michelmake

Just a summary of 6 weeks of corruption, oligarchy, and idiocracy:

Growing up in the Netherlands one way or the other you will end up on a bike one day. As for most native Dutch people, for me this happened soon after I learned moving about using my feet. First with trainer

"I was more interested, and am more interested, in how such a dark, cunning, and cruel individual could ever have led one of the greatest and most powerful states, not just for a day or a year, but

This is the story of how Jan Jozef Leonard Moulen fought against the big guys in and attempt to save his business. The original add for the Noca Nola drink. Notice the company phone number "15"

Introduction This post is my attempt to provide some insight in the Dutch Hive community. All the data is extracted using the @HiveSQL API and my own flavour of the Jupyter notebooks @steevc provides on

While this month was quite the distraction for me due to all kinds of reasons I almost missed a personal Hive milestone. Earlier this month I received the sixth hive birthday badge! A good moment to look

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A few years ago I was amidst the dissertation stress that is accompanying the adventure of obtaining a PhD. Focussing on writing this document while isolated during covid can be challenging. To distract

Some might do dry January, we do beer Saturday! Today I enjoyed another gem from our southern neighbours in Eastern Flanders. This trippel is brewed by Brouwerij van Steenbergen. While some might know

renovation series For the previous updates see these posts: Kitchen and Bathroom Updates Installing the Lights and Floor Prepping, Painting and Installing the Bathroom Ceiling Entering a New Phase Ready

Introduction This post is my attempt to provide some insight in the Dutch Hive community. All the data is extracted using the @HiveSQL API and the Jupyter notebooks @steevc provides on his GitHub and which

Today I passed the local grocery store and quickly grabbed two beers I didn't try before. I was in a bit of a rush so I didn't really pay too much attention. Once home I noticed one of the ones I grabbed

It's been about a month ago since I started running a hive witness and it's time for a short update. Since the first hick-ups were solved (causing a missed block) the witness and the server are runnin

I must admit off the bat that I don't watch too many of them: anime films. This style of movies originating from Japan however can be great! The latest anime I watched is no exception. While visiting my

We're at the start of a new year. The holiday season is behind us, 2023 has ended and it's time to reflect on the current state of events. The typical around this time of the year. At least the article

A few weeks ago I joined my employer's Christmas celebration event. In addition to the very typical free drinks and food our company organised a secret book Santa. In short what this means is you get

For those of you who've been around here for long enough know hive has been stuggling with users growth and retention. When I started blogging on the chain an odd 5 years ago (back then it was still steem),

While visiting my family over Christmas, I found some cool items from the past. My parents' spare bedroom where I stayed also doubles as my dads office (or vice versa, I must be honest). Collecting coins

During the winter months one can expect some rough weather. At least in here in the Netherlands the holiday months come with everything from a light shower up to torrential rain or snow storms.

michelmake just finished a 10.35km virtualride, that lasted for 45 minutes. This virtualride helped michelmake burn 266.0 calories. Description from Strava: After a long long time off the bike due to all