Geeks out of the box 