In Cologne, the DiXiT 2 conference is drawing to a close, as the last half day of talks has started. It’s been a great conference so far, with a rich social programme and a series of very interesting talks. And I’m especially looking forward to Arianna Ciula’s closing keynote on Modelling Textuality. Something to look…
First ride again in almost two months. So much for that good start of the year! Bad weather and busy schedules — no excuse, I know. Since I was using my MTB again, I decided to take a detour on the way to (and back from) Mechelen, across a patch of MTB terrain I’ve had my…
On June 9-10, the CVCE and the University of Luxembourg will host the third edition of DHBenelux, a young international initiative that strives to further the dissemination of, and collaboration between Digital Humanities projects in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Yesterday, the last week of the CfP started, as the deadline expires this Sunday, so don’t miss your chance…
I started off the year with such a good start, and the weather was so nice, that I didn’t want to do less than last week. So when I got to Duffel, this time without getting lost, I decided to take a left and cycle towards Mechelen before going home. I’m glad I did it, but…
New records are a great way to start the new year! It wasn’t my fastest trip to date, but it was definitely my furthest. And on the MTB too – not because if the roads, but because the Peugeot has another broken spoke. I went to say hi to Annelies who was doing her stable chores,…
Not a great time, but not a bad one either, considering that my previous serious racing ride (not counting a slow phone run in wet weather and civilian clothes) dates back from early October. The weather was great, but there was a strong wind that stubbornly seemed to challenge me in both directions for some reason. Still,…
My bike was finally ready (two broken spokes in the back wheel), and I needed to get a new battery for a phone, so I decided to ride my bike from the bike shop to the phone repair guy, and home again. I’m glad I have my bike back, but this wasn’t the weather for…
Nice ride, enjoying a fine autumn day. By myself this time because Annelies had gone horseback riding. The ‘Edegemse Bergen’ is a nice place for a MTB ride, with some great routes. The only problem is that because the soil is mostly sand, the terrain is terrible when it’s been wet — which of course damages…
This was the first time that Annelies and I took our mountainbikes on an actual Bloso MTB track in the neighborhood. It was good fun, but it took us a while to find the track, and then there was an error in the route: an arrow that pointed right, where there shouldn’t be an arrow at all.…
So these are the bikes! Please excuse the filters — as you might have guessed, these are Instagram pictures. I’ll try to use some cleaner ones in the future. I picked up cycling (as a sport) in 2014 when I bought a 1982 Peugeot racing bike. Mainly because I wanted to get into shape again, and…