Blog
2026
Personal projects retrospective 2025
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Looking back on personal projects for 2025
Books completed in 2025
·146 words·1 min
Listening and reading during 2025.
Switching to Ecosia for search in 2026
·600 words·3 mins
After DuckDuckGo and perplexity, I switched to Ecosia and it is good.
Linux migration and nuking Windows
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After years of dealing with Windows 11 friction, I made the switch to pure Linux on my home workstation. Few weeks in, I am quite happy with the switch.
2025
When Plants Suffocate, climate risk and oxygen risk
·1189 words·6 mins
Exploring the phenomenon of oxygen stress in plants, a climate risk that is set to dramatically worsen by 2050, particularly around the IJsselmeer and Markermeer regions.
Climate risks and why it matters for your house and where you live
·977 words·5 mins
Some thoughts about climates risk on housing, flood risks, heat, drought, and water quality in the Netherlands.
Detecting the Popping of Microwave Popcorn
·790 words·4 mins
Exploring how to detect popcorn popping acoustically
Biking in the Dutch wind, a case for ear protection
·1195 words·6 mins
Reflections on the sound of wind while cycling in the netherlands, why it changes with head angle, and how loud it can actually get.
Organizing computational and research projects, an expanded guide
·640 words·4 mins
A series of principles and practical habits for building, managing, and sustaining computational and data science projects with clarity and reproducibility.
Cleaning Data Methodology
·1681 words·8 mins
Data is never clean, and that’s okay. Understanding its noise, origins, and structure tells us a lot about the data.