How does matter structure itself?

When I saw this lecture of Prof. dr. D. Frenkel trough fabchannel (very easy to follow) I thought about these pictures I took in 1993. We all know the flowers on our window but these were massive.It was in an old stone mine. A gap of approx. 40 meters deep and 400 by a 200

Voodoo?!

My father found this on the beach of Ameland, a small island on the north-sea coast of The Netherlands. We are all wondering if this is real or just some sailor who made his souvenir into someone he hates. Update: It’s a power figure (Nkisi) made in Congo. The expert thinks its a souvenir too.

Winter dancers

In the garden of my parents in February. Amazing.

Early bird

Walking back in the early morning I got this present handed to me.

Kids Build Soybean-Fueled Car

CBS – February 17th 2006 – link

Five kids, along with a handful of schoolmates, built the soybean-fueled car as an after-school project. And it can go from zero to 60 in four seconds and get more than 50 miles to the gallon.

Makes you wonder… why wasn’t this world news?

Haarlem

Op bezoek bij Dienst Wonen

Ik ga hier nooit aan wennen.

Bananacake

Nothing special, nothing new, but great fun. With my just acquired mixer, a small oven (given by friends), my two sons fighting over who’s doing what. And after waiting and waiting and waiting … eating the hot cake as a desert.

Slave Free chocolate

A worthwhile initiative by Teun van de Keuken of de Keuringsdienst van Waarden and I guess it will also be a marketing hit (in Holland anyway). And hopefully it will shake up the chocolate industry who are not doing anything to prevent (child) slavery. I’m a big fan of chocolate and most of the time