Frietje met mayonnaise
Tuesday, July 21st 2009.Eva Mouton (22) is a young illustrator in Belgium, currently serving up fries at the yearly Gentse Feesten festival. Yesterday, she described her view on the festival in De Standaard in a way that made me smile and remind myself what I think summer is all about.
De hongerigen spijzen, de dronken papa’s ontnuchteren, een glimlach verschaffen aan onzekere pubers. Mijn job was er een van de nobele soort. © Eva Mouton (De Standaard)
What is it that I do
Sunday, May 31st 2009.I get asked this question quite often: “What is it that you do?”. I always feel that my answer falls short somehow. When I bring up the term physically based simulation (or animation), most people go into a blank stare. Now I know that I can refer people to an article on “Up”, Pixar’s latest movie about an old man who flies away on a house lifted by balloons. Pixar used a programmed physical simulator to animate thousands of balloons – a scene that is too time-consuming to animate by hand! Read the entire article at CNN.
Nine fuzzy lovers!
Monday, May 4th 2009.Since this morning, I’ve got nine fuzzy lovers living in the guest room shower stall – exciting! Make sure to check AK’s blog regularly for the latest updates!
Grilling Season
Friday, March 20th 2009.
Even though the cloud is gray as I gaze through the big window on my way to the cafetaria – there’s no view on the outside from my cube – I can feel that spring is coming. The temperatures in Portland have been extremely moderate lately – to the point where walking in a light sweater in the evening was not torture.
The sun has been out, people have been crowding Mississippi St. in the last few days. That, and the warm evening light that we’ve been enjoying since daylight savings has kicked in tell me that grilling season is approaching quickly. Soon, we’ll be able to move the burgers from the cooking stove to the grill outside!
In the meantime, I will comfort myself with images of the juiciness that Allison and I put together a few months ago:
Breakfast club: best brunch ever
Wednesday, February 18th 2009.
We’ve been joining a great group of people for brunch every Saturday or Sunday morning. Last Sunday the breakfast club attended simpatica dining hall at opening time to have, for my taste, the best brunch food so far!
Both the boudin blanc sausage biscuit I had and the chicken fried bison steak A. indulged in were stellar. The meat (of viande meats), the biscuits, the gravy.. all were exquisite! Even the potatoes and eggs were cooked perfectly.
E has some pictures up, go there for a few shots of the ambiance that morning… Truly a great way to start the day and I know I’ll be back.
If you haven’t gone yet and live in the neigborhood, don’t fret any longer!
Photography
Thursday, January 8th 2009.Last summer, I gifted myself with Nikon D60, mainly because I like making (close-up) portraits. I just love capturing the expression on people’s faces into eternity… but one day, maybe I can venture out and try things like this amazing time lapse video of an African sky by night at TheSkyInMotion. [via: Pietel]
Champagne
Friday, October 10th 2008.It’s no secret that we’re in a little bit of an economic bubble right now (have you heard?), but that doesn’t keep Belgians from drinking Champagne. In 2007, they were the only ones in the world to increase their consumption of Champagne. And not by just a little bit, a hefty 7%. Joie de vivre, anyone?
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Nico grew up in the land of mussels, beer, chocolate and frietzakken. Currently, he lives with A. in Portland, OR where he's been spotted doing things at Intel. In a previous life, he got his PhD. in Computer Graphics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (find out more here). Before that, he lived, studied and made friends in various places such as Tremelo, Leuven, Grenoble and Zurich. When he finds the time, he posts random notes about his personal life to his weblog.
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