Et cetera

Anything that doesn’t fit into the other sections.

  1. Slack’s logo as a profile picture in Windows Live Messenger

    Captain’s Blog

    I went completely loco with some logos

    Some old and current logos of well-known brands and organisations in the Netherlands (but not quite how you remember them).

  2. Blackjack and hookers meme

    Captain’s Blog

    The place to be for a PhD

    I don’t actually have any plans to apply for a PhD right now, but if I were it would probably be at one of these places.

  3. Wikipedia logo as a scoop of ice cream in a cone

    Captain’s Blog

    Why Wikipedia is weirder than you think

    You’ll never look at Wikipedia the same way ever again.

  4. “*bleeped out* magnets, how do they work?”

    The Middle Qingdom

    The big FAQ you never asked for

    Finally, an article that provides answers to assorted questions that nobody ever asks.

  5. Bridge of the starship Enterprise, from the original series

    Captain’s Blog

    Website: The Original Series

    Now that Chuniversiteit has (more than) 100 articles, it’s time to reflect on the past three years and look towards the future.

  6. Space shuttle Discovery

    Captain’s Blog

    Computers for commuters: A brief history of my mobile (and less mobile) computing devices

    For reasons that are no longer clear to me, I tried to name each of my computers after a space shuttle (and gave up after 22 years).

  7. Police officer shoots an innocent kid

    Captain’s Blog

    COPTCHA: A Completely Original Public Turing test to tell bad Cops and Humans Apart

    COPTCHA is a proof of concept for an online tool that your app can use to deny service to morally corrupt police officers.

  8. Emmet Brickowski

    Captain’s Blog

    Building up my LEGO collection, brick by brick

    This page keeps track of my humble LEGO collection that I (passively) built up over the past decades.

  9. Books ordered by colour

    Captain’s Blog

    Frequently asked questions about my bookcase

    Why I organise my books by colour, and why you should too.

  10. Aribeco message

    Well Played

    Conway’s Game of Life: Creating complex patterns from simple rules

    This game is an absolute best-celler.

  11. A pilot speaks to its passengers

    The Middle Qingdom

    China Southern Airlines

    English is hard, even for the world’s seventh-largest passenger airline.