Author Archives: ericvdlinden

Several reports have been published in the Airblog section since 17 February. There were a lot of interesting things going on in the world, but I was not able to blog on them, focused on my reports in the Airblog section. … Continue reading →

I tried to make the style sheet work in Netscape, but I failed. So the best way to view this pages will remain Explorer. Yesterday I visited the Scratch days in Leiden, to give the organizers a helping hand. If … Continue reading →

I added my airblog, with a reports section. Though it will need a lot of work before there will be the mass of content I have in mind.

These days are memorable in different ways. First there is of course the news that there are only around 30,000 genes in our DNA (see Nature, http://www.nature.com/genomics) responsible for such a complicated being as a human. That apparantly means that … Continue reading →

I have added an archive (see at right). All texts have a definitive URL on that page. (update: this was in the self-made version: see Achived Version of how it looked like)

The first section of this blog that becomes operational has its origins in my boyhood. I then was a fervent aircraft spotter. Don’t ask me why, but it has something to do with collecting, adventure, technical interest, romanticizing flying, freedom, travelling, competition, … Continue reading →

Back in 1996 I had my first experience with internet, in the city library. And from 1997 on I had internet at my office desk. Though I was not such an early adopter, it was at a fairly early moment, and … Continue reading →