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On Thursday and Friday Simon started a new course on Code Academy, this time in Java Script! The first tasks have been quite interesting. I especially likes the one about moon … Continue reading Code Academy JavaScript Courses
On Saturday Simon started his monthly classes at Urania, the local observatory.
From Girls Chorus (Prince Igor)
The workshop went on for two hours and in a way continued after John was gone, too, as Simon is in love with his new 4V battery.
This weekend, our dear guests from Amsterdam gave Simon his first Lego set. He didn’t use to get excited about Lego but everything has changed since so many electronics building … Continue reading Simon’s Got Lego!
Simon (casual question in the elevator): If A is smaller than B, and B is smaller than C, and C is smaller than D, and D is smaller E, does … Continue reading These are a few illustrations from everyday life on how Simon’s brain works
Every morning Simon smiles at me and says: “It’s morning!” That means he can get back to his projects and doesn’t have to stay in bed anymore. Friday morning he … Continue reading Flow of autonomous learning and creativity
So how does Simon teach himself to program? He starts by copying open source codes from, for example, the Arduino manual. The code is available in short excerpts. While copying … Continue reading Learning Process
Here are a couple of impressions of Simon’s progress in Chinese, all filmed in September:
Tonight a little miracle happened. We have finally managed to see Saturn! And Mars! All thanks to a very special man, Robert Matheus of the Antwerp observatory Urania. Robert has … Continue reading Bigger than Saturn
Yesterday morning at Park Spoor Noord: Neva dancing and Simon reading up on c++ programming. Today the reading topic changed to energy. He found the nuclear reactor page the most … Continue reading Studying anywhere
The Color Mixing Lamp project uses three photoresistors covered with colored film. The voltage is proportional to the ratio of their resistances (they act like light sensors). I had to … Continue reading Two more Arduino Starter Kit projects
Geeks out of the box 