Myopia status update july 2020
On Thursday the 23nd of july, I had my first check-up for high myopia at the hospital. When, in January of this year, the optometrist measured -16, which was a 2 diopter difference from two […]
Podcast 2 – Finding common ground between a doubting Atheist and a Christian
One of the most striking things I’ve ever read is that good mental health is associated with some form of spirituality. I realize that, over time, I lost (or renounced) any faith or spirituality. I […]
How to identify flaws in your own reasoning
How often do you Google for the opposite of your own opinion? Not to pretend to be all holy and saintlike, but I sometimes do. I would love to say it has made me omniscient, […]
Home is not a place
Around 2005, 15 years ago now, I fled the chaos and moved out. I moved 100 kilometres to go live in the city where I was attending university, Eindhoven. Life wasn’t easy, having just left […]
Don’t fear the deep dive
The subconscious. It’s not something I think we, “modern” man, really know much about. Sure, there are books. But in our social life and in our institutions? Think about it. How would you describe the […]
What is pride?
Recently, I told someone I hold dear that I’m proud of them. I felt it needed to be said. Pride is a word I hardly ever use. It’s a word that I think has held […]
Short myopia update
I had a quick check-up last Friday. My eyesight was measured. The difficult part about having your eyesight measured is that it’s a trial-and-error process. You take off your glasses, take place behind a machine […]
Possible factors in high myopia
Two days from now, I have an eye exam coming up at an optometrist. I am also on a waiting list for a checkup at the hospital, but with the covid-19 measures the waiting lists […]
Why dragons hoard gold
I mentioned to my brother the other day how I enjoyed his “What if”-questions. What if you could master kung fu like in The Matrix. Would you do it? That was a fun thought experiment. […]
What is agile?
What is agile? I’ve been giving this much thought. A company in the early stages of an “Agile transition” often encounters this question one way or another. Often it comes up in the form of […]