personal

tl;dr: It’s easier than you think. A few weeks ago I decided to take a short trip from The Netherlands to France.

Planning I’m gonna read a book a day. I’m gonna go through SICP (including all the exercises) and Kurt’s new Haskell book.

Most of you probably don’t know, but about 5 months ago, Karolina and I bought a beautiful, red, 2013 Seat Leon coupé.

I’ve been riding bikes for a very long time, and although I’ve had breaks, I can safely say I’ve been riding bicycles throughout my whole life.

After many, many years of careful consideration, my lovely fiancee and I decided to get married. I’m posting this with a 1-month delay, because we were busy with climbing, working and traveling a lot.

I like taking photographs, and I love cameras. My grandfather was the first professional photographer in my hometown,1 and I loved playing with his cameras.

On Thursday, April 30th I successfully defended my thesis on “Agents that Play by the Rules” and was awarded the title of PhD.

Last Sunday night I was walking home and I got hit by a car on a zebra crossing.1 It was pretty late (around 11:30pm) and there was very little traffic.

The anxiousness that was once concentrated on how you’re going to make new friends, adjust, and master the nuances of the language has become the repeated question “What am I missing?

Recently there’s been a lively discussion on why do people pursue PhD studies, is it good (for them and for the society), is it optimal (for the society and for the universities), and so on.