So far I've only been conducting a literature study. Partly due to the fact that my promotor is on a two week holiday. But these two last days I've brought tohether everything I learned into two experiment proposals, so that on monday, when he's back, I can show him what I'd like to start doing.
hopefully this means that I get to put on a labcoat and safethy goggles next week.
vrijdag 30 september 2011
woensdag 28 september 2011
new and strange skills.
One of the PhD students at the lab where I'm working, fell with his bike yesterday and in the process completely twisted the component that guides the chain back to the front of the bike. Today he asked me to assist him in repairing his bike, and to be honest, I've never even tried to do a thing about a bike. I haven't even once in my life put a chain back on when it accidentaly comes of. But, in a few minutes, I managhed to get the component back to it's original position plus a few bends, and ghet the chain back on. It's not as good as new, but atleast he can now drive the bike around again.
I finished Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and this might very well be the first book in my life that delivered a better movie. I found it very hard to follow the track of the book, even when I had alreadhy seen the movie about 10 times, and could use that as a reference. Perhaps it's just one of those books you have to read two or three times, but I much prefered the Rum Diary.
On the poker front things are going steadily along, atleast I hope. Two sessions of 8 gave me one FT finish (9th :s) and one other ITM finish, so I'm down over 25$. But i still think I'm doing all right. We'll see how it evolves.
I finished Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and this might very well be the first book in my life that delivered a better movie. I found it very hard to follow the track of the book, even when I had alreadhy seen the movie about 10 times, and could use that as a reference. Perhaps it's just one of those books you have to read two or three times, but I much prefered the Rum Diary.
On the poker front things are going steadily along, atleast I hope. Two sessions of 8 gave me one FT finish (9th :s) and one other ITM finish, so I'm down over 25$. But i still think I'm doing all right. We'll see how it evolves.
maandag 26 september 2011
poker: first stage complete
Yesterday I played the last session of 6 sng's. In total I've played 96 now, but my profit's are large enough to be profitable even if the next four wouldn't pay off. Therefore, starting tonight, I'm upgrading to playing 8 tournaments at a time.
I just finished reading Hells Angels by Hunter S Thompson, and now, I'm going to do what I said a few posts before: I'm going to start reading : Fear and loathing in Las Vegas.
I just finished reading Hells Angels by Hunter S Thompson, and now, I'm going to do what I said a few posts before: I'm going to start reading : Fear and loathing in Las Vegas.
woensdag 21 september 2011
slowlhy but steadily
After playing 78 tournaments, I'm havving an ROI of about 10%, so probably by next week, I'll be upgrading to playing 8 rather than 6 tournaments at a time. (I'll also be having a larger 23" screen then, whereas now, I'm working with a 17.3".)
In my mast post I said I was going to read fear and loathing in las vegas, but in the end I didn't. I decided that I would read the rum diarhy first (also by Hunter S. Thompson) I thought it was a great book, and can only hope that they make a good film out of it. For it would be very easy to ruin, by taking it just a little to far. Anyway, after reading the rum diary, I started reading Hells Angels. A book (bhy Hunter S Thompson) about the famous motorcycle gang. I like the sthyle it is written in, and the way how, at the same time, Thompson succeeds in making them seem way less harmfull then the media apparently described them, and at the same time make them seem dangerous beyond belief.
Furthermore, I'm still working on my literature study...
In my mast post I said I was going to read fear and loathing in las vegas, but in the end I didn't. I decided that I would read the rum diarhy first (also by Hunter S. Thompson) I thought it was a great book, and can only hope that they make a good film out of it. For it would be very easy to ruin, by taking it just a little to far. Anyway, after reading the rum diary, I started reading Hells Angels. A book (bhy Hunter S Thompson) about the famous motorcycle gang. I like the sthyle it is written in, and the way how, at the same time, Thompson succeeds in making them seem way less harmfull then the media apparently described them, and at the same time make them seem dangerous beyond belief.
Furthermore, I'm still working on my literature study...
vrijdag 16 september 2011
I did it!!
No, I did not write a book.
I just got the results of the exam I took 2 weeks ago, and I passed. So that means I only have got to take 2 courses this year.
I finished reading catcher in the rye yesterday. I quite liked it, although I would have liked a different ending. I'd have liked the kid to actually head west, and maybe come back a year later, or even a few months. I didn't like him giving up on his ideas in a second. Although perhaps it is clear through the entire book that the main character lacks perseverance...
The next book I'll be reading will probably be Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. by Hunter S thompson.
In poker, I think I'm doing good. after about 60 tournaments, I haven't made a profit yet, but In total I've reached 6 final tables so far. (9 players, so 5% of the players gets there.) 2 fourth places are the best I've done so far. but I suppose that's just a matter of time.
Also, out of 10 sessions of 6 tournaments I've only failed to cash twice.
I just got the results of the exam I took 2 weeks ago, and I passed. So that means I only have got to take 2 courses this year.
I finished reading catcher in the rye yesterday. I quite liked it, although I would have liked a different ending. I'd have liked the kid to actually head west, and maybe come back a year later, or even a few months. I didn't like him giving up on his ideas in a second. Although perhaps it is clear through the entire book that the main character lacks perseverance...
The next book I'll be reading will probably be Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. by Hunter S thompson.
In poker, I think I'm doing good. after about 60 tournaments, I haven't made a profit yet, but In total I've reached 6 final tables so far. (9 players, so 5% of the players gets there.) 2 fourth places are the best I've done so far. but I suppose that's just a matter of time.
Also, out of 10 sessions of 6 tournaments I've only failed to cash twice.
maandag 12 september 2011
I spend eight hours working on my masters thesis again. But that's the boring stuff, ofcourse. While I was supposed to be working on it, I read an interesting paper by Prof. Paul de Grauwe.
(I only found the link in a blog post by Paul Krugman) I once took a single class with De Grauwe, in which he explained about the European debt crisis, slightly less then a year ago now, and this paper actually repeats what he said there, albeit in a slightly more fundamental way. It's the first time that I've really seen the true problem the PIGS countries (and in fact all European countries) are facing due to the Euro.
Anyway, when I got home, I played not one, but two sets of MT SNG's and made a profit in both, nearly eclipsing my losses of yesterday. Then I read a bit further in Catcher in the Rye. I've finished the first 6 chapters, and I stand by what I said yesterday: it reminds me very strongly of "on the road"
perhaps that's because they are only six years apart. I really like the style. Whereas most books are going forward at a gentle pace, these are books which someway make you feel as if you're going 100 mph on a winding road.
After I had read the sixth chapter, I wanted to get out of this room for a while, and so I decided to go and take a walk. It was a short walk, but a very useful one. As I was walking, I was trying to describe to myself, what I was thinking, what I was feeling, in that very same style as "On the road", and I realised what I had realised quite a few times before. I can do that. I've been writing for most of my life. Even won a local prize when I was about eleven or twelve years old. But nothing ever really came of what I wrote. I've written a novel, a monolgue whihch is supposed to be acted, not read as a book and a few poems. But none of them ever where good enough to send to a publisher. (Now that I think of it, one of those poems actually was a laureate at a poetry competition held by the faculty of literature, a friend of mine who actually studied at that faculty had send something in as well, but didn't make it to laureate status, eventhough she had described my entry (which she had read before I had send it in) as "trivial". But anyway. I never wrote something I was comfortable with sending to a publisher. But describing tonights walk to myself as I saw it unfold, in that particular style made me feel as if perhaps I could do it in that very typical style. This idea will probably die a silent death, but who knows, I might give it a try one of these weeks.
Anyway, I'm going to get to bed, have to be in the lab in a little under nine hours.
(I only found the link in a blog post by Paul Krugman) I once took a single class with De Grauwe, in which he explained about the European debt crisis, slightly less then a year ago now, and this paper actually repeats what he said there, albeit in a slightly more fundamental way. It's the first time that I've really seen the true problem the PIGS countries (and in fact all European countries) are facing due to the Euro.
Anyway, when I got home, I played not one, but two sets of MT SNG's and made a profit in both, nearly eclipsing my losses of yesterday. Then I read a bit further in Catcher in the Rye. I've finished the first 6 chapters, and I stand by what I said yesterday: it reminds me very strongly of "on the road"
perhaps that's because they are only six years apart. I really like the style. Whereas most books are going forward at a gentle pace, these are books which someway make you feel as if you're going 100 mph on a winding road.
After I had read the sixth chapter, I wanted to get out of this room for a while, and so I decided to go and take a walk. It was a short walk, but a very useful one. As I was walking, I was trying to describe to myself, what I was thinking, what I was feeling, in that very same style as "On the road", and I realised what I had realised quite a few times before. I can do that. I've been writing for most of my life. Even won a local prize when I was about eleven or twelve years old. But nothing ever really came of what I wrote. I've written a novel, a monolgue whihch is supposed to be acted, not read as a book and a few poems. But none of them ever where good enough to send to a publisher. (Now that I think of it, one of those poems actually was a laureate at a poetry competition held by the faculty of literature, a friend of mine who actually studied at that faculty had send something in as well, but didn't make it to laureate status, eventhough she had described my entry (which she had read before I had send it in) as "trivial". But anyway. I never wrote something I was comfortable with sending to a publisher. But describing tonights walk to myself as I saw it unfold, in that particular style made me feel as if perhaps I could do it in that very typical style. This idea will probably die a silent death, but who knows, I might give it a try one of these weeks.
Anyway, I'm going to get to bed, have to be in the lab in a little under nine hours.
zondag 11 september 2011
first post
I meant to start this blog last week, but I procrastinated, and one thing led to another.
Last year I started a blog: insomniac by day, it failed since I only posted 12 times, and then gave up as I had to start studying. So we try again this year.
I'm a college student, and have started on my masters thesis this year. Good news is that I find it pretty intersting and can't wait to start experimenting (currently I'm performing a literature study, which I have to say, is fairly boring.) however, I'm learning new things.
The sad thing, is that the thing I dreaded, came to be: I have to be present at the lab where I perform my thesis, every day from 9 am untill 6 pm. Since I only take one other couse this year, which promisses to be 52 hours. I'll be spending a lot of my time in that lab, that I had hoped to be spending in my dormroom trying to do other things then working on my thesis.
So, what was I planning of working on then? Well, I like movies a lot, also, I try to keep up with the news, and read a few books, all of which takes up time, and on top of that, I like to play poker. Last year I went from having 7$ to having 270$, at which point I cashed 70$. This year I want to reach 1500$, since then, I should be able to make some money of it next year (when I hope to be working.)
I had intended to play a lot of poker (2.5$ 180man turbo MT SNG's for a start) but due to me being occupied between 9AM and 6PM, that's not going to be possible. However, I've found that it's possible to play one session of 6 SNG's a night, and have some time left. So I'll be playing these untill I've reached 450$ or more likely, untill I've played 100 tournaments profitably. In the latter (and most likely) case. I'll upgrade to playing 8 per session.
As for reading, I just finished reading the harry potter series (which I somehow missed when I was at the right age to be reading this sort of books) and have just started in "Catcher in the Rye". I've only read a few pages, but so far I like it. It reminds me strongly of "On the Road" by Kerouac.
That'l be it for today.
Last year I started a blog: insomniac by day, it failed since I only posted 12 times, and then gave up as I had to start studying. So we try again this year.
I'm a college student, and have started on my masters thesis this year. Good news is that I find it pretty intersting and can't wait to start experimenting (currently I'm performing a literature study, which I have to say, is fairly boring.) however, I'm learning new things.
The sad thing, is that the thing I dreaded, came to be: I have to be present at the lab where I perform my thesis, every day from 9 am untill 6 pm. Since I only take one other couse this year, which promisses to be 52 hours. I'll be spending a lot of my time in that lab, that I had hoped to be spending in my dormroom trying to do other things then working on my thesis.
So, what was I planning of working on then? Well, I like movies a lot, also, I try to keep up with the news, and read a few books, all of which takes up time, and on top of that, I like to play poker. Last year I went from having 7$ to having 270$, at which point I cashed 70$. This year I want to reach 1500$, since then, I should be able to make some money of it next year (when I hope to be working.)
I had intended to play a lot of poker (2.5$ 180man turbo MT SNG's for a start) but due to me being occupied between 9AM and 6PM, that's not going to be possible. However, I've found that it's possible to play one session of 6 SNG's a night, and have some time left. So I'll be playing these untill I've reached 450$ or more likely, untill I've played 100 tournaments profitably. In the latter (and most likely) case. I'll upgrade to playing 8 per session.
As for reading, I just finished reading the harry potter series (which I somehow missed when I was at the right age to be reading this sort of books) and have just started in "Catcher in the Rye". I've only read a few pages, but so far I like it. It reminds me strongly of "On the Road" by Kerouac.
That'l be it for today.
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